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| This is a plan to eliminate noobishness from ROBLOX, with several key goals:
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| The plan is actually designed to benefit noobs, but make the game less frustrating for experienced players.
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| [*] Ensure that only good places are on the first few Games pages
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| [*] Stop pointless advertising
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| [*] Make it easier to create a quality place
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| [*] Allow newer games to become popular
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| ==Ratings System==
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| ROBLOX needs a ratings system for places so that we can see at a glance whether a place is any good or not, without having to wade through pages of comment spam to find a review.
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| I propose a 1-5 brick system to make things simple, and the rating should be able to be reset from time to time, for major place updates.
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| ==A New Games Page==
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| The current "Most Popular" setup of the Games page has several problems:
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| [*] Popular places stay popular, and unpopular places stay unpopular, regardless of quality.
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| [*] Multiplayer-oriented places have a very small chance of succeeding
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| I propose a new formula to be used by default. I will call it "Most Fun". This formula should be displayed by default, but you can still access Most Popular, Most Favorited, etc. via the side links.
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| The "Most Fun" page will determine a game's rank by the following criteria:
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| [*]Rating (see Ratings System)
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| [*]Users currently online
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| [*]Times favorited
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| [*]Times visited recently
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| [*]Time since last update (keep things fresh, we don't want the same place on the front page for a week unless there's something new)
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| ==Comment Rating==
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| Comments should be able to be rated, like YouTube. Too low of a score, and the comment will be hidden by default.
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| ==Graphical Scripting==
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| There should be an ''alternate'' scripting system, similar to Game Maker's. This is so noobs can add basic functionality without having to learn scripting. I'll add more detail later.
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| NOTE: This is not for my benefit, I know how to script ;)
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| ==Advertising System==
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| ROBLOX should have an advertising system, to help get new games started and avoid "other" methods of advertising (spamming comments, etc.) Here is my proposal:
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| A "billboard" will be in the Game Objects section of the Toolbox, which you can put in your place to earn extra tickets. It would show a place logo, title, and rating (see Ratings System) Whenever someone clicks on it, you get a few tickets, and they are transported to the place advertised. (The cross-place transportation system is a planned feature of ROBLOX)
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| To get your place on a billboard, just pay some tickets. The more you pay, the longer it appears, and with a higher priority. The lowest plan should be about 50 tix, so noobs can save up for a week to get some advertising instead of spamming every front page place's comments and everyone in the "People" page.
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| This is just a rough draft, so if you have any suggestions, please let me know
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