Thread:Hackey5/@comment-25407271-20170525215252/@comment-5645428-20170526012003

I have numerous threads I've tabbed to respond to, including that one. Been somewhat busy lately and I'd rather wait to give a comprehensive answer.

When you say rated by us staff, what exactly do you mean? When I saw that Mew had turned down a submission that seemingly fit the criteria, I viewed the level itself and indeed it was 'finished', but was evidently rushed, lacked effort and was even missing music in the recording. I agreed with Mew's judgement.

The original point of showcasing was for fresh creators to be able to be able to post their videos up somewhere that they could receive very good coverage and be discovered by others. Showcasing was not designed so that us staff could vote as to which level we think best fits a criteria. However, I believe we should have a say in that the videos we allow to be showcased are something that viewers would want to see and would enjoy watching from the main page. That's the purpose of a criteria here.

It was also designed assuming that, like the old leaderboard feature, it would frequently receive submissions, which it did not originally, and won't now for other reasons. Submissions were recorded on the site article so that we could track them in advance so each could receive around three days in one of two spots in the slider. Obviously, with less submissions, they might sit there for much longer.

Each point in the criteria is supposed to 'patch loopholes' which may allow poorer quality levels and their videos to be showcased.
 * One minute of gameplay footage ensures that we're actually watching what we came for. Excluding the editor means that videos can't be recorded in the editor's preview mode (which as you might expect, I found such videos while browsing YouTube).
 * At least twice as much gameplay footage prevents videos where some guy is rambling in Spanish for five minutes or so before a level follows afterwards. However, it was inspired by this: I hate those stupid earthquake intros where the creator's title is raging to annoyingly loud dubstep. Unoriginal, disruptive and not at all interesting to watch. The worst thing is when they take longer than five seconds. Simplicity is the essence.

While the system has some good foundations, it's not perfect and I'm open to changing things up.

The truth is, you are much alike a bloke I'm good mates with in real life. An Internet Venezuelan version, but roughly the same level of dirty. :D