Unrated AGS games in the archieve

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I think something to remember is that you should be playing (and reviewing) games you actually 'want' to play, not just because they aren't receiving attention.  The main problem I see with a lot of the old unrated games with few downloads is the descriptions simply aren't interesting overall.  A good description of your game that explains the fun aspects is key to attracting attention because let's face it, the games page is a competitive listing, where you are trying to get people interested enough in your game to play it.  As far as ratings go, you really can't force people to vote on a game because the majority of people are quite lazy and just want to play a game with no strings attached.

[Stupot]

Yeh I think the description is quite important in attracting attention to your game but I've also found that when I'm browsing the games, I go for the ones which have a decent screenshot... some of the games on the list havent got a screenshot or if they have theyre dead urls.

Also useful is a decent website to back it up, if you've got a webpage dedicated to the game then it adds to the impressiveness of the individuals effort amd makes you want to play the game more... well it does me anyway.

[FSi++]

/EDIT: Also rated AWIDT. The worst I've ever played, and that guy actually rated his own game best-possible.

Umm, actually it was me making out a bad joke. 

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

And of course jokes such as these make the rating a very useful and accurate source of information.

Not to mention misunderstandings, as seen here.

[Akatosh]

/EDIT: Also rated AWIDT. The worst I've ever played, and that guy actually rated his own game best-possible.

Umm, actually it was me making out a bad joke.

There are some jokes whose inventors deserve to be shot. To be exact, you, the guy who came of with "----er? You don't even know'er!", the guy who invented Nazi jokes and the guy who first came off with poo poo jokes.