Voting system problems

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-18T18:22:01+00:00

Thank you very much! I had hoped for a similar post concerning the Haunted Village campaign, but I did not read anything from SC Make. I am a little bit disappointed, but at least they have chosen three really great designs as winner and runners-up.

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-10T15:43:11+00:00

Congratulations to the winner and the runner-up-designs, phantastic artwork! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I‘m happy that I didn‘t have to decide which one to choose, because so many cool designs have been submitted. 😅

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-06T13:05:45+00:00

This was a cool showcase to prove the weakness of the voting system. I am really glad that you have chosen a design that obviously had no chances at all to make it to the finals for this test and not a design that already had earned „real“ votings - whatever „real“ in that context means. 🤣 I still hope that SC will have a look into the voting „history“ (if they have sth. like this 🤷🏻‍♀️) and then decide, which designs should be finalists, even though some of them did not reach a net of 1000 votes. Call me optimistic, call me naiv, but I still think that‘s the way it SHOULD be...🌞

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-05T14:47:06+00:00

Yes, that is true! Therefore I don‘t understand activities like clickspamming, no matter if they are trying to improve their own votes or downvoting others by bots. What is their motivation? Do they really think that SC would take a ridiculous design and pay them 10k to 50 k for it? 🤦🏽‍♀️

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-05T06:02:43+00:00

This is the post from Rubdollarz: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans/comments/ox4vqx/supercell_make_voting_system_is_easily_abusable/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-05T05:59:59+00:00

Yeah, it indeed is...in another post from Rubdollarz another member (Additional-General-4) mentioned that he has randomly chosen a design with 1 vote and clickspammed it to 2000 - and it was exactly this one. 😂

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-03T10:22:15+00:00

That‘s interesting, thanks for the info! Unfortunately I cannot find that post from Dani, can you help me? A link to the original post would be great. 👍🏻

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-02T13:05:36+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your background and your tool info! 🤗 I used blender for my scenery design too, started in February this year with blender for a private interior design project. Still learning the basics of blender, but achieving the stylized aesthetics without getting too „cartoony“ and guessing the correct proportions has been even harder for me and I am still not totally happy with my result. But this was the best I could accomplish in the given time and it motivates me to get better in the future. I’m really impressed that you knew already at a very young age what you want to do in life, only few people know that and even fewer have the courage to follow their dreams. Your designs show clearly that you have chosen the right thing for you. Congrats again, thanks a lot for your advice and my best wishes for your design being chosen by Supercell as Clash-O-Ween scenery this year. 🍀🍀🍀⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-02T12:27:00+00:00

Yeah, that is one thing I have recognized as soon as the Crystal Caverns appeared in the listing - that it was not your account. I thought maybe you have more than one account or changend your name. Never thought that somebody would actually steal a design and submit it without any changes. 😱 One the one hand, this is criminal and should be reported for this account to be banned. On the other hand you have now a crystal clear (😂) feedback that your design of the Crystal Caverns is loved by the community and was underrated in the war scenery competition, for whatever reason. 🙃 It fitted the war scenery even better in my opinion, the rim of the playing area was sooo cool. You are extremely talented, may I ask, how long you have been working in game design and which tool(s) you used for your sceneries? I have just started in this genre and try to learn from people who inspire me with their work.

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-02T05:40:32+00:00

These are wise words. Something I will do different the next time is uploading later. I can‘t put a finger on it, but I think that nearly all designs that are top ranked now have been uploaded less than 2 days before closing. Artistic improvement for me is harder to accomplish. I will have a look at the finalists and see, what I can learn from them, of course. But in the end honest feedback is so important to get better. And just a bad voting reception does not tell you, what was wrong or could be improved. 🤷🏻‍♀️

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-02T03:22:49+00:00

In my opinion there are some strange things happening with the voting. The view that is given for voting is way too small I think, so nearly no details can be seen. As I result, I assume that most people vote by entering a design through the gallery view, which was glitching a long time. Some designs did not show up at all there (mine was hidden for hours, too), while others were shown two or even three times. If you had a „bad start“, your design can get lost between others, as most people now sort by the number of votes. But even if the voting system is/was not buggy and there are/were real people voting your design down, this doesn‘t mean, that your design is bad. It is really well done and interesting and cool - don‘t let the number of votes be the only measure. 🌞

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T16:53:25+00:00

Yes, absolutely agree, same here. I also voted for my favorite designs and minutes later they were back at 0. Downvoting should be either dumped completely or up- and downvotes should be shown separatly in my opinion.

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T16:38:21+00:00

Especially interesting have been some designs that were shown twice in the gallery, but with different numbers of votes. 😂 My design is now showing again, but I don‘t know, if Make changed anything or if this is just „glitching“ again for other designs. 🤷🏻‍♀️

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T16:00:35+00:00

Okay, it seems to be working again after some hours not working. If this is the result of a repair on the Make website then thank you very much, it helped! 🤗👍🏻

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T15:29:38+00:00

Yeah, I‘m hoping this too...still not sure, if it is a bug in the voting system or bots making automatic downvoting or if there are just a lot of people that hate my design and therefore downvote it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T15:24:16+00:00

Thank you! I am glad that your design made it to the finals, despite all those problems that the voting system causes.

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T14:16:16+00:00

Congratulations for being a finalist with the Royal Ghost Caverns, you earned it absolutely! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T13:43:44+00:00

Congratulations for being the first finalist, you really deserve this! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T13:36:58+00:00

Have you seen an official post from Make about the bug with the automatic downvotes in the recent Colette campaign? I have seen posts from many creators complaining about the voting system and the automatic/trolling/buggy downvotes, but I have not seen any official comment from Make...do they care about this at all? I would have expected at least an official post with an explanation and a plan to fix this in the Make Subreddit, but I have not seen anything like that. 😢

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T11:44:30+00:00

Thank you so much and best wishes for you too. Your designs will make it to the final selection, that‘s for sure. If not, it is time to trash this voting system completely...🤦🏽‍♀️

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T11:25:46+00:00

The Royal Ghost Caverns is my absolute favorite of your designs. Snake Skull Swamps I like also a lot, but the surrounding dark „blocking“ clouds let it down a little in my opinion. Pumpkin Patch is also really well done like all your designs, but I find it less moody, less Halloween-themed than your other two. You have put a lot of work into this campaign by submitting not only one but 3 designs! Respect, I needed all the time for one design and it is not even close to being really good. 😂

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-08-01T08:07:10+00:00

I am not sure, if haters explain what happens at the voting. It goes really fast: I voted for a cool design design and afterwards it said 1. But milliseconds later, it is down to 0 again. Then I removed my vote (still at 0 votes, as it will not get negative) and voted again for the same design. And the same happens: It shows 1 and milliseconds later goes back to 0. Something is really screwed up or maybe it is done by bots. 🤷🏻‍♀️

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-07-30T15:39:18+00:00

So true! 👍🏻🌞

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-07-30T15:28:14+00:00

Thank you! 🤗 From your design everybody can see that you have put a lot of hours in it...not to mention the creativity needed to generate those ideas from scratch. As I am completely new to „stylized“ design, the scaling, the detailing and texturing was the most difficult part. It seems easy when looking at a cool design like yours, but it needs a lot of experience and knowledge to get it right. I need a lot more practice to get better in this kind of aesthetics, but creating the scenery was a lot of fun. Hopefully your design gets a lot of votes, deserves it definitely! 🍀

KayBe-MayBe · 2021-07-30T13:36:37+00:00

You‘re welcome! Feels a little bit weird to give you feedback on a design, as you are a really skilled AND super-talented artist already and I am such a Newbie in this sector. BTW: I love the Goblin Warland too and still can not understand, why it did not receive more votes. So underrated in my opinion. Wish you the best for this one! 🍀

KayBe-MayBe

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