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Level Showcase gets an upgrade!

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A complaint I've heard, one of the biggest, is that the Level Showcase drowns out levels. It's true, it does - great levels stay at the top, and it's infamously difficult to get any attention when your level is getting shoved under all the ones that have already gotten their fair share of the praise. In response, I've set up an automated system that runs every 10 minutes - it scans every thread in the Showcase, and if it has 20 replies or more, it is automatically moved to a new Popular Levels subforum (no, you can't post new threads there, but you can interact in every other way). I've been working to get this running for a while now, and after a few hiccups, code rewrites, and template edits, I think it's set up in a much more approachable way. This should really open up our Showcase to those of you who are tired of having your level ignored. Leave your thoughts - I'm curious what you guys think about the change.

EDIT: It appears that in the initial move, F4F settings were lost in the threads moved to Popular Levels. This won't happen again for any new levels that are moved, but I cannot restore the F4F status of the levels that are already there. However, if you are one of the Creators with a level in Popular Levels, you can hit Edit > Go Advanced and enable the F4F prefix again, if you're still looking for feedback. I'm sorry for the mishap; like I said, I have taken steps to ensure it won't happen again for any levels moved in the future. 		2009-04-23 01:34:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729

TYPO IN THE THREAD TITLE! :O

Still, hm... Cool Maybe someday I could get something there... but now I have to work on my "secret" project ) ok, it ain't secret anymore, lol

Still, cool. Just hope it doesn't make it more confusing for some.		2009-04-23 01:39:00

Author:
RockSauron
Posts: 10882

Oh niiiiice. This really sound like a great solution to me!!

.		2009-04-23 01:39:00

Author:
RangerZero
Posts: 3901

Wow, truly awesome. Thanks CC!2009-04-23 01:42:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino
Posts: 5250

Great idea. Well done.2009-04-23 01:43:00

Author:
mistervista
Posts: 2210

This is great! Can't wait to see it in action!2009-04-23 01:51:00

Author:
Kog
Posts: 2358

COOL - Sounds like a great idea! Thanks CC 2009-04-23 01:53:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983

Smart solution to a real problem, I like it and hope it works out as well as it sounds.2009-04-23 01:54:00

Author:
Walter-Kovacs
Posts: 542

:O

Incredible. Thanks, CC! Very glad to see this happen.		2009-04-23 02:06:00

Author:
aer0blue
Posts: 1603

Thanks CC - This was a problem that needed a creative solution.2009-04-23 02:18:00

Author:
v0rtex
Posts: 1878

YES FINALLY!!!

This is great news for me! Thanks!		2009-04-23 02:31:00

Author:
crazymario
Posts: 657

Awesome idea, now more levels will get the feedback and advice they truly need2009-04-23 03:29:00

Author:
King_Tubb
Posts: 435

AWESOME! Good work as usual!2009-04-23 03:35:00

Author:
brnxblze
Posts: 1318

Very nice idea!2009-04-23 03:51:00

Author:
mrsupercomputer
Posts: 1335

Nice work CC, I know you have been looking for something to do this for awhile and it will be a great addition to the site for the creators.

Cheers QuozL		2009-04-23 05:42:00

Author:
QuozL
Posts: 921

This is going to help me quite a bit - I have spent quite a bit of time scrolling through pages and pages to make sure levels weren't being lost. And sometimes you can't even tell without jumping in and reading the thread, because someone posted a "will look at this later" message so you think a level has had attention when it hasn't.2009-04-23 06:17:00

Author:
CCubbage
Posts: 4430

Perfect way to prevent some new quality levels going unmissed - excellent work CC! 2009-04-23 06:19:00

Author:
Coxy224
Posts: 2645

Great idea, kudos!2009-04-23 06:24:00

Author:
Fjonan
Posts: 359

Although I think the amount of replies might have to be tweaked (but tbh, you don't know till you try) it seems like a simple solution to a big problem.

Personally though, I think 2 pages should be the limit to be moved, although ideally, you would want a certain amount of "feedback posts" instead of simple posts, although you would need to do that manually.		2009-04-23 07:02:00

Author:
dkjestrup
Posts: 672

Although I think the amount of replies might have to be tweaked (but tbh, you don't know till you try) it seems like a simple solution to a big problem.

Personally though, I think 2 pages should be the limit to be moved, although ideally, you would want a certain amount of "feedback posts" instead of simple posts, although you would need to do that manually.
That was thought about, but I scanned the Showcase and found that most of the threads hogging the first page had over 20 posts. There will be odd cases, but overall, this should fix the issue.		2009-04-23 07:09:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729

Nice addition CC. Should save me going back a few pages to make sure I havnt mssed anything and give everyone a fair crack at getting their levels noticed.2009-04-23 07:21:00

Author:
GruntosUK
Posts: 1754

Good idea.2009-04-23 08:44:00

Author:
bindibaji
Posts: 119

This seems like a good solution. Nice one.2009-04-23 09:19:00

Author:
wexfordian
Posts: 1904

Great work as always CC, along with the rest of the tweaks.2009-04-23 12:58:00

Author:
ryryryan
Posts: 3767

You are too smrt (think Homer Simpson

Great job!





2009-04-23 14:29:00

Author:
AJnKnox
Posts: 518

Excellent idea. I actually wish MM would do the same thing in LBP. Move the levels which already have 100's of 1000's of plays into a seperate "Popular levels" section.

It's pretty depressing when you see great levels that have only a few dozen plays then you look at something like ramp with 10 billion plays.		2009-04-23 15:04:00

Author:
Sosaku
Posts: 146

Thanks!!! I can't wait 'till my level gets some plays... hearts... comments... feedback... XD
Thanks a lot CC!!!!		2009-04-23 15:13:00

Author:
tjb0607
Posts: 1054

Excellent idea. I actually wish MM would do the same thing in LBP. Move the levels which already have 100's of 1000's of plays into a seperate "Popular levels" section.

It's pretty depressing when you see great levels that have only a few dozen plays then you look at something like ramp with 10 billion plays.

Well, levels do move everyday now in the cool pages...

.		2009-04-23 15:18:00

Author:
RangerZero
Posts: 3901

Just when you think LBPCentral can't get any better, something like this happens. Too cool for words, this will highlight new levels and cool levels independently from one another. Keep up the incredible work! 2009-04-23 16:49:00

Author:
mindphaser74
Posts: 349

Thanks for listening to my (and others&apos complaint, CC!2009-04-24 00:44:00

Author:
Sackdragon
Posts: 427

I'm really looking forward to seeing this work. This is a truly inspired idea!2009-04-24 12:53:00

Author:
TJapan
Posts: 225

I didn't get any more plays since this. ;(
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1808/noplays.png		2009-04-25 01:33:00

Author:
tjb0607
Posts: 1054

I didn't get any more plays since this. ;(
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I don't mean to be insensitive, but I don't think this update is the cause. We've had levels get even more plays since this change, and everyone seems even more eager to share, so I don't know what to say.		2009-04-25 01:50:00

Author:
ConfusedCartman
Posts: 3729

Hmm, unfortuanatly there's still not much that can be done anymore. CC has done a great job with the problem given, and i don't see any better solution at the moment.
But to ease the pain tjb, i'm going to play your level and give you feedback now 		2009-04-25 02:09:00

Author:
ryryryan
Posts: 3767

Very nice idea CC, yet again you put the work in to make this place better 2009-04-25 15:26:00

Author:
dorien
Posts: 2767


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