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<blockquote data-quote="Lars Frehse" data-source="post: 245612" data-attributes="member: 1674">I am comparitively new with my story hour, but I don't like the idea of a ranking.After all, everybody who is writing one here is investing a lot of time, work and love into it. Now, if there were ratings, some people would get better ratings then others, and those who wouldn't rank so well would be disappointed.I know I would be.The danger with a ranking system like it is suggested here is, that for many, it would feel like a popularity contest. And since there are losers in every contest, that means that there would be losers here, as well.Now, I know how gratifying writing my own story hour turned out to be for me. I would bet, that for a lot of you who are writing your own, it feels the same way. There is a certain feeling of achievement and you are turning your fleeting joys of the gaming table into something that lasts.I wouldn't want anybody who is doing this labor of love to be told that he sucks- and a low ranking would say just that much. And for everyone with a low ranking, a small place of happiness would be shattered.But, I think an election of the top three would be fun. Each reader and writer here would have one vote and could vote for his favorite three story hours and send his vote to Morrus. (Or one of the admins. Whoever would do the job, really.) Then, Morrus would only post the top three, and no one would be hurt, because everybody who doesn't make it to the top could think:&quot;Damn, that must mean I am on spot nr. 4!&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lars Frehse, post: 245612, member: 1674"] I am comparitively new with my story hour, but I don't like the idea of a ranking. After all, everybody who is writing one here is investing a lot of time, work and love into it. Now, if there were ratings, some people would get better ratings then others, and those who wouldn't rank so well would be disappointed. I know I would be. The danger with a ranking system like it is suggested here is, that for many, it would feel like a popularity contest. And since there are losers in every contest, that means that there would be losers here, as well. Now, I know how gratifying writing my own story hour turned out to be for me. I would bet, that for a lot of you who are writing your own, it feels the same way. There is a certain feeling of achievement and you are turning your fleeting joys of the gaming table into something that lasts. I wouldn't want anybody who is doing this labor of love to be told that he sucks- and a low ranking would say just that much. And for everyone with a low ranking, a small place of happiness would be shattered. But, I think an election of the top three would be fun. Each reader and writer here would have one vote and could vote for his favorite three story hours and send his vote to Morrus. (Or one of the admins. Whoever would do the job, really.) Then, Morrus would only post the top three, and no one would be hurt, because everybody who doesn't make it to the top could think:"Damn, that must mean I am on spot nr. 4!" :) [/QUOTE]

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