Good God, Not this again

Thanks Zodiaq... I appreciate the tip. This isn't being done the usual way, it looks like someone's hacked into the admin controls.  jeesh...

Cripes

I think that type of activity is called laming.. not hacking.

Somebody did have admin access...They were all rated at 1 or 2 and only one rating was made, which is usually the admin default rating of 6

Great > T-man or the techies might not be able to fix till tomorrow. Well I think they keep a record of ratings so it shouldn't be too hard to fix.

thanks for clarification AR - I have no idea whats going on... but it is definitly lame.  I guess there's a potential that the ratings are coming from an admin that's just lost it over the complaining.  We have ten rating points so maybe someone's decided we should use the whole range...

Is this all people have to do anymore, screw up other people's enjoyment. Get this jerks a new toy to play with other than someone's computer or website or whatever. Get a life. I can't believe what some a...h...s do for entertainment. Sorry, but this is just a subject that irks me to no end. Anyone with the knowledge (or idiocity) to mess up other peoples computers and websites, why don't they create a new cancer drug or AIDS drug or something that BENEFITS people instead of being jerks. Maybe this isn't the thread for it, but I am so tired of having to download security updates, virus uploads and hacker keeper-outers, that it frustrates me that people have nothing else to do. If they can figure out how to do menace to society why can't they figure out how to benefit society. Guess I am babbling and probably the wrong place. >

Yepper

Didn't mean anything about anyone here, I love this place. It is just the hackers and spammers and all the other people that make my computer experience a nightmare. Constantly updating virus programs, spam-locks, pop-ups and hackers. In my opinion, my computer is my way of getting out and communicating with others, downloading beautiful skins and desktops, wallpapers, and things and enjoying my time off of work and on my computer, but then someone has to come along and just screw everything up and take the enjoyment out for no other reason than they are bored. Like I said,I probably got into the wrong thread and just have a BUMB. (Bur up my b--t).

People need to understand something about this site...and that is...it is run and co-operated by HUMAN BEINGS and some who do it VOLUNTARILY.

Yes, human beings submit stuff too and the hardest job for all the admins is not just having to moderate but having to decide what stays and goes as far as walls and what to rate it accordingly. Would anyone have the time or fortitude or gonads to do that job and keep their sanity? It takes a LOT of guts to be able to do that and do it without going a bit crazy.

Some of our walls were rated fives by the admins and later other folks gave it better ratings that we were most grateful for but we'd have still been proud to have a wall here at all even a rated 5 one. That's the spirit of 'fun' I think. For...aren't the majority of us here doing it for fun and to "GIVE" something of ourselves? And do we forget that Stardock provides us with bandwidth and 'space' for our dreams that do get in?

Must Wincustomize.com be the most perfect site on the planet to appease the masses and even then won't people complain or nag or think up conspiracies? Anything that is popular is bashed because there will always be some bitterness and some hurt somewhere along the line. Some of our cursors weren't rated well by the admins but we didn't feel cheated or hurt...we just figured they want us to improve and get better which we are trying to do. Sure, other kind folks come along and rate us better later on down the line but we WANT to improve and get better. Don't we all? It is very heart-warming and rewarding when people like what you've done...and I understand it's upsetting when stuff doesn't get seen because of a low rate...especially after a LOT of hard work but to get discouraged to the point that you bite the very hand the feeds you and nurtures your artistry is just...wrong.



To us this is a place of learning and brother/sister-hood. Right? This is a place to share and to give and to take as well. We are in this together and when a rejection comes along it doesn't mean "you suck" it just means certain criteria wasn't met...and that doesn't stamp your art with "rejection" but just says it doesn't "work" for a "skinning" site.

SOrry, we didn't mean to turn this into a weird manifesto...but a great place like this doesn't deserve so much bashing. It doesn't accomplish much at all. And people who even claim their "frustration and anger" towards this site still love it or they wouldn't keep visiting it. NO?

Now let's all play in the sandbox together and get along!

Assuming it is just the use of the full rating range......where I for one would just reject the work rather than post it at a low of 2 or 3....there really is no problem....people 'should' just be rating the works when they are made public...as usual....and IF the wall is better than whatever an admin may have posted...then it will ultimately be graded accordingly.

 

What would people prefer.....posting something rated 'fairly' or just maintain the cull as always....and never see the work at all?

Interesting conundrum, eh, what?....

Jafo..So what happened to the default rating of 6? I understand you're going to cover whoever's ass gave all those 1's and 2's...but...

It sounds like you're just trying to justify an admins out of control actions.

Doesn't seem right that 'One' Admin can go through and say...this is pure "Crap" click 1,click 1,1,2,2,1,1

Honestly...I really don't care about the ratings stuff...This just seemed a little out of line...that's all