How do I get into the Top Rated mutual back-slap circle jerk union (TRMBSCJ local 706) so I can have my stank-ass comics debut at #1 every day?

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-=- You eat one lousy foot and they call you a cannibal. What a world. -=-

Make a good comic.

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The giant three-phallused phallus of Uzbekistan will one day squirt the cosmic jizz of revenge all over Canada.

Because my comics are ALWAYS at #1...

Look, we all rate comics fairly. None of us rates a comic "good" just because it's a friend of ours. I vote "good" on anything that makes me laugh out loud, "okay" on anything that gets an internal laugh, and "bad" on anything that's below that internal laugh par. I have rated some comics bad from people who ordinarily get a "good" vote from me simply because I thought the comic was bad. It doesn't matter how I feel about the person personally, and this is not the issue here. Sure there are a few people out there who can't control themselves and don't play fair, but I think most of us are honest in our ratings. And I don't appriciate you accusing me or anyone else of otherwise.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

That's a pretty broad statement. Do you really think every donor rates comics fairly?

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peddling the funny around since 09/24/2002

That's a pretty broad statement. Do you really think every donor rates comics fairly?

I definitely don't think everyone rates comics fairly, but I do feel that the great comics are rated appropriately because you can't deny their quality. I, myself, try to rate them fairly and in a nonbiased way. That doesn't mean I always do it, but I try.

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dcomposed:11-06-05: If I was a viking invading your village, you'd be the first to get raped.
Crabby: 10/5/06: i would love to feed you fresh fruit while bathing you.

If you'd read on I admitted to there being a few strays, but for the most part, I think we all rate comics according to our own personal tastes.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

I've been watching the Top Rated cycle for as long as all of you I'm sure. here's what I've seen:

1. Comic debuts and appears shortly thereafter with a score of 9.5 - 10

2. Comic is voted on by people that watch the list and almost always moves rapidly south (some really funny comics stay at or near the top of course)

This leads me to believe that in the day prior to the list refresh, that comic is being hit and rated only by people that either think it is damn funny or just want to up it's score.

I like to think that I have a good sense of humor but i'll admit that I am a harsh critic. What I find hard to believe is that in the day prior to the list refresh EVERY viewer, of what I think can only be an okay or bad comic, thought that comic was awesome.

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-=- You eat one lousy foot and they call you a cannibal. What a world. -=-

If you are waiting for comics to appear on the toprated list before you read them, then yes, the new ones will probably all be scored 8-10. Because it takes a couple of votes for it to get there in the first place. Unless it's a comic posted in the forums, the only people who will have gone to the user's homepage to read it will be regular readers of theirs, fans if you will.

Let's say that myself, Scyess and Boorite all read Dougan's comics regularly, because we enjoy them. There's more chance that we'll rate his comics "good", because we like them. Once they appear on the toprated, other people will see this comic with a perfect score and read it, then they wont understand it because they are stupid and wrong and they'll rate it bad.

That's how it works.

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Dad was flammable

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then they wont understand it because they are stupid and wrong and they'll rate it bad.

That's how it works.

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Let's say that myself, Scyess and Boorite all read Dougan's comics regularly, because we enjoy them.

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I once caught a thread in which someone admitted to being part of a cabal of folks circle jerking each others' comics up the list. Haven't bothered to look at the top-rated page since.

Simple solutions to simple problems.

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I was gonna send a robot back in time, but I got high.

What I love is when a rated comic's score goes down, even though there have been no new ratings on said comic. That's happened to me twice. Oh well.

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Think classy, you'll be classy.

What I want to know is...

HOW THE HELL DID THAT STUPID ASS TIMMY THE TAMPON COMIC OF MINE GET RATED A 5?!

>_<

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I will rate you hard, and unendingly.

Can I sit next to Noonie for the circle jerk?

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

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I once caught a thread in which someone admitted to being part of a cabal of folks circle jerking each others' comics up the list. Haven't bothered to look at the top-rated page since.

Simple solutions to simple problems.

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Comic rating?!?!?

* Spankling pulls up his pants and leaves *

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

That's a pretty broad statement. Do you really think every donor rates comics fairly?

Absolutely not. I can attest to rating half of chicka's comics "bad." Most of them deserved it.

The top rated list is generally going to favor users who are popular within the Stripcreator community. That's the most reliable way to get over the biggest hurdle: getting more than 3 votes on a single comic. And if people are reading your comics, they're more likely to vote positively, giving your comic a high initial score.

As choad described, a while back the top rated page had stagnated and I did a bunch of junk just to get it moving again. There was like a 250,000 comic backlog and that list shouldn't have been standing still unless nobody was voting. It's bound to be kind of nuts and erratic until that backlog of voting dries up a bit.

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www.bradsucks.net

Also it's important to keep in mind, when getting political about comic scores, that having a high score and a lot of votes is the most impressive thing.

Wirthling's "You've got cancer!" comic for instance is the most loved comic on the site with 52 votes and a score of 8.27, which is pretty impressive.

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www.bradsucks.net

Don't take this as bragging, but I have quite a few comics in the toprated thing. And, being a n00b, I'm not a member of an "inner sanctum of donors." Just post a bunch of your best ones in RMDC and the magic should happen.

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all the wrong things for all the right reasons

Not to make things more complicated, but maybe it should take 10 votes or more to be truly top-rated, and anything with 4 - 9 votes would be on a separate "up and coming" list.

Or you could work out some calculation where a strip with 52 votes and a score of 8.5 has a higher ranking than something with 4 votes and a 9. But I think the "two list" idea above might be easier to understand.

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

That's a great idea.

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Think classy, you'll be classy.

*opens packet of biscuits*

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Comic rating?!?!?

* Spankling pulls up his pants and leaves *

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I do so love that comic. Several times I've relayed that comic verbally to friends and, because I can't tell a joke, butchered it terribly effectively removing all humor from it.

Anyway... that comic should be #1.

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-=- You eat one lousy foot and they call you a cannibal. What a world. -=-