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Doublelime on 09 January 2015

i like it the way it is, mobile site isn't even that needed because you just need to open all the links in a new tab. i wish they updated the sales numbers more frequently.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 09 January 2015

It does on mobile... Badly



                  

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okr on 09 January 2015

I just was about to agree with lots of revamp suggestions in this thread, but then I saw ioi's post... >_>



the_real_dsister44 on 09 January 2015

I think I speak for no one when I say BRING BACK VGC IM!



DerpSandwich on 09 January 2015

Graphically I care none, but I hate the forum. Mainly the way I get notified when someone replies to me but not told where that reply or replies might be. Clicking the notification sometimes takes me to my comment, sometimes to the page where the reply is, sometimes to a different page entirely, and there's no way to tell where else I might have replies without searching page by page. It makes having discussions nearly impossible sometimes.



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soulfly666 on 09 January 2015

thread searching needs to be fixed. It is really annoying having that function unusable.



Ultrashroomz on 09 January 2015

Some features like adding games is kinda outdated, with certain games not being available in the database, and a good number of features of this site could use a revamp if you ask me.



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kirby007 on 09 January 2015
Mr.Playstation said:
NiKKoM said:
And things that need to return:



Welcome to the world famous VG Chartz prediction league! Create a VG Chartz account today and use your vg$ to bet in our weekly prediction games. For full details of how to play visit the How to Play page.

Prediction League > How to Play


So you want to be a contender? Do you think you can out-estimate the analysts? Show off your predicting prowess in the VG Chartz Prediction League.

How to Play
Each week we will create prediction rounds for Japan, America and Others. In each round you must submit your predictions for the ten software and five hardware sales using our entry form. VG Chartz will provide a list of software and hardware for players to predict sales of (generally expected to be the top performers for that week). To qualify for a given contest, your entry must be received before the closing date. Occasionally, VG Chartz will post some one-off prediction rounds covering sales over a quarter or a year. These rounds can be entered in exactly the same way as the weekly rounds.

Betting on your predictions
Each prediction you make per round has a minimum bet that you must place of vg$5. This means that across the 15 prediction fields in each round the mimimum total bet is vg$75 (15 x 5). For predictions you feel more confident about you can bet more against, for predictions you are less confident about you should bet the mimimum amount. Your total bet amount over the 15 predictions in a round cannot exceed your current wealth - i.e it cannot make you bankrupt to place the bet. Think wisely about your predictions - use the charting and comparison tools provided by the website to look over historical data and place your money wisely on the predictions you think will pay out the most!

Your Winnings
Winnings are determined by your prediction accuracy. Prediction accuracy for a each prediction is calculated as the difference between your prediction and actual figure / actual figure. The prediction accuracy for each prediction is divided by the average accuracy across all users for that prediction and then this ratio is multiplied by your bet on that prediction. This is totalled up over the 15 predictions. An example is the best way to illustrate.

Example:
You predict a game will sell 175,000 copies for the week and the game actually sells 200,000. So, we take the difference between your prediction and the actual sales and divide it by the actual sales 25,000 / 200,000. The result, 0.125, represents the percentage your prediction was off from the actual (12.5% off). Subtracting this number from 1 (one represents being wholly accurate) tells us how close or accurate your prediction is to the actual: 1 - 0.125 = 0.875 or 87.5% accurate. Note that if your prediction is off by more than the actual amount (i.e., off by more than 100%), your accuracy will be 0% representing the fact that you were simply not accurate in your prediction (e.g., you predict 100,000 and the actual is 30,000). Your accuracy is then divided by the average accuracy for that prediction, in this case say 50% (100,000 as the average prediction) to give (87.5/50) then multiplied by your original bet. So if you bet vg$10 on this prediction, you would win 10 x (87.5/50) = vg$17.50 (a net profit of vg$7.50 against the original bet). This is repeated across all your bets and totalled up.

VG Chartz will post the results of each round, one week after the actual data for that period has been posted on the site (to give time for any adjustments to the actual data). Once your bets have been cashed in, changes will not be made if adjustments are made to the actual data on the site later on.

VG Chartz will be the sole determinant of player accuracy and scores. We reserve the right to disqualify anyone from the leauge for any reason. Questions about the contest should be directed to predictions@vgchartz.com.

I've heard about such a thread before and in my opinion it sounds pretty awesome. A question to the mods or any long time user of this site:

What's holding the site back from having such a thread? Is it ioi or something else completly.?

i actually had it setup with a fictive currency last year which was pretty fun but i was rather timeconsuming which i couldn't do at work anymore

hell if i would get a half a dollar for each weekly round i would setup i would actually be assed to get it working again

EDIT: fun fact the overall thread is still sticked http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=182892&page=1#44



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Join the Prediction League http://www.vgchartz.com/predictions

Instead of seeking to convince others, we can be open to changing our own minds, and seek out information that contradicts our own steadfast point of view. Maybe it’ll turn out that those who disagree with you actually have a solid grasp of the facts. There’s a slight possibility that, after all, you’re the one who’s wrong.

StarOcean on 09 January 2015

Mobile site! Please! Thats all I ask for v.v well that and Dragon Quest 7 3DS, but thats never going to happen T.T