Hi Dark, Right. I don't think it is anything personal. A lot has to do with the criteria they use to determine the top 25 sites.
For example, USA Games is on the top 25 list and Blind Adrenaline isn't. I can certainly see why Che would be annoyed by that since he has done a lot more work, created several more games than USA Games, and his projects are fairly revolutionary. However, from what I gather from last years criteria the reason I managed to land a spot on the top 25 list is primarily due to the fact I started archiving and hosting free and abandoned games. That has nothing to do with favoritism or USA Games being better than BA, but it simply came down to the fact my site is a great place to begin building a collection of free audio games for those who can't afford or are unwilling to buy commercial games. I'm adding more to the free games page as we speak, and I can certainly see how my site might be a nice showcase of the kind of work that has been done over the last ten years or so. Cheers! On 12/20/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Che. > > Personally I've always found John and Eleanor from 7-128 highly reasonable > and open to suggestion on many points, and sinse they have not responded on > this matter I'd say your being a trifle hasty, or at least putting your > point a litle too negatively. > > While I do agree, I'm content to reserve judgement until we find out what > the top 25 happens to be this year, and also whether the criteria changes. > > As to how the top twenty five works in the scheme of things. Well you are > right in that no it probably won't change the universe, however I will say > that 7-128 actually do a lot in terms of game accessibility generally, and > have links to various games and general access related organizations, from > able gamers to retroremakes, indeed I first heard of 7-128 myself when they > appeared in a magazine artical detailing their life style as well as their > game access work. > > this means it's more likely to be seen by newcomers to audio games, and get > the exposure we all need. > > so while I do agree perhaps the criteria were too narrow if it excluded > specifically designed accessible clients for online gameplay, (especially > sinse it counts games like sound rts and topspeed whos' single player mode > is hardly astounding), I think we should wait for a response, or indeed for > the list itself. > > Also on a final note, the list is not personal. > > just as I myself don't object to the fact that audiogames.net is always > behind pcs games, I don't think the exclusion of any site is intended as a > reflection of anyone's work, it just depends upon what criteria they use to > evaluate the sites in question. > > Indeed I believe several factors such as google rank are things that few > people can do anything about. > > Beware the grue! > > dark. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
