So, it seems that a vote count for games is now active. And wow, it's thrown me into a tizzy.

Typically, 20 votes are needed for a game to get ratings, which is reasonable. I had assumed, based on comments, that I had enough. But now that the vote count is visible, it seems that was incorrect.

In previous LDs, I'd got around 50 votes with around 10 comments. So, about 20% of voters left a comment. For this LD, I've gotten 15 comments and 15 votes (cough save our ratings cough). So it seems that new new system of encouraging comments is working well. But this mislead me into thinking my efforts were enough.

Another question is how coolness is calculated now. Since it's not displayed, it's hard to figure out how much effort is needed to get a game to the top. I feel that I've rated a similar number to previous years, but have gotten way fewer votes. I'm not certain how having a team factors into this, but my team members haven't been rating at all.

Anyone else notice anything similar?