Or you could do what SWShoebox does

So far I like Engineer's idea the best, and my second favorite is the Favorites idea. Both could work well with out causing all out wars. Splitting the top squads into 100, 150, and 200 groupings could work with either method and I think it's a good idea.

I would like to keep the 5 newest squads, any way you could fit that in?

I would like to see the number ranking system stay, another option to throw in would be a win loss ratio that the user could update after he's used the squad, it would encourage people to post what worked and what didn't work, and let's face it those numbers speak for themselves far greater than the 1-10 will.

Forcing people to leave comments will not end the 1's it will make it worse as you're now forcing him to insult you. However I think that when you rate a squad your username with the score you gave it should be posted and viewable by clicking on the overall rating of the squad.

What I don't like about engineers idea is that it's easy to create 25 100pt jawa armies and continue rating 1's.

I like the idea of having a 1 month waiting period before being able to rate squads, as well as there should be someway of registering a single username to 1 email account, that will not end the 1's but severely hamper their efforts.

I think that the rating part itself should be taken out, and the same program should be put on the comment, so you can rate as you leave a comment, instead of rating and leaving. Persoally, I don't get on much, but ehen I do, I usally glance on squads and say," hey! this deserves at least a 5 or 7, not a 2!" Basically what I'm saying is that a rating is a simple form of a comment, put into a number. So, people who post squads should get feedback in advice form instead of a number, so they can see what they did wrong, or right instead of a yes, this is good, or no, this is terrible.

That might not be a good idea, considering that people can flood comments to improve their own rating, even if it is negative

Lots of good ideas here. For now, I've created a page to see a ton of new squads (instead of just 5).

http://www.bloomilk.com/Squads/NewSquads.aspx

I also revamped the "My Squads" page to show the top squads from each of the 3 DCI point levels separately. There's a new formula used for determining which squads are the top squads. Those missing the "More..." button can look up and see the Squad Ratings link on that page or the Squad Ratings link in the menu. I can add it back in if completely necessary, but it really seems extraneous. Also I added paging to the list of "My Squads". The page should load quite a bit faster now, if you have a lot of squads--and the filter options at the top are loading faster as well. If you want to see Republic 200 point squads, you can select the filter options and it should load pretty quickly.

The Squad Ratings page should load faster now, and I upped the number of votes you can filter the squads by (up to a maximum of 50 now, instead of 10) 10 is now the default.

Lastly, I updated the Squads Search page and Squad Ratings page so when you click on a squad name, it opens in a new tab (or a whole new window if you have an old browser). This way, you can leave your seach results up, and click on each of the squads you want to see.

Let me know what you think of the changes. None of this directly addressing the rating issue, but they're changes that needed to be made anyway.

i think the changes are awesome. i still think that making it so you have to comment to leave a rating is the best way to fix the rating problem.

i think that imyurhukaberry had the best idea w/ whoever likes a squad add it to a favorites squad listing, more favorites of one squad gets up there in the ratings. & if u keep the number rating system then basically what i said before u can try, when it first gets rated lets say a squad's first rating is a 10 cuz its usualy a normal rating at first before the 1's come in ok lets say its a 10 then the next rater of the squad only has the option of maybe 8 - 10 to just keep it sticky like that w/ the average. once more & more people start rating it ,if the ratings go down then the average lowers being able to only pick maybe 3 numbers below the average, as more people rate it depending it goes up or down keep the rating numbers close to the average. so u dont have a squad thats getting rated 9 through 10's & get rated a 1 & it drops sevearly. another I.E. basically if an average goes down to in the 7's then next rater can only rate in between a 5 & up.. its hard to explain it but i think its a good idea, u'll be promised never to drop so low with one rating that people will have a longer time to see ur squad, again hard to explain , ill explain it more if u have any questions.. thanx

might be a horrible idea, but theres really not much u can do with this problem, even better so make someone a rating master to give it the first rating, what shinja did with the top pt squads was brilliant yea, but it dont change the rating system, i think what i suggested isnt that bad of an idea, maybe not exactly how i put it but something simular. hey if u have better ideas post them thats what this thread is for. just adding my 2 cents..