[android-developers] Re: Finally, I published my Android/GAE based MMO War Game

Yes, it is effectively hacking the rating system of the market to
climb up much higher/faster than it should.

It is because it uses a referral system like Gangwars uses wherein
users post referral codes as comments to boost their in-game character
or stats. I personally think that any app which deliberately is
designed to have users leave comments with codes for other users
(which will no doubt be 5-star) in order to succeed at the app/game is
using the market in bad faith.

Look at both apps - 99% of the comments are "(5 Stars) - Add me
OQ23UW" or "(5 Stars) - Use my code IUWENW for 200 gems!" - That is
artificial rating inflation.

Google should spend a little time discussing this because if every
game started doing that to compete, the market rating system would
become completely ineffective. I see this sort of thing becoming such
a menace that the top 20-30 games are simply ones with those market
hacks. I hope they stop it before it gets to that point.

On Apr 26, 10:12 am, niko20 <nikolatesl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I too am pretty sure that all the comments I see about pocket empires
> are just spam.
>
> It's simply slimy behavior, and I would appreciate it if it would
> stop.
>
> -niko
>
> On Apr 26, 9:16 am, Mike <michaeldouglaskra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hey Zero,
>
> > Any idea on how Pocket Empires has managed to go from a zero in the
> > rankings to number 25 in less than a few weeks?  Seems a little
> > questionable to me based on the amount of spam being left on all of
> > the other top 50 apps and games promoting your game.  More
> > questionable still is the near constant amount of positive 5 star
> > feedback being left on Pocket Empires itself with nearly the same
> > content.  I'll stop short of accusing the own Pocket Empires team of
> > purposely manipulating the Android market ratings system in order to
> > promote the game, but it seems very suspicious and, might I say, a bit
> > slimy and underhanded.
>
> > - Michael
>
> > On Apr 1, 10:03 pm, ZeroCool <zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Big thanks to Android Team.
> > > I couldn't have done it without the help of you guys.
> > > If anyone is interested, search 'pocketempires' or 'pe' in Android
> > > Market.
>
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