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    Owned and operated by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and presented at the D.I.C.E. Summit, the D.I.C.E. Awards, formerly known as the Interactive Achievement Awards, are regarded as the most prestigious awards in the gaming industry.

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    #1  Edited By darkivn

    Can someone explain how can a page with only half a dozen short point-form lists be forth 40,000 Wiki points? O.o

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    #2  Edited By FluxWaveZ

    Hm.  Maybe Wiki Tasks...?  I don't know.

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    #3  Edited By Death_Unicorn

    I would enjoy knowing this as well, since I've seen pages with a lot of points, but not much content.
    So yes, bump.

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    #4  Edited By natetodamax

    Yeah, it's weird how Marino is the top wiki editor when his top page is a few lists. I think adding links give you quite a few points, while images are 25 points each.

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    #5  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
    @natetodamax said:
    " Yeah, it's weird how Marino is the top wiki editor when his top page is a few lists. I think adding links give you quite a few points, while images are 25 points each. "
    Nope. I maintain a page and add about 3 works and a link a week. And that comes to maybe 10 points. 
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    #6  Edited By JJWeatherman

    Now I'm wondering about this too. Marino, we need your input. 

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    It's marino, he can do whatever he wants

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    #8  Edited By thedj93

    With 40,000+ points at it's helm, I was expecting a huge page with a bunch of useless details, like the theme song they use each year, or something equally inane to occupy my time. But this? I mean it ain't bad or anything, but it ain't much either...

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    #9  Edited By natetodamax
    @The_Laughing_Man said:
    " @natetodamax said:
    " Yeah, it's weird how Marino is the top wiki editor when his top page is a few lists. I think adding links give you quite a few points, while images are 25 points each. "
    Nope. I maintain a page and add about 3 works and a link a week. And that comes to maybe 10 points.  "
    Works? I think you mean words.
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    #10  Edited By natetodamax

    Also kinda interesting that another user has over 1,000 points on the same page. 

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    #11  Edited By Jeffsekai

    It had a ton of information before but there was a wiki task for the page because it was too cluttered so Marino (the guy who made it in the first place) made what it is now. 
     
     
     
    Also, why the fuck do you care.

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    @Jeffsekai said:
    " It had a ton of information before but there was a wiki task for the page because it was too cluttered so Marino (the guy who made it in the first place) made what it is now.    Also, why the fuck do you care. "
    This seems like a logical answer. I guess they care because they fear of unfair treatment?
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    #13  Edited By natetodamax
    @Jeffsekai: But I don't see how a bunch of links + a few paragraphs + a few images + the wiki task point bonus add up to over 38,000 points. Must have been a huge bonus.
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    #14  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @natetodamax said:
    " @Jeffsekai: But I don't see how a bunch of links + a few paragraphs + a few images + the wiki task point bonus add up to over 38,000 points. Must have been a huge bonus. "

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    Did you read what I wrote bro? I said it used to be huge but he had to tone it down because it was too cluttered.
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    #15  Edited By Death_Unicorn
    @Jeffsekai: I would like to think, the wiki points at the side of the page would be some kind of indicator of quality and the care users take to make and maintain a page. At 40,000 points, I assumed it would be one of the best pages on the site.
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    #16  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @Death_Unicorn said:
    " @Jeffsekai: I would like to think, the wiki points at the side of the page would be some kind of indicator of quality and the care users took to make and maintain a page. At 40,000 points, I assumed it would be one of the best pages on the site. "
    He had to take a lot away from it. 
     
     
    Stop fucking posting if your not gonna read what I said.
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    #17  Edited By erinfizz

    This page got broken somehow if I remember correctly and had to be pared down. Will page Marino here and let him explain.

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    #18  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
    @erinfizz said:
    " This page got broken somehow if I remember correctly and had to be pared down. Will page Marino here and let him explain. "
    Its also on a number of other pages. Is it the same for all the others? 
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    #19  Edited By Marino  Staff

    Jeffsekai is right.  Originally, I had every year's awards all on one page.  The page was so large that it was slowing down and/or crashing people's browsers.  So, Dave (snide) asked me to split it up into individual pages for each year.  If I had the means to do so, I would deduct the points from the primary page. 
     
    But that's how it happened.

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    #20  Edited By Karl_Boss

    Yep like Marino said the page was HUGE before. And i contributed a small bit of it which is why I have over 1000 points.

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