Originally Posted by DatSkip
The way I see it, two or three people will be constantly getting the top spot and everyone else won't be payed much heed.
That would be a shame, indeed. I can see a similar trend in the Book of Records.
The game needs a sense of accomplishment, though, because that's just the way a game works. You get awarded with adrenaline when you feel like you accomplished something, that's just how our body works. That's also why gaming is addictive.
Now that went horribly off-topic, but my point is that there has to be some kind of reward in the game, and if we want to take the eyes off TC, there has to be some other kind of reward.
Something that could solve the problem is if voting was implemented. Regular users would vote on the replays. There is already a voting system in the replays section, but nobody looks there. Or at least, i don't.
So, if there was a little section in the replays board, where anyone can upload their replays, in a specified category, and other users could vote on them, that could solve the problem.
In theory, users would rather vote on someone new than someone who always hogs the top spot.
There is of course farming issues, and similar abuse, but let's focus on brainstorming first, and farming later, ok?
Finally, to address the TC reward problem, i don't think that would be that much of a problem. As long as we clearly state that there is no reward except the honor of getting a "front paged replay", i don't think anyone would ask for additional rewards.
Sorry, English is not my native, if anything's hard to understand, please tell me so.