21-Dec-2014, 6:45 PM
Although it's certainly playing the system, I'm not sure I would call that tactic "abuse" any more than a designer lobbying for some of their levels to be nominated. Also, I'd contend that the older sets would probably not be favored nearly as much even if they are well known, as many have been subjected to previous CCLP voting processes that have, in many cases, pushed their best levels into official sets. The whole point of a method like this would be to make sure that the levels in voting are actually levels that the community would want to see in voting. So, if we're dealing with a designer who cranks out quality material on a fairly consistent basis, then great. There's a good chance that the material is fairly well-known, especially if the designer is that active, and the community can push or be persuaded to push additional levels into voting if need be. But there's also the other side of the coin as well: at the very least, if we're dealing with a designer who submits a thousand levels for CCLP4, and the vast majority of them are more than likely not going to make it into the set by virtue of being mediocre design- or gameplay-wise, at least they can get their 50 or so best in voting without the staff or voters having to worry about rating the remaining 950. This is also the reason why I wouldn't be in favor of a percentage-based system as well.