pinball ranking question.

mrgone

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ipdb and pinside list lw3 way back in the high 100's while pinpedia lists it at #15.
how are pins ranked? does each site have their own system? its a bit confusing.
 
Pinpedia hasn't been around as long...I doubt there's as many votes on that pin. Also doubt there's as many votes overall on pins in general, which obviously influences the ratings as well.

The high 100's is more accurate than #15. ;)

And yes, each site has their own ranking/points system. I prefer pinside.com, but ipdb is good too. Some of the ratings are jacked up, but most of them are pretty solid.
 
Ranked 15? That's got to be some sort of joke. Let's assume we all know what the top 14 are, I won't rattle off those....but under 15? What, are you saying Lethal Weapon is better than Funhouse, Spider Man, Shadow, White Water, Fish Tales, Family Guy. Hell, if LW3 is number 15, there's no telling what's above it.

EDIT: Here's a list that compiles a few together, to get (maybe) a more accurate measure: http://www.pinzach.com/comp2.htm
 
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Ranked 15? That's got to be some sort of joke. Let's assume we all know what the top 14 are, I won't rattle off those....but under 15? What, are you saying Lethal Weapon is better than Funhouse, Spider Man, Shadow, White Water, Fish Tales, Family Guy. Hell, if LW3 is number 15, there's no telling what's above it.

EDIT: Here's a list that compiles a few together, to get (maybe) a more accurate measure: http://www.pinzach.com/comp2.htm

no, im asking why pinpedia would list it so high.higher than rfm and other great games.
i own lw3 and i do enjoy it. however,i would not rank it in the top 15 pins.
that is why i started this thread,to ask why it rates so high on pinpedia as opposed to other sites top 100 list.
 
I just went to that site, and the ranking system is insanely awful. T2 is 7 places above Medieval Madness? No no no no no.
 
Pinball rankings are kind of irrelevant, what really matter are the comments with the ratings. From that, you can tell a lot about the game. The ratings are all skewed heavily in favor of the Williams DMD games, doesn't matter if the Stern/DE/Gottlieb games are just as good, they'll never be rated as high (or priced as high). Take TOTAN and something like Stargate for example. From a visual and sound standpoint, TOTAN blows Stargate away. However, if you actually play the games, you'll find that Stargate totally destroys TOTAN. Yet TOTAN is a top 10 game in the ratings, Stargate is down the list quite a ways somewhere in the top 100.
 
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