In-Depth Voting Options would be awesome

#11 · July 24, 2011, 12:30 pm

The issue is that the download database doesn't validate it's inputs (which is incredibly basic web programming). So someone can rate a map, with a little url hacking, as a 1,000,000 out of 5.

The person/team who originally wrote the download plugin didn't check for this, and going in and modifying the plugin is apparently quite the task.

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#12 · July 25, 2011, 8:15 pm

I think the person who has done this has exposed a very large hole in the security of the voting system. Maybe a better system should be put in place to help prevent this.

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#13 · July 26, 2011, 1:42 am

iWork925 wrote:

I think I should be rewarded for breaking a system based on honor that, until I decided to be dick, had been working just fine for it's intended purpose. Maybe people should listen to me because a little URL hacking makes me awesome.

How about you just stop acting like an idiot? :!:

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#14 · July 26, 2011, 5:41 am

Also I think the quoting system needs some work....

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