JazziLady. I am a big fan of yours and I would never rate your walls low. They're too damn good for that. As for whoever is doing it all I can say is that person wouldn't know quality if it got up and bit him/her in the ass. You're one of my favorites love. Rock on!

BTW ... #'s don't lie.

Uvah, that's the nicest sweetest thing I've heard in a very long time! I know you would never do that, you always leave wonderful reviews for me! I am so grateful for that too. Thanks Uvah!

Yes Wizard! they are back at it again! Not just my work either, others have been hit by the drive by!

Just took a look at your gallery, last 48 walls. There are 6 of 48 rated 2 stars or lower, 5 of 48 rated 4 stars or higher, that means the rest are 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 stars.

I see nothing there that indicates anyone is rating your walls low. Remember since you are a journeyman the starting rating of three stars is just a placeholder. When the first person to rate it rates at say 2 1/2 stars, that becomes the rating. It is not averaged with the 3 star placeholder.

When another rates it then the ratings start being averaged.

The best thing to do is not even look at the ratings...look at your download count. That is a better indicator on how your walls are doing. Personally I very rarely look at ratings and only once in awhile at the download counts because I do this for fun and to pass the time. Once I upload something I more or less set if free...clear my folders and move on to the next project. Ratings mean nothing.

I understand what you're all saying, and I didn't write this just for myself. I've read other peoples remarks and they are shocked at the ratings they've received. I guess I should have handled this privately, but it wasn't just for my sake. Thanks for the input, it is appreciated!

jazzi... i don't rate anything. except WebGizmo's 'skins'. and then only because he pays me.

seriously? wg's right. first and probably only time. do the download count and the rest? meh.

Personally I wish they would get rid of ratings entirely because of issues like this.  Jazzi, your work is excellent, you know it and we all know it, so forget about the ratings, they don't mean a thing.

I also looked....in 8 days you've put up 15 walls(unless I miss counted) ratings from 2 stars to 3 1/2 stars(4-7 under the old system).

Skins are certainly a lot harder to create than walls! I'm sorry to the Mods that I posted this here, I shouldn't have! As I said before though, this wasn't just about me. Thanks to all of you for your validations of my work, that wasn't my point though. However, I do appreciate them very much! After all, I'm only human! I think Lightstar has the right idea! Can the ratings!

i have also noticed someone rating my walls down...Jazzi..let the ratings not bother you too much.. 

people will rate, people will rate low. It's just a fact of life. Stars mean nothing. If you are happy with your work that should be all that matters. I have seen plenty of low rated stuff on this site but what i take notice of is the download count. If that is high or fairly high then what do a few less yellow pixels matter.

And when you see walls coming out like a production line it's actually kind of a turn off....it just says the uploader isn't really thinking about quality as much as quantity. Lately I've noticed this on the front page with it being one wall and/or log on of the same design right after the other. Like Karma girl mentioned...maybe slowing down a bit and putting more thought into what your doing might help. And I very rarely download walls from here because of them pretty much all looking alike in one way or another. I'm more into high res walls of a scenic nature or anything else for that matter....squiggly lines and fractals just don't do it for me and there seems to be tons of them on the internet.

And I'd hate to be into doing good walls here because they would just get buried in no time flat never to be seen.

Now that this can of worms is open I can't resist jumping in. I've noticed the over whelming amout of walls being uploaded and to me they are too similar. Good quality so it's just my taste.  Been awhile going on. Never said a word about it. So other's have noticed too. Thought I was just an old grouch or something.