Rating a virtual environment isn't an easy task. Rating them fairly is even harder.

Some are Gameworlds, some research projects. Intermixed we have business sims and medical applications. Some single user, others millions or more.

Therefore, our ratings system takes into account how the world handles several specific points, and tallys up the results accordingly.

Newbie Friendliness

How well the world greets newcomers, how the system behaves for new characters, and community reactions to newcomers.

Worth: 15%

Community Values

What type of community exists within the virtual world? Is there one? Is it tightly-bound, and introverted, or does it wolcome new members?

Worth:15%

Believability

How painstaking is the creation of the virtual worldlet? Does it give a believable feel to the world?

Worth: 15%

Immersion

Partner to believability, an immersive world absorbs your senses, letting our world slip from your mind. Does the world do this, or not?

Worth: 15%

Administration

How approachable are the administrators of the world? Is there a good complaints / problems system?

Worth: 10%

Automated help

If you're stuck, does the in-world help system provide for you? Is there an in-world help system? How well organised is it?

Worth: 10%

Code Integrity

On a general basis, does the world appear to be coded well? Does the server crash frequently? How are those crashes handled?

Worth: 10%

Entertainment

How entertaining is the world? What stress factors are involved? Is it a PKing paradise? Is there a rent system? All these factors, and more, are taken into consideration

Worth: 10%