How We Calculate Ranking
Ranking is NOT based on total historical vote count. The formula favors recent activity:
score(server) = Σ 0.5^(vote_age_in_hours / halfLife) [VALID votes only]
× (0.9 + 0.1 × uptime_30d / 100)
- Each vote contributes a weight that decays exponentially with its age (default half-life: 48h, admin-configurable).
- Only
VALID-status votes count — rejected or suspicious ones are automatically excluded. - A small uptime factor (10% of the score by default) rewards servers that are actually online.
- Featured/Sponsored placements do NOT influence this score — that's a separate, visually distinct placement.
- Ranking can be filtered by Chronicle, Platform, Rates, Type, Country, Language and combined freely.
The formula's parameters are configurable from Admin → Settings, without changing code.