pro or contra "show solution" feature

yes, this is a really hard decision for everyone whos not in love/hate with this feature.

too bad you don't get points after 2 weeks, but i definitely want to know some of the titles to rent the dvd's :)

i think the 2 weeks solution is a good one. some images made me really curious and i definetely want to see the movie. and i think discovering new (or old) movies is far more important than reaching some silly high score....i'm only saying this, because i didn't get in... so far. :-)

If you keep the time limit to solve a movie you should offer the solution after it expires (and only then). I'd only remove the solution button if you also remove the time limit.

kerrang, of course. "show solution" implicates the time limit and vice versa.
No "show solution" - no more timelimits.
But we will definitly keep the new "hall of fame last 2 weeks"

Really, how often will it happen for a person that they want to see a movie after one still? I'd say the solution option takes away the edge of the game. It would be a lot more exiting without it, even if its psychological.

one solution: (maybe I ignored some facts, but no one is perfekt ;)

when someone new creates an account at whatthemovie, his highscore will be calculated like this:
100 percent means: count of all movies - count of movies at the time of registration
the 2weeks feature will be hold
and you have to wait 2weeks, till your solutions will be presented in the hall of fame
so no one can create an "few solution account" to get credit points on another account, or?

greetings

just to make it clear again:
feel free to add your own suggestions on how to handle the problem here
any smart ideas are really appreciated

and tell all your friends to vote within the next 5some days.. ;)

Why not allow the option show solution, but only with a maximum of 3 per day per ip-address and logged in user? and always give points to a solved image...

@arnaut
you could easily create mule accounts and cheat

ip-change is easy and additional fake-accounts will always allow to cheat

Keep the show solution option, but if you click you don't get any credits and you will not able to take a guess.
Also remove the 14 day option it anoys the shit out of me.

hi,
The same for my. You don't get points after 2 weeks so I prefer no button.
cheers..

then you could easily cheat with mutliple accounts

The problem is for new users (like me). After registration the new user has only pictures of the last 2 weeks to solve. Very hard for Top Solvers in "all time".
So, for the new user the only hope is the stress for still in the Top Solvers of the last 2 weeks.
I don't see another solution. Keep the button and no time limit is not able.

ps: and sorry for my bad english :)

I think the feature doesn't work.
People might use a second account to get their names into the All Time Solvers Highscore, as mentioned before.
I think siegi's is a good idea, though I believe the best would be to shut down the feature completely.

On the other hand, without a Show Solution feature, foruns may be created to report answers to the most difficult stills. But then that's internet.

I haven't used the 'show solution' button yet (I'm dreaming of a 100%, for my own stats of course ;) ) and I probably won't use it in the future, but as I do understand the people who want to know the solution for their own viewing purposes, I'd suggest to simply raise the 'show solution' time to 4 weeks, or 30 days or something like that. It doesn't really solve the solution for new members, but it does help all those who have been at this since the start, but don't have time to check the site out every day.
It doesn't change that much, but it does pretty much cancel out the contra point: "I have to check the site every now and then, to be up to date with new movies. I could miss solving a movie, when I'm on holiday."

I know, I know, sometimes the curiosity is really killing me, but i do prefer without the solution.

My suggestion is to put some kind of tips system. We could see up to 3 tips and try to solve the movie.
The tips could be given by the ones who added the movie, or made up by you. :)
What do you think?