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There will be a functional minimum, but essentially yes. Though I think this should be a function of your participation - the more people you vote for the more votes you should get -  rather than who has the biggest twitter following...

This time around, the amount of ratings needed for penalty is pretty low (10). It wasn't hard to get there by leaving constructive comments on other people's projects and letting them discover your game that way.

Many people are pushing for a higher minimum rating level for a full score though, which would indeed making it harder for games that don't take off in some way. We'll have to wait until next year to see how things are handled.