Lettuce: The Rating System Is Awful

sapient 02.05.14
MO 02.05.14	shit how will you survive, the world is over omg
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.05.14	fuck off
sapient 02.05.14	I think we should have ratings to the hundredths, gotta be specific with the level I love all my 5s
MO 02.05.14	whoa potsy's back sup
VisionsFromTheDarkSide 02.05.14	There should be a 0.5 but that's it
DatPinecone 02.05.14	Poor Lettuce :(
TheBarber 02.05.14	deal with it or shove it
Funeralopolis 02.05.14	write some quality reviews and maybe you can become a contributor and bestowed this amazing power you seek!
pedro70512 02.05.14	I think you should be able to rate to the tenth in a review. That way you earn the smaller rating intervals by presenting a validated opinion.
pedro70512 02.05.14	...or, what Funeral wrote while I was typing. That works too, though I think only Staff have that ability.
JokineAugustus 02.05.14	Or just furiously wank away your sorrows.
NeroCorleone80 02.05.14	It would be better to have 3 levels per rating. For example a 4 rating could be high, solid or low, high meaning its close to a 4.5, low meaning its just barely a 4, and solid meaning its a comfortable 4
Judio! 02.05.14	You'll be staff one day, Lettuce. Don't you worry.
VisionsFromTheDarkSide 02.05.14	I'm feeling a light to decent 8 on this one
JokineAugustus 02.05.14	Example: Liberate Te Ex Inferis is a high 5
pedro70512 02.05.14	Wouldn't giving something a 3.8 qualify as a "low 4"? It does in the charts.
Snake. 02.05.14	'we should be able to rate multiple factors and not jsut generalize the entire album. when has generalizing ever done anything? rate like this Out of Genre: 2 In Genre: 4 For its Time: 4 These Days: 2.5 Instrumentally: 3 Vocally/Lyrically: 2 Influence Level: 4.5 Personally: 2.5' what is this, absolute punk?
treeqt. 02.05.14	you're awful
treeqt. 02.05.14	plural
Snake. 02.05.14	edmonton
lyzakthellama 02.05.14	Fuck this
PitchforkArms 02.05.14	i don't like the titles they put with the rating like "great" or "classic" classic implies that it holds relevance to more than just yourself, and c'mon... that cant be true for everyones 5's. and since when is 3.5/5 "great" for anything. you get a 3.5/5 on a test and you get a C-. thats not great... thats not great. its all skewed because the lower tier (1-2.5) is hard to differentiate. i hate just about everything in that zone equally
sapient 02.05.14	I'm feeling a high 3 to a light 4 on this list
pedro70512 02.05.14	nope you're not staff, gotta pick one or the other
Snake. 02.05.14	what did you think of it? did you like it? did you hate it? why?
Mort. 02.05.14	FOREVER
BMDrummer 02.05.14	I've always just thought a 5/5 should be "Masterpiece" instead of "Classic".
climactic 02.05.14	white girl probs
ffs 02.05.14	you would realise most things are awful if you just took the dang old time to consider it
Lettuce 02.05.14	People are being dicks, but I'm just saying: It sucks. We can all agree on that at least, I'm sure. It's not gonna prevent me from using the site or anything.
climactic 02.05.14	nah, i have no problem with it tbh. .1 increments should be available for everyone in reviews though
pedro70512 02.05.14	Mr. Ham, your one-minute rebuttal.
climactic 02.05.14	u werent there bill!
Lettuce 02.05.14	I would love .1 intervals. It would help me to categorize for myself. Cause not all 4s are equal, some are 3.8 and some are 4.2. thats a pretty decent gap when its expressed in a percentage like a grade.
pedro70512 02.05.14	BLUE OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCE
mandan 02.05.14	Yeah, it can be frustrating sometimes. I sometimes add "Personal Ratings" in my soundoffs to give a more precise rating than my official one. Look up my soundoffs for Pearl Jam, Queensryche and Judas Priest.
climactic 02.05.14	and i dont think about stuff in 3.8s and 4.2s, i just say "is this good enough to be considered a 4? yes, ok 4/no, ok 3.5
pedro70512 02.05.14	@spooky - or it would just be a list of albums by rating without category headlines, like a spreadsheet. seems pretty simple. EDIT: nvm
Lettuce 02.05.14	I don't think in .1 but it would be nice to organize by how good each score is. cause there are 4s that are better than other 4s.
MosesMalone 02.05.14	Rating is kinda dumb anyway.
pedro70512 02.05.14	indeed you can. I actually rather like the improvements Sputnik has made over the last year.
treeqt. 02.05.14	ya it's almost 5% as good as rym now rather than only 4%
Electric City 02.05.14	actually the rating system is afwul*
itsalltherage 02.05.14	I think the most viable & sensible solution would be to just make ratings out of 10 instead or have .25 intervals to differentiate things a little better. That would be plenty enough for me to be honest.
pedro70512 02.05.14	"it's almost 5% as good as rym now" touche. .25 wouldn't be so bad. the charts go to two decimals places anyway.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.05.14	rym is shit
rockandmetaljunkie 02.05.14	So, what do you suggest we do about it ?
PunchforPunch 02.05.14	Rise up, gather round, rock this place to the ground Burn it up, let's go for broke, watch the night go up in smoke

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