From psgels:
And the bad series just get a category with no stars at all. I mean, both Lucky Star and Shining Tears were unwatchable, and I can’t see why you’d want to differentiate between the two, if I’m not going to recommend it anyway. I’d much rather have a detailed distinction between the good series. And my current scoring would be relatively easy to change into this system.
In spite of this jab at Lucky Star, I think that psgels makes a good point. I have tried not to split hairs too finely in my own review protocol, and I wonder if I should do away with the half-point intervals to make the system truly 5-tiered. It’s hard to really say that Series X is 0.03 better than Series Y, so I pool series of similar quality. In my mind, I roughly consider the levels terrible, disappointing, normal, good, and great. Like psgels, I usually explain how I came to the conclusion and I have been trying to standardize the structure of my reviews recently.
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I don’t review shows I think is crap because people may flame me D:
I have a binary scale. Either I liked it or I didn’t, and that’s what matters.
I have a binary scale too.
0001 (meh) to 1010 (awesome)
Numerical systems are hard to follow and like Bliss I probably wouldn’t be blogging series I think are horrible too.
I’m usually more concerned about rating shows I like (like I have Magikano and Ouran ranked at 9 on MAL, but I obviously like Ouran more). Then again, I doubt anyone cares about what someone who would give Magikano a 9 on MAL thinks about shows anyways -_-”
I prefer to ramble rather than to assign quantitative scores or indicators. Which is why I like the explanation parts of your reviews BESTO. Reviews are always subjective but expressing that subjectivity explicitly tends to make for more interesting reading.
I think psgels still has a LONG way to go but he’s taken a step forward.
But different people will find different systems work better or worse for them.
I’m with Zyl, I prefer to ramble and then summize at the end.
It’s hard to keep the math straight, always second-guessing whether you’re going to get a number wrong and accidentally imply that you thought To Love-Ru was better than RahXephon (unlikely, but still…).
obviously an anime will not go bust based on a zero-star review in a western blog, but this insightful little article is a good read.
You have permission to adopt my grading system. Three degrees of good and three degrees of bad. It’s intuitive, informative, and arousing, if I do say so myself.
I must admit to adopting blissmo’s approach. Except that I don’t review shows I like either, because no one’s seriously going to accept a ‘infinity/10, watch it, weakling’ rating for G Gundam.
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