Don't ever rate anything out of 5!!!!!!!!!!

[slowslow325]

I absolutely hate it when people rate things out of 5! I mean, what's the point of it? Almost everything rated like this either has a 4 or a 5 rating, but the quality is usually drastically different! Not only that, but you just end up rating using halves half the time anyway! Why not just go out of 10 and get the same number of choices, plus if you really think a game is in the middle, you can go half. I mean, using half ratings shouldn't be standard, it should be something reserved for movies you just can't decide, but this shouldn't happen often at all!

I know some people say, "but, you need to stop somewhere, why not rate out of 100, 1000, 10000000?". But that's not the point. 10 is better than 5. 100 is more specific, but the numbers just become meaningless, and they get rounded subconsciously in people's heads, anyway.

Whenever I even try to rate something out of 5, I just can't. I end up going halves because I'm comparing to other things, etc. It just doesn't work. I do it in 10 and it's nice and easy, and is more understandable.

[dsheinem]

I rate this thread a 1.5/5.

What does anyone else think?

[emwearz]

I rate this thread a 1.5/5.

What does anyone else think?

Your such a dick, I rate it 3/10.

[AppleQueso]

Because out of 5, it's naturally assumed that 2.5 is "average", while out of 10, "average" suddenly becomes something around the ballpark of 7.

So yeah, that's why I prefer a scale of 5

[Hatta]

What "average" is depends on whether you count zero or not. If your choices are 1-2-3-4-5, then 3 is average. If you can grade on a continuous scale from 0-5, then 2.5 is average.

I think an integer 0-10 scale is best, as it gives you the obvious 50% average, and you never have more than one significant figure of precision with these things anyway.

[AppleQueso]

What "average" is depends on whether you count zero or not. If your choices are 1-2-3-4-5, then 3 is average. If you can grade on a continuous scale from 0-5, then 2.5 is average.

I think an integer 0-10 scale is best, as it gives you the obvious 50% average, and you never have more than one significant figure of precision with these things anyway.

My point is that people tend to rate "average" games around a 7 on an "out of 10" scale while they'll rate the same game a 2.5-3 on an "out of 5" scale. I guess I'm saying it's psychological.

At least based on my own observations.

[dsheinem]

pfft. I give all these comments so far a 0.278/5

[Luke]

What does anyone else think?

I think if I had the time to be mad at a "rating of five" I'd have a lot of free time, which kinda makes me wish I worried more about ratings containing the number 5.

If I started this thread, the Subject would read: "Pfft. 2.5 stars? That's just half of five stars. Duh!"

[dsheinem]

I think if I had the time to be mad at a "rating of five" I'd have a lot of free time

[noiseredux]

I do 5 since that's what things like WMP or iTunes use. So yeah.

1 = worst
2 = below average
3 = average
4 = above average
5 = best

it's a very good and basic system if you stick to that line of thinking.