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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 594800" data-attributes="member: 924">The Natural 20 products have the mininum needed to qualify for the chart, which is 5.  Monte Cook's stuff, at least some of them, have a lot more reviews.Generally, the more reviews, the lower the score will be. That fact that one of his products has a score of 4.5 and has 15 reviews is extremely impressive.Secondly, unless you're someone who likes writing reviews, those who write reviews either really liked a product (and want to praise it), or really hated a product (since when you feel ripped off, one of the ways of feeling better and letting off steam is writing a review saying how you feel. See the Crunchy Frog section for examples).Since very few people write a review if they found a product just so-so or average, Natural 20 products will probably only get ratings of 5 or 4.  (Same with Monte's stuff, but he probably gets more 4s, simple because there are more reviews. And some people do count the pages, which I think tend to be fairly small).It's actually too bad people couldn't vote on a rating for an item without having to write a review. That would presumably be more accurate of how people feel (since more people would do it).Thirdly, what Natural 20 might lack in ability and professionalism (I say might, I'm not saying they do), they make up for in effort and enthusiasm. That tends to appeal to the people who frequent EN World, who for the lack of the better word, tend to be the blue collar gamer.  This is also why companies like Mystic Eye tend to also be rated higher - their stuff can be lacking in places, but they clearly love what they are doing.</blockquote>

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