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The DMG: A CRITICAL HIT at 93.5%!
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<blockquote data-quote="Pauper" data-source="post: 7655486" data-attributes="member: 17607"><p>I'm not sure the solution to the question of aggregating ratings is weighting by timeline -- I think a more significant factor in the DMG's rating is that many folks are rating the DMG highly who don't normally rate RPG books. GeekDad rated the DMG, but as far as I can tell the only reference he's made to 13th Age is to mention it in passing in discussing Jonathan Tweet's Kickstarter for Grandmother Fish, his childrens' book of evolution. Likewise, BoingBoing makes a passing comment on the Kickstarter to create Glorantha as a setting for 13th Age, but doesn't seem to have an 'official' review. Only io9 has an actual (glowing) review of 13th Age.</p><p></p><p>If you want to improve ratings by weighting the reviews that comprise the ratings, it would seem that the better way to do it is to place less weight on reviews from people who don't review many books -- it's a legitimate point to say that GeekDad's and BoingBoing's reviews are intended as much to drive traffic to their sites than they are to accurately reflect an opinion on the 5th Edition DMG. Folks like the io9 reviewers that take time to review more books would, you'd think, be innately more trustworthy, since they have more of a history and thus a reader has a chance to get to know that reviewer's taste when deciding if they agree or disagree with the review. And of course, local users that review books for the sheer joy of it should probably get more weight, since the review is the whole point; these folks aren't using the review to drive traffic or raise awareness of their own websites.</p><p></p><p>Just my $0.02US.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pauper, post: 7655486, member: 17607"] I'm not sure the solution to the question of aggregating ratings is weighting by timeline -- I think a more significant factor in the DMG's rating is that many folks are rating the DMG highly who don't normally rate RPG books. GeekDad rated the DMG, but as far as I can tell the only reference he's made to 13th Age is to mention it in passing in discussing Jonathan Tweet's Kickstarter for Grandmother Fish, his childrens' book of evolution. Likewise, BoingBoing makes a passing comment on the Kickstarter to create Glorantha as a setting for 13th Age, but doesn't seem to have an 'official' review. Only io9 has an actual (glowing) review of 13th Age. If you want to improve ratings by weighting the reviews that comprise the ratings, it would seem that the better way to do it is to place less weight on reviews from people who don't review many books -- it's a legitimate point to say that GeekDad's and BoingBoing's reviews are intended as much to drive traffic to their sites than they are to accurately reflect an opinion on the 5th Edition DMG. Folks like the io9 reviewers that take time to review more books would, you'd think, be innately more trustworthy, since they have more of a history and thus a reader has a chance to get to know that reviewer's taste when deciding if they agree or disagree with the review. And of course, local users that review books for the sheer joy of it should probably get more weight, since the review is the whole point; these folks aren't using the review to drive traffic or raise awareness of their own websites. Just my $0.02US. [/QUOTE]
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