Assassinator Wrote:

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:So what would be "accurate" then?  Can you have "accurate" ratings?
Ratings, being completely subjective, can't really be assigned to accuracy beyond what the person believes.

Ok, if a proffessor of literature and a primary school kid were to both rate the same (lets say university level) essay, which person do u think will give the better rating?

Neither.
There is no "better" rating.
If you want to take a certain perspective, then you may select one of the two, but if you don't have a certain perspective, then you can't say one is better than the other.

For example, if the document was targeted at a school age group, yet it used university level literature, who would give a better rating?  Professor may like it, but if kids don't understand it, it's useless.

Assassinator Wrote:Did i say anything along the lines of looking at all the factors?

What I'm saying is that it's not that u "can" rate an anime based on the 1st part of it. It's just that u won't give an accurate rating.

Hell, u "can' rate an anime by just reading it's title, but most likely u'll give a really bad rating.

No you can't rate an anime by just reading the title, because you're rating the title, not the content.  I'm assuming that "rating an anime" refers to "rating the content of an anime".

Assassinator Wrote:That's like saying doing more practise before a test doesn't always guarantee a better result. If u put it that way, yeah, it's not guaranteed. But what does that prove? nothing. It's a weak argument.

Theoretically, nothing is ever garunteed. Even the most obvious things aren't true 100%.

Practise gives u an increased chance of getting a good result. And that's what matters, not whether it's a guarantee or not.

Put it around the other way, it's a weak argument as well, as you're presuming correlation between the two.
To some people, more practice may improve test results.
To some people, practice may have no impact on test results.
To some people, more practice may worsen test results.

Assassinator Wrote:Having a broader spectrum helps u make better judgements on the quality of anime. Of course it's not a guaruntee, but someone who has seen 1000 anime series will more likely give a more accurate rating than someone who has seen 2.

Again, what is accurate?
To me, you can only give an inaccurate rating if you rate against your beliefs.

Whether or not someone else believes that it reflects the "true nature" of what is being rated is a completely different aspect.  I think this is what you mean by "accurate".
If that's the case, then watching more genres may make others believe that your ratings will be more representative (or a more "accurate" representation) amongst all anime and less of a personal rating.

(This post was last modified: 23/08/2007 11:35 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)