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Old 11-30-2007, 05:15 PM
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Default Re: Jeff Gerstman fired from Gamespot

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Dire, DVaut, you two Gents are correct.

In some ways this is like the rating scale for women.

Clearly 5 is the middle of the ground, completely average, etc... blah blah blah. But most people seem to say 7 is average, 8 is great, 9 is amazing, 10 is perfect. Its like numbers 1-6 are thrown away, or have equal value, which isn't true. So, yeah, those average games should be a 5, but come on, when they say 7, we know what they mean. Its average.

A rating on a scale means what people want it to mean. In this case, 7 out of 10 means average.

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Flawed analogy IMO. You only need a 3 point scale for women:

0, never; 1, after a few beers; 3, yes.

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