I guess to me it just *feels* like something is getting lost because of the
way
I've been going through the Shoppe for the last two days scoring the items I
have.
"Fair to Poor" may be one grade on the scale, but it mentions two specific
conditions (Fair and Poor), making it *seem* like two. I just like the fact
that
"Fair to Poor" encompasses everything below Good, without scoring everything
equally badly.
"Passable", to me, implies that a package is okay. (Cuz it "passed".) If
we must
change "FP", though, I'd like to suggest "UC", for "Unusable to Collectors".
This would group anything below good into a single rating, while eliminating
the
sense of a pseudo-grade getting lost in the process. It's correct to say
that Fair
items are "Unusable to Collectors", but less accurate to say that Fair items
are
Poor. They're two different conditions in my mind and in many grading
scales,
even if they've been grouped together in the MobyScale... and you're right,
we
don't need two grades below Good. I know this is picky as hell, but I just
can't
shake the discomfort of "Good is only one step above Poor".
Make sense? Sort of?
----- Original Message -----
From: Hugh Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:11 PM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] MobyScale 0.2.6
> But there isn't a Fair right now anyway. There is only FP. It's not like
> you're getting rid of a grade between Good and Poor. If we need two
grades
> below Good (which I don't think we do) then we should have 2, not lump
them
> together under FP. Otherwise Poor is good enough. If we don't like the
> name, we can choose another like: Mediocre or Passable. Passable sounds
> okay to me.
>
> As an aside, the reason I don't think we need 2 grades below Good is that
> Good is really supposed to be the lowest grade worth collecting. So
> anything less would be Poor. Anything below Poor isn't worth mentioning.
>
> Hugh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C.E. Forman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:11 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SWCollect] MobyScale 0.2.6
>
> I disagree... moving from "Good" to "Poor" feels like quite a gap.
> I have a number of packages that I wouldn't quite call good, since
> they're not in acceptable condition to the average collector, but
> I wouldn't go so far as to label them poor. Having the "Fair" in
> there makes "Good" sound less bad, if that makes sense: You've got
> Good, Fair, Poor. Take out fair, and Good is only one step up from
> Poor, which just doesn't feel right to me.
>
> However, I do understand the possibility for confusion. There's
> got to be a way that would handle both, though I can't think of it
> at the moment. Maybe change the "Fair" in FP to something that
> starts with another letter?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hugh Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 9:50 PM
> Subject: RE: [SWCollect] MobyScale 0.2.6
>
>
> > Sorry for a seriously belated question here. In all of the back and
> forth,
> > didn't we change: "Fair to Poor (FP)" to something else? Regardless, I
> > remember that one change in particular was to change VG+ to F (Fine)
> > because we didn't want confusion, but now we have 2 that start with F.
> >
> > I suggest changing FP to P for Poor.
> >
> > Hugh
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Leonard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 12:06 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [SWCollect] MobyScale 0.2.6
> >
> > There was a problem with the mailing list over the weekend -- please
> resend
> > any
> > messages that bounced back to you (if any of you sent any).
> >
> > Hugh asked for this privately, and while I sent it to him, I thought I'd
> > send
> > it out to the entire list as I don't see it making any changes in the
> next
> > few
> > weeks (I think we've got it pretty solid).
> >
> > Anyone in the Chicagoland area want to go to a classic videogame
geek-out
> > party? Here's the quick details I received from Sean Kelly:
> >
> >
> >
> > Well boys and girls...the date is set for the classic gaming
> > get-together at my place! It will be held:
> >
> > Saturday October 14th
> > 11am - ???
> >
> > I've moved since last year although I'm only about four blocks
> > away from where I used to live. My new address:
> >
> > 7005 W. Sunnyside
> > Norridge, IL 60706
> >
> >
> >
> > I figured it only applied to those in Illinois, so if anyone wants more
> > details
> > let me know privately.
> > --
> > http://www.MobyGames.com/
> > The world's most comprehensive historical PC gaming database project. <<
> > File: MobyScale.txt >>
> >
> >
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