Well, I'm all for having a standard usage for the scale, which would be how 90% of everyone should use it. Of course people can deviate, but that is their choice, and hopefully they would call attention to it and reasons why on their site. I think I could conform my collection to any scale, and just put specifics in the notes.
Jim, you haven't weighed in on any of these discussions yet. Are you around? Since, Jim is the keeper of the scale, we won't get very far without his input. Hugh On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:52:08 -0400 CcomputerGameCollector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because different collectors have slightly > different needs. The ratings > all > > mean the same thing (i.e. they are universal) > but how people employ them > can > > very slightly, as we've seen in this > discussion. > > Yea I understand. I guess I misinterpreted the > reasoning behind inventing > the Mobyscale. My understanding was that it > was created to fill all needs > for classifying games so there would be no need > for people to adjust the > scale individually. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C.E. Forman" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 8:31 AM > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Greetings > > > > > Why was it designed to be flexible so > individual collectors could tailor > > it > > > to individual needs? I might be mistaken, > but wasn't the scale designed > > to > > > be universal? Being able to tailor > anything universal creates > confusion, > > > no? > > > > Because different collectors have slightly > different needs. The ratings > all > > mean the same thing (i.e. they are universal) > but how people employ them > can > > very slightly, as we've seen in this > discussion. > > > > > Really? would it be that hard? What type > of datafield(s) are you using > > for > > > the mobyscale condition? > > > > Enum for the conditions, set for the > modifiers. It's not that it'd be > that > > hard, it's just that it'd take a lot of time > to recode, TEST, etc., time I > > don't have at the moment. > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent to you because you are > currently subscribed to > > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, > send mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of > 'unsubscribe swcollect' > > Archives are available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are > currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, > send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of > 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
