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3 years ago ::
Jan 13, 2010 - 4:59PM
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- Dragon Slayer
- If only he would apply himself
- Dammit Jim, this is Star Trek, not D&D!
Date Joined:
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Organizing by challenge level could be cool as well. And, if I get crankin', it would be cool to see some stats, such as average rating (for everything, by tier, for a region) and average challenge level (same).
As someone else noted, any review without a rating should not then be used to evaluate the average, unless it was a deliberate selection of 0 stars. I would argue 1 star is low enough and all none-selections should not be used in the average.
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3 years ago ::
Jan 13, 2010 - 5:29PM
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Date Joined:
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Organizing by challenge level could be cool as well. And, if I get crankin', it would be cool to see some stats, such as average rating (for everything, by tier, for a region) and average challenge level (same).
As someone else noted, any review without a rating should not then be used to evaluate the average, unless it was a deliberate selection of 0 stars. I would argue 1 star is low enough and all none-selections should not be used in the average.
I know I rated a mod at one star because it seemed that zero stars would easily be mistaken for a non-rating.
Also, it would probably be good to define exactly what you are looking for in the ratings. I have been rating mods for tactical challenge on a scale of 1 to 5 stars with one being bad and 5 being ideal. Thus, I gave Corm 1-1 two stars for tactical challenge because its combats are too easy to be as much fun as they should be, but I gave Adap 1-1 one star for tactical challenge because the encounters are all hexer-cloud filled grindfests. It was a lot more challenging than Corm 1-1, but mechanically, it was actually further away from ideal than Corm 1-1 was.
Where I forsee the need for some kind of explanatory note to hopefully get all reviews on the same page is if you add an option to organize by, for instance tactical challenge. When you phrase it that way, one might expect that the most challenging mods will all show up at the top, but that is not actually how I (or, I suspect, many others) have been rating modules for tactical challenge and someone who sees that Spec 1-1 got a higher tactical challenge rating from me than Spec 1-2 or 1-3 can expect to see might be surprised to find that it is the easiest of the three adventures rather than the most challenging. (IMO, it is the closest to the ideal).
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3 years ago ::
Jan 13, 2010 - 5:47PM
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- Dragon Slayer
- If only he would apply himself
- Dammit Jim, this is Star Trek, not D&D!
Date Joined:
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Good point. Challenge 5 could be awesome or could be as hard as they come. My personal interpetation would be that it is how enjoyable it was, but I can see the need for it to be clear.
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3 years ago ::
Jan 13, 2010 - 5:53PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 16, 2005
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One other thing that I've been thinking about a bit: How to rate a lame (or really awesome--if such a thing exists) skill challenge?
I've been including the skill challenges in the tactical challenge section unless their mechanics actively detract from the story, but I'm not sure how other people have been doing it? Use story as a rating for all non-combat content? Not include skill challenges in any numerical rankings but mention them in the text of the review?
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3 years ago ::
Jan 14, 2010 - 11:01AM
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- Dragon Slayer
- If only he would apply himself
- Dammit Jim, this is Star Trek, not D&D!
Date Joined:
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For me (just for me), a SC is by default not challenging but more of a backstory. That would not affect my rating in any way, being the default. If a mod had a challenging (in a good way) SC, then that would impact it positively (if the intended scale is good-bad), or negatively if it is unfair. There isn't as huge a range of options as in combats, where challenge can come in many ways/forms.
What do others think? What is a good way to measure them?
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3 years ago ::
Jan 14, 2010 - 11:29AM
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Date Joined:
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I can't seem to read the text of reviews, just the summaries.
What am I doing wrong?
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3 years ago ::
Jan 14, 2010 - 11:40AM
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Date Joined:
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Currently to read reviews you need to be logged in, and go to your profile and enable the Spoilers checkbox. That will be changing in the next version of the site.
Tim
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3 years ago ::
Jan 14, 2010 - 12:36PM
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Date Joined:
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Currently to read reviews you need to be logged in, and go to your profile and enable the Spoilers checkbox. That will be changing in the next version of the site.
Tim
Ah. Thank you.
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3 years ago ::
Jan 22, 2010 - 6:54PM
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Date Joined:
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Would it be possible to include the average ratings on the Module Lists pages? For example, on gamerclubhouse.com/Module.aspx/ByLevel/H... I'd like to be able to see the tactical and story ratings and maybe a number for reviewing players/dms. Example: ADAP 1-1 (H1) 2 2 4/3 What made me think of this is that I'd like to order a series, and as such, getting a fast overall picture for a series would provide a better starting place, then I could go into the detailed reviews for the modules in that series and see if that fits my needs.
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3 years ago ::
Jan 26, 2010 - 8:21PM
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Date Joined:
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I signed up. Great site!
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