dbyron's ratings do tend to be more on the lower side then you would usually see around here in CC. But the points that have been made that reflect the scale and the way he is using it is correct.
1= Way Below Average
2= Below Average
3 = Average
4= Above Average
5= Way Above Average
Nothing = N/A
Tags can be very subjective much like the rest of the rating system, and mean different things to different people. "Quitter" could mean someone to deadbeats to you but could also mean someone who gave up on a game (like in the rating of uknownhero)
In short, yes he is using the scale and tags correct, however I am sending him a PM to be careful with some of the tags he does decide to go with in the future, as some that he has left that I checked on are on sketchy. Ratings abuse is something we do monitor here, and only step in when its gross abuse, this is an example of a player that is using the ratings as the median scale in which it was intended for.
Cleared / NotedKS
Mustapha Mond wrote:Among established players, in practice, it's extremely rare for people to give/receive 3's. Most people rate more like grading -- start with a 5 and take off for people doing things badly. It's extremely rare to see anyone with an overall rating below 4. If they do, you know they're either so new they haven't averaged out 1 or 2 bad ratings, or they really are such an ass you probably don't want to play with them.
Furthermore, knowing that a lot of players foe people who give them 3's, if you actually try to use the ratings "correctly" and give 3's, you end up screwing yourself -- getting foed by "average" players.
Regardless of what the ratings actually say, it seems like the de facto community standards are to rate much higher than 3's. Seems like "average" is more like 4.5.
I agree
