| i let them influence my choice on wat to watch next. |
| woah.. all the first page posters are so negative.. damn, it's just a question.... anyways, I don't let ratings get in the way with what I watch. If it interests me, then I'd look into it. Ratings are only used for "analyzing" the anime and it's replay value and all that other good stuff. Personally, I think it's fun to see ratings. Data really tells you a bunch of things. (good and bad) |
| [insert lulz signature here] |
| Sometimes. If a series is ranked fairly high, I'll take a look at its summary and decide if I want to give it a chance or not. If I don't find the plot interesting I usually don't watch it. |
| I don't really pay attention to the ratings.... The only thing I look at is the scores on reviews. |
| If something's rated at the ends of the bell curve (good or bad) I'll look at them. Most of the time its pretty obvious when a show is way overrated; or that its underrated/B caliber type of enjoyment if it's exceptionally bad. |
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| Yesish... But I just watch the things that my friends have. So I don't really care. |
| あらあら。。。＾＾ |
| Well heres my take, I can't believe that some people would just outright say "NO" It's human nature to slightly judge something based on its score. I mean, would you seriously check out Mars of Destruction despite its very low score??? And very much believe that "Oh I actually may enjoy this myself even though it's scored so low!"?? (Well the low score alone is a reason to see why its considered so bad...) Now I'm not saying theres anything wrong saying no, but don't pretend that you didn't ask yourself "Why does this anime have this score?" Because it's only natural to become slightlty skeptical if an anime is rated around the 4's, 5's, and 6's (Hell, even 7's. and 8's because you might not see the appeal in the series that others have). And yeah I do make a prediction as to if I would enjoy a series or not based on the score and I'll admit it, but if the concept, art style, and story is interesting enough I'll check it out (I love The Sacred Blacksmith despite it's low score) and usually the anime I'm interested in, rarely has a low score anyway. Also most of time the scores for the anime are just about right (Save for Elfen Lied, Rorouni Kenshin, and One Piece in my opinion, are just too high). However I would say this, don't fall for the hype so easily. Just enter the series with skepticism, if you do A) You won't hate it as much if you didn't like it and B) If you did like it you'll love it or C) you can just "hate" it or "like" it. So it's OK if you make a decision to watch a series based on the score, just enter the series with a level head. [EDIT: Replace "score" with "ratings" or "rate" :) Sorry for the long post BTW!:)] |
KrazyKobunMar 4, 2010 12:39 AM
| i used the rankings as a guide |
| nah, because most of the time, i dont even bother to look at the scores. if i did, i would have missed out on some good stuff, im sure. and wtf is up with everyone being rude to the original poster? there are people out there who pay attention to that, its not a stupid question at all. jeez |
| Yes quite a bit. Recently I started watching all "top" anime. I want to have seen/checked all the 60 best rated anime. Other tricks is use are reviews and recommendations. |
| Existence, well what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can The past is now part of my future The present is well out of hand The present is well out of hand |
| Reviews are sometimes misleading because its based on people's opinions not yours. Not all top anime are good... |
| あらあら。。。＾＾ |
| yeah they do, within reason. reviews of the anime tend to influence what i decide to watch more than its ranking and score though |
guu_ said: Reviews are sometimes misleading because its based on people's opinions not yours. Not all top anime are good... True, and reviewers tend to review what they either really like, or really dislike. But still, it gives some info and I can work with that. Indeed, not all top anime good. For example, I dislike Lucky Star. But I DID try it though. And I like knowing the most popular anime. If I personally dislike something, I'll drop it anyway. |
| Existence, well what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can The past is now part of my future The present is well out of hand The present is well out of hand |
TeenChibi said: I enjoyed Mars of Destruction. As did many others. But I understand where you're coming from. Being influenced by others is a part of human nature. I won't completely ignore those around me for the sake of individuality, and thus waste my time searching for anime solely based on how they look. The scores help narrow my options down to those that might actually interest me, not just impress me superficially. This doesn't mean I'll watch every popular series, though.I mean, would you seriously check out Mars of Destruction despite its very low score??? And very much believe that "Oh I actually may enjoy this myself even though it's scored so low!"?? |
| I've never gone along with an opinion if it is negative, I'll be the judge if something is bad or not. However if someone says it's good then I'll take it into account. |
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| I do to a certain degree but it has to be something that I'm already considering watching. I just use the scores to see what I should expect from it but I didnt for quite a long time. I just finished watching Jogoku Shoujo after seeing its score here and it was worth it. I dont see why people would get flamed for seeing what others think before potentially wasting their time on a crap anime. Did that with stuff like Bottle Fairy, damn that was bad lol. |
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| No! Actually I don't even pay attention to the rating at all. My tastes are my own, therefore I shouldn't try and compare to someone elses. |
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| yes because i have no idea what it is about and if it is good but from time to time, i judge the anime by the art, if it is good, then i will watch without MAL or asking people |
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| hell no, i don't believe any of the ratings on sites and usually i'm right to think that way since normally i never agree what a series is so i just watch what i find interesting and try it for a few eps first before i fully decide to continue unless it sucked me quickly then even one episode could be enough. |
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| I don't pay to attention to MAL's ratings. It's all about my taste in anime. |
| I'm influenced by the ratings. When I wanna watch a genre at the moment, I always go to the top of the order ranks and find the genre I want. |
Score Criteria: |
| If it's an anime that had maybe like 200- people watching it, then yeah probably. Fewer people would mean the average is more exactIf an anime has like 3,000 people on MAL, there's going to be people that rated it 10s and 1s. Especially if it's airing in Japan. If it's an anime like The Enemy's the Pirates and it's rated a 5 or 6, chances are it's bad. If something like TTGL or LotGH, I'm not going to believe the ratings. |
| I like to judge by myself, but I can't very well watch every anime I stumble upon, so I just read the summary, the reviews and occasionally the first episode to decide whether to watch it. |
| I do check the reviews and the recommendations (sometimes), but the ratings? Not so much. Most people don't tend to use the full scale form 1 to 10 when rating after all. |
| Most of the highly rated animes don't deserve it, (TTGL, Naruto, One Piece, LOGH, ect.), while many animes such as Mobile Suit Gundam have a rating that they don't deserve. Last time I checked, Mobile Suit Gundam was at like a 7.19. What the fuck is with that? One of the most influential animes of all time, and it's not even in the top 100. |
| I'm back. |
| ^Then just be thankful because now chances are slim that MS gundam will be called one of the overrated. :P |
We are the United. Even in defeat we stand united. |
| I think it does affect me to some extent because when I watch a show of high ranking I tend to expect good things from it especially when it has a good group of VA. |
| Kind of. While I take in consideration the given scores for the series I watch, I don't give up on watching something I was planning because of low scores, neither I watch something that is obviously not fitting in my interests because of high scores. |
| never, you can't trust someone elses rating, i've dropped stacks of animes that people consider 'good'. |
| A lot of times i'll ad a show thats highly rated to my plan to watch list.... Then i'll forget all about it and it'll just sit there... |
Speed is Life - 1st ID... patch on my shoulder. |
| I watch everything I think looks decent, but I watch them in order based on rating. I somewhat trust the general opinion of MAL users. |
| No, i wanna rate it myself. |
| When I'm looking for a new series, yes, I'll look on MAL's top anime. However, I don't particularly just judge off people's ratings. I mean, if I'm not in the mood for a romantic, silly anime I'm not gonna watch it just because it has a high rating. Mostly, though, I follow a lot of the recommendations posted by other people. Someone recommended S-Cry-Ed to me through Gurren Lagann...no, never. How could anyone put SCRYED on the same level as my beloved Gurren!? =P |
| We all have our own taste when it comes to anime..well I'm starting to watch all the popular anime out there in the list. |
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| No. I watch anime which I'm sure I'm gonna like and most of the times I do like them a lot |
| ^ I agree with the above. Also, why would any man let a woman/girl influence his anime viewing, anyway? It's silly. Since both genders rate on MAL, and most females around these parts are deranged yaoi fangirls (check the yaoi manga review scores) or are Swedish, no-one with sense would let MAL ratings tell them what to watch. No. No. ...NO. |
Ryuki-kun said: nope cause i know what kind of anime i like,even if know one else likes it |
| It's a very small percentage of influence. |
| <!--link--><a href="http://myanimelist.net/animelist/angelfire892&sclick=1"> Being sane is over rated :) |
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