| my 10/10 are the animes that I had the most enjoyment with my 1/10 are the animes that I had the least enjoyment with 1/10 for me =/= to a 1/10 quality wise |
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| No, it means they have a different scoring system. |
| have you ever thought that maybe they only decide to watch what they actually like? if they didnt like something they just delete and dont bother with it. |
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| Maybe I know how to find anime that correlates to my taste. |
| I dont understand people who rate completed anime 5 or below. They not only watch it, but they endure it to the end, lol. I would like smth like a 0.5 additional scaling cause i have trouble giving the credit they deserve to some anime but w/e. also ↓↓↓ |
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Sm0q said: It just means that I know what I'm watching and I'm avoiding what I would consider shit. Ofc I can't do that always so I have some score below 7. My score system works like this: 10 - awesome 9 - great 8 - very good 7 - good 6 - so-so 5 - meh 4 - bad below - wtf is that... The mal score system should be 1-5 IMO, it would be much better than current system. Why do you think so? Its more accurate this way i guess? |
| Oshii is probably the only director that loves dogs. He thinks he's a dog himself. That's right, its slime! It will dissolve your clothing slowly before my eyes! |
| Your mean score tells nothing about how much anime you like. |
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| Funny enough, just reading the synopsis or seeing the picture on the MAL page is a way for me to tell if I'll like an anime or not. Another reason why I don't drop anime. But yes, most anime that I watch is something that I like, some more than others ofcourse. Obviously there's a few that don't work like that, Seikon no Qwaser for example I've given a 3 and 4 respectively. I'd say the 7 score is like average to me and 6 was mostly boring. I've got a rating system on my profile. My mean score is 7.63 |
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| im still never going to understand people who finish/start shows they don't like/know they won't like yes, i do like pretty much all anime i watch, thats why i watch it..... lol |
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| To be honest, I think a 1-10 system is not very fitting rating system for TV shows in general. A 1-5 rating system would help do away with ambiguity that comes with series rated close together. Not to mention that casual viewers would grasp a 1-5 system better than a 1-10. Most of MAL are casual watchers. They watch for entertainment and could really care less about the animation quality or few plot holes in the story. Was watch the show a good experience? Yes? Well its an 8-9-10! They also most likely only watch shows that were recommended to them from friends with similar taste, so a majority of the shows completed with start with a positive bias anyways. Compare that to the people who spend a couple hours on a single episode and pick out everything that leaves an impression on them. I feel that "reviewers" watch the show with a rating system in mind, to post and discuss with other "reviewers". They know their own rating system and how a particular show falls within that system. They also keep up with a list of currently airing Anime and end up with a couple good and a couple bad experiences at the end of the season. Half of the stuff on my list I've watched years ago when it was "just for fun", resulting in many shows 6+ and almost none below. Now I tend to watch stuff objectively and pick up on the things I do and don't like in Anime. Pretty sure I would change half of my scores if I rewatched them today. |
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| Animes i enjoy i always rate 8+ also to give it more attention. |
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| I do not. I just avoid watching stuff I know I will not like beforehand. Which is why my mean score is a 7.8 :please With yaoi manga that is harder though,, which is why my mean score is a 5.8 with Manga. |
| I'm kinda new to the genre so I may not have a lot of references, that's why I tedn to rate high I guess. I usually enjoy rewatching shows, and it often happens that I am disappointed by a show I looked some time ago and thought it was great. Also, I watch animes because I like to, so I'm usually satisfied to watch one. On the other hand, I don't understand people with a low meaning score. It's like they don't like most of the shows they watch, so why do they keep on watching anime and not go to something that they could be more interested in? Btw, there are probably the answers about my concern in this thread, but I'm a bit too lazy to read a dozen pages. |
| No.... I just drop usually whatever I find less than 7 for me |
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Sm0q said: Mamster-P said: im still never going to understand people who finish/start shows they don't like/know they won't like yes, i do like pretty much all anime i watch, thats why i watch it..... lol Usually ppl dont know they wont like it... and besides - almost every show can turn bad... even if it starts good. then they can drop it, its not that difficult to do |
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kamisama751 said: Mamster-P said: im still never going to understand people who finish/start shows they don't like/know they won't like yes, i do like pretty much all anime i watch, thats why i watch it..... lol Saying that even though enough people already gave you thousands of reasons? like i've said before... if your reaction to a show is just gonna be: "this was so bad" "how can anyone like this?" "this just keeps getting worse" whytf are you forcing yourself to watch? |
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| I have a mean score of over 8 currently, I think it's because I'm fairly selective about what I watch; if I watch an episode of a show and I don't think I will like the rest, I just don't add the show to/remove the show from my list. Even though my ratings are entirely arbitrary anyway (I just pick a number based on how much I liked it), I still wouldn't rate a show I hadn't watched in its entirety, and I wouldn't watch a show I didn't enjoy in its entirety, hence, my mean score is probably higher than most. Also this is just one perspective, there could be loads of reasons why someone has a high mean score. |
| I have a mean score of under 7, does that mean I don't like what I watch? There's two sides to every coin. But when my meanscore was briefly over 7, I just wasn't as critical about scoring as I am now, so perhaps my standards have just been raised since I started watching anime. But it's not like I liked everything I saw, it's just that didn't pay attention to the little flaws as much. |
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Pullman said: Considering that the scale goes 7 - meh 8 - okay 9 - good 10 - great an average of below 9 must mean the person has chosen the wrong medium and anime is probably just not for them. Oh noes! Now I will have to look for a new hobby! and those 125+ days spent on anime were a waste! Can I re-score my anime so that I can continue watching it? /sarcasm Seriously, my mean score is 7.49 right now. I should stop experimenting so much, and look for more great anime to watch, as it's dropping dangerously low. kamisama751 said: Mamster-P said: im still never going to understand people who finish/start shows they don't like/know they won't like yes, i do like pretty much all anime i watch, thats why i watch it..... lol Saying that even though enough people already gave you thousands of reasons? No matter how many times those thousands of reasons are said, it doesn't make it easier to understand them. WillItReachHer said: Usually the one who have a mean score of 7 and above are the people that are either quite new at anime, which means they had only watch anime that are really highly acclaimed, or the people who are really picky on what to watch. No, as long as you don't fall into elitism trap, it's fairly easy to find anime that are worth 7 or more. At least at my 700+ titles level. Sure, anime worth 9-10 are a rarity, but that's why they're called "great". But there is no end to good anime if you do so much as read the tags and the synopsis. |
Protaku said: I have a mean score of under 7, does that mean I don't like what I watch? There's two sides to every coin. But when my meanscore was briefly over 7, I just wasn't as critical about scoring as I am now, so perhaps my standards have just been raised since I started watching anime. But it's not like I liked everything I saw, it's just that didn't pay attention to the little flaws as much. My english is kinda bad, but i hope every one will understand what im saying. There are always people who have lower mean score then me, now i have 7.19 but for example you Protaku have 6.22. But if we compare our both watched anime and you almost have watched everything i have and your mean score of my watched anime is 7.5 when mine is 7.0. So i guess, for me is that i just try to watch good anime. |
Ayon said: Protaku said: I have a mean score of under 7, does that mean I don't like what I watch? There's two sides to every coin. But when my meanscore was briefly over 7, I just wasn't as critical about scoring as I am now, so perhaps my standards have just been raised since I started watching anime. But it's not like I liked everything I saw, it's just that didn't pay attention to the little flaws as much. My english is kinda bad, but i hope every one will understand what im saying. There are always people who have lower mean score then me, now i have 7.19 but for example you Protaku have 6.22. But if we compare our both watched anime and you almost have watched everything i have and your mean score of my watched anime is 7.5 when mine is 7.0. So i guess, for me is that i just try to watch good anime. Yes, your english is clear enough to understand. From my and Protaku's list comparison, I have 7.9 (compared to 7.49 overall) in our shared anime, and he has 6.7 (compared to 6.22 overall). So I just rate higher. From my and yours list comparison, I have 7.8 (compared to 7.49 overall) in our shared anime, and you have 6.8 (compared to 7.19 overall). So our tastes might just not match. |
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kamisama751 said: So you are going to ignore ALL thousands of points people made about why to watch/complete bad shows and bitch forever? You know, you can actually learn something if you open your mind a bit. And your new name is uncreative. maybe i don't find the reasons good enough if you're not a reviewer? idk, am i implying that you're supposed to listen to me? no..... you can do what you want... you're free to watch w/e you want to bitch about it all you want, but that means im free to question your bitching.... that is all..... i didn't know it was it supposed to be.... lol |
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| I just get really picky for the ones that I do watch; if it's not at least a 6 out of 10 then it's not really worth my time, and I'd rather not spend it on a bad anime. Unless I'm drinking, of course. |
| Hardly, i just can't be bothered to watch trash anime. In all honesty I will drop any show that is a 5 and below almost immediately. The only exception to low rating is even the quality declined toward the end. I also can't be bothered watching anime that will be bad. The reason i have such a high average watch rating is because i'm very picky about what i watch and if i watched it past the 1st episode it's going to be at least a 5 or above. |
| Basically, I haven't seen enough anime to watch bad ones to bring down my average. :P |
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| People have different ideas of what the numbers mean. I've come to learn that most people don't think of 7 as a good score, even if they don't knowing think of it as average, the way they describe a show with that score is average, or at least what I see as average. So you can't really tell if they like or dislike everything based on that. |
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| I just don't like to lower the score of series I enjoied. |
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-Stabbed- said: Okay, now since I've caught your attention; Do people who have a mean score of over 7 literally like everything they watch? Or is it just that they are so highly empathetic that they even empathise with anime? I've seen people who literally hand out 10s and I just don't understand, do you like anime that much that you think that all of those shows are the best anime ever? I'm not patronizing anyone or being angry. Just genuinely curious. Quoting this since there's a shitload of pages already lol. To answer your question - no, at least when it comes to me. There are a couple of reasons for that in my case: a) I don't watch many anime shows in general, not as much as I used to because anime has started to interest me less and less hence b) most anime shows I didn't particularly like or that didn't pull me in, I dropped right away or after a few episodes so the anime shows on my list are the ones I really did like (more or less) and so I gave them average, above average or good/very good grades. There are, of course, a few exceptions but in general, that's the reason for my anime shows having the mean score 7 or above 7. |
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| I'm probably one of the people this post is targeted toward so I will give my thought about it. I give a grand majority of the shows I watch a 7 because even though they might not be my favorites, I still have some enjoyment watching them. These shows for me pretty much did the bare minimum to get me to respect them and I also enjoy most things that I watch. I'm not the kind of person that finds one flaw in a show and then reduces its score. It has to irritate me pretty badly for me to start dropping below 7 or 6. Anything I give a 6 is pretty much like you are on my thin ice level where I enjoyed it just enough to not say I hated it. Anything below 6 is the stuff where I have to ask myself "why did I watch this" or it was an anime that strung me along to something that could have been entertaining but ended up throwing garbage in my face instead (Mayogia). I also give multiple seasons of the same franchise the same score unless it's a reboot, spin off, or just has been mia for many years so that as a result gives me more 7s than I would have intended. |
| I think a lot of other fellas explained it well. My rating is based on enjoyment. I'm not the type to criticize anime or talk about plot, character development, etc. Also, I'm pretty much picky about the anime I watch. I don't just watch anything. I pick anime I think I'm gonna enjoy basically. |
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| The whole idea of this topic is subjective, i have 8+ mean average, but that is mostly because i don't really care too much, if an anime is shit i just don't watch it and don't give it the time to give an actual rating. i'm not a professional reviewer so i just have fun with what i watch, the only anime i remember completing that i gave less than a 5 is Chaos;Head with obvious reasons. |
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Willwatch4food said: My mean score is over 7 because of I don't like a show, I usually don't continue watching it, and it usually isn't worth putting on the drop list. I usually either forget to put it on the list in the first place, or I just delete it. As such, my mean score is made up of shows that I either find average (5-6), pretty good (7-8), or very good (9-10) That doesn't mean I like everything I watch. ^^^This~ Also I am mostly easily amused("¬_¬) |
| I don't score anime as MAL's score intended to, 5 isn't average and 6 isn't fine for me. I score looking at average anime score here, and i feel anime rating here pile up in either 7 or 8. Look at random anime, anime with 7.x, (where x > 0) means someone give 8 or more, with others give 7. In top 1000, anime rating still over 7.7, top 2000, still over 7.3 Then i though 7 is average here. |
| As someone with a mean score of close to 6 I can definitely say.... I wish I could go back to the days when I rated everything above 7. I'm the type of person who literally likes everything would be nice. However it is very difficult to recommend anime to people who rate everything between 7 and 10. Hard to know if they still like the 7s or not. I do watch a lot of things I don't like because I find them entertaining and I feel like I can learn a lot about myself by learning what I don't like and watching bad anime. I feel like I'm pushing the boundary at this point of what I find acceptable. And I have actually found even things rated in the 5 range that I like. |
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Dishonest said: because sometimes it was laughably bad... and it was like such a train wreck I couldn't look away. I dont understand people who rate completed anime 5 or below. They not only watch it, but they endure it to the end, lol. I would like smth like a 0.5 additional scaling cause i have trouble giving the credit they deserve to some anime but w/e. also ↓↓↓ I know most of the anime I rated a below five though, I was watching in anime club. In other words I was forced to watch it because I'm the president. XD or Worse sometimes I'm the director of programming. This means I often have to watch the anime twice. |
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| I guess i have just been watching the right anime. I do have a couple of big dissapointments. But tbh its probably because i havent watched a lot of anime. |
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| For me handing 9's and 10's because I really enjoyed it, that's all thank you. |
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| I rate soley on enjoyment. Something has to be REALLY bad for me to not enjoy it atleast a little. |
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| If I don't like a show, then I drop it. If I drop it, I don't rate it because I only like to give ratings to things I've seen in full (not all drops are because they are bad, sometimes I just realize I'm not interested). So if I finish something, it means it, at the very least, earned that much courtesy from me, hence why I barely have anything rated below a 6 on my list. Seems to be the general consensus among those who don't force themselves to finish anime they don't like and don't rate drops. |
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