| Why do some of you rate shows before finishing them? I don't understand the logic behind this, cause there's always the possibility that the show becomes good or goes to shit as time goes on. |
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| Initial impression. I still adjust it accordingly the further it progresses. |
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| I mean, I can change my rating as the show changes, can't I? If the argument is that people are stubborn and won't change the initial rating in the delusion of always having been right, I will say that that's not me, at least. |
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| you can always adjust the score, the more you watch it |
| I don't do this personally, but I can see why plenty of people do. It makes sense to give a score based on your first impression of however many episodes you've watched, and then change it as you watch more and experience the rest of the show. |
| I usually rate immediately if I knew what to expect, like if I came from the manga. Of course if the adaption was shit I'd shit on the ratings too |
| well, you can always change or adjust the rating depending if the show becomes good or goes to shit as you say, I have rated an 8-9 in the 3rd episode of some shows and then when it finish I end up rating it a 5-7 or the other way around |
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| I do it every cour for airing shows, for finished shows and 1 cour shows, never |
| 1) My scores are only meant to judge the episodes I saw, not the entirety of that entry. 2) I can change my scores as I watch more episodes. 3) I want to keep track of my initial impression, because even if I did see some anime with a great start getting progressively worse, I've never seen an anime becoming a 9 or a 10 if my first impression of it wasn't more than a 7. |
| Is this thread directed to One Piece fans? |
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| Because some of us have faith in some anime, that it will never let itself down. |
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| Yeah, I do this but of course, I will adjust the rating along the way. Also, I do think judging after 1-2 episodes is unfair so I rate it after 5 episodes or so. |
| I dont give rating before completing season only give ongoing show rating which have more than 100 episode |
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| For myself. I always change it while watching and after finishing a Series - but rating it right away (usually after first 3 episodes or whenever I feel like it) just to see how my impression of it changes and if I stop watching it and come back after a while I remember how enjoyable it was or what I initially thought of it. My "first" Rating is usually never the rating I give the show after I finished it. I've started watching a Series giving it a 6 and down the line ended up giving it a 9 and vice versa. |
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| Even one episode is enough for me to form an opinion about an anime. And if my opinion about the show changes as I watch it, then I just change my rating to reflect that. This is a really simple thing, but so many people seem to want to make it complicated, judging by how often this question is asked. It would be like if you were reading a book, and you had gotten through only a few chapters, and someone asked what you thought of it. You might say something like, “It’s pretty good so far,” or “I’m finding it a little boring.” It might get better or worse as you read, but that doesn’t mean you’re not going to have an opinion on it right away, just based on what you’ve read up until that point. My early ratings are the same, they’re based on what I’ve seen so far, and they may or may not change after I’ve completed the series. If ratings could never ever be changed, then of course I would wait until I had completed an anime before making a decision, but that’s not the case. I could change my ratings every day if I wanted to. They’re not set in stone. |
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DrSexy said: The logic simply is that the rating isn't final before the show was completed. I rate seasonals instantly to signal my trend to friends who do the same for me. I rate finished airing shows after 50% of the eps, same rationale.I don't understand the logic behind this, cause there's always the possibility that the show becomes good or goes to shit as time goes on. |
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| I understand why someone would rate an anime before completing it. What I don't understand is why they rate an anime a 10 when it has not aired yet or has only one episode aired that had nothing amazing in it worth giving a 10. Well I actually I know why. They are fan of the source and just want to push their anime in the top. |
| I don't know either. Who the hell rates a movie in the middle of the movie? Their argument is "Initial impression" or "Hey I like to rate it so see how it's going." but no one does that normally. I've never heard of a TV Watcher that rates Breaking Bad in the middle of the show. It just seems weird as fuck to me, but I'll let people do what they want. |
| Consider also that if the moment you get the big picture of what the show is doing rating it when it is finished can be easier since you can do some comparing on how it expelled in the end at what it was trying to achieve with scoring. |
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DrSexy said: is why I change my scores as I watch the anime go on.the possibility that the show becomes good or goes to shit as time goes on |
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| You're not going to get me to rescind my 10/10 for AoT Final Season. |
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| I rated God of Highschool a 10 by the second episode, only for it to disappoint. Luckily, I wasn't locked into giving it that score. I quickly rectified my hasty judgement with a 6 by the time I finished it. And so there's your answer. Typically I only ever rate shows that I'm watching on a weekly basis (i.e. airing ones) while I haven't finished them. Rudolfpikel said: DrSexy said: I don't understand the logic behind this, cause there's always the possibility that the show becomes good or goes to shit as time goes on. I concur that I don't understand the prospect. After all, a series is a single package; you can't rate a package if it isn't complete. An example of why it just doesn't work well, in my opinion, is the whole concept of foreshadowing. How can you rate foreshadowing without knowing what is being foreshadowed? There's a secret to it. Hrybami said: I understand why someone would rate an anime before completing it. What I don't understand is why they rate an anime a 10 when it has not aired yet or has only one episode aired that had nothing amazing in it worth giving a 10. Well I actually I know why. They are fan of the source and just want to push their anime in the top. Yes! Well no. Partly. It doesn't have to be to push the anime to the top. If the adaptation does a good enough job you can get really excited. palm-tree said: Even one episode is enough for me to form an opinion about an anime. And if my opinion about the show changes as I watch it, then I just change my rating to reflect that. This is a really simple thing, but so many people seem to want to make it complicated, judging by how often this question is asked. It would be like if you were reading a book, and you had gotten through only a few chapters, and someone asked what you thought of it. You might say something like, “It’s pretty good so far,” or “I’m finding it a little boring.” It might get better or worse as you read, but that doesn’t mean you’re not going to have an opinion on it right away, just based on what you’ve read up until that point. My early ratings are the same, they’re based on what I’ve seen so far, and they may or may not change after I’ve completed the series. If ratings could never ever be changed, then of course I would wait until I had completed an anime before making a decision, but that’s not the case. I could change my ratings every day if I wanted to. They’re not set in stone. It isn't rocket science really. |
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DrSexy said: I don't understand the logic behind this, cause there's always the possibility that the show becomes good or goes to shit as time goes on. That's the thing. Nothing is fixed. There's also always the possibility that my rating for a show goes from 9 to 4 as time goes on. Is it that difficult to understand? |
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| I rate right away. It really doesn’t matter anyway. And it is mostly all for myself and maybe for people trying to rec to me |
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| I think I've only ever rated something before finishing/dropping once. I can't remember what it was but I was sure I'd give it a good score by around the mid point and it didn't disappoint |
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| i mostly rate after watching 4-5 episodes and adjust the score if my opinion changes |
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| Why not? People don't just stop having opinions of a show before they finish it, it's not like your scores are suddenly unable to be changed afterwards. Being able to rate a show before it's finished is a function of MAL, why wouldn't people use it? I don't rate shows before I finish either, but it wasn't that hard for me to understand why others do it. |
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| And I don't understand why people keep asking this same question. If you have completed N out of M episodes obviously your score is based on those N. It goes without saying that it can change later. Also it goes without saying that you can change it even after you have completed the show...maybe years after that. Opinions change, you gain more experience. Some shows can get new meaning to you if you understand the context better of decline if you look at them with eyes not crowded by hype. |
| People can change the rating as the show goes on. One Piece is also a thing and I don't wanna wait years just so I can give it a rating. |
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Crow_Black said: I rate after i watch a show as its too impulsive just rating after seeing only a few episodes. You have on your favorites anime that have yet to air, nothing stops them from being hot garbage. Bad adaptations aren't that rare. palm-tree said: It would be like if you were reading a book, and you had gotten through only a few chapters, and someone asked what you thought of it. You might say something like, “It’s pretty good so far,” or “I’m finding it a little boring.” It might get better or worse as you read, but that doesn’t mean you’re not going to have an opinion on it right away, just based on what you’ve read up until that point. My early ratings are the same, they’re based on what I’ve seen so far, and they may or may not change after I’ve completed the series. I get your point though I don't understand how you can translate initial impression of it's pretty good or it's boring into a scale 1-10. GoZha said: DrSexy said: is why I change my scores as I watch the anime go on.the possibility that the show becomes good or goes to shit as time goes on Yumerei said: DrSexy said: I don't understand the logic behind this, cause there's always the possibility that the show becomes good or goes to shit as time goes on. That's the thing. Nothing is fixed. There's also always the possibility that my rating for a show goes from 9 to 4 as time goes on. Is it that difficult to understand? I understand but why even bother doing that and constantly going back and forth changing scores. To me seems better to just wait for the anime to finish to give an overall rating. |
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DrSexy said: It's fun to make note of what I think and how I feel during that part of the animeGoZha said: is why I change my scores as I watch the anime go on. Yumerei said: That's the thing. Nothing is fixed. There's also always the possibility that my rating for a show goes from 9 to 4 as time goes on. Is it that difficult to understand? I understand but why even bother doing that and constantly going back and forth changing scores. To me seems better to just wait for the anime to finish to give an overall rating. |
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DrSexy said: GoZha said: is why I change my scores as I watch the anime go on. Yumerei said: That's the thing. Nothing is fixed. There's also always the possibility that my rating for a show goes from 9 to 4 as time goes on. Is it that difficult to understand? I understand but why even bother doing that and constantly going back and forth changing scores. To me seems better to just wait for the anime to finish to give an overall rating. That's like one click away, man. If you have time to write essays and post on the forums, you have ample time to change your scores. |
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| Because watching 5 minutes of a the first ep's is enough to get a understanding if the Anime is good or not. |
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| Thanks for the thread, the last one was like 5 days ago so I was getting worried people wouldn't ask that same question over and over anymore |
| I generally have a good idea how good an anime will be by no later than halfway through. Of course, if it WOWs me at the end or disappoints, the rating changes. I stopped dropping anime a while back. |
| There's no inherent right or wrong in this universe, but when we think with emotions rather than logic, we make things so. |
DrSexy said: You don't understand that ratings can be changed?I don't understand the logic behind this, cause there's always the possibility that the show becomes good or goes to shit as time goes on. |
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| I do see both sides of it, but... I don't think you should score and anime before finishing it.. you should be able to cast a score if you drop the anime IMO |
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| I do that with long running anime/manga, as they give me enough content to rate them on. I am always free to change the rating with a few clicks, it's not like it's permanent you know. With short series tho, like 13 or 24 episodes or idk anything below 80 episodes, I rate only after finishing them. |
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| so I can always adjust the score, first time I saw gundam I gave it a strong 6 but in time I raised it at 9. In this way I know my feelings towards said anime, I can't rate gundam blind after 43 episodes without a past rating to remind me if I liked it or not |
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| people have already listed pretty much all reasons but for me it's because i know some people are irrationally triggered by this |
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DrSexy said: Why do some of you rate shows before finishing them? I don't understand the logic behind this, cause there's always the possibility that the show becomes good or goes to shit as time goes on. A good story is good the entire way through. If a story is bad/good it's most likely that it will stay that way because the person that wrote the first part also wrote the rest. And if they somehow manage to drastically improve/worsen their writing it just takes 1 minute to adjust the score. That is the logic behind that |
| you can always adjust your score when you're done with the anime. it just shows your current thoughts on the anime. |
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