Who in the world grades these ScreenShots??????? You Decide : Fair or not

Saturday, November 8, 2003 by Keith Perry | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Please take a look, I was given a 5 for something i belive is way better than the others for the same WB. Maybe im wrong. Please let me know what you think? here is mine https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3467 compared to https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3458 and https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3463 give me a break!!!!!!!

No offence to Leo the Lion but check this out https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=13&SkinID=3468 an 8 for something we have all seen a million times.
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kona0197
Reply #1 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:15 PM
You do know ratings are over rated right? I never go by ratings.

Jafo
Reply #2 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:23 PM

Who?

Probably me......I get to see one hell of a lot of them and generally rate them between 4 and 8 or, in other words 'mediocre', as they are JUST screenshots.

People with auto-posting privileges get a '6' automatically so where exactly is your problem?...


IPlural
Reply #3 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:24 PM
It is in the FAQ, actually one of the reasons for having a FAQ on a site is to answer
such questions.

Ratings
How & why are the files at WinCustomize rated?

Submissions to WinCustomize are rated so that visitors to WinCustomize have an optional method of sorting skins. This allows someone to view skins based on how other people have rated that skins. Most download sites also use a rating system. Whether its a 4 or 5 star rating or on a scale. At WinCustomize we use a scale of 1 - 10 where 10 is the best rated and 1 is the lowest rated. Since some skin authors disagree with the rating system we have decided to not allow the general public to view or rate the skins. The skins can still be sorted by rating but the actual rating is not displayed. To be able to rate a skin you must have either a Apprentice access level or higher, or have a Customer Level (User Level) or either 3 or 4.


unless otherwise noted:

IPlural
Reply #4 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:26 PM
Oops, should have waited to hit submit

Jafo
Reply #5 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:26 PM
As for Leo's screenshot, all the elements tend to integrate well...more a 'theme' than  most shots which are a hap-hazard amalgam of disparate elements...

Hus
Reply #6 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:29 PM
The average screenshot gets less than 20 views a month...and you're complaining about a rating?

IPlural
Reply #7 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:31 PM
HUS

there is that also

Zodiaq~
Reply #8 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:39 PM
Geez...It's a 'Screen Shot'...People really care about that?

kona0197
Reply #9 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:41 PM
all this is over a SS? Grow up!

Keith Perry
Reply #10 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:48 PM
Im not complaining, Just curious on how others would rate it. Would not of hit submit if I knew that I would be ridiculed the way I have been. Im sorry most and maybe everyone does not like the Screen Shot section, but I do.

Thanx for not caring.
Keith

Zodiaq~
Reply #11 Saturday, November 8, 2003 7:57 PM
No biggie...Personally I would rate the 3FX one the highest...but that's just my preference...The package looks pretty smooth.

Can't deny, that WB and Icons from MikeB is sweeeet

Leo the Lion
Reply #12 Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:02 PM
MT........my ears were burning they never lie........beg or plead with Phrozen Menace or Diafragma for their Apollo Rainy........get the Winamp skin in docx's screenshot........get rid of the desktop icons......and i will give you a 10

Jafo
Reply #13 Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:08 PM

Keith...it's important to understand that the moderation process results in an INITIAL rating....which can be amended by others as and when they deem such is warranted.

This goes for ALL upload sections. If and when others view the upload they are entirely free to post their rating 'opinion/preference' as well and 'theoretically' the more ratings posted the more 'accurate' the work's valuation.  That is all...


XX
Reply #14 Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:08 PM
A man's treasure is another man's junk, and third man don't care about it.
Quote from somewhere

It's all about how the people view things.

Leo the Lion
Reply #15 Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:13 PM
Keith........Jafo is spot on........he usually is......To give you an example just over a week ago i saw a skin here which had been rated a 6 by one of the mods.........i rated it an 8 and two days later after other people had rated it too, it reached an 8.

Keith Perry
Reply #16 Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:18 PM
Thanx Leo, I only use the Desktop icons to show what DesktopX can do, to take away the Background color for the text. As far as the rainy, I used the DesktopX Calander. (but i understand what you mean) Sorry for the comment, As for your ears I was really refering to the other two with the same WB.


Keith

Leo the Lion
Reply #17 Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:28 PM
Keith.......no problem.....no offence taken.....By the way i have given you a generous 8

joetheblow
Reply #18 Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:31 PM
I love the screen shot section too!!!!

Nice to know I have a screenshot viewer friend.

awwwwww...

Leo the Lion
Reply #19 Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:32 PM
so do i joetheblow.......i get some great ideas when looking at other peoples work

Keith Perry
Reply #20 Saturday, November 8, 2003 9:09 PM
Thanx Joe, and Leo I agree, I cant personaly make the themes, but i can show off the work of others for their great work. In every SS i upload i give credit where credit is due. All Skinners spend alot of time making these themes, At least i can Recognize them for it. And yes trying to bring more Sports to WinCustomize.

As for the GROW UP Comment, Im not trying to start anything, its just im a big Sports fan, and yes a little competitive.


To change the Subject, Why wasnt Rainlendar A part of the New Section Poll? That would be a great section for WinCustomize.

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