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Christine Bagley-Jones wrote on Fri, Mar 24, 2006 05:48 AM UTC:
yes it is just the word, i don't think it is precise, it could lead to
confusion or whatever.
thinking about the rating system, i just reckon there needs to be
something between poor and good, probably average is fine.
if you look at how people rate, 95% rate excellent or good, that is
probably because there is no average rating. most people don't bother
about rating a game poor. this year, members have rated games 30
excellent, 20 good and 5 poor, and that poor rating recently got 3 poors
because of people naming games 'grand chess 2' and 'grander chess'. 
non-members rated in a similiar fashion, bit more excellents, bit less
goods, around same poors.
i know i am not going to ever rate a game poor, it could be my taste in
games, or i can't bother to rate a game i don't like. also i would never
rate a game average, and wouldn't be surprised if people mainly didn't
either, but maybe i'm wrong with that. 
about 'popular' ...
are you saying the 'most popular' thingy is worked out by amount of
comments? ... that can't be good, that would mean 'gridlock' would be a
very popular game, and i'm pretty sure/unsure no one has ever played it. 
(woops sorry mr leno, just remember i did rate your game excellent)

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