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🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Jun 8, 2006 02:14 AM UTC:

David Howe wrote:

It may lead to a rater 'buying' points by rating some large number of entries as 'Okay', not because they want to rate those entries, but because they want to gain points.

True enough. But this would be a problem only if those 'Okay' ratings were dishonest. To put a different spin on this, it gives people incentive to rate games they would normally neglect. The overall effect of this would be to make ratings more representative of a game's overall appeal. Also, the need to buy points to give high or low ratings might encourage a person to take a closer look at games he has passed over before, and he might find some new favorites before getting the extra points he needs.