I responded to you and the other poster there. I get what you're saying and I agree. I seem to be having a hard time being objective and universally fair/consistent with some of the ratings.

Any suggestions?

Edit: I'm thinking of maybe moving to a 10 star system to perhaps allow a bit more variety where ratings are concerned. Thoughts?

I was over looking at the Hellfire Club article, seeing some of the occasionally rude comments (reminding me why I tend to treat GD like a toxic zone - someplace to go into with protective outfitting and for brief periods of time) and to leave a few comments.

It's a subjective scale, and you're all the more limited in a 5-star system, so it's difficult to come up with a suggestion that works well as an absolute scale. I might only suggest being a little harder on them. The evaluation is wholly yours, so you have to do it in a fashion that rings true for you.

Do you find yourself just giving them those ratings relative to the other versions in the article (ie one version is the best they've managed, so it gets the highest score relative to the other versions) or on an absolute scale? If the latter, as you look across the keywords offered for other characters, do you really see any iteration of Martian Manhunter giving him a 5-star treatment of keywords? I don't. (Okay, I take that back. Detective John Jones pretty much fits. This only reminds me of yet another reason why I hate prize LEs, where they decide to steal aspects from the rest of us so they can put them in those versions.)

For me, two of the closest to perfect keyword treatments have been the Justice League Batman (Detective, Gotham City, JLA, Justice League, Justice League of America, Justice League International, Outsiders) and the Avengers Wonder Man (Avengers, Celebrity, Force Works, Masters of Evil, Mighty Avengers, Scientist, West Coast Avengers), as I want maximum flexibility in use and we're dealing with characters who've functionally remained essentially the same over the years in question.

That would definitely give you more room to distinguish one from another, yes. Opinions on ratings and rankings are going to vary, of course, so all you can really strive for is to be internally consistent.

I appreciate the articles, the time, energy and care that go into them, and wouldn't want any of my comments to come across as negative. I was just reacting to something that jumped out at me, particularly as I so often find myself frustrated by a stinginess from Game Design in handing out keywords that a given character deserves.

Added for clarification.

I am doing pretty bad with the GSX set...5 boosters and only super rare type figure I have is Gambit/Rogue...and I got a second Super Booster today and got a Mark 2 X_x was hoping for Onslaught :-/

I finally got some GSX, as everyone sold out on release day before I got there and I was bummed. Both local comic shops said they would have more this week.

CC didn't have any cases by the time I got there at lunch today, so went to SC, as I prefer to start with a case. SC had just opened their last sealed case as I came in, so I bought it. Haven't checked it out yet, but did get Apocalypse and Onslaught Colossals. Peeked at a few boosters and saw Hulk and Cable/Deadpool and the Fastball Special sculpt. So am happy. After work, went back to CC and bought a brick and 2 Super Boosters. Had another Onslaught, but I haven't looked at any boosters yet. Bought two Super Boosters and got another Apocolypse and got a Nemesis. I was about to not get any of this set, but now I'm glad I have some. I'm pretty happy with what I've seen, and think I can trade the extra Apocolypse and Onslaught.

Sigh, still waiting on GSX to arrive in the West of Oz.

Oh, I'm sure you can...and I even could recommend a guy who'd be happy to swap much in your favor!

Down to needing only one unique and two Les!!

A team using only figs with the following keywords;

# Brotherhood of Mutants
# Hellfire Club
# Mutant
# Ultimate X-Men
# Weapon X
# X-Factor
# X-Force
# X-Men

500 golden

Discuss

Last post. Only need 1 good slap to put me over =]

BTW, does anyone like the little man in my Title? It uses my initials and everything!

Because I don't want to post once more, I will continue to edit this one post for a while. Check out this awesome quote of the day:

My main blast will be arriving sometime tomorrow. So far a single brick brought me a great selection, including Juggernaut, Storm and The Captain, the Cyclops/Phoenix Duo and a Sentinel Mark V. The Duo's going to go one way or another.

I've been feeling off all day, and I seem to be dropping fast. I think it's time to crawl under covers and watch some movies until I drop off. I've already decided to take Thursday off, so if I need to sleep in I may.

oh well, Mafia is more important than rep goals =P

lol. If I could rep you for this post, I would.

To my surprise I was able to oblige.

We'll try to overlook that Mafia comment...

sounds good to me =]

I'm one hungover ogre seeking refuge.

Okay, so where did the quote come from?