On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 2:54:22 PM UTC+2, Barry Churchill wrote: > > > > On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 7:12:52 AM UTC+1, [email protected] > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 2:08:37 AM UTC+2, ropearoni wrote: >>> >>> .. or care? >>> >> >> No. >> >> 10 years ago, before the mass influx of new gamers, the ratings barely >> meant something, today they're totally meaningless. >> >> I just rate & comment on games for my own purposes, like a diary. >> > > The top ten on BGG is still dominated by real gamer, heavier games, so I > would have imagined they do still mean something to go by for the seasoned > gamer, >
Not really. Can't check their current position right now, but games like Gloomhaven and Charterstone would never have reached the top-100 10 ago. > and it has not been skewed by an influx. Was also wondering even if new > gamers votes have changed the ranking order why this would be rendered > meaningless. > Because what happened is what always happens when something that was basically only a hobby for a hardcore crowd gets discovered by a bunch of new people : the average experience people have with the hobby drops dramatically, while the hype for the new shiny things goes to maximum overdrive. I'm not saying that influx of new people is all bad, but one result of this is that game ratings and discussions have become pointless. > Surely new gamers votes are as important has gamer gamers votes? > What you're suggesting is that the opinion of a movie critic who just saw his first movie last year is as important as someone who's been watching movies for 30 years. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
