No, what I mean is that [...]a lot of commentators who are considered useful by this site's rating system are in reality sending mixed signals [...]they'll give someone a 4 on capture, but state in the capture section of their extremely wordy scoring breakdown that they "couldn't find anything wrong".
Ah..."Soka...", as they say, in cowboy bebop...^,^
Out of curiousity, who in particular that's leaving opinions does this? I'm not asking you to put up names on the forum, you can PM me about it. I'm just wondering who does that.
Well, for example, me, firestorm...

(er, yes, i'm in the list of the most useful commentators...^_-; [or else, my ancient aka, "xd", is.] )
I did once, "over-rated" a video's sound quality, which has been notified to me by the author, in its reply ("why are you rating my sound so high, if your criticize it so much?!"), and corrected by me (i lowered the mark)...^,^;
Hm...I know this way of doing is not absolutely fair, but...hm...i can't say the marks i'm giving match *only* with the videos i'm reviewing...it also deals with my principles...
I mean: for example, unless it's a video nearly impossible to read, i'd rate the quality of the image as 10...
To be frank, i think that this kind of "criteria" should be scored in a binary way: "readable/not readable"...
Of course, the image quality is a matter of skills in the technical aspect of the "making-videos" job, but it's also a matter of...money.And i refuse to discriminate cheap people. (plus i'm not feeling good enough to give opinions about technical stuff..^.^;...i think the necessary knowledge can only be acquired throughout the whole process of making a vid, and i still have not made any of them...). If i would be given the choice not to rate this aspect of the vid, i'd take it!
I also am reluctant to give a 10-mark in originality...which makes me give a lot of "9-marks"...^.^; (indeed, i think i'll give a ten the day when i'll be sure i'll NEVER find a vid more original than the one i'm rating--that is, bsically: "one day before the end of the world, if i ever come to know the word is ending tomorrow, if i come to have internet at that time, and if i find a video that worths it", or maybe "when i'll have seen all the amvs of the word"...who knows...?)...
Indeed, by the time, i'm wondering if i should or not take the time to review other vids, and if i should "struggle" to have my old aka back.
I was pretty happy to be appreciated, as a reviewer...because, most of the time, i'm reproached to make too long and incomprehensible texts...i thought it was different on AMV org...but if it's because of the number of words i'm using that i'm rated so high, on amv, i think i'd better stop reviewing.
AMV is a wrong place to practice and improve my writing and analysis skills...(i liked it, though!... ;_; )