From 1 to 10.

[asrrin29]

Well, for me, if it's a well known anime/ sing, I will generally shoot for higher scores. the more obscure the anime/song is, the more lieniant I am about judging the AMV before I download it. I also especially look at the description the creator puts out when downloading. if it's not at least a small paragraph, unless it's on the to 10% list, I rarely look at it. a creator has to have some pride in his work for me to be able to appreaciate it.

I'm the other way around... I hate ppl that just can't shut up about their work! I mean what good is background info, tools used and stuff gonna do me! More often then not, none, whatsoever except a waste of my time and a few extra strokes to get to the download button at the bottom -_-. I'm not saying if you got a short, funny little story or won awards don't put it, just I shouldn't feel like I HAVE to do that since there's no point to it. I guess it just takes all types .

well, I do admit, it chafes me a little when I have to scroll through a few pages of technical remarks, but what I meant was that if a person can't be bothered to say something about time spent working on it, or what the general gist os, then why should I? if all I see is a line that, "here's my newest AMV, enjoy." I am NOT going to download it without good reason.

[Fungie½]

When I write opinions, I don't hesitate to give out 4's, 5's, 6's, or 7's. I don't think I've ever given anything lower than a 4, just because videos that I don't think are going to entertain me, I pass up on anyways, and even if it's just watching the animation flow by, I like something about it. (Wow, that was a run-on sentence, eek.) When I receive scores like that, I take them seriously and hope that they explained why they gave me these in the "bad" section.

Then again, I don't tend to look at scores when I download a video, because everyone's tastes differ, and some of the reviewers on this site have a very different understanding than I do of what makes an enjoyable video. Just like those ultra testosterone pumping guys who give straight 1's to shounen-ai/yaoi videos and are like "OMG SO GEY GROSS". I can't allow those people to impare my judgement of a video by lowering the video's scores.

[dschlag007]

My own marking system or why my average is so high?

I use a "innocent until proven guilty" system, that is all videos for me are perfect 10's UNTIL I find something wrong with them in that or other section. I go from there and deduct accordingly.

Sue me for it if you want

To me, that sounds like a really good way of marking a AMV. I wish more people marked like that. That is how I kinda mark AMV's when I actually give opinions. Most of the time I just leave star ratings.

Frankly though, I understand where the dial-up people are coming from where they have a long time to wait and thus have to be pretty picky in what they download. However, personally I am kinda disappointed at those that only look at OPs and and only download those that have a high rating. What about those that don't get opinions? Or what about those that, while have opinions, someone marked it low that you personally might like more? Just because the numbers say a AMV is bad or good, doesn't mean that it is true. This is mostly true for those with few opinions (10 or lower in my experience). Now if a video has 40 opinions and all of them are low, well that's a bit different. Then again, that's just my opinion and I stick by it.