All 10ing your own vid=pathetic?
- madbunny
- Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2003 3:12 pm
The op score to me is not really the relevant part of the Opinion system. The only thing it should really do is to give an 'at a glance' of what the viewer thought about it.
So, when I give ops, I try to leave information that I think is informative, and ideally helpful in some way. When I get them, the better ones do the same for me. The scores, for most of my videos are usually low enough (especially in the review) that it's not like I'll ever see the top 10% legitimately. As has been shown, the top percent vids list is pretty easy to manipulate anyway. Not just flagrant firestarters like Godix, but also by people pimping out various naruto videos to their friends.
What brought this on anyway?
So, when I give ops, I try to leave information that I think is informative, and ideally helpful in some way. When I get them, the better ones do the same for me. The scores, for most of my videos are usually low enough (especially in the review) that it's not like I'll ever see the top 10% legitimately. As has been shown, the top percent vids list is pretty easy to manipulate anyway. Not just flagrant firestarters like Godix, but also by people pimping out various naruto videos to their friends.
What brought this on anyway?
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a night. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
- godix
- a disturbed member
- Joined: Sat Aug 03, 2002 12:13 am
It is vitally important to give yourself all 10 ops. If you can talk around 50 other people into doing so as well then you can break into the top 10 videos of the top 10%. Once that happens you get to be one of the cool in-crowd. It comes with it's own plaque, membership card, and if the performance of the editors who made the top videos is any indication a mandatory forced retirement from making videos. I was rather suprised when I got my prizes in the mail. Especially the forced retirement one, I didn't realize they used a baseball bat on your editing hand to enforce it. No wonder we don't see AD around anymore.
- Castor Troy
- Ryan Molina, A.C.E
- Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2001 8:45 pm
- Status: Retired from AMVs
- Location: California
- Contact:
- staces
- Joined: Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:53 pm
- Location: California
- Contact:
I did that once because I'd gotten two all ones and twos reviews because the viewer was offended by the content and didn't read the warning. I did it to even the scores that people were seeing so that they wouldn't be scared off of watching my video and then when more normal opinions came in I adjusted mine down..
But that was a few years ago and I doubt that I'd do it again.
But that was a few years ago and I doubt that I'd do it again.
- aesling
- Mad Scientist
- Joined: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:55 pm
- Status: Human McNugget
- Location: Wall Rose
- JaddziaDax
- Crazy Cat Lady!
- Joined: Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:25 am
- Status: I live?
- Location: Somewhere I think O.o
- Contact:
the only point i could see in oping yourself is to point out to others that wont read video descriptions, but will read the ops given, what you do already know about your video...
i dont personally op myself, on my own videos cause i already know what i think about my videos and i write it down in the video description, if someone happens to point it out again, i usually just ignore it or pass it off as "yea i already know that what of it?"
but as far as giving yourself all 10s, other ops will eventually come along and put those 10s in their place and if they dont, its not like anyone can see the scores of 1 op (you have to have atleast 3 to make it appear on the profile)... unless you make it public... and seriously if people are going to go that far just to read the op, they can easily read that it was left by the creator of the amv and therefore generally becomes a pointless op by default (unless it has actuall scores and actual thoughts
heh)
~~~~~~~~~~
but as a general note:
1. i expect all videos to suck, unless they are by a creator i know to be not-suck... or awesome.
2. i rarely look at scores as a means of judging weather or not im going to download something neither do i look at star scale or the top 10% list...
i usually choose vids based on:
1. anime/song combo
2. weather or not it looks interesting (i love dling vids to animes i havent seen or songs i havent heard.. i love experiencing new things..)
3. if a friend pimped it to me
4. did a friend make it?
5. am i really that bored?
and whatever my mood dictates....
i dont care what other peoples scores are, and if someone really wants to leave all 10s on their own video, its their problem not mine... but im probably not going to put much weight into an opinion of their own video.
i dont personally op myself, on my own videos cause i already know what i think about my videos and i write it down in the video description, if someone happens to point it out again, i usually just ignore it or pass it off as "yea i already know that what of it?"
but as far as giving yourself all 10s, other ops will eventually come along and put those 10s in their place and if they dont, its not like anyone can see the scores of 1 op (you have to have atleast 3 to make it appear on the profile)... unless you make it public... and seriously if people are going to go that far just to read the op, they can easily read that it was left by the creator of the amv and therefore generally becomes a pointless op by default (unless it has actuall scores and actual thoughts

~~~~~~~~~~
but as a general note:
1. i expect all videos to suck, unless they are by a creator i know to be not-suck... or awesome.
2. i rarely look at scores as a means of judging weather or not im going to download something neither do i look at star scale or the top 10% list...
i usually choose vids based on:
1. anime/song combo
2. weather or not it looks interesting (i love dling vids to animes i havent seen or songs i havent heard.. i love experiencing new things..)
3. if a friend pimped it to me
4. did a friend make it?
5. am i really that bored?
and whatever my mood dictates....
i dont care what other peoples scores are, and if someone really wants to leave all 10s on their own video, its their problem not mine... but im probably not going to put much weight into an opinion of their own video.
Stalk me?
https://linktr.ee/jaddziadax
https://linktr.ee/jaddziadax
- BasharOfTheAges
- Just zis guy, you know?
- Joined: Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:32 pm
- Status: Breathing
- Location: Merrimack, NH
I had someone give me an all 10 op with my own account when I wasn't looking (firefox automatically logged on), and I don't really want to change it.
Anime Boston Fan Creations Coordinator (2019-2023)
Anime Boston Fan Creations Staff (2016-2018)
Another Anime Convention AMV Contest Coordinator 2008-2016
| | |
Anime Boston Fan Creations Staff (2016-2018)
Another Anime Convention AMV Contest Coordinator 2008-2016
| | |
- OmniStrata
- Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2001 4:03 pm
- Status: Wealthy
- Location: Chicago
- Contact:
I give all 10s and all 1s for some of my own vids
so I'm half pathetic?
so I'm half pathetic?
"Strength lies in action. Let the weak react to me..." - Kamahl, Pit Fighter from Magic: the Gathering
"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think!" - Vortigern from Merlin ('98)
"I AM REBORN!" - Dark Schneider Bastard!! OAV
"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think!" - Vortigern from Merlin ('98)
"I AM REBORN!" - Dark Schneider Bastard!! OAV
- kikai_saigono
- Joined: Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:26 pm
- Status: jailbait D:
- Contact: