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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Finishing competition entries
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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 04:50:14 GMT
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aultman@koala.scott.net wrote:
> In article <erkyrathE0L9pp.I65@netcom.com>,
> Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@netcom.com> wrote:

> >My rating system is not a linear combination of independent factors. 

> Mine isn't either. I play them, write down good points and bad points, then
> when it's over, I review and decide on a score. So I guess you can see why
> *I* need to play them through to reach a decision.

> >But I'm not doing that. I'm rating games with the question: "Did I enjoy 
> >that? How much, on a scale of 1 to 10?" If I don't finish a game because I 
> >didn't enjoy it enough, it's a pretty easy question to answer.

> Even the second question? I find that incredible.

Then we must be talking about different things, because it seems obvious 
to me.

> Isn't it more accurate to say you are asking all along "AM I ENJOYING this?"
> up to the point where you decide to quit, or the game ends? A small but
> significant (IMO) difference.

If I've just stopped playing, the question "Did I enjoy that?" has the 
same answer as the question "Am I enjoying this?" had just before I 
stopped. If I stopped because I wasn't enjoying it, then I wasn't 
enjoying it when I stopped... help? I don't think I can make this any 
more credible.

--Z

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