Star ratings vs. Points vs. Nothing?
By Scott Keith on 24 August 2022
My apologies for the Rushmore hijinks, last time. No tricks this time, just wondering…
I've noticed that Hulkamania 3 and 4 got full-blown star ratings from start to finish, and I've also noticed that some of your Mid-Atlantic rants have no point system, whatsoever.
What are the deciding factors, these days, on which rants merit snowflakes vs points vs. commentary alone? I thought I used to know, but now I'm not so sure.
There's no real science to it. If it seems like a show isn't going to have opinions on the matches stronger than “it was OK” or “it wasn't OK” then I go with the point system. If it seems like people are gonna bug me to express my enjoyment of a match within the specifically defined confines of a star rating from 0 for 5 than I'll just do that. And sometimes, like with Mid-Atlantic and the 1990 WCW rants, it's mostly a bunch of squashes and then one feature match, so I'll just rate whatever warrants and ignore the rest.