Greeting Members.
As you know, the HiRez Polls are a very important part of or forum's resources. I would like to think that members use the information in these polls in their decisions to spend their hard earned money on overpriced, out of print discs. With that in mind, it is expected that members vote in these polls in an intelligent manner.
Those members who abuse the voting in these polls by voting '1's for all releases of a particular artist because they do not like the artist, or for any other reason, will lose their Poll privileges and possibly their forum membership. Please do not vote in polls for discs you do not own of have not heard. If you do not like a particular type of music, do not express your dislike by voting with a poor vote for discs of that type of music. If you don't like a disc because it's not the format you prefer, that does not make it a '1'.
I encourage you to vote for the discs you own and vote your true thoughts. The voting is historically based on the following framework:
30% SURROUND MIX - How good is this mix?
30% AUDIO FIDELITY - How does it sound?
30% CONTENT - Do you like it. Is it good music. Will you go back to it again?
10% OVERALL PACKAGE - Format, packaging, added value (extra discs), marbles, format, encoding, ease of play, menu layout, bonus content (videos, making of), documentation, and other things you like or don't like about it.
All previous votes, going back to 2005, are based on this formula, so changing it now is not practical or going to happen. Remember that these are guidelines, you do not have to adhere to the tabulation implicitly.
Using the above scaling, a '1' vote would mean that it sounds like crap, the surround mix is horrible or non-existent, and the content is un-listenable. A '10' vote would be a perfect disc.
Since the beginning of the Poll creation, I looked at them more as an overall review of a disc, which is why "CONTENT" is included. You are basically writing a review of the title, and every reviewer does not love everything that they review. If you don't like a particular artist but think the surround mix is great and the audio quality is superb, there is nothing wrong with not voting a '10'. It's YOUR VOTE. Do not be pressured to follow the masses, but please, do not vote low just to tank a poll for any reason. On the other side of the equation, please avoid voting a '10' just because you are glad to get a surround disc or you love the artist!
So, to wrap up, vote with the consideration that you will be helping future poll readers to decide on purchasing that disc. Your vote is important, and if you feel a disc is a '10' or a '1', your vote will be respected. However, if it is found that you are using the voting towards a different goal, you will lose abilities here in the forum. I really hate that it has to come to this.
Thank you all for taking the time to read through this. And thank you all for being members here at QQ.
As you know, the HiRez Polls are a very important part of or forum's resources. I would like to think that members use the information in these polls in their decisions to spend their hard earned money on overpriced, out of print discs. With that in mind, it is expected that members vote in these polls in an intelligent manner.
Those members who abuse the voting in these polls by voting '1's for all releases of a particular artist because they do not like the artist, or for any other reason, will lose their Poll privileges and possibly their forum membership. Please do not vote in polls for discs you do not own of have not heard. If you do not like a particular type of music, do not express your dislike by voting with a poor vote for discs of that type of music. If you don't like a disc because it's not the format you prefer, that does not make it a '1'.
I encourage you to vote for the discs you own and vote your true thoughts. The voting is historically based on the following framework:
30% SURROUND MIX - How good is this mix?
30% AUDIO FIDELITY - How does it sound?
30% CONTENT - Do you like it. Is it good music. Will you go back to it again?
10% OVERALL PACKAGE - Format, packaging, added value (extra discs), marbles, format, encoding, ease of play, menu layout, bonus content (videos, making of), documentation, and other things you like or don't like about it.
All previous votes, going back to 2005, are based on this formula, so changing it now is not practical or going to happen. Remember that these are guidelines, you do not have to adhere to the tabulation implicitly.
Using the above scaling, a '1' vote would mean that it sounds like crap, the surround mix is horrible or non-existent, and the content is un-listenable. A '10' vote would be a perfect disc.
Since the beginning of the Poll creation, I looked at them more as an overall review of a disc, which is why "CONTENT" is included. You are basically writing a review of the title, and every reviewer does not love everything that they review. If you don't like a particular artist but think the surround mix is great and the audio quality is superb, there is nothing wrong with not voting a '10'. It's YOUR VOTE. Do not be pressured to follow the masses, but please, do not vote low just to tank a poll for any reason. On the other side of the equation, please avoid voting a '10' just because you are glad to get a surround disc or you love the artist!
So, to wrap up, vote with the consideration that you will be helping future poll readers to decide on purchasing that disc. Your vote is important, and if you feel a disc is a '10' or a '1', your vote will be respected. However, if it is found that you are using the voting towards a different goal, you will lose abilities here in the forum. I really hate that it has to come to this.
Thank you all for taking the time to read through this. And thank you all for being members here at QQ.
