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Old Jan 31, 2011, 09:28 AM
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It's really started to bother me how albums can have ratings even if they haven't been released yet. Often, people like the music in the game, and give a five star rating to a soundtrack that's yet to be released, but in some cases, like with the upcoming Xenogears arrange album, there's no justification, unless they have a leaked bootleg or something.

I think that album ratings should be disabled until the date of an album's release. Amazon.com used to have the same problem, people reviewing albums before they came out and invariably skewing the ratings system. I think it's even worse here because we have such a small user base.
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Old Jan 31, 2011, 09:35 AM
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like with the upcoming Xenogears arrange album, there's no justification, unless they have a leaked bootleg or something.
That's was the case though. SQEX recently offers live streaming for their upcoming releases.

I think it's fine to close any rating before the release, like Amazon.
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Old Feb 2, 2011, 03:32 AM
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I've commented on this before, so I wholeheartedly agree with you, Xenofan.

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I think it's fine to close any rating before the release, like Amazon.
That would be nice.
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I reported that as a bug a little over two years ago. =)
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Old Feb 5, 2011, 07:10 AM
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I reported that as a bug a little over two years ago. =)
Secret's reply surely makes sense, but maybe there could be a way around it...? The only thing that occurs to me is a group for reviewers. Besides, there's quite a number of them...right?
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sorry guys for necro-repossessing a somehow-related thread, but how do i see an album's ratings? i mean not mine, everybody's ratings and the current average rating based on all ratings posted.
i have looked everywhere, even googled it. is this a bug with my browser or am i not doing something right? i have NEVER been able to see anything else than my own rating (or no rating, for albums i did not rate).
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We disabled those for general public display, but you can optionally turn them back on by clicking on the little gear on the top right of the menu bar, and selecting the behavior you want under "Show Ratings on Album Pages".
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Thanks, I thought I was going crazy.
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