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Poll Question: Overrated or not?
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2005 at 06:37

I've voted for correct reputation, although I'm not sure what it really means.

I'm sure that they are overated by some, but if one really loves something thats how it is.
I remember in my youth ( when I was a puppy!) my love of ELP was the same!

Also I am sure people undreate them too, i'll shut up now.

No wait, I agree with what Mike says also!
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Originally posted by Philrod Philrod wrote:

Just wanted to know the overall feel on this site. I personally think they are overrated, even though I like them, but I can't stand James Labrie . Petrucci Myung and Portnoy are a great three IMO. Rudess is ok.

Whether you like LaBrie or not shouldn't affect your rating. If you think that he's a bad singer, it should affect the rating ... but he is not. His technique, range and phrasing are excellent, it's just a matter of personal taste if you like his voice or not.

I think that the ability to separate personal taste and objective analysis of the music is vital to writing good reviews. I try myself, but it isn't always easy.
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Let's see ... their best albums have average ratings of 4.42, 4.36 and 4.35. I fail to see why that should mean they're overrated.

By the way: How can anything be OVERRATED? Let the people decide ... and they have decided. I don't think that the 5 star reviews by fanboys cause an album to be overrated either, because you quickly get an equal amount of 1 star reviews by people who want to rectify the rating. In fact, this even causes the album to be underrated ((1 + 5) / 2 = 3. If the fanboy had rated it 4 stars, that might not have caused the "countervote").

I think that the current ranking algorithm properly addresses the problems ... Train Of Thought was overrated (top ten), and is now IMO properly rated (not even in the top 100 anymore).

Octavarium is currently at position 29, and it is likely to drop further (because I think that I agree with the public opinion that it is a 4 star album, and the average rating should settle somewhere around 3.9-4.0).

 



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Points: 319 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 02 2005 at 04:09
Just wanted to know the overall feel on this site. I personally think they are overrated, even though I like them, but I can't stand James Labrie . Petrucci Myung and Portnoy are a great three IMO. Rudess is ok.
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