What's Your Latest Accessory Purchase?

[TCBSmokes]

By the way, where it asks for a rating of each cigar, I have been kind of struggling with what to go with as far as a rating scale goes. 1-4, 1-5, or 1-10 don't quite grab or satisfy me but I think what I like is: N, R, C, S. Which stands for: Negligible, Respectable, Commendable and Superb. Yeah, I think that's gonna be it.

Ideally, I guess, the results should fall in a bit of a bell curve but we shall see. I have a feeling there are a lot more N's than S's but that "skew" can be attributed to an overabundance of early and dubious noob picks. lol.

[TCBSmokes]

By the way, where it asks for a rating of each cigar, I have been kind of struggling with what to go with as far as a rating scale goes. 1-4, 1-5, or 1-10 don't quite grab or satisfy me but I think what I like is: N, R, C, S. Which stands for: Negligible, Respectable, Commendable and Superb. Yeah, I think that's gonna be it.

Ideally, I guess, the results should fall in a bit of a bell curve but we shall see. I have a feeling there are a lot more N's than S's but that "skew" can be attributed to an overabundance of early and dubious noob picks. lol.

Sorry for all this blathering out loud. Look at the time of post, 2:12 AM, and I wasn't even drinking. Jeez.

[SoCal gunner]

By the way, where it asks for a rating of each cigar, I have been kind of struggling with what to go with as far as a rating scale goes. 1-4, 1-5, or 1-10 don't quite grab or satisfy me but I think what I like is: N, R, C, S. Which stands for: Negligible, Respectable, Commendable and Superb. Yeah, I think that's gonna be it.

Ideally, I guess, the results should fall in a bit of a bell curve but we shall see. I have a feeling there are a lot more N's than S's but that "skew" can be attributed to an overabundance of early and dubious noob picks. lol.

That's what I hate about the "100" point scale: Do you ever see a 68? Hell, I don't think I've seen lower than maybe 88?

Do what works for you.

[TCBSmokes]

That's what I hate about the "100" point scale: Do you ever see a 68? Hell, I don't think I've seen lower than maybe 88?

Do what works for you.

SoCal. Exactly! The part of the scale ever actually used is maybe 80-100, so only 20 pts. really, or not much more. Would be interesting to hear what other Bums here use, but also, I think my own system may work out for me. Thanks!

[CentralTimeSmoke]

SoCal. Exactly! The part of the scale ever actually used is maybe 80-100, so only 20 pts. really, or not much more. Would be interesting to hear what other Bums here use, but also, I think my own system may work out for me. Thanks!

IMO, it's to not step on any toes. Their funding relies on cigar advertisements. Even if a cigar is bad, 88 sounds a lot better than 2 out 20 or whatever. Smart, but deceptive.


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[TCBSmokes]

IMO, it's to not step on any toes. Their funding relies on cigar advertisements. Even if a cigar is bad, 88 sounds a lot better than 2 out 20 or whatever. Smart, but deceptive.


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@CentralTimeSmoke . Good point! Still can't fault 'em though because of all they do to support our hobby. And besides, all mags. seem to work that way! lol.

[Emperor Zurg]

That's what I hate about the "100" point scale: Do you ever see a 68? Hell, I don't think I've seen lower than maybe 88?

Supposedly, every review begins at 100 and they mark it down for everything they find wrong with it. In theory it sounds like a good system but you're right, it ends up being a bit lame. In all reality it truly is about a 12 point scale. It's also lame because (and I'd suspect most would agree) I don't care about cosmetic flaws or imperfect burn lines much at all - if a cigar doesn't TASTE good it's a dog rocket. But then again, as far as the scale spread goes, maybe it only goes down to 88 in practice because cigar snobs aren't reviewing Ron Mexicos

[allusred]

Supposedly, every review begins at 100 and they mark it down for everything they find wrong with it. In theory it sounds like a good system but you're right, it ends up being a bit lame. In all reality it truly is about a 12 point scale. It's also lame because (and I'd suspect most would agree) I don't care about cosmetic flaws or imperfect burn lines much at all - if a cigar doesn't TASTE good it's a dog rocket. But then again, as far as the scale spread goes, maybe it only goes down to 88 in practice because cigar snobs aren't reviewing Ron Mexicos

Maybe the Ron Mexicos are what 'they' smoke when forced to pay for the cigars?