Zen Davis
Banned
[quote name='daroga']Wow, a lot of talk here. Good deal.
First of all, those rules are not final, so if you think any of them should be changed, let me know. (Zen, what do you think about them as I drafted them?)
Secondly, we will provide lists of games we already own. Through that list, you might get an idea of the types of games your person enjoys. As a gift giver, I certainly want to get someone something they'll like and enjoy. I think setting up genre do's and don'ts would be good. If there's a assumed AAA title that you don't care for (say, if you don't like Ocarina of Time), I'd maybe just include that in "games I own" so it doesn't sound as pretentious and you don't get people buying it for you because you need to like the same things they do (not that that ever happens on the Internet or especially on CAG, but you know... ).
There will be exceptions made to those who don't meet requirements, but it will be to the sole discretion of Zen and myself.
I don't think limiting a list based on review scores is a viable way to go. I think most of us understand what games are absolute crap. At the same time, I'd hope we're not all so petty as to say "BUT I SPENT XXXX points and only got XX points back!" This is a gift folks. You don't give it to get something in return, you give it to make someone else happy.
Anyway, yes. Any thoughts on how the rules might be revised?[/quote]
I think the draft requirements you came up with are pretty spot on and I'm quite happy with them. I still think we should make an exception for certain CAG members who don't have the iTrader rating you've listed as minimum. It could be a case by case basis and it should be expected that the CAG members who don't meet the minimum requirement should forward their gifts first. This way we minimize the hanky panky.
Regarding how much to spend - Basically I would try to get it be as close to the amount the other person spent to be fair. I don't want people to feel like they're getting ripped off. Like if you sent me Super Mario Bros., The Lost Levels, and The Legend of Zelda. That would be $15/1500 points. But if I sent you Mario Kart 64 and Bomberman '93, and that would be $16/1600 points, I wouldn't mind having spent the extra dollar. But if someone buys another person a N64 game and only gets a NES game in return, I would feel that the person deserved 2 NES games to even out how much he spent.
On the topic of reviews, I think they're helpful in that they help guide us to games that we may not normally be aware of or take another look at. I also wanted to get the list out so people could start considering what they would want to give out as gifts. There were a lot of games for the TG-16 that even I haven't heard of and didn't realize were out until I started looking through IGN's review database.
First of all, those rules are not final, so if you think any of them should be changed, let me know. (Zen, what do you think about them as I drafted them?)
Secondly, we will provide lists of games we already own. Through that list, you might get an idea of the types of games your person enjoys. As a gift giver, I certainly want to get someone something they'll like and enjoy. I think setting up genre do's and don'ts would be good. If there's a assumed AAA title that you don't care for (say, if you don't like Ocarina of Time), I'd maybe just include that in "games I own" so it doesn't sound as pretentious and you don't get people buying it for you because you need to like the same things they do (not that that ever happens on the Internet or especially on CAG, but you know... ).
There will be exceptions made to those who don't meet requirements, but it will be to the sole discretion of Zen and myself.
I don't think limiting a list based on review scores is a viable way to go. I think most of us understand what games are absolute crap. At the same time, I'd hope we're not all so petty as to say "BUT I SPENT XXXX points and only got XX points back!" This is a gift folks. You don't give it to get something in return, you give it to make someone else happy.
Anyway, yes. Any thoughts on how the rules might be revised?[/quote]
I think the draft requirements you came up with are pretty spot on and I'm quite happy with them. I still think we should make an exception for certain CAG members who don't have the iTrader rating you've listed as minimum. It could be a case by case basis and it should be expected that the CAG members who don't meet the minimum requirement should forward their gifts first. This way we minimize the hanky panky.
Regarding how much to spend - Basically I would try to get it be as close to the amount the other person spent to be fair. I don't want people to feel like they're getting ripped off. Like if you sent me Super Mario Bros., The Lost Levels, and The Legend of Zelda. That would be $15/1500 points. But if I sent you Mario Kart 64 and Bomberman '93, and that would be $16/1600 points, I wouldn't mind having spent the extra dollar. But if someone buys another person a N64 game and only gets a NES game in return, I would feel that the person deserved 2 NES games to even out how much he spent.
On the topic of reviews, I think they're helpful in that they help guide us to games that we may not normally be aware of or take another look at. I also wanted to get the list out so people could start considering what they would want to give out as gifts. There were a lot of games for the TG-16 that even I haven't heard of and didn't realize were out until I started looking through IGN's review database.