Achievement glitch - Bad Taste

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#1 calvinsora
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I was looking at my achievement page one day and noticed that I had gotten the Bad Taste achievement. This wouldn't be a problem if I had the essentials to have that achievement, but I don't. My game score average is a rather good 7.9. I also find it a bit inconvenient since I've also got the Top 100 user reviewers emblem. It's not a good combination, to say the least. Is this a glitch or is it just a mistake?

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#2 MuddyMaestro
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I believe it is not your overall score which contributes to having the Bad Taste emblem. According to The Emblems Union you can hold the emblem by either having +50 games with an overall average of around 3.0 or lower, or having +50 games with an unkown number having a low GameSpot review score. I would assume you have fulfilled the second criteria. I've had an average beteen 7.0 - 8.0 for years, and I've held the emblem for as long as I can remember.

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#3 gmax  Moderator
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It may not be a glitch or a mistake - if this happened recently it might just be a change. Indications are that they changed the criteria for the Good Taste emblem recently, but I haven't bothered to try to figure out how the criteria was changed. I wondered if something similar might have happened to the Bad Taste emblem, and I guess this might be an early clue. In any case, some of the old guidelines for these emblems may no longer apply. Personally I'm not that impressed by the changes, but here we are.

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#4 calvinsora
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Hmm. I do have a number of games with low review scores on GS, but it seems a bit harsh to get a Bad Taste emblem for that :P I've got a lot of games with positive scores too. But I guess it makes sense if there's been a change of criteria to the emblem.