dear gamespot,

we have just been mercilessly disappointed by your vile and venomous new ratings proposal. medals are understandable, but why replace what made your ratings system distinct and unique in the first place for something that made all other gaming sites monotonous in comparison? please do not de-value the integrity of your site by rewarding yourselves with simplicity. i thought that your guys' opinions were precise enough to distinguish between an 8.8 and a 9.2, and i dont think that this new system caters to your abilities as accurate gaming journalists in the least.and also, this more well rounded rating system will conversely complicate things instead of simplify them, when simplifying things seems to be your objective. you will be forced to round games that are worse than an 8.5 and games that are better than 8.5 but not quite a 9.0 to an 8.5, but we wont be able to identify which of the 2 is better. and reading the entire review for a more accurate consensus wont help because the reviews that are independently designated to each game will not be able to address which of the two 8.5 scoring games is better unless you specifically mention that, say, "between the two 8.5 scoring games, bioshock is better than the darkness." but that seems very impractical and also negates your initial purpose for simplifying. so i would re evaluate your strategies without contradicting them before you make such a drastic overhaul. k thanks.

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