Rating/review weights changed

Let's continue this in this collab zone thread:

I think a random selection may work better. I've started listing possible albums. We can do either one large random list or sort it by genre so everything gets something to their preference. 

You know I was thinking instead I could research which highly regarded albums from all years/genres have no/few reviews and maybe doing a random selection of maybe three for everyone like we did on the 2017 catch-up challenge. You remember, the one where you were able to swap your selection with those still in the pile if you needed to. I think that may work best.

Unitron wrote: DippoMagoo wrote: I'd be interested in that, except I really don't know if I'd get through an album from the 70's, unless it's either prog rock, Judas Priest or Black Sabbath, or something (and yes, i do have plenty of unrated albums for both of those bands, and do plan to correct that eventually.) 80's and 90's would be perfectly fine for me, though. Do you generally not like 70's music?

As someone who remembers the 70s, I can quite honestly say by and large NO! I remember the abominations that was disco, and shit like Racy and Rod Stewart and Disco Duck...

The thing with doing a "classics" challenge is that if you go too far back, it really limits the range of genres available. The likes of thrash, death, black metal, grindcore, power metal etc. really only developed in the 80s, and some of those didn't really shine until the 90s. I'm not against it, I just think it needs to be selected carefully.

I'd be interested in that, except I really don't know if I'd get through an album from the 70's, unless it's either prog rock, Judas Priest or Black Sabbath, or something (and yes, i do have plenty of unrated albums for both of those bands, and do plan to correct that eventually.) 80's and 90's would be perfectly fine for me, though.

We can do that, though I don't mind albums being picked that other people have reviewed. 

I'd be up for that, would we have to choose albums that our partner hasn't even heard? I think it might be better to just have the limit at not reviewed.

I kinda like your polls on individual years. Maybe we could do a challenge by year so that everyone can pick an album from say, 1985 and compare notes so that not everyone reviews Metallica or something.

Or everyone just pick a classic album they haven't reviewed yet and let loose. Of course, you would have to define exactly what constitutes "classic." I would guess its an album that appears in the top 100 but then again there are many classics that aren't popular but well-revered.

Unitron wrote: I think this would be a great time to have some "classic edition" reviewers challenges.

I'm definitely up for that.