{"author_name":"f7f5","cat":"LD #26","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"May 5, 2013 7:51 am","epoch":1367758260,"text":"Use the box at the bottom of the page – that leaves a comment without marking the game as “rated”.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"May 5, 2013 9:03 am","epoch":1367762580,"text":"I use the top one if I don’t think I’ll be able to get it working later. This removes it from my queue so it doesn’t keep showing up when I search for games. Pretty sure it doesn’t affect their rating numbers if you leave every rating blank.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"May 5, 2013 9:41 am","epoch":1367764860,"text":"I use the top box, because as I understand it any of the categories that you don’t actually rate (or click N\/A) won’t actually count against the contestant when it comes time to total up the ratings.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"","time":"May 5, 2013 1:00 pm","epoch":1367776800,"text":"I’m with Cosmologicon – if the reason I can’t rate is unlikely to be fixed, I enter in the top box with N\/As to remove it from my queue. If I think it’s an easy fix (eg, bad link), then I use the bottom box so it’s still in my queue to rate once it’s fixed.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"f7f5","time":"May 5, 2013 3:49 pm","epoch":1367786940,"text":"OK, good. I started using the top box, but then I noticed those games were showing in my “previously rated” list, and also some people were leaving comments on other games saying they couldn’t run them, so I was afraid that rating all N\/As would somehow count against the game’s rating.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1367757480,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"42716","p_author":"f7f5","p_authorkey":"21437","p_urlkey":"78351","p_title":"Games I cannot play\u2026","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367757480","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"5","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"21437","us_name":"f7f5","us_username":"f7f5","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"

Silly question: when rating a game, it says:<\/p>\n

\n If you can’t run this entry, please leave a comment saying so and explaining why. Do not score unrunnable entries.\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, if I cannot run a game, am I supposed to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Leave the scores blank and explain why I could not run the game in the Comments (non-anonymous)<\/em> box right under the ratings table<\/li>\n
  2. Or leave a comment in the Comments<\/em> section at the bottom of the page?<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    There are 2 comments boxes in the same page and I don’t think the instructions are very clear…<\/p>","time":"May 5th, 2013 7:38 am","title":"Games I cannot play\u2026"}