In the past we have scored all products in 4 categories (Appearance, Design, Performance, and Price) on a scale of 1-100. From those scores we created an overall score for every product. Products that had an Overall Score over 90 were then considered for Editor's Choice awards.

For reference, here are the guidleines we have used for the scoring:

95-100 -->Would tell everyone you know to buy it now!
90-94 --> Excellent product. Would recommend without second thought.
80-89 --> Very good product. Would recommend in most cases.
70-79 --> Good product. Might not recommend, but wouldn’t slam either.
60-69 --> Might try to convince people to buy something else.
50-59 --> Would no recommend, and would vocally suggest against it
30-49 --> Would physically stop someone from buying this product. Kinda like AOL.
0 – 29 --> A complete and total waste of resources. Even worse then AOL CDs.

As of January 19th, 2004 we are not using that method anymore.

Now we are simply telling you if the product is A Pile of Dog Poo, GruntvillE SatisfactorY, GruntvillE ApproveD, or GruntvillE ReccomendeD. In addition it can also earn Editor's Choice and/or King of the Hill.

To help you with the transition, here is how the old scores relate to the new rankings:

Under 70	A Pile of Dog Poo
71 - 80	GruntvillE SatisfactorY
80 - 87	GruntvillE ApproveD
88 - 100	GruntvillE ReccomendeD

If you have any questions, please check out the DawG PounD