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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I still don't understand the Expectation Index.
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Sigh.
Each time I do an album I have a Fear Factor, right? That's a prejudgement on how I think I'm going to react to an album. Most hip-hop, Punk, Grindcore etc would be High, maybe Critical, whereas prog, rock or now K-pop for example would be Low or Very Low. Once I've listened to the album, I then note whether my initial idea of it was right or not: did I expect to hate it and in fact loved it, or vice versa? The higher the EI is, the more wrong I was. So an album I thought I'd love but turned out to be hot garbage would get an EI of up to 10, whereas one I thought I'd hate and did, or one I thought I'd love and did, gets a 0 or maybe a 1-4 if I didn't quite love or hate it as much as I did. The EI is generally saying whether my initial Fear Factor was justified, so you can see by looking at it whether I guessed right or not in all cases.
Clear now?