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¿Question #5210?
ensor: How important are the relative BGG game rankings?

sweetgotham: It's a starting point when I explore a game.
BOBBYCAN: If you have to ask then, well, I suppose it means you don't know.
pricero1: To me, not at all.
Halden: 8 out of 10 importance
Maxx_Pointy: Eh, not so much.
revdennis: very
arkibet: I don't understand the stats, so they're not important to me
MisterCranky: On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 represents the most apathy I could possibly feel, and 10 represents the exact same thing, I guess it wouldn't much matter.
Polgara: not
Elf__Man: very. I only look at BGG ranking from people who share my general prefrences. (example: I VERY much dislike Settlers; and filter out most dissenters of that opinion)
Chris Page: They're obviously a matter of life and death.
DHEK: Just so-so. But I suppose it depends on what your purpose is.
aleo09: somewhat,
martybjsg: Not terribly.
rootbeer: To me personally? They're of minor importance.
LuXo: When i dont know a game they are very important... when a friend recommends me a game, then BGG rankings arent important.
mpw182: they are an important tool, but not the only one you should base a purchase on
Laudwic: not very
fuzzyfife: They are interesting but thats all. You like what you like.
karstenengelmann: it makes up my mind frequently on games i have not played
kashmoney: very
SisyphusX: Somewhat, but not significantly so.
TaliaIsabelle: Pretty important, I take the collective wisdom of fellow Geeks rather seriously, and consider closely any highly ranked game
falloutfan: They have little importance.
puffinge: 7
ZiNOS: Not so much
scriptorum: They're not going to achieve world peace or anything like that, so pretty far down in importance.
brainrob: Decreasingly so
korppu: So-so
ChaosOrdeal: Not at all. Puerto Rico is a snooze, so what does that tell you?
ctalbot: Not at all.
Fawkes: They're not.
djlg: They are an accurate reflection of something.
flyinghogfish: Very
Loquutus: Relatively important
ZombyDawg: I don't really care. I like to read individual reviews.
Cavedog_pdx: More important than billboard or IMDB rankings. Less important than Consumer Reports rankings of automobiles.
chaddyboy_2000: I never pay much attention to them.
msaari: I pay attention to them, so I guess they have some significance
CDRodeffer: In the grand scheme of things, unimportant.
CortexBomb: As important as any of the other rankings I guess
skelebone: Somewhat important, but really the true rankings are what people with whom one identifies as a cohort (e.g. GeekBuddies) think of the game. That's probably the better mark of how good a game is for one.
ssmooth: To the average BGG user, they have an importance of about a 6 or 6.5. To the average human being, they have an importance of 1.
Spielfreak: I don't let my kinfolk rate these here games.
jttm: Umm... very, because its what BGG is based on
Lord_Prussian: I think it is interesting to see where games are ranked, but I wouldn't use them as my only criteria in a decision to play or buy a game.