At 06:31 PM 10/11/2003 +1000, you wrote:
>At 06:16 PM 11/10/2003, Rob Bowes wrote:
> >The reserved quality is needed to allow
> >users to build decks with those cards EXCLUDED from availability during
> >deck construction.
>
>Hmmm, then I've been misusing it, because I will use cards from my
>collection in deck building IF NECESSARY, but my preference is not to.
I don't think you're using the quality rating incorrectly. The goal is to
build a deck that doesn't use the reserved cards. So validation flags any
shortages with reserved cards excluded. If you really need to build a given
deck using reserved cards, you can quickly check the reserved quantity to
make sure you're covered.
FYI. Of the various proponents of this feature, reserved cards were always
characterized as "off limits" for use in deck construction. At no time did
anyone mention that they will actually use reserved cards if necessary. So
I thought it was an absolute instead of a preference to avoid using those
cards. Hence the design as you see it today.... :-(
And yes, I'm now adding to the todo list the ability to toggle whether
reserved cards are/aren't included in inventory validation numbers. This
would allow you to toggle it as needed to instantly check if you have the
cards to build a deck with or without having to dip into the reserved cards.
> >User qualities may be useful, but they undermine any formal exchange of
> >trade/want lists.
>
>If they are personalised subsets of the major data then that shouldn't
>cause any grief?
Well, if they are simply subsets, then you are correct. Until this moment,
custom quality ratings have never been characterized as subsets, hence my
concern. However, if they are treated as subsets, then it introduces some
additional wrinkles. How does CV help the user police these subsets for
accuracy and consistency. For example, let's say a user creates a custom
quality rating named "signed" for tracking signed cards, regardless of
physical quality. So now that user has 3 signed copies of card XYZ, one of
which is Good quality and the others Mint. Should CV simply ignore those 3
copies of the custom quality? Does CV need to verify that number complies
with some other criteria? How confusing will it be for users to have some
numbers that are totalled and tracked, while others are not?
I don't know the answers to these questions, and I'm sure there will be
many more as soon as the issue starts being really thought through. I'm
just posing a few of the factors that come to mind that will need to be
considered and addressed in trying to implement an appropriate solution. :-)
-Rob
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