Checking out reviews of a provider that's on my radar and her last 2  reviews are a 6 and a 10. I realize reviews are subjective and maybe one guy's 6 is another guy's 10, but that's hard for a simple minded man like me to comprehend .

Not sure which provider you are speaking of, just taking a guess...it seems he booked a lady that was not his "type" and ended up not having a good time because of it. I know that's happened to me a few times and it's always an awkward situation on my end too. I feed off the other person's energy, so if he's having a good time, I'm having a good time, we both have a great time...win/win! If she's your type, you will probably have an awesome time with her! I wouldn't take her off your radar because of one YMMV review.

xoxo
Caylee

Ginger,  

Can you recommend a PSE anal gymnast who squirts like a firehose, swallows like a champ, is atletic in build, petite in stature, has boobs that walk thru the door 2 minutes before she does, for $150/hr and she doesn't know what a clock looks like? Oh and she has to have that two tone hairdo thing...blonde and brunette...that way she can be whatever I want depending on where I stand.

LMAO!!!!!! Did You check the "In Search Of" boards?? I always knew I really liked You, ~airmantroy

Oh - add to the list...
If she can laugh at all my jokes.
And can make a mean tiramisu.
And gives a nice neck rub.
And knows the difference between "your" and "you're"...
I would never, ever leave.

LOL

One is for appearance and one is for performance.  Over my (unfortunately) long life I've had my brains fu*ked out by some relatively plain gals who would probably rate a 5 or so.  (Momentary time-out while I recall a somewhat muscular lady who worked in a plate glass manufacturing plant in Vancouver, BC.)  I'm back - so I don't think there should be a tie by definition between the two.  Because physical attractiveness plays an important role in the hobby world (see Alana's marketing thread), there tends to be a greater tie than would be found in the world at large.  Unattractive girls generally wouldn't be successful here.  Plus, many/most guys want some sort of romantic fantasy, so appearance counts.  To me the appearance scale is an absolute, not relative, one.  A gal can't help (cosmetic surgery excepted) what she won in the gene lottery, but she can sure determine what she does with it.  That includes taking care of her body and making sure you are excited, not disappointed, when the door opens.

So to me, the Appearance score is pretty much in place by the time we head to the bedroom, pending clothing removal.  The Performance score begins with the greeting, but pretty much kicks in once the clothes are kicked off.  What has always bothered me, though, is the personality factor.  If there was a third score for personality would be off the charts for most of the very successful ladies.  If affects their persona, which would be an extension of appearance, as well as their performance.  Because the Appearance criteria are so physical, I tend to shade personality towards performance.

I think most guys try to do an honest job to help guide their buddies.  And it is certainly a variable scale, as other threads have noted.  That said, the community may be better served if there were a few more 7/10s, and 10/7s for that matter.  Otherwise it starts looking like Lake Woebegone where all children are above average.

Oh, thanks for reminding me...

And a great sense of humor
And a devious mind for role play
And a heart of gold
And a love for toys
And a sex swing...

I am nothing if not a dreamer.  

If she can do "most" of those things I'd give her a 8  or 9 in performance...got to have them all for that damn 10..

Appearance is totally subjective, my 7 may be some guys 12...I go strictly off of pictures vs. actual appearance to determine that...I have seen 10's handed out for a girl I'd never even consider...I know what works for me, that's all I need to know.

she got a 6 on performance by one guy and a 10 on performance by another?
or she got a 6 on looks by one guy and a 10 on looks by another?

I always go for the combined total and draw the line at 15.

Advice wise, you are smoking on here lately.  
Not sure what you're smoking, but since you're only sharing the results of that stuff - I'm jealous.

E, you forgot the parts where:  
"And I kid you not! A winged unicorn crapping a double rainbow flies out of her vajayjay every time she orgasms! How she had that many unicorns in there to begin? I have no idea, but there was a whole herd of them that afternoon."

and  

"To show her appreciation, she made and gave me a roast beef sandwich with an ice cold Coke for my drive home - after she woke up early to cook me breakfast!"

ga_kos

The ultimate YMMV

different personal rating scales, lack of chemistry, she's having a bad day, he's having one, she was rushed to get there and couldn't get focused, etc.  That's why I play the gymnastics/diving scoring game - throw out the highest and lowest and work with what's left.

is just that.  As others have said bad day for her, bad day for him her fault his fault nobody's fault.
years ago, there used to be a lot more ymmv but as rates have risen and more part timers have
arrived I find the level of service is generally greater as far as what is offered for the standard GFE,
cim, dfk, ap, fib, fiv, bbbj, rimming etc.

But sometimes ya just can't go there!

TER scoring is essentially a survey.

Now, in a professional survey - political polling, for example - sophisticated techniques are used to statistically attenuate individual survey replies so you'll get more "usable" aggregate results; sadly, TER doesn't use these techniques.

My average response for a "good" session, looking back, it 6.92 - let's call it "7". So, I'm a "7" kind of guy - assuming most hobbyists enjoy the hobby, and safely assuming that I'm at least somewhat like most hobbyists, you can assume if I rate a girl a "7" she's worth seeing.

For another reviewer, that metric might be an "8", or even a "9".

When I'm researching a girl in TER, I have a quick look at all her reviewers: if they have one review, I disregard their review; if they've submitted pairs of reviews monthly, I disregard their reviews (they're posting fakes for membership); the remainder I look at their scoring trends to see if it leans "hi" or "lo", and then amend the review of my girl of interest. No, I don't use a spreadsheet or anything - it's just a quick mental assessment of what's going on statistically so I can make a (more) informed selection.

(Over time, I'll become aware of certain reviewers predilections and weather they're similar or different from mine - if a reviewer likes "thick" girls, for example, I'll consider his high reviews for appearance to be a negative, so I might replace "9" with, say, "4".)

TER would be immensely more useful if it would implement two tools: (1) smoothing scoring results with analytics and (2) allowing users to "tag" other reviewers as (+) or (-) if those reviewers have tastes very similar to (+) or different from (-) mine; this latter function would improve the analytics, as well.

So if JoeThickLvr reviews a girl with a giant ass and huge tits, he's going to give her a "9" for appearance - but if I've tagged JoeThickLvr as a (-) reviewer (because I like skinny model-types), TER will "correct" the scoring results I see per my tastes.

...

I need to hire a programmer.