kisame 2011-01-09 04:28:56

I'll just have to try harder next month eh, Rev?

ohbombuh 2011-01-09 10:59:26

But if a piece of garbage submission isn't seriously reviewed, the author can get spammer friends (and probably alts) to give it 10 reviews, which are much more rarely deleted than low reviews (barring spam and advertising in the former). If they get enough of these and no honest reviews, they can easily take Underdog of the Week (which they have done before).

I'm not saying that garbage with awards directly hurts anyone, but I think it would make NG either look corrupt or powerless to potential newcomers.

Sheizenhammer 2011-01-12 13:18:36

I was under the impression that leaving an obvious bug in a flash was reason enough for any lost review scores said bug costs a flash author. I mean, if it's bad enough to cause people to give low scores (and if you can plainly tell it's the flash, not your computer, doing it), how hard could it have been to spot in the first place? Isn't the author responsible for making his flash work properly?

Also, how much constructive criticism is 'enough' when giving something a low score, in your opinion?

Sheizenhammer 2011-01-13 13:35:16

Ah, OK. In situations where it won't load, I'll not know if it's my computer or the flash anyway (it normally turns out to be my computer, too. -__-).

And the thing about enough / not enough was more brought on by something that happened ages ago, which basically caused me to stop reviewing crap games:

1: I gave a game a zero, and wrote a few paragraphs explaining why.
2: Review mod A, after something unrelated to said review is sorted out, PMs me saying it's OK.
3: Review mod B deletes it.
4: I have a chat with B, and we come to an agreement about how to make it better.
5: I post it again, with the changes approved by B.
6: Review mod C deletes it.

...I kind of stopped trying after that. : /

ChandlerThompson 2011-01-24 21:45:23

whenever i want you all i have to do is dream

full-metal-albatross 2011-02-10 09:59:51

I love how mods are just regular people who have no actual idea on what the hell they are doing and end up doing really stupid things for incredibly stupid reasons. Such as the example given by Sheizenhammer.

p.s. I stumbled across your page because I was clicking on people from the "who's online now" thing.

kazumazkan 2011-02-14 12:32:54

one thing i hate portal spammers that get portal buddies to give the submission 10 n 5 s

ScottTowels 2011-02-18 20:50:56

If a very popular flash gets a negative review, the review will likely be deleted in the future, no matter how constructive it is. A few survive but that's a minority.

You can't really avoid that because every review moderator thinks differently.

That's why very high rated games and videos will never have several negative reviews, even if the submission is flawed.

Gimmick 2011-02-22 03:59:19

Well, if you typed this out, I'd feel sorry for your aching wrists.
Hmm, I guess it was good I stopped reviewing things a long time ago.

Quicksmasher 2011-03-03 13:04:45

With your permission I will open a thread after my ban expires and ask users to flag all my reviews as abusive, and will ask you then to delete them (since review mods can only delete reviews if they are flagged by 2 (?) different people, right?).

I have too many short ones, too many 10-scorers and want to review some games much more detailed.

Plus, my English has gotten much better.

Thanks beforehand :)

Velvette 2011-03-12 08:01:33

I have not made a review yet but thank you.

Dew 2011-04-15 22:30:30

Tell malachy hes the worst mod on the site, review and bbs.

Prome 2011-04-16 07:03:40

No one cares about reviews. Everyone cares about how much the rating is.

DrClay 2011-05-01 12:34:21

One thing I've realized in order to please the public with your review, you have to act immature and not focus an the art or anything. In my review for Quest of the Manwhore it is considered "useless" even though I was saying it had good art and a smooth loop. That kinda bugs me, I mean I just want to tell the author that they did a real great job and be proud.
I mean I hate it if I get a review that is "Lol funny" and that is it.
Oh well.

Rooster 2011-05-26 03:33:01

Why are people mean to Malachy? E.g. Dew.
Malachy is a swell fella.

But all that stuff you said above is why I hardly ever review.
I never have anything to say that someone else hasn't already.

DrSevenSeizeMD 2011-06-14 00:27:24

This is where I link everyone who messages me telling me I'm going to hell, or I need to go to hell etc.

orangebomb 2011-06-25 16:28:19

Quick question here.

A few of my flash reviews got deleted because the RM {review mod} thought it was abusive, even though I only judged them by their flash and not them as a person. Sometimes I can be harsh with my reviews, but I always point to his/her specific work on how they could do better, and my review gets deleted anyways. Did the RM who deleted my review simply overreact to what I said or what?

Gobblemeister 2011-07-13 21:39:38

Why was my review deleted?

The-Great-One 2011-07-28 23:39:35

Well hate to say this and it has been said time and time again, but the Newgrounds Review System is a YouTube comment section for praise. With the automatic 10 and just saying...

"I liked it! It was really cool!"

Now maybe that's just the pompous asshole in me talking in which case it probably is, but when Review Moderators say not to leave one line remarks saying "it sucks" and not giving any reason why and thus saying that it's not the YouTube comments section and then others can go by by just saying "it was awesome" and not give their reasons either, then it becomes a double standard.

Oh but of course all this means nothing and I'm wrong anyways.

Squidbit 2011-08-07 20:03:13

How would an abusive review club be received, if it was done properly?
Like, not a club about "FLAG EVERY FUCKING REVIEW", but actually only flagging the abusive ones, and nothing else?