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Author: zippdementia
Posted: May 13, 2010 (05:09 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Should this review even be on the site? I don't mean to sound callous or overly critical, but I think we've improved our image since those early days. It may be time to start getting rid of some of this kind of stuff that isn't even a review but just a set of scores with one sentence explanations.
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Author: WilltheGreat
Posted: May 13, 2010 (05:42 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Well we axed fanfiction to improve the site's image. I say to be consistent, we have to start purging old reviews like this one.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: May 13, 2010 (05:49 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Reviews should be on the site--or not--based on the standards that were in effect at the time that said reviews were submitted. This review was approved and has been on the site for years, so it stays.
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Author: Nightmare
Posted: May 13, 2010 (06:23 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
No offense, but that just seems silly.
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Author: dementedhut
Posted: May 13, 2010 (07:26 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Well, I can understand if the date said "Date Unavailable", but it's 2002, and readers can easily compare a review from that time period to that of 2010, seeing how far the standards have come and how much the site has grown since.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: May 13, 2010 (07:58 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You make a fair point, Nightmare, so let me just address it by saying that there are a number of ways to be competitive. Most of those ways have attracted so many competitors (gaming sites are a dime a dozen, you might say, and already there are plenty of review factories that post tons of user reviews without any sort of personal touch) that we're left with what was always one of the best options: make sure that our writers feel that their work is valued.
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Author: Nightmare
Posted: May 13, 2010 (08:36 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
In truth, you're probably right. I imagine there are few people who seek a review for something on the Game Boy Color, and even less who want to know how well Buffy plays. It's only gathered 466 reviews since it's been up, and that was roughly eight years ago.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: May 13, 2010 (11:09 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Just to be clear, I was only making a suggestion. I put it out there as such and it was turned down as such. It doesn't get much deeper than that for me.
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Author: bloomer
Posted: May 14, 2010 (01:13 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You have dissed the entire oeuvre of Caitlin, which consists of this one review :)
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Author: jerec
Posted: May 14, 2010 (05:35 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
That wouldn't even get accepted at GameFAQs. Somehow, I thought that even back in 2002 that HG had higher standards than GF. But I can't remember when exactly I first started posting/submitting here, so maybe I'm misremembering.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: May 14, 2010 (11:14 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Quality standards were increased shortly after this review was posted. In 2002, I wasn't particularly active in my recruiting efforts on GameFAQs, and any efforts there went pretty much nowhere because bobotheclown and Masters hadn't yet seen the site and decided to contribute their welcome support, so I had to count on reviews that I could find from pretty much anyone. Most of the site hadn't even been coded, and what was there was really sloppy because I was still learning how to use MySQL and PHP. I was essentially running the site by myself and with no prospects or reason to believe that it had much chance at all of becoming what it is today. Quality control became something that I did more aggressively once more talented writers were willing to participate, around mid-2003.
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Author: jerec
Posted: May 14, 2010 (03:05 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
The earliest review I have posted here is from January 2003 so that might be when I first visited. Jason, the reviewing scene here has lasted longer than the reviewing scene at GameFAQs, and it's been more consistent with its popularity. And HG shows no signs of dying... just seems to be in a lull at the moment. GameFAQs reviewing scene is non-existent these days, except for a few people hanging on, and many of them are here too.
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