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fullmetalvaran33 said:
.... MP/Coop/DM/CTF WADs, the weapons/item/monsters mods, and the like tend to get ignored often, and this slows down newstuff chronicles released since they just...sit there so long, unreviewed. Maybe these WADs should be reviewed by a specific group of users who are into them?

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Memfis said:
I don't think that doing something for free in your spare time makes you less responsible for what you are doing. Good intentions are always welcome, but if the result is bad - it's still bad. And saiying "you should have done it yourself" is a really lame way to "nullify" criticism if you ask me.

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j4rio said:
Why is 'helping clearing out backlog of unplayed wads' such a plausible feat? The result will most likely be rushed, inaccurate and done just for the hell of being done. I believe there's no harm in them being longer in the line waiting for a hopefully worthy review.

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j4rio said:
Sure, thus the 'most likely'.

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Snakes said:
It's a very minor but important technique that I feel many should remember in the future: acknowledge the intended audience. Seriously, the difference between a flat-out flame war and a civil discussion can be the use of a phrase such as:

"[Niche-wad] players may find a lot to enjoy from this, but as someone on the outside looking in, I didn't find much/anything to enjoy."

Of course, this won't kill of flame wars or anything, but at least it shows that the reviewer was approaching the wad with a somewhat open mind. Keeping /newstuff open is the only way to ensure that no part of the community gets a guaranteed snub when a certain project gets released.

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Vordakk said:
As I look on page 1 of the comments, I see three different people tell FMV she shouldn't have reviewed SF2011 because she wasn't a god. My question to them would be, "Then why the fuck didn't you or someone godly enough to play the damn thing write the review in February or March??? Why was it allowed to sit there until July?" Maybe...just maybe, FMV figured no one wanted to review it, and thus did the review herself to keep things moving along.

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j4rio said:
Why is 'helping clearing out backlog of unplayed wads' such a plausible feat? The result will most likely be rushed, inaccurate and done just for the hell of being done.

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dew said:
but compared to spacedm9 and 32in24-11, sf2011 was cleared out almost instantly.

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Vordakk said:

"Then why the fuck didn't you or someone godly enough to play the damn thing write the review in February or March??? Why was it allowed to sit there until July?" Maybe...just maybe, FMV figured no one wanted to review it, and thus did the review herself to keep things moving along.

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fullmetalvaran33 said:


Has it always said that? I thought it used to be something different, but I never paid close attention to what it said. I think it's...kind of funny myself.

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DuckReconMajor said:
People still expecting perfectly informed reviews from a service done by volunteers being forced to give opinions on works everyone's afraid to touch where the reward is so often criticism from grumps who think it's a more "official" validation than comments from forum readers who make up most of the review's audience anyway?

lol

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