txe320

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And for the stupidest reason. It says "Don't debate review rating in the game thread".

Dear moderators: No one was debating the rating. We debated about his/her words. Either you do something to clarify your own rules (add something like "reviews are like Voldemort and can't be talked about. You devs should accept the lies someone vomits about your game" (and I'm not talking about that specific review)) or attach to them (don't delete posts talking about the review and NOT the rating). It's hard for us to comply with a rule that doesn't exist.
Or you can give us tools to answer those lies in the review section.
Thanks.
Exactly.

The last few times they deleted posts, it was for really weird and non-valid reasons. One was that we were not talking about the game.... when we actually talked about the game. :ROFLMAO:

How can we understand rules if even the moderators dont?:confused:
 

txe320

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As I've come to realize, after a bit of a heated discussion with a mod, they basically make up their own reasons to delete stuff they don't like. While they base their own decisions on the actual rules, they override that by how they personally interpret the rules.

It's like givin a monkey the power of editing.

So, they are basically jellyfish?

Noted.
 

xapican

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¿Cholo?....¿"El hijo de Superman" ? ("the son of Superman; local comic strip in an Urug. newspaper where "Cholo" is a guy next door with super powers satiric series like "Mafalda" or "Mordillo")
 
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TigerWolfe

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I'm sure a lot of people would do that. I personally would not. I would give both equal consideration as to whether or not I would try them. Sometimes it's just hard to find something you like (depending on the tag you're looking for) and you need try out the 1 or 2 star rated game. I've found some that I like that way a few times.
I just check out games that have tags I like and don't ever look at the reviews. I know pretty quickly if a game and I are gonna get along, and bandwidth isn't an issue for me.
 

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¿Cholo?....¿"El hijo de Superman" ? ("the son of Superman; local comic strip in an Urug. newspaper where "Cholo" is a guy next door with super powers satiric series like "Mafalda" or "Mordillo")
Hmm I assumed it was the US slang usage, but maybe it's referential.
 
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I just check out games that have tags I like and don't ever look at the reviews. I know pretty quickly if a game and I are gonna get along, and bandwidth isn't an issue for me.
Tags are important. Helpful with negative selection. If there's something I don't like, I don't touch the game. Graphics are a positive choice. When I start playing, what matters is how the action develops.
 

jI11jaCksjAkk

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I hate to say it, but it may be that to "fix" the review problem might take some work on our (freeloader fans) end. :( I know that when I imdb a show or movie and look at the rating, it is pretty much useless until the # of people who gave it a rating climbs into the thousands. Most of the first posters give a high/perfect score because they are the mindless minions of a franchise or were cast/crew/publicicsts for the production :D. Then the inevitable trolls/haters post their grades based on what they have heard about how this show/film will destroy their "pure" society. :rolleyes: It's only when enough honest reviews are made that a rating slowly approaches a reasonable estimate of the quality of the content.

So here's the rough part: probably the only way to cancel out the troll reviews is for all of us to post honest reviews of all the games we follow/enjoy. :eek:

I've never posted a review and only looked at a few - mostly by accident when clicking the wrong link :LOL: - so I'm as much to blame as anyone. And of course this would not solve the problem the recent debate here has discussed - when a dumb review says incorrect things and there is no way to correct that.
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But in the end fans posting realistic reviews would slowly drown out those malicious reviews and give those users who rely on reviews when deciding what games to try a more honest picture of what a game is. I am not someone who relies on reviews, but I think I will make an effort from now on to post an honest review for my favorite games, if only to make sure one troll wih an agenda can't cause a game not get played by users who would like it.
 

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Helping people is a very hard job to do - Batman and Superman have so little family or relationship time that Bruce has to fake orgies by throwing money away even tho he is beat most of the time from his batman adventures and he literally sleeps like a rock, when he is not binging evidence in the cave. Superman is even more out there in the sense that he literally has to use his superheo time to meet Lois and be a family with her by saving her or taking here places he goes hero at.

White knight is a state of mind - it is the opposite to a whoremonger / ladies man / manwhore where the hero simply does the saving, not the coming on to girls hard part of enjoying girls company.

Making pure stories where human being is the plot and the reason and the endearing part of the intrigue, that is hard - you have to steer clear of many pit falls of strong arming some characters to get a scene going.

You know the rules
I just read it because of your comment and.... well...looks like I lost 2 minutes of my life reading his nonsense
But in the end fans posting realistic reviews would slowly drown out those malicious reviews and give those users who rely on reviews when deciding what games to try a more honest picture of what a game is.
How about letting this whole feud go? MC could have said it was not his business to help the only family he knows, being a handy man for the whole household or hold the hand for any and all the girls who would need to feel welcomed and cuddled and settled in - all into his family.

Yet MC went beside himself and made this whole game possible.

Can you do something like that? Would you?
 
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ThorinKing

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And for the stupidest reason. It says "Don't debate review rating in the game thread".

Dear moderators: No one was debating the rating. We debated about his/her words. Either you do something to clarify your own rules (add something like "reviews are like Voldemort and can't be talked about. You devs should accept the lies someone vomits about your game" (and I'm not talking about that specific review)) or attach to them (don't delete posts talking about the review and NOT the rating). It's hard for us to comply with a rule that doesn't exist.
Or you can give us tools to answer those lies in the review section.
Thanks.
This is not a place to ask for reasonableness. Haven't you learned that by now? It protects those that are unreasonable and punishes those that try to address the situation.
 

ThorinKing

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As I've come to realize, after a bit of a heated discussion with a mod, they basically make up their own reasons to delete stuff they don't like. While they base their own decisions on the actual rules, they override that by how they personally interpret the rules.

It's like givin a monkey the power of editing.

That's an insult to monkeys.
 

jI11jaCksjAkk

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So nothing there that says you can't contradict other reviews. [Not suggesting ad hominem attacks, just corrections.]

But of course that doesn't mean you won't have your review deleted for "violating the review rules" anyways. :rolleyes:

The whole situation reminds me of police departments without an Internal Affairs division. A small group of individuals get to decide what is truth/reality on this site, but who holds them accountable?? You know, there absolutely ought to be an expression about the relationship between power and corruption...:unsure:
 

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So nothing there that says you can't contradict other reviews. [Not suggesting ad hominem attacks, just corrections.]

But of course that doesn't mean you won't have your review deleted for "violating the review rules" anyways. :rolleyes:

The whole situation reminds me of police departments without an Internal Affairs division. A small group of individuals get to decide what is truth/reality on this site, but who holds them accountable?? You know, there absolutely ought to be an expression about the relationship between power and corruption...:unsure:


Peace :)
 

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So, if you really love this VN, stop by the reviews. You don't have to read them all. If it's a 5 star review, give it a like. If you really love this VN, write one yourself.
 
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FatGiant

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So nothing there that says you can't contradict other reviews. [Not suggesting ad hominem attacks, just corrections.]

But of course that doesn't mean you won't have your review deleted for "violating the review rules" anyways. :rolleyes:

The whole situation reminds me of police departments without an Internal Affairs division. A small group of individuals get to decide what is truth/reality on this site, but who holds them accountable?? You know, there absolutely ought to be an expression about the relationship between power and corruption...:unsure:
Just an FYI regarding the last part of your review:

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I'm sure a lot of people would do that. I personally would not. I would give both equal consideration as to whether or not I would try them. Sometimes it's just hard to find something you like (depending on the tag you're looking for) and you need try out the 1 or 2 star rated game. I've found some that I like that way a few times.
Most of the time, I don't even notice there is a review score on the games....
 

xapican

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Hmm I assumed it was the US slang usage, but maybe it's referential.
"Cholo" is here in the south cone (Arg.Uru,Chile) just a nickname, in Peru, it is the way how they call the Indegenous, depending on the tone and context if it is derogatory or not,
 
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