List manipulation?

I saw that, indeed, but I think it's worth a short check up. 

Uros Krunic wrote: namorthac, tluchies, guisbert, flapmobiel87. These guys have just registered only to give 5 stars to album Excavation Of The Mind by Sky Architect. flapmobiel87  is even giving low ratings to albums that are competition to Excavation Of The Mind.

I've deleted flapmobiel87 & flopmobiel87 as they are obviously the same person - cant really say whether namorthac, tluches or guisbert have done anything wrong.

DisgruntledPorcupine wrote: Epignosis wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: Three Gandalf-related  accounts are now active trying to push up this album: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=27414 Here are the suspicious accounts: Gandalfs Mother Gandalfino Gandalff Can their IPs be checked? If that's one person manipulating ratings, he's doing a piss-poor job.  Plus, these three accounts have join dates in three different years. They aren't manipulating. They're different people.

Yes, we established that nearly 5 months ago.

If it is Motorpsycho fans, this matter should not be reported to the Pa Admins. It should rather be reported to the local mental hospitals and the Gandalff's should be taken care off by them.

Get their addresses and send out ambulances. 

Half-joking..........

^ There is one solid review of the band by epignosis..........the rest of the reviews are a disservice to the band and the site written by folks who obviously joined the site to write  weak reviews about the band

So be it. I am sure it is a very talented band.

With the latest reviews which are well written it is obvious this is a new talented band, many people come to the site I am sure to find new music and it helps immensely to have well written reviews.

The reviews are from different people, from different locations in the world (no fakes, I checked IP addresses). If the band is as good as they claim, the collab crowd will start reviewing soon enough, and if the album is not a master piece, the rating and ranking system will even it out at that time.

I do lose some respect for bands/ artists when the musicians rate their own works very highly, and when it is obvious that their friends/ family/ associates/ publicists... are trying to prop up a record. I'm more okay with it when friends and family state their relation, but in various past cases it has been obvious that people were actually lying in their reviews or when -- stupidly in the past,  some musicians have claimed that they just discovered some band when it's  their projects (has happened with forum topics advertising a band as well as reviews).  At least one of the raters of Bun who gave it five stars isn't hiding his relation (a band member), but to me it seems disreputable when you rate your own work really highly (even if it is a collective effort).  I understand that publicity is important, and many would not notice such details.

Yes, it's a pity  at least 'Statick' and 'Giant Clown' are band members for sure
don't understand such a behaviour (I'm a fanboy of my own) - embarrassing

ah .. by the way - I like their music ... there is no need for such a nonsense!



Edited by Rivertree - November 21 2010 at 10:35