should purplepiper be a prog reviewer?

sircosick wrote: Your reviews aren't bad, but obviously you gotta reach a more wide range of genres to think about being prog reviewer. Personally, lately I always do care of my reviews to get over the 400 words. I think that's also an important thing to consider if you wanna be a prog reviewer.

chopper wrote: Mind you, you deserve credit for your perceptive interpretation of "Watcher of the Skies" - "it's about a watcher of the skies". Brilliant.

I'm surprised at how easily I became a reviewer now that I think about it...My reviews aren't particularily spectacular and I wasn't a huge forum user (then) and I didn't even ask! Now I feel special!



And that's not true^^^, the ability to edit/rewrite old reviews is a mammoth aid. Not to mention, your self-esteem and self-respect go sky-high!


Edited by Shakespeare - August 10 2007 at 09:55

On that topic, Voldemort actually endorses my band so I could skip that step. Still had to do the part with the knives and the skeletal corpses, though.

Can you really? I couldn't when I was a mere 3 star.

Jimbo wrote: I have a hard time understanding why it's such a big deal to the lot of you to become prog reviewers. All you get is a mention under your name 'prog reviewer' and the ability to write your own profile/edit your reviews. There's no glory, just a silly title. Just because you're a 'senior member' or a 'newbie' it doesn't mean you're any less worthy.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Jimbo wrote: I have a hard time understanding why it's such a big deal to the lot of you to become prog reviewers. All you get is a mention under your name 'prog reviewer' and the ability to write your own profile/edit your reviews. There's no glory, just a silly title. Just because you're a 'senior member' or a 'newbie' it doesn't mean you're any less worthy.   Easy for you to say Mr. Post-Rock Team

You really think I want that text there? I'd much prefer just being Jimbo, to be honest. It used to say 'post-rock specialist', but I asked Tony to change it to 'team', because I thought it was embarassing as I'm actually the furthest thing from a specialist of any sort. The text is there for practical purposes, so that people will know who to contact regarding post-rock related submissions/things.

rileydog22 wrote: Jimbo wrote: I have a hard time understanding why it's such a big deal to the lot of you to become prog reviewers. All you get is a mention under your name 'prog reviewer' and the ability to write your own profile/edit your reviews. There's no glory, just a silly title. Just because you're a 'senior member' or a 'newbie' it doesn't mean you're any less worthy. I don't know about you guys, but I can do that anyways.  I just log into the colab zone with my forum identification and it takes me to a page where I can do that stuff.  I don't think you need a fourth star to do that.  EDIT: I can't have a profile since I have only 3 stars, but I can still edit my reviews.

Thanks for the heads up! I had no idea. I just went back through all my reviews and corrected the typos. Maybe that will increase my chances of being promoted.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Jimbo wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: Jimbo wrote: I have a hard time understanding why it's such a big deal to the lot of you to become prog reviewers. All you get is a mention under your name 'prog reviewer' and the ability to write your own profile/edit your reviews. There's no glory, just a silly title. Just because you're a 'senior member' or a 'newbie' it doesn't mean you're any less worthy.   Easy for you to say Mr. Post-Rock Team You really think I want that text there? I'd much prefer just being Jimbo, to be honest. It used to say 'post-rock specialist', but I asked Tony to change it to 'team', because I thought it was embarassing as I'm actually the furthest thing from a specialist of any sort. The text is there for practical purposes, so that people will know who to contact regarding post-rock related submissions/things.   I'm just joking around Jimbo. I guess I should have thrown a '' after my comment.

Ah, alright. The emoticons do come in handy since it's always a bit difficult to tell whether someone is joking or not when you can't see their facial expressions.

The fact that non-collabs can edit their reviews was definitely news to me, I wonder if the admins are aware of this.

Oh, hahaha.  And if you think I'm a specialist in Neo-Prog for one second, your dead wrong.  I know quite a few Neo bands that grate my ears like no other, but I happen to be one of the few people that like the genre, hence I'm here.