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The Whistler 
Prog Reviewer
Joined: August 30 2006
Location: LA, CA
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Points: 7113
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 Posted: August 11 2007 at 04:06 |
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That's the puh-spirit!
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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purplepiper
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 23 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 280
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Posted: August 11 2007 at 04:04 |
 The Whistler wrote:
Yeah, I had a similar relevation recently meself. Naturally, I did nothing to fix it, but complained instead.
Uh, you know that you CAN edit your own reviews, right? Just click on the collaborators link, log into your account, view your reviews, and then just cut and fix them to your hearts content.
Coincidentally, do you write your reviews on the spot, or do you write 'em up in Microsoft Word or some such program first? |
I'll try fixing them myself...ugh...can't someone do it for me?  FINE! I'll do it myself! Really, I just want to erase them and start from scratch. I have always written them on the spot, but I'm going to write them in microsoft word from now on. It makes more sense that way...I think some of my reviews suffered due to interuptions and since I couldn't save them, I'd just try to finish 'em real quick. That's no good is it  .
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for those about to prog, we salute you.
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The Whistler
Prog Reviewer
Joined: August 30 2006
Location: LA, CA
Status: Offline
Points: 7113
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Posted: August 11 2007 at 03:55 |
Yeah, I had a similar relevation recently meself. Naturally, I did nothing to fix it, but complained instead.
Uh, you know that you CAN edit your own reviews, right? Just click on the collaborators link, log into your account, view your reviews, and then just cut and fix them to your hearts content.
Coincidentally, do you write your reviews on the spot, or do you write 'em up in Microsoft Word or some such program first?
Edited by The Whistler - August 11 2007 at 03:57
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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purplepiper
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 23 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 280
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Posted: August 11 2007 at 03:51 |
The Whistler wrote:
Well, hey buddy! You got another sympathetic vote!
Help you...how? Become a reviewer? I think only you can do that. Just stick with the big guys, and play nice. Help you write? Well, my already impressive ego is always up for a w**k if you want some friendly advice that way. |
I need someone with the power to erase a large portion of my reviews...they're crap! Well, not all of them, but I could do better! Only the 4 most recent are decent, acceptable and dilectable, enlightening not frightening, well...you get it. Look at my early reviews and then check my 4 most recent. Am I even the same person?
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for those about to prog, we salute you.
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The Whistler
Prog Reviewer
Joined: August 30 2006
Location: LA, CA
Status: Offline
Points: 7113
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Posted: August 11 2007 at 03:13 |
Well, hey buddy! You got another sympathetic vote!
Help you...how? Become a reviewer? I think only you can do that. Just stick with the big guys, and play nice. Help you write? Well, my already impressive ego is always up for a w**k if you want some friendly advice that way.
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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purplepiper
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 23 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 280
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Posted: August 11 2007 at 03:05 |
I have realized the grim truth...all, but 4 of my 27 reviews are substandard. Sooo much wasted time! Well, that's what it took to get me to being the decent reviewer i've become. If any of the admins see this, could you please help! Somehow, I need all, but my 4 most recent reviews deleted (all except foxtrot, trespass, in a glass house, and the power and the glory). I intend to replace them all with superior reviews, doing them the justice they deserve. I guess i'm no prog reviewer yet, but by the time I re-write my first 23 reviews, I will be! If anybody can help, I would be very greatful!
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for those about to prog, we salute you.
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purplepiper
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 23 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 280
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Posted: August 11 2007 at 02:42 |
rileydog22 wrote:
^^Go back and edit them then, or ask an admin to delete them so you can re-write them entirely. |
You can do that? Hmmm...many of my early reviews should be deleted! I'll have to sort through them...I'm afraid most of them do not meet my new standards...
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for those about to prog, we salute you.
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rileydog22
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 24 2005
Location: New Jersey
Status: Offline
Points: 8844
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 22:18 |
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^^Go back and edit them then, or ask an admin to delete them so you can re-write them entirely.
Edited by rileydog22 - August 10 2007 at 23:27
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sircosick
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 29 2007
Location: Chile
Status: Offline
Points: 1264
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 22:01 |
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^ Same for me. I dunno how they let remain my early reviews here..... they're horrid. I made them mostly in five minutes..... when I recently joined PA.
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The best you can is good enough...
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purplepiper
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 23 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 280
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 19:39 |
chopper wrote:
Shows promise but has a way to go yet.
Use of capital letters for names, use of paragraphs, referring to songs by their titles rather than "Track 1". This critique of CTTE doesn't really say much
"The first track alone is worth the price! Track 2 is excellent, but doesn't quite match the title track, but that song was practically perfect! Track 3, the shortest number, is a really good song. It's not too lengthy and full of musical excellence, which is characteristic of yes."
Mind you, you deserve credit for your perceptive interpretation of "Watcher of the Skies" - "it's about a watcher of the skies". Brilliant. |
My review of ctte is horendous I know! It was a very early review for me...not sure what I was thinking. It basically says nothing! Thanks for noticing my brilliance on my foxtrot review . My latest reviews are much longer and are broken into paragraphs. I've also tried to cut down on errors and such. For my college English classes, I NEVER make mistakes, but here, well, I tend to let things slide Compare my earliest reviews to my most recent and see the difference!
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for those about to prog, we salute you.
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purplepiper
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 23 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 280
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 19:31 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
Usually it's a bad idea to create threads about a single member ... even about yourself. I speak from personal experience! |
I like bad ideas...  They're the only kind of ideas I ever get!
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for those about to prog, we salute you.
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Shakespeare
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 18 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 7744
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:13 |
Bj-1 wrote:
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.
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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.
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Correct!
Before I became a PR, I did that alot to improve my earlier reviews and I think that helped me alot on the way for getting my promotion. It also helped my reviewing style. |
Seriously?
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stonebeard
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 27 2005
Location: NE Indiana
Status: Offline
Points: 28057
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:13 |
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.
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stonebeard
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 27 2005
Location: NE Indiana
Status: Offline
Points: 28057
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:11 |
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For me, I was a more productive reviewer when I wasn't a collaborator. I've lost motivation, and now it's considered a good month for reviewing if I can produce 3 or 4 reviews.
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Jimbo
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 28 2005
Location: Helsinki
Status: Offline
Points: 2818
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:07 |
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.
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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.
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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.
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Bj-1
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: June 04 2005
Location: No(r)Way
Status: Offline
Points: 31318
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 14:03 |
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.
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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.
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Correct!
Before I became a PR, I did that alot to improve my earlier reviews and I think that helped me alot on the way for getting my promotion. It also helped my reviewing style.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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thellama73
Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: May 29 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 8368
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 14:00 |
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.
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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.
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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.
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Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 11 2005
Location: Philly
Status: Offline
Points: 15784
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:15 |
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.
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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.
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I'm just joking around Jimbo. I guess I should have thrown a ' ' after my comment.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Jimbo
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 28 2005
Location: Helsinki
Status: Offline
Points: 2818
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:55 |
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.
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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.
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Shakespeare
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 18 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 7744
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:48 |
Sorry, I should watch my mouth, I wouldn't have appreciated things like that I had a meager 3 stars.
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