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Raging Swan's ENNIES Judge?
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BriarMonkey
First Post
Um... I actually tried to read the text from the link, but I have to say, I just got confused and actually gave up as I couldn't make sense of it because of all the different articles...
It's a rant about a bad review with accusations of bias because that reviewer gave another company a bunch of good reviews. With an added bit about how the reviewer was elected as an ENnies judge this year.
I have no idea as to the truth of it, but I have learned one thing over the last 12 years -- never complain publicly about a bad review. Because even when you're right, you come across as wrong. At the very most, a polite, friendly correction of actual factual errors, but even then you need to be careful.
I don't know how much effect the review would ever have, but rants like these tend to be detrimental. My professional PR advice would be to remove it.
If you publish, you get bad reviews. There's no way around that, and you won't agree with them all.
I have no idea as to the truth of it, but I have learned one thing over the last 12 years -- never complain publicly about a bad review. Because even when you're right, you come across as wrong. At the very most, a polite, friendly correction of actual factual errors, but even then you need to be careful.
I don't know how much effect the review would ever have, but rants like these tend to be detrimental. My professional PR advice would be to remove it.
If you publish, you get bad reviews. There's no way around that, and you won't agree with them all.
BriarMonkey
First Post
Ah! Thank you for clarifying all of that. I figured there was review'ery in there but after all the bits about stars I started to get lost and tried to look for the quick synopsis. I guess that was were I lost my footing. Okay, I'm good now. I shall move along and look for my droids elsewhere.
nedjer
Adventurer
Sorry for the lack of detail before. Your suggested approach was exactly how I looked at it the first time - I even blogged a thanks to the reviewer making the best of the review. It was only yesterday that I found a consistent pattern to reviews by the same reviewer. I've now posted a long and, hopefully, final post on the reply from DriveThru.
I've had good and bad reviews in a variety of places. I don't think it's a huge surprise some reviews don't stack up, but it seems quite thought out and extensive in this case. One reaction is to play the game, join in and let it things continue as they are. Another is to say should players who book a a five star hotel be happy when they get there and it's a three star hotel.
Anyway, with luck this post is me done with it.
nedjer
Adventurer
The reviewer only does 4 or 5 and the actual content is what led to the pattern of reviews, which according to DriveThru's initial take calls for a review of their review system.
I'm not quite sure why the single review sometimes seems of more immediate interest than the pattern of reviewing. EN has product on DriveThru and I seem to recall that a lot of investment went into high quality Pathfinder materials. imo with a more level playing field that content might have/ would stand out even more from the crowd.
Yeah, well, that's just screwy. The numerical value should somehow correlate to the text. If it doesn't, no stuff their review system needs to be reviewed!
