Patryn of Elvenshae
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lior_shapira said:
I don't think so.
That's what I thought you were implying.
6 npc designer reviews at the same time
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I don't think so.
That's what I thought you were implying.
TheLe
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Jim Hague said:Wow, snarky much? Perhaps it's actually that good of a product with vocal supporters.
Nope. I have no problems at all. I know for a fact that it is a good product, and I don't doubt at all that each of those reviewers honestly believe what they wrote.
And if the system allows for short reviews, then far be it from I to complain.
NPC Designer is indeed a great product (I have used it myself). But you have to admit, 9 reviews in the same day, with most being a paragraph long is a bit odd to see on the front page.
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DonTadow
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Blame RPGNOW and Enworld 
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RPGNOW is/was the most popular online rpg seller and established the current format for reviews of rpg products you by online which are usually 1 to 3 short paragraphs. This works fine on enworld but...
Enworld has had a critieria of long professional reviews for rpg products for sometime. The problem comes in that there is no seperation from enworld's professional reviews and enworld's product reviews. I believe that for a product review from an ordinary joe, the shorter reviews are right in ine with what you'd find from amazon or buy.com.
I wonder is there a way to sepearte the two types of reviews.
. RPGNOW is/was the most popular online rpg seller and established the current format for reviews of rpg products you by online which are usually 1 to 3 short paragraphs. This works fine on enworld but...
Enworld has had a critieria of long professional reviews for rpg products for sometime. The problem comes in that there is no seperation from enworld's professional reviews and enworld's product reviews. I believe that for a product review from an ordinary joe, the shorter reviews are right in ine with what you'd find from amazon or buy.com.
I wonder is there a way to sepearte the two types of reviews.
barrowwight
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Well the reviews and downloading the demo worked on me. I just purchased the Gold version from RPG attitude. Now I just have to wait for the key to arrive in my email, which i figure may take awhile being the holidays. I do look forward to using the full program.
Psion
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TheLe said:
One paragraph is usually too short, unless the paragraph says alot, or the product is rather short. Three is the point that won't immediately set off alarm bells.
The system may. The policy and moderation does not.
We had courted the idea of "minimum lengths" enforced by the system. At the time I thought it not worth the effort. But if people encouraging short reviews causes too much of a work load on the review moderators, we may have to request such a feature be put in place.
A long time ago, Morrus casually put out a 300 word minimum, though I have heard people pull for a 500 word minimum.
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Psion
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DonTadow said:
See, here's the problem. Whenver this issue comes up, people look at the staff reviewers as an example and take it as a given THAT'S WHAT WE REQUIRE.
Really, it's not. The foundation of this policy was that Morrus laid out the policy long ago that he wanted a review, not short comments that really didn't tell you anything more meaningful that you liked or didn't like the product. That is not the same as saying every product deserves a 3-5 page expose.
It's not black and white, folks.
catsclaw227
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barrowwight said:
Me too. I bought the Gold package a couple of days ago. It's really VERY helpful. I need to look into the export to DM Genie stat-block thing, though. That would send it over the EDGE for me. I use DM Genie in depth and having that capability is a sure fire way to keep me a user!
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