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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 399341" data-attributes="member: 172">Re: teensy rantYou ain't just a' whislin' dixie, pal. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> The ENnies and my recent vacation didn't help matters either. But just to reassure folks that have sent me stuff recently, I'm working on it! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Just to addess the issue of "timely reviews", my general policy is first come-first serve; it's only fair if a publisher sends stuff that you try to review it in a timely fashion. I was almost releived when one of the more prolific publishers decided to stop sending me products -- and not because I didn't like their products, either.However, it is only wise for publishers that do not have a regular relationship with a reviewer to ask if they will review stuff before sending stuff. here are a variety of reasons for this:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Cheap products - some neophyte reviewers may gleefully review anything you send them, but if you have a large load of reviews, it quite simply isn't worth your time to review $4 mini-modules. Even earning minimum wage, you could earn the money to buy the product in less time than it would take to write a fair review (and in some cases, less painfully.) And I earn much, much more than minimum wage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">PDFs. Again, this doesn't apply to companies that I have regular relationships with (currently that would be Ambient and Malhavoc in the PDF arena), but generally, electronic products will not get high priority with me. Sorry, guys, I support electronic publishing, but when anyone can send me an electonic product with minimal expense, it becomes easy to get swamped by them. Unless a PDF excites me, chances are that I am not going to pay it much heed. This is especially true of adventures. I feel much more obligation to publishers who get me published products that cost them money to send me a copy.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Unfamiliarity with setting or genre: Two companies have sent me products that I do not have the supporting materials for. Sorry guys -- generally I can't do a fair review of these sorts of products. Another good reason to ask first.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Distaste for a concept: I have told some publishers to not send me particular lines of products anymore because it is obvious that the line will never appeal to my values, and I just don't feel like pummeling a guy that is against the ropes. More generally, I don't like to review "joke products."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Other reasons. There are sometimes reasons due to my relationships in positions in the hobby that I can't review stuff. For example, Osseum sent me a print copy of Wild Spellcraft. I love Wild Spellcraft, it's one of my most used magic sourcebooks. However, due to my relationship with ENWorld, I can't review any natural 20 product. Sorry. Another good reason to ask first. [/list=1]</li> </ol></blockquote>

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