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<blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 3942763" data-attributes="member: 10177"><p>One complaint I remember about reviews is that they didn't trust reviewers who never did "bad reviews".</p><p></p><p>My response to that, since I have done a hand full of reviews as Treebore and Grimaryl Atyar, is that since I was doing it for free, I wasn't going to waste my time talking about something I didn't like. So if I wasn't going to give it 3 stars or better, I sure wasn't going to spend a few hours writing a review about it.</p><p></p><p>I have also done compensated reviews (2 or 3), and I told them up front I wouldn't write one if I couldn't give them at least a 3 star, and since they were fine with that I also felt comfortable doing it for them because they wanted my honest opinion. Fortunately they ended up being darn good products, so that was good too.</p><p></p><p></p><p>RangerWickett,</p><p></p><p>I would love to review the series, but I am working on Castle Whiterock right now, and I'll be spending at least another week, likely two, putting that one together.</p><p></p><p>I got the free copy from the free give away, and if thats a good example, I agree you guys are doing a good job with it. I have also kept up with the map downloads, and those are definitely very good too, so that all means to me, it is a great product like you say.</p><p></p><p>Like I was hesitant to buy/get Whiterock until Goodman gave away the map booklet and hand out booklet as freebies. That combined with the 25 page preview and comments of various posters, finally gave me the confidence to tell my daughter to go ahead and get it as a Anniversary/Christmas gift for me. Considering she is 16 and buying it with money she earned, I didn't want her "wasting" it on something like that. Fortunately I am very glad to have it, it is indeed standard DCC Goodman goodness. Hopefully I'll feel its superior DCC material once I read through it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Treebore, post: 3942763, member: 10177"] One complaint I remember about reviews is that they didn't trust reviewers who never did "bad reviews". My response to that, since I have done a hand full of reviews as Treebore and Grimaryl Atyar, is that since I was doing it for free, I wasn't going to waste my time talking about something I didn't like. So if I wasn't going to give it 3 stars or better, I sure wasn't going to spend a few hours writing a review about it. I have also done compensated reviews (2 or 3), and I told them up front I wouldn't write one if I couldn't give them at least a 3 star, and since they were fine with that I also felt comfortable doing it for them because they wanted my honest opinion. Fortunately they ended up being darn good products, so that was good too. RangerWickett, I would love to review the series, but I am working on Castle Whiterock right now, and I'll be spending at least another week, likely two, putting that one together. I got the free copy from the free give away, and if thats a good example, I agree you guys are doing a good job with it. I have also kept up with the map downloads, and those are definitely very good too, so that all means to me, it is a great product like you say. Like I was hesitant to buy/get Whiterock until Goodman gave away the map booklet and hand out booklet as freebies. That combined with the 25 page preview and comments of various posters, finally gave me the confidence to tell my daughter to go ahead and get it as a Anniversary/Christmas gift for me. Considering she is 16 and buying it with money she earned, I didn't want her "wasting" it on something like that. Fortunately I am very glad to have it, it is indeed standard DCC Goodman goodness. Hopefully I'll feel its superior DCC material once I read through it all. [/QUOTE]
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