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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LrdApoc" data-source="post: 1515006" data-attributes="member: 1882">I completely understand your position here. I agree that the criticisms are often harsh and not constructive.. amounting to rants and repeated "I was robbed ".. or "Company X did this just to ruin my game!" but really that is a problem with internet community sites in general, not just Enworld, because of the freedom annonimity allows posters.. they don't have to justify the statements, they just spout and others jump on the bandwagon.If you feel there is a way to improve the quality of the staff reviewers I recommend speaking with them. Any professional critic (speaking as one by the way) understands they must verify and justify their comments. I personally am very receptive to comments from my readers regarding my positions and encourage them to disagree with me in a polite conversational way. Also there is going to be some bias in every writers perspective.. that is the writer is talking, not listing a set of bullet points. The key is that the writer should express accurate facts and justify his opinions on those facts. I personally don't rely on reader or 'pro' reviews in my purchasing.. I prefer that old RPG standard.. word of mouth and shop read through. I know that the reviews are really valuable to a lot of the Enworld readers.. especially in the field of PDF where there is a great disparity in quality due to the ease of production.I guess I have never picked up on an anti-creator vibe here. The forums mobs will bash the products but most reasonable members respond to the writers intelligently and encouragingly.. having an open discussion is key. The rants I just ignore.As a writer and artist I have learned to never base my opinion on the comments of others. I don't value my work that way and I don't allow praise or pans to cloud my belief in my own work. That said I listen and consider each voice or comment in the perspective it deserves.. and improve where I can.. that's all I think you can expect here.I maintain a positive attitude and do what I can to support those who have chosen the hard role of writing gaming products because as we all know this market is hardly large enough for WOTC, let alone the multitude of quality 3rd party developers.(Sorry I just reread everything and it sounds preachy, but I think you're being overly critical of the whole community because of the rants of a small, very prolific group of members.)</blockquote>

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