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Me · Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:02 pm Post subject:

As long as you have people reading through the reviews and making sure they work as reviews (that is, they go through and explain why everything is rated as such), there really shouldn't be a problem with reviews by a game's author.
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M4gmawarrior · **The M4gma Games' Boss** Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 30

You might haven't read the previous messages, all 3 pages. No matter, what someone says, but I remain in my opinion: Authors should not do reviews of their own games. That is kinda cheating. There stills that possibility, someone Reviews his own game to awesome game and then it's truely a piece of junk. So I say again.

AUTHORS SHOULD NOT REVIEW THEIR OWN GAMES!
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LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:43 am Post subject:

*sigh* People, please.

It's all a matter of paying attention in writer's comp class.

Me · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:20 pm Post subject:

It isn't cheating. Anyone looking at the review SHOULD be able to notice the fact that the name on the review and the name on the game are the same. Taking that into account, most people would then think "ok, this is a review by the author. I must take care and remember that this is a potentially biased review."
In fact, all reviews are potentially biased. If you take what a review says as fact, you're displaying a distinct lack of intelligence.

Of course, I suppose I can't expect such brainpower from everyone, so therefore we can't allow anyone to review their own game. You know, because someone might spend five minutes downloading a game that turns out to be not as good as they thought it would be.
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Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:10 pm Post subject:

And, for the love of God, I said before that the author's self review DOES NOT alter the average grade, hence, there's no way that it is cheating.
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Tsunamidog · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:13 pm Post subject:

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Minnek · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:54 am Post subject:

I'm fairly certain the admins monitor who has an account, and take appropriate steps to fixing those who have more than one.
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Moogle1 · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 8:02 am Post subject:

Besides, you'd have to be pretty desperate to do that.
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Iblis · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 12:35 pm Post subject:

Camdog · Joined: 08 Aug 2003 Posts: 606

Besides, cheating is an entirely different issue than reviewing under your own name. If you're cheating, a ban on self-reviewing wouldn't make a difference, since you're trying to make it look like someone else is giving you a good score anyway.

M4gmawarrior · **The M4gma Games' Boss** Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 30

Ok... I'll change my opinion. Authors should not review their onw games, unless it can be keeped as a preview review.

And why on EARTH this topic became so silent?
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