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Yeah, I've got a few review in mind, but my English grammatical skills are absolutely atrocious, so I'm probably going to need for someone to thoroughly proofread my unhinged rant, unless you're aiming for the Italian wine aunt public.
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@Kalarion said he'd be willing to help, if that falls through I'll help out.Fuze wrote: ↑ May 4th, 2023, 10:23Yeah, I've got a few review in mind, but my English grammatical skills are absolutely atrocious, so I'm probably going to need for someone to thoroughly proofread my unhinged rant, unless you're aiming for the Italian wine aunt public.
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I'm down to proofread as well. Are we handling that through PMs or with a hidden forum or what?
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I've written exactly one game review in my thirty+ years on this planet. Is it okay to copypaste?
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If you think it's high enough quality, go ahead.madbringer wrote: ↑ May 6th, 2023, 05:07I've written exactly one game review in my thirty+ years on this planet. Is it okay to copypaste?
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There she goes. I tried to edit it down but it was meant initially as more of a tour guide than a review. Hopefully it works either way.rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ May 6th, 2023, 05:11If you think it's high enough quality, go ahead.madbringer wrote: ↑ May 6th, 2023, 05:07I've written exactly one game review in my thirty+ years on this planet. Is it okay to copypaste?
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Fuck are you talking about, your English is better than most bongs and burgers.Fuze wrote: ↑ May 4th, 2023, 10:23Yeah, I've got a few review in mind, but my English grammatical skills are absolutely atrocious, so I'm probably going to need for someone to thoroughly proofread my unhinged rant, unless you're aiming for the Italian wine aunt public.
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one of these days i'm gonna write a review
you'll see
you'll see
I'll never review anything for this place due to endless abuse and mistreatment.
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@Game Review Reviewers, I've reworked how reviews are done. There is now a staging area where you may give feedback on a review, and once you believe it is 'finished' you may move the review to the game review forum. Don't move the entire topic, you'll want to use the 'Split Topic' moderator feature to cherrypick only the review post.
The only threads users will be able to see in the review area are their own threads. You guys should be able to see all threads.
Let me know if there are any issues with this as it's a complex system of permissions and something may not be setup correctly.
The only threads users will be able to see in the review area are their own threads. You guys should be able to see all threads.
Let me know if there are any issues with this as it's a complex system of permissions and something may not be setup correctly.
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Feel free to edit it as you see fit as long as there's some sort of summary where the author either recommends the title or not. This is mostly just to fit within the Steam review system.Reviews should contain a short blurb near the end stating whether the title is recommended or not.
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FYI, Steam allows you to take notes now with its overlay. Very handy for taking notes for a review. Also consider recording your gameplay if your PC can handle it(or it's an old game), allows you to remember things easily and grab screenshots you missed.
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Question: Since I'm thinking about writing a review about a game that'll soon be out I'd like a clarification on rule 3.
The game is an open world online game and will be released in chapter format (story parts and locations are added in patches). So it won't actually be "complete" in a meaningful sense for several years at least.
I assume it's fine to play what it currently there and just put up a disclaimer with the game version? Because everything else would be very impractical.
The game is an open world online game and will be released in chapter format (story parts and locations are added in patches). So it won't actually be "complete" in a meaningful sense for several years at least.
I assume it's fine to play what it currently there and just put up a disclaimer with the game version? Because everything else would be very impractical.
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Yes, that's absolutely fine. The game itself being incomplete is definitely a strong reason for having not completed the game.SoLong wrote: ↑ May 21st, 2024, 20:29I assume it's fine to play what it currently there and just put up a disclaimer with the game version? Because everything else would be very impractical.
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We retain a license to publish & republish the content, otherwise the forum could not function — people could merely demand we take down their content when they decide they no longer want it here. We've even seen these demands multiple times in public(and many more in private.)You are granting "RPGHQ" with a non-exclusive, permanent, irrevocable, unlimited license to use, publish, or re-publish your Content, including any Content hosted on "Vault" that you link to within the forum. You retain copyright over the Content. You acknowledge that "RPGHQ" is not responsible for the Content hosted on external services and that linking to such Content does not transfer any ownership or additional rights beyond those outlined in this section.
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I don't consider this to be 'unfair', either. We provide a platform that reaches 60k unique users & 1.45 million visits/30 day cycle, these numbers have been steadily increasing since I began recording them. This isn't the largest platform, but it's more than just shouting on a random blog into the void.
To be clear, I have taken down content in the past at reasonable request and will do so again in the future. I like to think I haven't been unjustly unkind towards anyone and have gone a long way towards building trust with the userbase. These terms are to protect the forum which we all use, not to unfairly punish users for sharing content.
And as per usual, I welcome all criticisms on any policies.
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