[RG = Review Game | FP = FictionPress]

Here goes any of your problems and/or questions about the Review Game Forum overall that you feel weren't made clear in the "Read This First!" post or in any other place. All problems/questions about all topics featured on this forum belongs here.

Problems or questions about Fictionpress also goes in this topic. Although we are not the ones ruling this site, team effort may help you get solutions.

PROBLEM REGARDING REVIEWS

A typical problem is whether a review is legit or not. This is to be brought in here, where the moderators compare the uncertain review to the review requirements. When you make such a post, do these things:

1) Tell who made the review, and to whom the review was for (story title included)

2) Tell which thread and post

3) Copy and paste the review

PROBLEM REGARDING BEING BANNED

If you are banned and wondering what you have to do to be let back in, please view this post. Contact is to be with either simpleplan13 or Lime-cat regarding these issues. However this information should have been sent to you in a PM before you were banned, so be sure to check your inbox for it.

FP IS GLITCHING, ETC

From experience, the support email provided by this site is not the place to go, since no one gets replies from there, or anything done, etc. Go to this page, and use the email to Categories. So far, it has worked for re-directing FP problems there. And since that email, out of all of them, seems to have the only person that gives half a crap about FP, try to be civil and nice when you address your issues.

but if you say four things you didn't like, just make sure it doesn't sound like a flame... ^_^;;

-Lefty

I wanna participate, I really, really do! But I don't want to win it! ;_; Can I participate, but if I accidentally win, the person that comes second takes my spot? We could blame it on me having to do it for PR-related matters or something :P (me being boss and all...)

Pwease? With a cherry on top? *puppy eyes*

0. Open your profile editor ("Log in" - "Profile")

1. Write the word that you want to be clickable. In my profile, I used Review Marathon.

2. Select those two words

3. Click the last icon on your editor's menu bar. It is named "Insert/Edit a hyperlink"

4. Copy the adress for the forum topic in where the "Adress" goes. On the line under, write "Review Marathon"

5. Click Ok

6. Click "Save changes"

Now there is a hyperlink on your profile, aka clickable words.

If you want to solve it, according to me, winners have their say. You do what you like with the prize as long as you don't wreck it in some weird way. That's that.

Hmm... If one gives it away, it will be given away to a non-participant. Sounding fair? And if you don't give it away, and dont want it, the runner-up gets it!

Good? Bad? Digi-evolve?

What makes you think you're gonna win anyway *shifts into annoying super competetive mode*

That thare be fightin' talk Frac!

On a serious note, though, I want this issue settled just in case.

And okay. To the runner-up.

Anyone disagree?

No?

Can I register now? :D *excited*

-Lefty

Yaaay!

Wouldn't telling the person you reviewed that you are participating in the Review Marathon...just give them the idea that it was the only reason you bothered clicking on their story in the first place?

And yes: we basically ARE only reviewing them for the Review Marathon. This is about quantity and spreading the review love, and getting people engaged in that. Like concon said, they will get decent reviews, too, so I don't see any difference.

I mean, we would still only review them for the sake of the Review Marathon, with or without the advertisement. But having it with benefits more, as more people get to know it, so next time, we can have a bunch more participants to spread the review love.

"Wow you wouldn't have bothered reading it had you not been in the marathon."

edit: took awhile to try to word what I wanted to say (didn't get it all)... was replying to concerto's post...

But as to the tag, I just have no opinion - actually we did that for review revolution. Maybe we shouldn't say marathon - something that sounds less "insulting". And, well Narc left again, never continued the C2 thing. Oh well.

You forget that the main purpose of this is to have fun and spread the review love. And I see nothing wrong with how it is executed. We advertise it in the review so that they hopefully will join in too some other day.

We have 8 participants now. These 8 will probably have a 10 point average each AT LEAST. This means 80 reviews from the Review Marathon on Sunday. Reviews that are decent, too.

I see no problem.

I can't really explain what I mean.

@concon- Less insulting? It is CALLED the Review Marathon. I will not change the name just because someone takes offense it. It's mad! We are GIVING AWAY reviews.

What is wrong? Insulting? Really? Isn't it just like getting a surprise? "Hey person! I CHOSE to review you! Out of a whole bunch of writers on this site, I chose YOU!"

No one would review a story they wouldn't be half interested in anyway! I won't go to the "Kids" section just because its the Review Marathon. Like concon said, it'll balance out too.

@Frac - "Person I choose you" - reminds me of Pokemon from years back.

But do you have a suggestion, concon, as to what is "not insulting"?

"Heya, I'm from the Review Marathon (link in profile), and I just wanted to say that your story" blablabla

How is that offensive?

Probably:

TAGLINE

POINT 1 - ...

POINT 2 - ...

Perhaps you could create a standard way of the ad, so it's all the same, no insults and arguments.

But anyway...It also reminds me of those random people who read something (or don't even) and give a generic review while throwing in a "you should read my story insertnamehere" at the end.

And I don't know really how to make a tagline to fit all. Some might want to start with mentioning the Review Marathon, some might want to end the review mentioning it.

I really think saying something like "blabla Review Marathon (link on my profile)" is enough. Examples:

"It's the day of the Review Marathon! Woot! (link in profile)"

"Coming at you from the Review Marathon (link in profile)!"

"- Frac, from the Review Marathon (link in profile)"

@Frac - Detox made a good point though. If we had to check for quantity - we need to also check for validity - in the sense if all or like high number of reviews someone does is just generic - then doesn't count. To the point, might even have to check relevance to story. Or else, the number would possibly just be about limit that FP sets - something like 1 per 3 minutes including copy and paste? It just means click and paste the predefined lines.

But I have another question - -

If a story you will review has, let's say, 20 chapters - and you give each chapter of a single story a review, will that count as 20 points? Or the count will be 1 review PER STORY?

@hiro - it's 1 per chapter - should say 1 per entry anyway. That means you have to read all the 20 and then review them as per rules, meaning same thing. I don't think it makes it easier or harder.

I'll better go and add that to the first post.

@Detox - Those people are fishing for reviews themselves. Aka; a selfish purpose. We are fishing for spreading the review love. A collective purpose.

Obviously you don't agree with this either way, and I don't agree with you, so...yeah. I think this is helping beginner authors, you think it insults them. We can't really get anywhere past this point.

So:

Tell us WHAT it is you wish to create with this argument so we can discuss that instead.

Points are per REVIEW, not story, see rule 3

:)

So you can't review the story of other participants?

I could review anyone in the whole FP website? Not necessarily those active in this forum, am I right?

(sorry again for asking too many questions. this is kinda exciting coz I'm in a review mode)

*I apologize for my post in the other forum. I accidentally placed my inquiry there (I have multiple tabs opened in Internet Explorer and I clicked on the wrong one*

I answered:

But no, you can't review the registered participants. But all else: Free game. Even those that hang at this place, but haven't registered

and concon answered:

Anyone you can find that's not 'participant' as of the list.

(these messages will now be deleted, that is why I am quoting)

To simplyfy: Everyone on this site can be reviewed, except the participants of the Review Marathon. And yourself, of course (since you are a participant). :P

Which is why the ad is to be small. I have now added that on the first post.

I am afraid we cannot totally delete that requirement, though. It is the safest way to assure others know about this as this is new and we are starting out.

If we get nasty reactions, I will most assuredly reconsider, though. But at the moment, no one has been negative about it but you, so this is why I am not inclined to take it away (majority versus minority and all)

But yeah, Detox, do you wish to be on a Hands-off! list? :P

What do we do with participants that do not have the link in their profile? Are they disqualified or do we detract points from them, or what?

I put mine up. Well I guess if they don't by the time they start - then prob detract points. If they don't by the time we count, disqualify.

Just how many points will be detracted, though? Should count in percentage? Like, 10 per cent? 50?

15? Letse. A person has 10 reviews. 15 % outta ten is... only 1,5 aka 2 reviews gone.

Is this an effective punishment? O.o Only 2 reviews.

15% until majority wishes otherwise.

Thanks for your input! :)

Is that fair?

Bah! That sounded so much more coherent in my head

So. I think, in the future, if someone feels like they are in a disadvantage regarding their time-zone, they could follow another time-zone?

You know, someone first up say gets 80. You're really anxious as that person is really good, might beat you. You think that's bad since someone so good got 80. You're like last, wait wait, must beat, then you end up getting 92.

I mean I'm just going to try do what I can regardless of others. I won't be like someone did 15, I better do 1 more to 16, then someone goes to 17 and I catch again.

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