failsafeman wrote:
The_Boss wrote:
What I quoted, that this is a challenge that some may interpret as "masturbatory" but in a sense it should be about being able to write these reviews in the amount of time while keeping up the standard that is held for writing reviews that people have come to be expected for.
The point which so many people seem to be missing is that imposing
arbitrary restrictions which make it more difficult to write a quality review is detrimental to the potential quality of the review no matter what. Imagine a review written under the restrictions of this challenge that meets the reviewer's personal standards; then imagine that same review written without such time restrictions, where the reviewer has had time to think about it more, come back later and revise it, take the time to proofread and fact-check, listen to similar music for traces of influence, etc. The review would undoubtedly have been much better written outside of the challenge.
Fair enough, I see what you mean I suppose if it were a certain reviewer it would be different but oh well.
I do like the idea of where a moderator chooses a single (or two, three, whatever) reviews and people write a review and have reviewers go for the best review.
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Tantalus wrote:
I am a huge fan of The Boss - like, almost to obsession.