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The Return of the Reviews
Posted by Magnus on 24 January 2004, 16:18 GMT

A lot of people have been asking us if we are going to bring reviews back. And we've always responded "yes, but we don't know when". Well, we can now announce that reviews will be brought back to ticalc.org on January 24th, 2004, at approximatly 16:00 GMT.

The main change from before is that we now allow (and ask!) anybody with an account to write a review. Just open up the fileinfo page for the file you want to review, and click the link. All reviews will be checked and possibly edited by one of our staff members before posted to the site.

The reviews from the old system are not currently included. We will look into ways to bring them back without bringing back outdated information over then next couple of weeks.

Get reviewing!

Update (Morgan): A suggested format for a review is now up. Also, just as a reminder reviews@ticalc.org is open to you as well. Here is another example of a well written review.

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Re: The Return of the Reviews
W Hibdon  Account Info

REVIEWS!!!!!

What i think is the best, is that they are user reviews. However, I hope that people wioll not use this as a way to down people that they do not like by giving them bad reviews -- I am talking to those of you that hate William White.

-W-

Reply to this comment    24 January 2004, 23:53 GMT

Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
KermMartian Account Info
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He's annoying, but I don't think we're THAT mean - that's something HE would do, not us! :)
Sorry for that rant.

Reply to this comment    24 January 2004, 23:56 GMT


Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Morgan Davies  Account Info
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That's the purpose of having them be approved by a staff member, so stuff like that doesn't happen.

It is also important to note that bad reviews are reviews none the less and will be accepted if they pertain enough information to be approved. So it's not like we will be turning down reviews for programs that actually are bad as the review will state.

Reply to this comment    25 January 2004, 02:37 GMT


Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Gergely Patai  Account Info
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What about creating a "trusted reviewer group"? As mentioned above, it would be good to have some people write reviews like they used to take screenshots. It could also speed up things by not having to approve each review written by these people.

Reply to this comment    25 January 2004, 08:49 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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No, no, it's fine the way it is. The staff keeps the reviews from getting out of hand. Nobody seems to grasp that concept. :) Just because somebody makes bad programs doesn't mean that they'll write bad reviews. You could easily argue that all my programs are bad (and I wouldn't really disagree, for the most part), but I still understand and appriciate the hard work that goes into making a good program. Besides... writing and programming are two completely different things. I think the way things are set up right now very very good.

BTW, just like we have a link to view all the author's programs, are we going to have a link to view all of the author's reviews?

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 18:20 GMT


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burntfuse  Account Info

I agree. Someone who programmed really well could be bad at calc games, so not understand one they were reviewing, and give it a rating lower than it should have been.

You could just go to each program, and read the reviews for it. ;-)

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 21:37 GMT

Re: The Return of the Reviews
Biobytes  Account Info
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Would somebody review my asm 86 game from yesteryear "Savant F"? I think this is the most underappreciated game in all TI history. By the way, Morgan, Magnus, whomever handles such things.. could you fix the "author" for this file? It says "Thomas Williamson, Biobytes Soft" when it should just be me, "Thomas Williamson". Whenever you have the free time, thanks.

Reply to this comment    25 January 2004, 16:20 GMT

Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Morgan Davies  Account Info
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Check the link. It's been fixed! Myself being an 86 person greatly appreciate your games. If I don't get a review in a couple days I'll take a look into it.

Reply to this comment    25 January 2004, 21:49 GMT

Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
BlackThunder  Account Info
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OoooOOOooo....

I wish someone would write a review for TankWars, it's on the top 10 V200 files, but I haven't gotten ANY feedback for it at all.

Reply to this comment    25 January 2004, 22:42 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Ben Cherry  Account Info
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i would, but i dont have a v200...
wait, it might work on 92+...ill check that, and if it does ill review it for you...

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 00:29 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Ben Cherry  Account Info
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nope, it doesnt seem to work... is there a way to emulate the v200? i have a rom, but it wont work with VTI.

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 00:37 GMT


Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Biobytes  Account Info
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Thx Morgan! You have no idea how much sentimental value this game has for me.

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 00:19 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Morgan Davies  Account Info
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I saw that it had a relatively lower ID number , was it yuor first program?

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 00:45 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Biobytes  Account Info
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yeah, for the 86 anyway. Wow. That was more than 2 years ago...

I was six like yesterday, too.

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 01:09 GMT


Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Ben Cherry  Account Info
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i just took a look at it with VTI (i dont own an 86), and i agree that it is underappreciated. Its not a phenomenal game, but it is fun and worth getting, but seems to not get the downloads it deserves. It actually reminds me a lot of my TIGCC game for the 89, Jet Blaster...

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 00:47 GMT

Re: The Return of the Reviews
nyall Account Info
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Could be interesting. What recourse would an author have if a review is written by a twit who did not read the f manual? Personally I'm egotistical enough to request a program deleted from the archive if I don't like the review. My primary goal with the software I produce is only to please myself.


The one and only Cheerio:
-Samuel S

Reply to this comment    25 January 2004, 16:27 GMT


Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Morgan Davies  Account Info
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reviews@ticalc.org

Reviews can be deleted if the staff member feels like they shouldn't have approved a review. Of course the program will be personally reviews by the staff member to ensure it's content if they are not familiar with the program already.

I should also mention that as of this post all reviews have been processed so if your's has not shown up it's most likelty because there was not enough content to make a quality review. A couple of lined explaining what the program does, which is probably already in its description and sayng that you like the program is not sufficiant enough to satisfy our expectations. We're looking into posting some questions you might want to think about when writing a review.

Reply to this comment    25 January 2004, 21:57 GMT


Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
BlackThunder  Account Info
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I, personally, liked the old review format, that talked about the playability, handling, speed, and that kind of stuff for games.

Reply to this comment    25 January 2004, 22:44 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Greg M Account Info

agreed ;)

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 13:00 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
jrock7286  Account Info

So then when you write a review, talk about the playability, handling, speed, and that kind of stuff for the games you review...problem solved

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 19:05 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Return of the Reviews
Morgan Davies  Account Info
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Thank you! There is no limitation to what you can write in a review as long as it pertains to that file and obeys the site policies.

Reply to this comment    26 January 2004, 22:21 GMT

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