I still find myself compelled to respond to maps that end up in my personal queue. I know I would want the same attention paid to them if I was an author requesting a review.
DM-Cake - Requested by someone who was not the author so I hope you could tell I didn't spend much time on the review.
DM-SOP-Bedrooms - This was requested by the actual author so I obliged him with an honest review.
The other two maps scored above a 3 which in my opinion is not a crap map but merely a bad map that mappers can learn some 'what not to do' things from.
I personally refuse to review maps that are only 7.0 and up just for the amusement of the NaliCity regulars. Reviewing maps in the 3 - 7 range is just as valid as reviewing maps 7.0 + especially in terms of an author requesting a review. Part of NaliCity reviews is not only pointing out what's f'ing great to the community, but it's also about helping new or improving mappers how to map better. So that maybe their maps become the next 7.0 or up map.
Another point, is that I'm here to review both as a community service and also to help my own mapping skills. The more maps I review, the more I play, the more I see what works and what doesn't. The more inspiration I get in terms of theme and layout.
Hopefully, the people populating this site who also map get the same thing out of my reviews.
I am the most active reviewer here at the moment. If I post 12 reviews a month, and 3 of them are of high quality, and another reviewer posts 3 reviews a month, and they're of high quality, then I don't see a problem having 9 more reviews of mediocre to bad quality.
I have no control of what lands in my request bin and I pay attention to all of it. I'm sure there are people out there who respect that.
I am going to adhere to what I signed up to do when I signed up as a reviewer:
I will continue to pay attention to my personal review queue.
I am not going to review only 7.0+ maps.
I am not going to deny authors of mediocre maps their right to a review.
I am not going to ignore maps that were submitted more than 1 year ago.
I will write very brief reviews for maps that come from my request queue, are awful, and are requested by someone other than the author.
I will write honest reviews for maps that come from my request queue, are awful, and are requested by that map's author.
Please enjoy my reviews.
DM-Cake - Requested by someone who was not the author so I hope you could tell I didn't spend much time on the review.
DM-SOP-Bedrooms - This was requested by the actual author so I obliged him with an honest review.
The other two maps scored above a 3 which in my opinion is not a crap map but merely a bad map that mappers can learn some 'what not to do' things from.
I personally refuse to review maps that are only 7.0 and up just for the amusement of the NaliCity regulars. Reviewing maps in the 3 - 7 range is just as valid as reviewing maps 7.0 + especially in terms of an author requesting a review. Part of NaliCity reviews is not only pointing out what's f'ing great to the community, but it's also about helping new or improving mappers how to map better. So that maybe their maps become the next 7.0 or up map.
Another point, is that I'm here to review both as a community service and also to help my own mapping skills. The more maps I review, the more I play, the more I see what works and what doesn't. The more inspiration I get in terms of theme and layout.
Hopefully, the people populating this site who also map get the same thing out of my reviews.
I am the most active reviewer here at the moment. If I post 12 reviews a month, and 3 of them are of high quality, and another reviewer posts 3 reviews a month, and they're of high quality, then I don't see a problem having 9 more reviews of mediocre to bad quality.
I have no control of what lands in my request bin and I pay attention to all of it. I'm sure there are people out there who respect that.
I am going to adhere to what I signed up to do when I signed up as a reviewer:
I will continue to pay attention to my personal review queue.
I am not going to review only 7.0+ maps.
I am not going to deny authors of mediocre maps their right to a review.
I am not going to ignore maps that were submitted more than 1 year ago.
I will write very brief reviews for maps that come from my request queue, are awful, and are requested by someone other than the author.
I will write honest reviews for maps that come from my request queue, are awful, and are requested by that map's author.
Please enjoy my reviews.