Nice tutorial
Another solid round of how to find and deal with abusive reviews and flash. I like the stuff that you've brought to the table on this one.
The quiz is really good, as it really helps drill the information into the users who see this - they can read all they want, but sometimes it doesn't stick unless you can make them apply it to the practicality of Newgrounds. Good work.
I'd suggest a selection of music for the next piece, as it's almost perfect here ;)
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I'll definitely think about music selection for any future projects, thanks for the review!
why isn't this in the FAQ page somewhere?
overall, this is brilliant. there are one or two things i should point out though:
apparently, review mods actually have three options open to them when they get something brought to their attention. two of these were mentioned in the flash (deleting the review/flash and dishing out positive w.p, or clearing the review/flash, with negative w.p going to those who flagged it). according to a couple of mods, there is the option to clear a flash of flags without giving those who flagged it negative whistle points. apparently, this option is used when they get something that falls into a 'grey area' (like that "this flash is gay" review you mentioned, for example), where something doesn't technically break the rules, but any mod who sees it can certainly see the reason behind why it was flagged.
however, flagging borderline stuff like that will at best get you nothing (and may stuff your whistle; every mod is different, so each would likely have a slightly different opinion on where the line should be drawn here). i just wanted to mention it for people who watch this and think: "oh shit, i flagged something that didn't break the rules, even though it looked like it did!" that doesn't necessarily mean they/you WILL get bad w.p for it.
secondly (on a much shorter note): Rage's thread has now been locked due to prolonged misuse. people were automatically flagging stuff linked to in that thread, without actually thinking about what they were doing.
Those are fair points, however the point I was trying to make was that if you flag stuff on the borderline you are taking a huge risk, so it's not really worth it.
As for Rage's I'm aware that it has been locked but I no longer have the .fla for this or my other flashes so I can't change it. No reason that you can't continue to flag things anyway.
Thanks for the review.
Simple and a good point
I just wish people could learn what AREN'T abusive reviews.I've had many that are marked unhelpful just because I didn't kiss up to a popular artist.Take IllWill for example.I've said things like "Try something new, Foamy is getting stale in my opinion."And the fanboys will go shithouse on me.
Is marking a review unhelpful the same as calling it abusive?
Not really. I don't pay much heed to helpful/useless markings. In a perfect world, good reviews that have constructive criticism would be marked helpful, and stupid pointless but non-abusive reviews would be marked useless.
However, what generally happens is that high scoring reviews will be marked helpful, and lower scoring ones will be marked useless, even though the low scoring one might be a better review.
Thanks for the review!
Helpful!
This is really helpful for people who want a deity and has some neat tricks (googling reviews is really neat). This is also precise and has some good examples, plus I like how it has a quiz and teaches you something as you play along (Learning about borderline abuse is great).
Graphically wise, I like how you added a background, but I still think it should improve, like changing the text to something more modern or something.
Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you found it to be helpful.
Great Idea!
I really like learning more about how various parts of NG work, so this flash really helped me out! I gave it an 8/10 because it had great information but lacked any real graphic flair.
To be fair, I don't blame you. The info is solid, but I will be the first to admit that the graphics are poor.
Thanks for reviewing.