Age 36, Male
Carencro, Louisiana USA
Joined on 9/25/07
I normally grade on originality, and also I give tips on how to improve if I give a low score.
I had a no.2 when I accidentally listed one of my pieces of music as Ambient rather than D&B. So I pretty much know how it feels to get shunned by these people.
I try to be fair, though I'm guilty of giving unreliable reviews myself.
Nothing worse than accidentally misplacing a submission just do to the fact that a lot of people well eat you alive about it.
I take everything into consideration, but even so I'm very forgiving on submissions. I do it because this is all user created content and not a bunch of professionals. I tend to rate according to the level of skill of the user, but there is only slow forgiving I'll be.
Thanks for leaving you bacon slice here. I find it a interesting that even two people posted something.
JonathanAntillies
And here I am, glad to say that I do not fit into either of those groups!
I review based on content, complexity, and entertainment value. I agree, some of the stuff on here that hits front page doesn't deserve to be there; however, I often find gems show up on the front page, and I still find fantastic submissions completely on accident. Thus is my life on Newgrounds.
Perhaps, however, I give out high scores a little too often. I'll have to rethink my voting from now on. Thank you for the insight of your observations.
BTW: you'd be surprised how many people read the stuff you think nobody will ever even see. ;)
-Jonathan
ArkasIcewind
Well, I'm not the most well know member of the community in Newgrounds so I hardly expect any reactions to anything I do, but thanks for taking the time to actually leave something.
Nice to know I'm not the only one trying to write reviews rather than comments. I know my stuff isn't going to be perfect or awesome right away, but eventually I hope to learn to make more interesting reviews.