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I was reading through this thread and just thought I might add my two cents. Although, it's probably only the equivalent of one cent.
I'm not sure we need a guide tab at this point, it certainly isn't an awful idea though. My concern, like most others, is the possibility of a lot of copying and pasting going on. Or, stealing from other sites, if you are so inclined to call it that. As Meta said though, the site seems to have enough staff to catch that sort of thing at this point. So, if there were a way to make sure that didn't happen, I'm all for it.
I also see value with having a review tab. I think a lot of people like to hear an unbiased review of a game from a fellow gamer. Having a review tab would make them easier to find.
What I do not agree with would be separating reviews from staff members from those of other members. We don't separate any other threads made by staff from those made by other members, why start doing that now? If we have a review tab, all reviews should be found there, regardless of who wrote it.
Anyway, sorry for the rambling, just my thoughts on these ideas.
The point would be that staff reviews are considered "official" site reviews. They're what is used when publishers go over the site to decide if they send review copies to our site, and they're what we want our quality level judged from. Say I write Alicia Kim at Capcom for a review copy of Resident Evil 6, and link her to the site. She comes to the site and the first review they see is
this (assuming he'd made it a review thread). This is not indicitive of how I, or Meta or Mini would review a game, but that's what we'd be judged by.
I agree that "review" is not what I would want to be judged by either, though I still don't agree with the separation. We could have a submission process and the reviews could be reviewed by a staff member before they are posted. If it were just left open for anyone to post and a staff member or members thought it wasn't the type of review we wanted on the site, the thread could be closed.
If someone wanted to send an email requesting a review copy of a game, they could always send links to their specific reviews. I would think that this would be what someone would want to see before sending a review copy of a game to someone. As well as the rest of the site, how it seems to be run, is it a legit site etc.
I know that I am off topic from the original post, but I really think there would be a better way to do this, IF we do this, than to have two different areas for the same thing. It shouldn't be based on who you are whether or not your review gets on the site, it should be based on the substance and quality. After the substance and quality are determined, they should all be in one place.
Ok, there's another of my two cents. Sorry everyone for continuing to be off topic.
OT, guide, guide, guide, menu, menu, menu!
