Well, long time lurker, figured now was as good a time as any to join, greetings folks.
Now, MGG=REVIEWS, may I ask, without wishing to sound inflamatory or like a troll, are you doing the whole poor spelling/grammer thing on purpose? I ask only because I saw this topic on the side bar and even without it showing your name, part of me knew it was your handiwork (the all caps and three exclamation marks gave it away somewhat), now, the fact that I chose to click on that topic above the others may be why you did it, perhaps you are of the opinion that infamy is not a bad thing and so long as you get plenty of views and replies to your topics then everything is going swimmingly. Rather than point out the flaws in this argument, I merely ask you the following; would it not be better to have positive replies to your topics? I've lurked on a few forum and let me assure you that people have been perma-banned elsewhere for much less, clearly the moderators feel, like myself, that you can improve and contribute to the forum in a helpful manner. You clearly enjoy reviewing videogames, given the fact that you've posted a fair few over time, as far as I can see the main problems people have found with your reviews are:
-Poor spelling/grammer
-Lack of relevant information/review consisting of very brief blurb
-The way you reply to comments made regarding said reviews (almost always with the aforementionned poor spelling/grammer, often replying 3 or 4 times instead of editing previous responses)
Now, the first problem is easilly fixed; as well as proofreading your work and typing up the first copy on a proramme such as Microsoft Word (which would either automatically fix or highlight spelling errors, making them easier for you to notice, and thereby fix yourself), you could ask other individuals you know to go through what you have written and suggest improvements, hell, send me the article if you like and i'll give it a quick once-over to make sure there are no glaring errors.
For the second problem I would reccomend you think outside the box when reviewing; draw links to other games or situations, use the odd bit of humour to mix things up a bit, look at other successful games reviewers and try and work out what makes them successful, don't be afraid to take time making sure the review is good, if it takes twice as long as you excpected but is 3 times better than it would have been, chalk that down as a success. Maybe take a couple of months learning (i'm sure your school will have a writer's club or group you can learn from), and then come back starting from a clean slate (in which case I would reccomend you make a new account, the current one has a lot of stigma (is that the word?) attached to it and all capital letters in a name tends to look quite immature in some people's eyes.
As for the third problem; that's just one you'll have to work out yourself, we can't stick a gun to your head and make you use correct spelling and edit posts rather than make new ones, you have to do that on your own. I sincerely hope you choose to; for a 12 year old, you have a lot of potential, and it would be a shame for you to chuck it all away
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Now, MGG=REVIEWS, may I ask, without wishing to sound inflamatory or like a troll, are you doing the whole poor spelling/grammer thing on purpose? I ask only because I saw this topic on the side bar and even without it showing your name, part of me knew it was your handiwork (the all caps and three exclamation marks gave it away somewhat), now, the fact that I chose to click on that topic above the others may be why you did it, perhaps you are of the opinion that infamy is not a bad thing and so long as you get plenty of views and replies to your topics then everything is going swimmingly. Rather than point out the flaws in this argument, I merely ask you the following; would it not be better to have positive replies to your topics? I've lurked on a few forum and let me assure you that people have been perma-banned elsewhere for much less, clearly the moderators feel, like myself, that you can improve and contribute to the forum in a helpful manner. You clearly enjoy reviewing videogames, given the fact that you've posted a fair few over time, as far as I can see the main problems people have found with your reviews are:
-Poor spelling/grammer
-Lack of relevant information/review consisting of very brief blurb
-The way you reply to comments made regarding said reviews (almost always with the aforementionned poor spelling/grammer, often replying 3 or 4 times instead of editing previous responses)
Now, the first problem is easilly fixed; as well as proofreading your work and typing up the first copy on a proramme such as Microsoft Word (which would either automatically fix or highlight spelling errors, making them easier for you to notice, and thereby fix yourself), you could ask other individuals you know to go through what you have written and suggest improvements, hell, send me the article if you like and i'll give it a quick once-over to make sure there are no glaring errors.
For the second problem I would reccomend you think outside the box when reviewing; draw links to other games or situations, use the odd bit of humour to mix things up a bit, look at other successful games reviewers and try and work out what makes them successful, don't be afraid to take time making sure the review is good, if it takes twice as long as you excpected but is 3 times better than it would have been, chalk that down as a success. Maybe take a couple of months learning (i'm sure your school will have a writer's club or group you can learn from), and then come back starting from a clean slate (in which case I would reccomend you make a new account, the current one has a lot of stigma (is that the word?) attached to it and all capital letters in a name tends to look quite immature in some people's eyes.
As for the third problem; that's just one you'll have to work out yourself, we can't stick a gun to your head and make you use correct spelling and edit posts rather than make new ones, you have to do that on your own. I sincerely hope you choose to; for a 12 year old, you have a lot of potential, and it would be a shame for you to chuck it all away
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