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NOTE - READ THESE RULES, EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY READ THE RULES IN THE FIRST POST. THEY ARE AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE RULES IN THE FIRST POST AND THEY HAVE NEW IMPORTANT RULES!

Hello! Welcome to the new Review Request Club thread. This thread is meant to give the club a fresh start and make it a pleasant place to stay. In order to do this, it goes without saying that you must follow the regular BBS rules and read the C&C Advice Thread before posting if you are new to this forum.

This club aims to increase the exposure of the most under-rated Newgrounds music, art and flash artists. The other major purpose of the club is to offer the Newgrounds artists high quality feedback so they can constantly improve their work.

To the requesters:
Every Newgrounds user is allowed to request a review as soon as he submitted something. To get your work reviewed, don't post here without thinking but follow these few rules:

- Post a direct link to the submission(s) you want reviewed.
- Make no more than 3 Flash and Art requests between two updates (that's one week), and no more than 3 Audio Requests between 5 updates (that's four weeks).
- Please respond to reviews, reviewers like it and some of them are statwho... oh wait, interested in stats.
- Be patient. Due to the points system, you may not see reviews until up to two weeks after you requested, or if you requested more than 1 Audio submission, you may not see reviews on your second submission up until 3 weeks after you requested, and you may not see reviews on your third submission up until 4 weeks after you requested.
- Do NOT request without posting a link, be kind, reviewers are not robots.
- Do NOT simply say "Review everything" or just link to your profile.
- Do NOT request reviews for the same submission more than once.
- Do NOT request reviews for a submission with over 50 reviews.
- Do NOT request reviews for spam. Spam is only there to annoy, not to be critically analyzed.
- Unless you are a club member, only request reviews for YOUR OWN submissions.

To the reviewers:
If you want to join the club and complete requests, simply post in the thread saying you would like to join. Then, regular members will go through your reviews and determine if they are good enough to be part of the club. Your reviews are required to be helpful, developed and well-organised. If you need help with writing good reviews, read Fro's guide to writing helpful reviews.

Once you are accepted, you can start reviewing stuff. If you are a new member of the club, once you understand how the point system works, please post - one or two days before the update - the total points you've earned during the week. This is considered as a sort of application form, and if you fail to do so, you will NOT be added to the club.

Points System:
List updaters will keep track of each member's points in order to build a list. You don't need to post your points before each update but you can keep track of your score on your own so any error can be fixed. This is how points are counted:

5 points for a review on a requested submission (movie, game, art, or audio).
1 point for writing "Review Request Club" at the bottom of a requested review.
3 points for posting at least once throughout the two weeks.
5 points for referring a new member (must mention you in first post).
7 points for reviewing all requests/recommendations between two updates.

Club Updates:
Each Sunday or Monday, a list of all the members is created, counting up their points, featuring various stats and posting a list of requested submissions. Assuming you review the submissions in that list, you will get points for them accordingly in the following members' update, around a week later.

Don't forget the lists are built and updated by humans so it may be possible the update is delayed due to various real life reasons. If it ever occurs, don't get mad; calm down and wait :).

Frequently Asked Questions:

Should we have an FAQ?
I don't know. It kinda seems like overkill.

Why a new thread?
The main idea was to give the club a new and fresh start. Since the old one was flooded by requests and not updated any more, the RRC regulars thought creating a new thread would be best for the club.

Should I link to the club in my forum signature?
There's no obligation to do so, but it's certainly appreciated. Remember that you can put a high number in place of the page number in the URL and if that page doesn't exist yet, Newgrounds will take you to the latest page, whatever it is. For example, "http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/107 2042/999" will take you to the latest page of this club.

RRC Signature?
Yes, at the end of each review, if you want you can write down 'Review Request Club'. There is no obligation to do so, but you'll get +1 point if you put the RRC signature in your review. You can add anything you want to it, E.G.: *Review Request Club*, |Review Request Club|, -Review Request Club-, etc, but as long as 'Review Request Club' is clearly written, you will get the point. You are also allowed to add the sig in any reviews other than requests in this club, as long as you are a club member yourself. It's all the more exposure for the club, and it's very much appreciated.

+1 point if I put the RRC signature in my review... I'm not sure if I get it correctly.
You gain 6 points for a review on a request with "Review Request Club" in the end of it, as opposed to 5 points if you hadn't added the signature at the end. If it's still not clear, read this.

Does the Review Request Club review for non-NG stuff?
No. It must be an NG submission. If you have a non-NG submission which you would like us to review, then use your common sense and upload it to NG. Also, we will only review using the 'Write a Review' method on submissions. We won't send reviews by PM, review in your newspost or review in any particular thread of yours.

Do I have to review all the requests?
No you don't have to, just do your best :). Though completing them all will give you 7 extra points.

Which requests should I review?
If you want to get points for the next member's update, look for the latest requests list in the club thread and review the requests from that list. If you review any requests from various posts in the thread which would have been posted after the latest requests list, you will be getting points for the member's update after the next one.

can u review allz mah flashz guise? kthxbai.
No.

If you have more questions, feel free to post about it in the thread or PM a member and if your question is frequently asked, it'll be added to the FAQ.

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That's all about the club, though this new version of the club couldn't be opened without mentioning the old thread regulars who have made it a great place to spend time. Kudos to Freelance-Magician for creating the original club and to milinko959 for maintaining it for so long. Thanks also to Sonofkirk for starting this new thread and doing many updates.

Have fun!

Useful links: RRC - The point system, clarified, Fro's Guide to Writing Helpful Reviews, Fro's Guide to Writing Good Reviews

Resources: Old Review Request Club thread, Club info, Google.

Ah, sorry guys. Today's been pretty hectic and I still can't do the Member's Update. I'll do the Requests List though, but I really hope you guys don't mind seeing that update tomorrow, hopefully. I'll make sure that I won't take so long in the future.

Ouch, an alarming amount of Audio Requests. A whole 22, and quite a few Extra Audio Requests too. Still, at least we have a slightly decent amount of Art Requests.

Anyhow, good luck reviewing everyone.

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Flash Requests (3)
Monday Morning TV By MintPaw (sasuke2910)
Meteorite smash By CAN-OF-SPAM
Strawberry Clock Porno By ChuckDude

Audio Requests (22)
Rhythmic Serialist Loop By WizMystery
.:Boss Battle:. By Samuel Hebert (camoshark)
[dB] Aliens By Daniel B (Decibel)
THC Is In My System By Dalton Coffey (BLUNTxMAN412)
|\||_| Stardust [Hardstyle] By Numi
DJ Ravenz - Improvisation By Jayden Spencer (MrRandomist)
Paradise on E - Worlds Collide By Shawn Dall (Chronamut)
Pacemaker - BeefourMusic By BeefourMusic (SUB4RU)
The Pain (Rah) By Rahmemhotep
Christmas (Alt One Four) By Alt One Four (aryst0krat)
{DT} We Want War By DJ Audyle (dragon-teenager)
Tick Of Thounghts By DXsamurai
Maí myrkur að yfirstíga (DM) By TheUprising1
Silent Night Alto Sax Solo By AccountableMasses
{AP} Complexes By Joseph (dj-Jo)
This Dreary Existence By Archmage (TheBellmaker)
Ready To Kill! By Baal berith (EpicFail)
Stargenx - Spring Breeze By Stargenx
Boss Battle - Daemon By MusicalBob
Rev.Bass By Joao Pedro (jpgregorio)
El3ctr0 Maniac -DrX- By DavidRx
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior By Will Cooper (Coop83)

Art Requests (5)
Flathead Lake By Joshsouza
Mutant Strawberry Clock By Shawn Dall (Chronamut)
Cosmic Angel By Shawn Dall (Chronamut)
Ikebana - Sun of Ikebana By Hacsev
Ikebana - Night By Hacsev

Extra Audio Requests (6)
Scrap X Village By DXsamurai
Revolve / Resolve - Full Orch. By TheUprising1
Þú ert það sem þú gerir (DEMO) By TheUprising1
Thank Our God Cornet/Trumpet By AccountableMasses
House of Rising Sax Sample By AccountableMasses
CloudScope (drx) By DavidRx

People who have exhausted their 3 audio requests a month are:
TheHeartgrinder
UncleSqueezins
DavidRx
TheUprising1
AccountableMasses

Please wait until next month before requesting again :).

Domo wants me to join. I'll try my best to review some flash and MAYBE art, but no guarantees.

Hi RRC!

I beleive I need to take back what I said in my previous post on how last week was my last post, As I forgot one or two major songs.

Here's the first one:

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  .:Right off the top:. by camoshark

  Click to listen.

  Score

  4.28 / 5.00

  Type

  Loop

  Genre

  Jazz

  Popularity

  206 Views

• Loading...

I simply got NO reviews, so I'm guessing it needs some...

Cheers,
Samuel Hébert

At 11/23/10 11:39 PM, TheBellmaker wrote: Just a suggestion.

I think that would take to much time and effort, it's not really worth it. It would be much faster for the users to just look at the genres themself, it's not that hard.

At 11/24/10 04:24 AM, FireWOLF109 wrote: I was wondering if someone can review my submission called "Solo Pong", cause I can use some advice on what to improve.

Reviewed it. Finally got to review something posted in this club.

Again, sorry for not updating yesterday. I'll do it ASAP.

At 11/24/10 11:02 AM, UncleSqueezins wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/3 77721

Sorry man, but you've passed your limit of 3 Audio Requests per month. Wait till after the next requests list and then post it again for it to be reviewed.

And 3 days late, here's that long-awaited Member's Update!

As general comments, I'll say that it was a great week. While we did lose two reviewers, MakingFunGames and ThePigeonMaster, three members have been added in turn - Joshsouza, SCTE3 and Rabid-Animals. That makes two old members rejoining and one new member.

Reviews-wise, it's a good week too. Rabid-Animals, Rory, Coop83 (who did all of the Flash/Art Requests and a few Audio Requests too), Joshsouza and of course, SeeD419 did a good number of reviews, and there were only like one or two requests with only one review. Most of the members were active, and only two didn't post in the thread and were inactive this week. By the way, this is completely irrelevant, but Coop forgot an RRC signature for the first time in, like, forever.

Good luck in this week's list, it's not going to be easy!

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Member's Update #61
[#] [Total] [Total Stats] [Total Ratio] || [Gain] [Weekly Stats] [Weekly Ratio] [Username]
01 ) 7066 | 1104 / 1667 | 066.23% || 062 | 10 / 19 | 052.63% | Coop83
02 ) 6925 | 1081 / 1669 | 064.77% || 021 | 03 / 20 | 015.00% | Haggard
03 ) 2813 | 0432 / 1547 | 027.93% || 003 | 00 / 19 | 000.00% | Supersteph54
04 ) 1957 | 0314 / 0722 | 043.49% || 000 | 00 / 20 | 000.00% | sixflab *
05 ) 0950 | 0178 / 0178 | 100.00% || 114 | 20 / 20 | 100.00% | SeeD419
06 ) 0909 | 0134 / 1258 | 010.65% || 005 | 01 / 20 | 005.00% | Celx-Requin
07 ) 0213 | 0034 / 0083 | 040.96% || 063 | 10 / 20 | 050.00% | Rory
08 ) 0064 | 0011 / 0020 | 055.00% || 064 | 11 / 20 | 055.00% | Rabid-Animals NEW!
09 ) 0027 | 0004 / 0020 | 020.00% || 027 | 04 / 20 | 020.00% | SCTE3 NEW!
10 ) 0026 | 0004 / 0020 | 020.00% || 026 | 04 / 20 | 020.00% | Joshsouza NEW!
11 ) 0024 | 0003 / 0083 | 003.61% || 000 | 00 / 20 | 000.00% | LogicalDefiance **

The stars indicate for how long the user has been inactive in this club. "Inactive" means, that user hasn't gained any points by reviewing OR by posting.
*: User has been inactive last week
**: User has been inactive for the last two weeks
***: User has been inactive for the last three weeks
****: User has been inactive for the last four weeks

If you are inactive for more than three weeks AND if your completion rate falls below 20%, OR if you are inactive for more than four weeks, you are excluded from the list. You may rejoin this club, but your points will be lost.

Statistics:
*Requests This Week: 20
Total Requests All Time: 1690
Reviews Made This Week: 63
Total Reviews All Time: 5630
Average Per Member: 5.73
Average Per Request: 3.15
Sigs Forgotten: 24

*New to the List: SCTE3, Rabid-Animals and Joshsouza
Leaving the List: MakingFunGames and ThePigeonMaster

*All Requests Completed:
SeeD419

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GUIDELINES/THREAD INFO

Ah, damn. I can't do Reviews because my keyboard is broken.

Luckily it's only 4 keys so I can copy and paste the characters that are broken, but it takes to long to do that.

At 11/24/10 06:13 PM, Domo wrote: What keys broke?

s, w, y, and the key to the right of z.

At 11/25/10 08:26 AM, Coop83 wrote: I thought that we had abandoned that on Audio submissions?

Actually only SeeD does that :P.

To be honest I don't think it makes much of a difference. I doubt many people will come look for us in the C&C forum, find the thread and request a submission just after seeing the words 'Review Request Club' at the end of a review, and even then, Audio doesn't get much exposure in the first place.

I think the RRC sig does its job better as an indication that the review that the requester is receiving is an RRC review and not just a normal review, rather than its job as more exposure for the club.

The audio review lists shouldn't take as long anyways, also Happy Thanksgiving RRC. Also lastly beat Earthbound this morning, I expected Giygas to make me shit myself but I guess the thing is only scary until you actually face it yourself. Started a new game on it, unlike my previous crappy attempt I'm actually going to try to fight and level everyone up so they don't die as quickly, that and I missed a badge somewhere for Paula. Oh well.

How's everyone's thanksgiving going?