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At 5/24/11 10:42 PM, sixflab wrote:

Those lists were definitely intimidating. They took me several days of reviewing to get through. But on the bright side I actually had enough time to give critique on them even if it took forever for the feedback. Hopefully we don't ever get back to a point where it takes a month to give a review. I might not be able to give many reviews myself but the weekly system gives artists quicker feedback.

Might actually looks a bit like that over the summer since you know, kids will be out of school and spending more time on Newgrounds making stuff.

Congrats to you Yume ^O^

I hear you Haggard, not really done any reviews today since I was playing Enchanted Arms most of the day. Only think making it shitty is VP which goes down when a battle is finished which I think is stupid since once you have 0 you can't attack during any battles and everything is reduced to 1 for no reason. Fix or take away the VP and the game is still good though, that and you can get a lot of Golems to join you. Lastly the crossdressing and flamboyant Makato turns into a pretty cool looking badass at the end of the game, still girly but he got more serious and somewhat kick ass when he returns at end of the game. =/ Casino grinding takes awhile but is fun. Makes you extremely powerful near start of game, lol.

Make the list tonight or tomorrow?

Going to wait on Steph then post list later today. Also level 32, looks pretty cool.

Wow without school I completely lost track of what day it is. Sorry :(.

Update will come shortly.

Not such a bad week. Like last time, SCTE3 and YumeSin saved the week, although Coop and Haggard pitched in too. Shame that none of the other members managed to do a review though. We also lost a member, Tokecat :(. Total amount of RRC reviews on a request was four.

Additionally, we're at 6,900 total reviews, close to 7,000, and also SCTE3 is very, very close to passing me. Yeah I pretty much slacked off this week. Without exams I spent the whole time playing games/audio-modding, and didn't even do a review. I'll try and get off my lazy ass and review this time, because I don't want SCTE3 to reach 3,000 total points without me :P.

Overall a pretty decent week. Great job to SCTE3 and YumeSin for keeping up their 100% streaks, and happy belated birthday to YumeSin too :3.

Anyhow, looks like an easy week this time round. Let's see if we can do even better this time round. Enjoy the update!

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Member's Update #85
[#] [Total] [Total Stats] [Total Ratio] || [Gain] [Weekly Stats] [Weekly Ratio] [Username]
01 ) 7573 | 1180 / 2145 | 055.01% || 021 | 03 / 10 | 030.00% | Coop
02 ) 7362 | 1143 / 2149 | 053.19% || 009 | 01 / 10 | 010.00% | Haggard
03 ) 2933 | 0440 / 2024 | 021.74% || 003 | 00 / 10 | 000.00% | Supersteph54
04 ) 2932 | 0451 / 0500 | 090.20% || 070 | 10 / 10 | 100.00% | SCTE3
05 ) 0393 | 0058 / 0058 | 100.00% || 070 | 10 / 10 | 100.00% | YumeSin
06 ) 0183 | 0025 / 0169 | 014.79% || 003 | 00 / 10 | 000.00% | sixflab **
07 ) 0115 | 0018 / 0057 | 031.58% || 000 | 00 / 10 | 000.00% | Omega-Ravager **
09 ) 0078 | 0012 / 0079 | 015.19% || 000 | 00 / 10 | 000.00% | aliaspharow *
11 ) 0059 | 0009 / 0071 | 012.68% || 000 | 00 / 10 | 000.00% | joeyjoah **

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

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: 10
Total Requests All Time: 2164
Reviews Made This Week: 24
Total Reviews All Time: 6900
Average Per Member: 2.18
Average Per Request: 2.4
Sigs Forgotten: 0

*New to the List: None
Leaving the List: Tokecat

*All Requests Completed:
SCTE3 and YumeSin

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GUIDELINES/THREAD INFO

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 FattyWhale 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.

1 point behind you, shall pass you this week then since school is out forever for me. :P
Will post list later tonight. :D