On 9 May, 22:58, Phantom scojocupcake <bo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 9, 9:34=A0pm, "john smith" <the_johnsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > "W. R. Logan" <lo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> > > Personally I'd be more than happy for John Smith not to take part in
> > > the few threads that appear here just as long as he shows up now and
> > > again and tells Scojo to **** off 8-)
>
> > It could be done - but you know the little halfwit doesn't listen to
any=
one!
>
> It's quite simple - you have two types of 2K reviewers...
>
> A) Intelligent ones
>
> B) Moronic ones
>
> An intelligent reviewer may dislike a story but will explain why in a
> cogent, sensible way. He'll use specific examples, refer to the plot
> etc to explain his point of view.
>
> The moronic reviewer may dislike a story but won't explain why, or if
> he does explain why it's for the most superficial, lazy, often
> illogical reason. Here's an example....
>
> Jim Campbell's review of Prog 1585:
>
> "It's not even that Savage, Dead Eyes and Ten Seconders are
> particularly bad, as far as I can tell, I just don't ****ing care to
> the point where it's worth my time reading them."
>
> There is no reasonable explanation why he dislikes the stories, it's
> vague, your typical 'moron' response. Campbell is entitled to dislike
> any story but his review is the standard 'don't like it, can't think
> of a good/sensible reason why' reaction. If every reviewer were like
> Campbell I wouldn't blame writers for getting a bit annoyed. You can't
> expect all fans to like all stories but when people have access to the
> internet and write moronic comments like - "I just don't ****ing care
> to the point where it's worth my time reading them" - you can't expect
> writers like John Smith to have much respect for fans' opinions. Why
> doesn't Campbell care about the stories? Has he short-term memory loss
> (:P), is he too inarticulate to explain why? Most likely the latter.
> Who cares what he thinks. If he can't give a coherent reason why he
> doesn't like them then his review/critique is worthless.
>
> scojomoo
>
> .
And yet, somehow, he's still a published writer- while you scrub
gussets for a living.
Oh cruel irony!
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