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[Brian, Friday July 22, 2005 at 5:28pm]

I've been slammed by a shill.

I was looking through my reviews on BGG. Most aren't rated, and a few are rated once or twice (average to good). But I noticed that my review to "Are you Phrazy?" got lots of '1' ratings ... a snide comment against my character!

Amatuer.

Now Candyland Strategy and Tactics. That's funny. Even the nutso detractors bring their A-game for someone else. I just get lame AmEx postings. I never get the cool stalkers.

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Coldfoot (mail):

Add some pictures to the BGG database for a cushion. I have found that passive-aggressive jerks are more likely to rate them a 1 than your reviews if you irritate them.

Of course your low ratings are probably due to a passive-aggressive jerk associated with the game designer, so pictures wouldn't work as a cushion. Still it never hurts to have a cushion. Especially if you ever start talking politics.

7.22.2005 7:20pm

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Brian (www):

I'm not sure what you mean by a cushion. I'm not terribly concerned about the low ratings, I figure my reputation stands and falls more on my writing than anything else.

Besides, I hate cameras.

7.23.2005 12:38pm

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Yehuda Berlinger (mail) (www):

A long time ago someone took the trouble to rate every single one of my reviews, session reports, and articles either 1 or 2.

What can you do?

Yehuda

7.23.2005 4:05pm

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