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.

I REQUEST INQUIRY ABOUT MY MUSICAL CREATION FROM YOU FINE GENTS.

Yes.

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  (FMC) -=Moving On=-

  by FunkmasterCatking

  OH SHIT

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  Trance

  4,851 Views

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LOLTHNX!

At 7/28/10 06:38 PM, Soapbubble wrote:
Well, I completely disagree with you. I know you don't like his style, but I love it. The childish looks and the sloppy finish, to me it doesn't look bad, it looks fun.

But I guess that's not something we need to discuss, I just wanted to share my $.02

I agree.I sometimes like art with a little bit of slop but there is a limit.But according to me I think its ok enough to have here to be reviewed.As long as i am getting stuff to review and making some points im down with his art being here

At 7/28/10 07:39 PM, Domo wrote:

At 7/28/10 06:38 PM, Soapbubble wrote:
Well, I completely disagree with you. I know you don't like his style, but I love it. The childish looks and the sloppy finish, to me it doesn't look bad, it looks fun.

But I guess that's not something we need to discuss, I just wanted to share my $.02

I agree.I sometimes like art with a little bit of slop but there is a limit.But according to me I think its ok enough to have here to be reviewed.As long as i am getting stuff to review and making some points im down with his art being here

I'm kind of in-between. His style is cool, but I'd much rather prefer if he filled in the colours properly, added ears, etc... He can still keep a sloppy style, but there's still room for improvement, in my opinion.

At 7/28/10 08:32 PM, Supersteph54 wrote:
I'm kind of in-between. His style is cool, but I'd much rather prefer if he filled in the colours properly, added ears, etc... He can still keep a sloppy style, but there's still room for improvement, in my opinion.

I do say that in my reviews that he could improve and not leave so many uncolored spaces but you know.

Anyways I just realized being in the review request club there are a lot of great perks about the club like getting more reviews an more stat points.But the most for me why I like this club is I discover lots of good audio,art,and flash.I have added like 5 things into my favorites just from this week alone.Which shows there is some real good stuff every week.

Hello everyone. I've been looking for a bit of constructive criticism on my newest song.

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  Kw- 10:14 PM EST

  by nightsurfermusic

  New song. Lot of audio clips.

  Song

  Miscellaneous

  958 Views

  PLAY

It's really my first time putting some sort of vocals in a song, even though it's just an audio clip of a CB radio transmission. Still, if anyone could give me a good review with some nice crit on what i can improve, I would really appreciate it! :)

At 7/28/10 08:39 PM, Domo wrote: Anyways I just realized being in the review request club there are a lot of great perks about the club like getting more reviews an more stat points.But the most for me why I like this club is I discover lots of good audio,art,and flash.I have added like 5 things into my favorites just from this week alone.Which shows there is some real good stuff every week.

I know, right? That's probably the greatest perk that comes with membership in the RRC. You find so much great stuff that you probably wouldn't find if it wasn't for the club.

At 7/28/10 08:32 PM, Supersteph54 wrote:

At 7/28/10 07:39 PM, Domo wrote:
I agree.I sometimes like art with a little bit of slop but there is a limit.But according to me I think its ok enough to have here to be reviewed.As long as i am getting stuff to review and making some points im down with his art being here

I'm kind of in-between. His style is cool, but I'd much rather prefer if he filled in the colours properly, added ears, etc... He can still keep a sloppy style, but there's still room for improvement, in my opinion.

Well, I've never given him a ten. I've given him an 8 at best, because there's always something he could improve on, but still, I like his style. He could still add some details while keeping true to his style.

At 7/29/10 05:00 AM, Soapbubble wrote:

I agree.I sometimes like art with a little bit of slop but there is a limit.But according to me I think its ok enough to have here to be reviewed.As long as i am getting stuff to review and making some points im down with his art being here

I'm kind of in-between. His style is cool, but I'd much rather prefer if he filled in the colours properly, added ears, etc... He can still keep a sloppy style, but there's still room for improvement, in my opinion.

Well, I've never given him a ten. I've given him an 8 at best, because there's always something he could improve on, but still, I like his style. He could still add some details while keeping true to his style.

I useally give him a 6,7,or 8 but it is a little bad but I think some of his other art is a little ok.I do like the way he does it though.As long as some of his art is good and it isn't all just wasted space im good.

Either way, we shouldn't differ between the people requesting reviews, whether we like it or not, whether we think it's spam or not. If we did that, we couldn't review a lot of what's being requested nowadays, at least in the flash section.

At 7/29/10 06:55 AM, Soapbubble wrote: Either way, we shouldn't differ between the people requesting reviews, whether we like it or not, whether we think it's spam or not. If we did that, we couldn't review a lot of what's being requested nowadays, at least in the flash section.

This little chat you me and steph had has gone on for a while but I think its going to end here.In the flash portal I would probably be short of 30 points if it wasn't for clock flashes

I accidentally reviewed one of the extra audio reviews. I didn't even know I did it. Ah well. I've got seven or eight audio reviews left. I'll do some of them after work, and the rest tomorrow. Doubt I'll get to do a lot of extras, though I'd love to get them all done with.

What is the extra audio request for?I have no idea what to do with it.To leave them or review them and instead of trying to figure it out myself why not ask a fellow member.

Just noticed that one of the audio links on the RRC request list is wrong. Here's the right one:

• Unpublished Submission

At 7/29/10 08:58 AM, Domo wrote: What is the extra audio request for?I have no idea what to do with it.To leave them or review them and instead of trying to figure it out myself why not ask a fellow member.

Didn't see your post there.

Well, you know that we have the rule that says only one audio request per week and three per month, right? Well, when they request all three at one, two of them end up in extra audio requests. They'll be in the requests list the next week, or the week after that. If you do them, you wont have to do them next week. It's simple as that. You get points next week, of course, and not this one. If you know you'll be very busy the next week, you should try to do them. That'll make the list a bit shorter for you next week.

Really, really sorry about tripple posting, but I found another link on the request list that was wrong. Here's the right one to that one:

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  Gavin A - Minus One v2

  by Xorberax

  Version 2 of "Minus One"

  Song

  Drum N Bass

  1,579 Views

  PLAY

At 7/29/10 09:32 AM, Soapbubble wrote:
Didn't see your post there.

Well, you know that we have the rule that says only one audio request per week and three per month, right? Well, when they request all three at one, two of them end up in extra audio requests. They'll be in the requests list the next week, or the week after that. If you do them, you wont have to do them next week. It's simple as that. You get points next week, of course, and not this one. If you know you'll be very busy the next week, you should try to do them. That'll make the list a bit shorter for you next week.

So I do not have to do them to complete all request this week.I can just wait till next week to do them and th next update it will still say 100% completion cause im really shooting for that.But it is not Mandatory to do it

At 7/28/10 06:38 PM, Soapbubble wrote: Well, I completely disagree with you. I know you don't like his style, but I love it. The childish looks and the sloppy finish, to me it doesn't look bad, it looks fun.

I know everyone has a style, it's just that he doesn't seem to consider the points in my reviews much. How am I supposed to know whether the fill overflow, for instance, is just his style or a flaw that he didn't do on purpose, when he isn't telling me? When he's not, I'm led to believe in one of them, and personally I think it's a flaw.

Either way, everyone has a different sense of art and reviews are based on the reviewer's opinions. Thus, I'm going to review the way my heart is telling me, though I can promise up-a-notch that I won't be too harsh because I can see you guys' point.

hello...

someone told me that if i posted a link here i'd get reviews so here it is:

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  Lizard Blues

  by The-Hobo-Dude

  Somewhere between funk and blues...

  Song

  Funk

  1,436 Views

  PLAY

thanks for eventually hearing and reviewing it...

the-hobo-dude

At 7/29/10 09:57 AM, mrty wrote:

At 7/28/10 06:38 PM, Soapbubble wrote: Well, I completely disagree with you. I know you don't like his style, but I love it. The childish looks and the sloppy finish, to me it doesn't look bad, it looks fun.

I know everyone has a style, it's just that he doesn't seem to consider the points in my reviews much. How am I supposed to know whether the fill overflow, for instance, is just his style or a flaw that he didn't do on purpose, when he isn't telling me? When he's not, I'm led to believe in one of them, and personally I think it's a flaw.

Either way, everyone has a different sense of art and reviews are based on the reviewer's opinions. Thus, I'm going to review the way my heart is telling me, though I can promise up-a-notch that I won't be too harsh because I can see you guys' point.

i do consider them (yes i read this thread) and I try to color inside the lines but I just don't really like the look, but I don't see any harm in trying to do ears in my next art...um and my new art has a belly button :D (no that is not a penis)

my attempt at being more real

http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/up-a-
notch/little-punk

sorry but i like the outside the lines look :)

At 7/29/10 09:57 AM, mrty wrote: I know everyone has a style, it's just that he doesn't seem to consider the points in my reviews much. How am I supposed to know whether the fill overflow, for instance, is just his style or a flaw that he didn't do on purpose, when he isn't telling me? When he's not, I'm led to believe in one of them, and personally I think it's a flaw.

Either way, everyone has a different sense of art and reviews are based on the reviewer's opinions. Thus, I'm going to review the way my heart is telling me, though I can promise up-a-notch that I won't be too harsh because I can see you guys' point.

I completely understand. Sure, some parts of your review I can agree with, like the lack of ears and such, and I also understand that your reviews are influenced by your opinion. Hey, I do the exact same thing with my reviews, so I'm not going to complain about anything. In fact, don't think I'm complaining. Your reviews are very good. I just think we should review everything, regardless of what we think of the art. And now he's even written that he'll take your reviews into consideration, which is awesome. We're all accomplishing stuff here.

At 7/29/10 09:48 AM, Domo wrote: So I do not have to do them to complete all request this week.I can just wait till next week to do them and th next update it will still say 100% completion cause im really shooting for that.But it is not Mandatory to do it

Yeah, that's pretty much it. They're not mandatory this week, but they'll be in next week's list, so you probably should do them.

I think I've done it all now. Animith, if you read this, could you be awesome and go through and see fi I've done all the requests? I'm going away on Saturday and I wont be back till Monday afternoon. I really want to keep my streak going.

Cheers guys! Remember to review the two with the wrong link! There's also one of the requests that have been deleted since it was requested, can't remember which one.

At 7/29/10 07:28 PM, Soapbubble wrote: I think I've done it all now. Animith, if you read this, could you be awesome and go through and see fi I've done all the requests? I'm going away on Saturday and I wont be back till Monday afternoon. I really want to keep my streak going.

Cheers guys! Remember to review the two with the wrong link! There's also one of the requests that have been deleted since it was requested, can't remember which one.

Just checked them through for you, and you did get them all done, so you can rest easy for a few days :P Thanks again for the 100%!

Annnd it's "Aspiration of the Dead" by anarcheril has been deleted completely, so won't count in the stats for obvious reasons :P

domo told me to let you guys review this crappy art

I've been watching this club for a very, very long time. You guys are great and good at what you do.

But I have a somewhat stupid question, why don't you guys just review every flash that passes through the portal?

At 7/29/10 09:20 PM, ChainsawNinjaZX wrote: I've been watching this club for a very, very long time. You guys are great and good at what you do.

But I have a somewhat stupid question, why don't you guys just review every flash that passes through the portal?

That would be wat to hard to do a couple hunred submissions go trough the portal a day.We could but they would have to be really crappy reviews and the point system would be a mess.The system is good that we have right now

At 7/29/10 07:55 PM, Animith wrote:

At 7/29/10 07:28 PM, Soapbubble wrote: I think I've done it all now. Animith, if you read this, could you be awesome and go through and see fi I've done all the requests? I'm going away on Saturday and I wont be back till Monday afternoon. I really want to keep my streak going.

Cheers guys! Remember to review the two with the wrong link! There's also one of the requests that have been deleted since it was requested, can't remember which one.

Just checked them through for you, and you did get them all done, so you can rest easy for a few days :P Thanks again for the 100%!

Annnd it's "Aspiration of the Dead" by anarcheril has been deleted completely, so won't count in the stats for obvious reasons :P

Awesome! Thanks alot. I'll probably do some more extras just to get them done. If not, I'll see you guys on Monday, though I probably wont get reviewing till Tuesday. I don't know. Maybe Monday night.

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  Battle of east trine - TTC CHG

  by Calamaistr

  5th score on the TTC CHG album

  Song

  Miscellaneous

  1,532 Views

  PLAY
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  In a nutshell - TTC CHG

  by Calamaistr

  extra track on the TTC CHG ost now 19 tracks long

  Loop

  Miscellaneous

  1,923 Views

  PLAY

You guys are clumped (<---is that a word? Sounds cool :D ) with reviews :S Too bad you for I'm gonna make it harder :(

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  Runner (Preview) {Dj-Abbic}

  by DjAbbic

  Another song

  Song

  House

  1,153 Views

  PLAY

It's a WIP so tips and suggestions too, don't just criticise my percussion :).

At 7/25/10 02:58 PM, Animith wrote: Aspiration of the Dead by anarcheril

What happened to that it just disappeared.I went to go review it but its not there