http://www.newground..ew.php3?user_id=9742

This guy is a bit stupid in his reviews, he seems to think the review system is for insulting authors.

For example, he said that the author is a prime example of why his parents never should have fucked, IE, should not have been born.

Some of you may know that I have written a guide to abusive reviews. I emailed it to Wade months ago to see what he thought of it, but no reply. I just did a little revising, so if you guys want to see it, I'll post it here; just say the word.

At 7/20/05 07:02 PM, Rancorman wrote: Some of you may know that I have written a guide to abusive reviews. I emailed it to Wade months ago to see what he thought of it, but no reply. I just did a little revising, so if you guys want to see it, I'll post it here; just say the word.

I won't mind seeing it. Is it a guide to what makes a review abusive, or how the whistle points work when you flag a review?

At 7/20/05 07:02 PM, Rancorman wrote: Some of you may know that I have written a guide to abusive reviews. I emailed it to Wade months ago to see what he thought of it, but no reply. I just did a little revising, so if you guys want to see it, I'll post it here; just say the word.

I would like to see it. check out my previous post, i have a little in my profile.

Not an abusive review (but will probably contain some later if it passes), this submission is worthy of an explicit content flag as far as I am concerned. It contains explicit animated paedophilia. There is something seriously wrong with that person.

At 7/21/05 03:38 AM, AGH wrote: Not an abusive review (but will probably contain some later if it passes), this submission is worthy of an explicit content flag as far as I am concerned. It contains explicit animated paedophilia. There is something seriously wrong with that person.

Sorry, link: http://www.newground..m/portal/view/253018

At 7/20/05 10:14 PM, boloneyman wrote: I won't mind seeing it. Is it a guide to what makes a review abusive, or how the whistle points work when you flag a review?

Both, actually. Here is part 1 of 2:

"Abusive Reviews: A Guide
By Rancorman

Contents:
1-What is an abusive review?

2-How do I say whether a review is abusive or not?

3-Why should I flag abusive reviews?

4-What is the whistle in my profile for?

5-What happens if I write abusive reviews?

6-Types of abusive reviews

7-How do I find out how powerful my whistle is?

8-Why won’t my whistle level go up?

9-Why is my whistle garbage?

10-How can I get “un-banned”?

11-What’s a good way to get a mod’s attention about an abusive reviewer?

Part 1: What is an abusive review?
An abusive review is any review of a game and/or movie that breaks the rules of the Newgrounds Portal FAQ. While many reviews are helpful, many are unconstructive and downright obscene. These are the reviews that we want to get rid of.

Part 2: How do I say whether a review is abusive or not?
When you are reading reviews, beneath each and every review you will see:

0/0 people found this review helpful. Did you?

The “0/0” changes depending on how people respond to the review. If you thought that a review is helpful and constructive, you may click on the “YES” button. If you thought that the review was not helpful, you may click the “NO” button. But if you thought that a review is abusive, you should click the “ABUSIVE” button. Later, you’ll learn how to decide what makes a review abusive.

Part 3: Why should I flag abusive reviews?
Newgrounds is one of the few flash sites where anyone can comment on a flash movie and rate it accordingly. However, some people abuse that right. We want to keep NG clean and get rid of any abuse. It is our duty to make NG the best it can be.

Part 4: What is the whistle in my profile for?
Your whistle shows how hard you work on keeping NG clean. The more you do, the better your whistle. The whistle levels are, in order of power from worst to best: Garbage, Normal, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Deity. You can also flag abusive movies while they are under judgment, but that’s a whole different ballgame.

Part 5: What happens if I write abusive reviews?
If you write abusive reviews, chances are a mod will catch you. You could get every single one of your reviews deleted, and/or you could get a ban. Multiple offenses could get your ISP banned and your profile deleted.

Part 6: Types of abusive reviews

· Type 1- Insulting the author
If a review insults the author frequently, that is abusive. E.g. yur gay, cock, you get the idea. These are unconstructive and downright offensive.

· Type 2-“Blam this” reviews
Many times, you will find a review that says “Blam this piece of crap!” This is abusive. In reviews, do not say that a movie should not have passed judgment, or should have been deleted, that isn’t helping anybody. Besides, you’re reading a review that says “Blam this”, it has already passed judgment. Once a movie passes judgment, it can’t be deleted.

· Type 3-“This is stolen” reviews
Do not say, “This movie is stolen from------!” That is abusive. If you think it’s stolen, check the author’s website, or past animations if it’s a sequel. Also, check the date of submission; chances are, it was on NG before you saw it elsewhere. If you still want to say it’s stolen, e-mail an administrator about it.

· Type 4-Character spam
If you see a review that’s like, “kfhgdaksgfigfLOL”, that is abusive. So is “LOLOLOLOL” and “HAHAHA!!!!!!!!” and anything of the sort.

· Type 5-Conversation reviews
In your reviews, don’t attempt to strike up conversation with previous reviewers. They can’t respond, since you can only leave 1 review per movie. Don’t insult them, either.

· Type 6-Offensive reviews
If you see reviews with racial slurs, they’re abusive. We don’t need that kind of talk on NG. Also, don’t say anything that is offensive to a nationality.

· Type 7-Nonsense reviews
Don’t just start babbling about random crap; stay on topic. Evaluate the movie, and don’t tell semi-interesting/irrelevant stories.

· Type 8-Repeat reviews
Don’t say the same thing in all of your reviews; if you have 5 or so reviews that are the exact same thing, that’s just spam.

· Type 9-Images
Reviews with text images are abusive. Don’t waste 20 minutes making a picture, just write the review. A (in) famous example is the middle finger image, which is now rarely found. They’ve mostly been taken care of. No text penises, either. There’s enough already.

· Type 10-Promotion of outside websites
This is the golden rule of reviewing flash. DO NOT POST OUTSIDE LINKS IN YOUR REVIEWS. Some NG members remember the “Outwar” spammers. They would write a review where they would leave a link to a site called Outwar. The more people who followed the link, the more stuff the person who wrote the review got on Outwar. Outwar is basically gone now, but a lot of people still do that type of thing for different sites. E.g. “This is a good game, but I know a better one!” Then they leave the address and all. Those are very abusive. They get flagged really fast too, so keep an eye out for them.

· Type 11-“WTF front page?”
Admins don’t want people asking why Tom put a certain movie on the front page. If it’s there, it’s there for a reason; it is obviously considered worthy.

· Type 12- “Thanks for voting” reviews
Don’t just copy-paste your voting power and change in score of the movie as a result of voting unless it is relevant to the review. The author doesn’t need you to tell them what score their movie has or what your voting power is.

Part 7: How do I find out how powerful my whistle is?
Whistle power is measured by how many whistle points that user has (See part 8 for how to get points). Unfortunately, there really is no way you can find out exactly how powerful your whistle is, or how many more points you need to advance a whistle level.

Here's part 2 of 2:
"Part 8: Why won’t my whistle level go up?
When you flag abusive reviews, you don’t automatically get credit for them. Once enough people mark it abusive, an administrator (usually Wade) will evaluate it to see whether it is abusive or not. If it is abusive, everyone who marked it abusive gains one whistle point. But if it isn’t, they lose a whistle point. This could take a while, so be patient. Also, once someone gets to silver, very few ever get Gold or Deity. You only need a certain amount of whistle points for Bronze and Silver, but to get Gold, you have to have a certain amount of whistle points relative to how many points the Deity has. So, to get Gold, you’ll have to work hard.

Part 9: Why is my whistle garbage?
If your whistle is garbage, then you’ve flagged reviews as abusive that were, in fact, not abusive. You can still fix your whistle, though; if you flag an abusive review with a garbage whistle, it won’t make much of a difference, but if an admin goes over it and finds it abusive, you will still gain a point. Once you gain enough points, you can get a normal whistle.

Part 10: How can I get “un-banned”?
If you get banned for writing abusive reviews, you’ll just have to wait out the ban; mods can’t really un-ban you. You can e-mail them about why you were banned, though. That’s fine.

Part 11: What’s a good way to get a mod’s attention about an abusive reviewer?
If you find an abusive reviewer, don’t e-mail his profile to a mod. Their inboxes would be totally packed. Instead, you can post their reviews in abusive review-themed forum topics. I recommend “Rage’s gift to you: Abusive Reviews. A lot of mods hang around there, too. So if you find a very abusive reviewer, you could send his profile to NG mods, or you could just post his/her reviews in the aforementioned thread. It will be taken care of."

That's it. If you have anyquestions or comments, either email me or post your query.

At 7/20/05 03:03 AM, FrOzEn_FoX wrote: What the fuck is wrong with this guy? ALL of his recent reviews are "FUCK YOU WADE FULP" OVER AND OVER again. His username is "IjackofftoTomFulp" even...

http://www.newground..plate.php3?id=683433

http://www.newground...php3?user_id=683433

if you goto the general board, yu'll know some guy stole that account/

ABUSE!
http://www.newground..php3?user_id=1150317

http://www.newground..d=1230732&page=2
http://www.newground..&user_id=1126694
http://www.newground..id=461598&page=3
http://www.newground..d=250110&page=59
http://www.newground..php3?user_id=1208323

http://www.newground..id=608093&page=4
Mods, please follow his order at the end of his last review.
http://www.newground..=1215993&page=10
http://www.newground..e=1&sort=date_mr
http://www.newground..id=215717&page=2

At 7/21/05 01:26 PM, Rancorman wrote: ABUSE!
http://www.newground..php3?user_id=1150317

http://www.newground..d=1230732&page=2
http://www.newground..&user_id=1126694
http://www.newground..id=461598&page=3
http://www.newground..d=250110&page=59
http://www.newground..php3?user_id=1208323

http://www.newground..id=608093&page=4
Mods, please follow his order at the end of his last review.
http://www.newground..=1215993&page=10
http://www.newground..e=1&sort=date_mr
http://www.newground..id=215717&page=2

A lot of abuse on this one people, alot.
Hopefully I'll have a silver or a bronze by tommorow/next week.

Thanks for all those whistles. Maybe I'll get bronze soon.

At least six pages of mostly abusive reviews

There's a couple here for a recent flash.

http://www.newground..dreview.php3?id=9754

there is a crap load for those people who don't care about human life. anybody who thinks it's about america are wrong, and these will guarnntee garbage to silver.

Some are bitching about this flash, claming it was stolen. They CLEARLY ignored the review FAQ.

Username: poopoo10

Need I say more?

At 7/23/05 12:51 AM, -Osaka- wrote: Username: poopoo10
Need I say more?

i'll say something - thanks :D

the first review for this bitch consists of.... one word.
sorta.

http://www.newground..id=222782&page=1

This guy somewhat confuses me, he gave me a good review and yet still calls me a Cunt. =s

Among other abusive reviews he has too...

DaGodfather would like to give you an abusive review you can't refuse

At 7/23/05 06:19 AM, FrOzEn_FoX wrote: This guy somewhat confuses me, he gave me a good review and yet still calls me a Cunt. =s

I'm betting he's Glaswegian. It's a 'tough guy' thing to call everyone 'cunts.' Learned that from Trainspotting (the novel.)

At 7/23/05 07:10 PM, Maus wrote: I'm betting he's Glaswegian. It's a 'tough guy' thing to call everyone 'cunts.' Learned that from Trainspotting (the novel.)

Oh, you and your literature.

my movie has a plethora of shitty reviews http://newgrounds.co..id=253649&page=1

i wanted to know if you can still get a gold whistle b/c i've only seen 1 person with one

abusive reviews on all the glock groups movies

http://www.newground..m/portal/view/253824

on page 4 mrFluffygins

page 6 dorko50000 says it wouldnt load so he gave it a zero

the decline 3

But wait, there's more!

This guy's been nasty.

And this guy.

This guy's hatred of us nerds is very amusing, in a 'laugh at him' way.