We have been getting a lot of complaints lately about people not getting merits for their comments. This is not necessarily because we have not seen them, but because we have heightened our standards of what constitutes a merit worthy comment. We have put our standards into some guidelines, so that you guys can see what we look for in a merit:
1)Perfect or near perfect grammar. Remember to use capitalization and proper spelling. 2)Structured - try to give some flow and structure to what you are writing. Don't just around from topic to topic. 3)Comprehensive, and with unique insight into the game that we somehow deem to be valuable. 4)Coherent. A lot of reviews that follow the recommended template become an exercise unto itself i.e. they don't really make sense when you actually read them. They sometimes even contradict themselves. These sort of comments don't get merits. Just because it is long, does not mean it will get a merit. It has to make sense too. 5)Contains constructive criticism of the game. Tell us the changes that you would make to the game, and why. What do you approve of? What don't you like? 6)Do not ask for a merit. Chances are, if you have to ask for a merit, you will not get one. It highly reduces your chances of receiving one, and makes us sad every time you ask
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glad the standards went up. because wow... of course this comment wouldnt be merit worthy because i dont have perfect or near perfect capitalization and grammar. clearly this comment is completely indistinguishable.
its sharing feelings on a flash game. its not freshman english
All of these aren't a problem for me but thank you for informing the community/forums about this and its great to have a reminder to post good comments that don't contain profanity's or rude/offensive material also so everyone knows I do flag those kinds of comments and you should always watch what you say to another person, it can be hurtful and can lead to other things we don't want to happen =) (also you could be banned, no-one wants to get banned, words can be hurtful and devastating and you can never take those things back once you say them) and thanks again Carlie for posting this. ^.^
could the comment eaven be negative? like still have good grammar and all the rest but we don't have to make it sound perfec to recieve a merit or?
Yes, you do not necessarily have to like the game. But please don't be mean about it ;-) Constructive criticism is encouraged, and if you didn't like the game, explain why. Say what changes you would make, etc.
its harder to get merits lol and suddenly its easier to me? LOL well i have to gice carlie credit...she explained everything or else i would be still at 3 i still think we should get 30 or 50 points for merits since it got harder to get them and most people do not try because its hard and you can get the same amount of points witn normal non spamm comments well i got 22 points while bigbowola532 got 1 merit means i was ALMOST as good as him without spamming a bit weird that why i think we should get more points for merits, this would also raise the hopes of every member and we would maybe have less spammers because more users would put more work into merits just a suggestion and we do not have to do it i mean we get enough points for merits..........................
Thanks! That was really helpful. It would certainly be easier if we had spell check on the site! LOL! Most of my comments seem to just about fit the criteria so i will have to kepp trying. Thanks again.
