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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Did you specifically heighten the standards recently? Or are you just making another reminder to people that merits need thought and spelling and all of that good stuff? Maybe both. Because I got my first merit about 2 months ago and thought to myself, that was easy!" So I started writing longer and more structured comments and got me 2 more. Then I wrote about 5 comments in an honest attempt to get merits out of them and got none. This could be why.
You'll get them eventually. I wrote good reviews for ragdoll cannon 2 and Amorphous Plus about three days ago and didn't get merits for them until today.
Ever since these standards began I have managed to get my first 7 merits in about a week or so.I don't mind that its harder to get them,since that means that less people will have them.
