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I never really tried to get merits, I just wrote reviews (I think about 15-25 if you add them up) for games I enjoyed playing and for a few that weren't that good but could be improved greatly if the developer added and fixed some things.

I was kind of surprised when I got my first merit because the comment wasn't that good. It wasn't written with near perfect grammar how they want now (wasn't terrible either, but I didn't capitalize much when I wrote it and it was only about a paragraph long). And the second one took me about half an hour to write I think.

About the topic of merits, I have none, but I made a comment on Treadmillasaurus Rex that was a merit attempt back in February that was this:

I played this game three times and almost scored 70,000 in one of them, which put me 2nd today and 6th this week. I like how each game is different because the Wheel of Awesome is random. I also noticed what causes spins. I found out that every three spike balls that reach the left side causes a spin. So, faster spike balls make spins happen more frequently. In my best game, I maxed out the party. I realized I did so when I spun a +1 Party with no effect. I also like the game's music, both intro and in-game. The intro music starts when the Armor Games animation begins and cycles every 24 seconds. The in-game music sounds like it has two parts and sounds techno. The dinosaur in the main menu alternates between hat and no hat. I also found something contradictory about the dinosaur's speed. One of the random facts says, "The T-Rex is built to run moderately at about 11 mph," yet the dinosaur in the game can run over 20 mph. I simply noticed it, and it is probably the best speed to balance the game. Speaking of game balance, the game is appropriately easy to begin with, but gets more challenging as the game goes on. This game is as close to perfect as I have ever seen because it has great music, great game balance, and it has a very interesting game concept. I would love to see a sequel to this game that also has great music and game balance. As for how good I am at this game, the average score is a little over 20,000. I am generally above average at this game, but I have my slumps, such as the 2nd game I played, which earned a score of only 11,912. Of the three games I played, my average is a little less than twice the average of all players who submit their scores. This comment was so long that it took me 20 minutes to write it.

patrick2011 please... please don't kill yourself

I remember when Crush the Castle was the big thing here.
And now my levels don't even work! Annoying!

About the topic of merits, I have none, but I made a comment on Treadmillasaurus Rex that was a merit attempt back in February that was this:

This isn't a forum for you to post game reviews and get tips on writing them.

However, I'm gonna be a hypocritical jerk and point out a flaw.

The intro music starts when the Armor Games animation begins and cycles every 24 seconds.

That would be the reason you didn't get a merit.

Anyway, does anyone remember what happened to the numerous "Need a crit of your review" threads?

In my best game, I maxed out the party. I realized I did so when I spun a +1 Party with no effect. I also like the game's music, both intro and in-game. The intro music starts when the Armor Games animation begins and cycles every 24 seconds. The in-game music sounds like it has two parts and sounds techno. The dinosaur in the main menu alternates between hat and no hat. I also found something contradictory about the dinosaur's speed. One of the random facts says, "The T-Rex is built to run moderately at about 11 mph," yet the dinosaur in the game can run over 20 mph.

Anyway, does anyone remember what happened to the numerous "Need a crit of your review" threads?

Also, wow. That's the longest post I've seen Pierce post in what....a month?

I've been back for a month?

Missing the time when this thread was more active!

Wait, so are we actually posting some of our game reviews to get a critique? :P

*hem*

Critiquing it. There's a difference. It's not your fault they think it's bad.

I can't remember the games I got merits for. I do remember making fst6 write a difficult review on Elephant Rave for the newspaper thingy though :L

Wait, so are we actually posting some of our game reviews to get a critique? :P

Critiquing it. There's a difference. It's not your fault they think it's bad.

Oops, I missed something.

I was mentioning a merit attempt of mine

Seems I missed some interesting stuff. I must admit the vote up for comments was interesting, if incredibly biased, it would be interesting to see a feature like that in v3, perhaps reserve it for those who have a certain reputation, or have earned a number of awards for gaming?