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Chicken Caesar? The Hotness?
Contests are pretty lucrative for BGG
Lucrative for BGG=Good for gaming?
I say not always
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Steve Weeks wrote:
Wait...reviewers are now doing 'previews' of kickstarter projects?
A disturbing trend and a waste of time because these videos say that the components you see are not final. So really you are seeing a preview of something that will most likely change.
First, it makes a lot of sense. People spending money on vaporware need to know how a game plays, and thus it makes sense that people see, up front, a prototype game in action, knowing that the quality will be better than the proto.
Second, weren't you noting that you'd be first in line to help promote Capo after seeing nothing other than (coincidentally) a....PREVIEW VIDEO WITH TOM VASEL?
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So, what's the difference?
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If you can make money being a "paid spokesmodel" and make money having a hobby-based website where you review products, fucking go for it. I mean, what's the difference between F:AT having banner ads on the site where games are reviewed and Tom having banner ads where games get reviewed? I don't see a problem with that, and I don't see a problem being a "paid spokesmodel" as long as you're honest in your assessment and like the products you endorse.
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Jeff White wrote: So, some reviewers have now blatantly moved from providing critique to being nothing more than an infomercial?
Or play it once, give an objective review, then sell their complimentary promo copy for a profit on this site.
Anyway you look at, reviews, especially video reviews, have been coming out of the woodwork lately, so geeks can whore themselves out for free games. Hell, I've been tempted to do it myself.
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10 hours invested per article, 30$ to sell a used game. It's 3$ an hour, and that's not even counting expenses.
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The difference is that CAPO is not claiming hottness. It will not be a hot game until released, played by me and I declare it to be so, along with other gamers and not profiteers.
Chicken Caesar is Not hot, will never be hot, and even as vaporware stinks. The idea of declaring it hot smacks of dishonesty.
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Fuck, when Crokigate hit, I was at the top of the hotness for 3 days. I was so impressed and proud of myself...I mean, what an achievement...(rolls eyes)...
So you see, if you take any stock whatsoever in BGG ratings, BGG Hotness, or really, anything relating to BGG, you're retarded. The whole site is a sales and marketing tool for the sole purpose of promoting products to hobbyists that has a large percentage of mentally compromised addicts as its constituents.
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10 hours invested per article, 30$ to sell a used game. It's 3$ an hour, and that's not even counting expenses.
These reviewers are not only doing it for the money. They are doing it for board game fame. Salinas and his "epic films" have in his mind put him on par with Hollywood's top directors. It wouldn't surprise me if you found a director's chair in Salinas' house with a copy of Variety on it.
Salinas produces over the top commercials and then thinks he can dictate to the owner of the product.
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