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If my opinion offends you I suppose you should take Link's suggestion and grow "thicker skin" and further your coping abilities with "feedback" since that is the position you're espousing. Keep in mind however that my advice offered here is expressed in far more restraint than the character of your typical comments and reviews which often include such constructive language as 'terrible', and 'bad'.

Bad and good are fallacies, and all that exists simply 'is'. One wouldn't write a review of a squirrel saying "this animal needs some work". All sense objects are open to subjective interpretation and there is no one opinion in the world accepted by all its residents. There is no issue in recording your experience but to state that one piece of art is shallow and another deep as an objective fact is a crass untruth. Accurately the most you can say is "I did not enjoy this" and elaborate one why you believe so. That's civil.



Pom Gets Wi-Fi

A cook bakes a feast for myriad guests. Some of his guests gobble down the food and declare thanks. Others finish what they can but turn away portions. Some politely decline the food stating it to not be their preference. A smaller portion of the guests spit in the food and declare it to be awful.

If among these there is a proper manner in which to accept the free offering of a lovingly made meal, than perhaps there is a proper method to accept the free offering of a work of art.

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Yes, if you are interested in conducting a focus group around your work there are many developer oriented communities out there. I once read that "professional advice is the antithesis of poetry", but the quote originated from an artist so perhaps he had some bias in the matter.

Whether comments, star ratings, advertising, and discourse have facilitated the quality of artistic work is certainly something wondered upon by some.

In response to your last comment I would like to clarify that my advice is not presented on the basis of only the negative response but the critical response in general. In my experience playing PR to your artwork is very draining(like a parent teacher conference with your child would be)

Also, if you read the positive review you'll find its in actuality more mean spirited than the negative review because the author uses his article as a platform to put-down two other games by comparison to this one.

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Hey Me-Patra,

My first recommendation to you is to, in the future, forego websites like RMN and simply host the game yourself if possible. This independent approach will allow you to preclude your work and authorship from the highly capricious, politically motivated reviewing process of websites such as RMN. This will afford you greater artistic dignity and there is an outstanding precedent of success with this method(distribution without trivial star ratings). In reality these sites afford very little advantage of exposure--especially to someone like yourself who's primary traffic appears to be arriving from elsewhere.

If you're like myself you're probably thinking "I created something zany for free, enjoy it and be merry" but in reply uncivil persons feel the need to pick it to pieces, inspecting every facet of its origin and success, arguing over its merits and demerits, comparing it and contrasting it with other victims of their undesired appraisals.
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