No worries, plenty of them left in the bump container. ;-)
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I read that as abyssal absent curators by accident.
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Nah, it's fine. If you mean the curation description things, Steam itself limits it to around 150 characters, so it cannot be too long - some will be filled in later with attached reviews or other linked sources as we prepare them up or get them transferred. SoulSet at the bottom of the page up there has an attached review, for example, so hopefully that's more what you'd be looking for, and understandably so...
We'll definitely be adding more over some time though... Busy real life stuff or I'd have a little bit more up personally speaking, but I'm pretty hopeful we'll have some good and more informative ones down the road. Slow going early though for a few various reasons. Sorry there are a lot of things not set up yet. We should have a few that are completely finished by now though, kinda like SoulSet, if that example fits. ^_^
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i'm for the "slow" and "small numbers" way.
also, if a review is a bottle, i see those 150 chars = 150 ml so, it depends on type of juice you put in that bottle :D
i like really short, ultra-concentrated reviews, and try hard to achieve that when writing. example: if you write "this [game name] is about [few game tags] and it's [recommended/not]" you've already wasted space.monty python would say "every space is sacred, every space is good"
also, that's a "writing style", but when reading reviews choosing next one to buy, you rarely read only 1 review, so you're only helping writing them short
tldr: do whateva, with a pinch of <3
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Good stuff! Hopefully we can have a little of everything - like my brain sorta.... I am long and wordy on my personal reviews... but I can understand wanting to get a quick idea on things and not read a novel as well (which I am guilty of writing on a few games... surpassing the character limit, and having to cut out parts). As long as we can work together to make Steam a better place, that's the goal! Numbers are nice, but the main thing will definitely be trying to assist developers and in the process help ourselves, and those around that are interested in one point of view on things. Thanks for the <3 here!
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Thanks for the input! I've been in groups where we just sent constructive feedback instead of negatives - but yeah, that's going to come up, and if it does for me, I'll be adding my reasons why. Haven't done many reviews that were negative, but a couple have cropped up once in a while out of the kind of limited number I have.
Curation part is still work in progress with a lot to go over and do, but I'm sure we can get something nice going eventually. I do appreciate it, and I have thought about it as well. Once we get a little bit older, I think we will run into some negatives though. I have a problem of tending to lean towards thumbs up rather than thumbs down if it's in between, but I got some nasty remarks for my negative review on Furi. :D
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I know what you mean about nasty remarks for negative reviews because I've had a few. People seem to show their anger for any negative reviews, and they often do so with personal attacks - I'm still waiting for Steam Support to do something about the "kys u fucking moron" comment I received and reported on Christmas Eve 2016. Also, for voting down the objectively terrible (despite the recent review rating) Grass Simulator, with detailed reasoning, I was told not to criticise it because "it's only a joke", can be seen on YouTube, and could be bought for less than $5 if there was a sale. :-/ Someone else didn't like that I criticised The Deer, which is promoted as educational, for its scientific errors and lack of content.
I see that you are still building your curation and I just wanted to let you know my personal opinion because I'm probably not the only one. I don't think it's a bad thing to lean towards a positive review if it's a close call. However, there's enough garbage on Steam that I'm sure you'll eventually encounter something that you cannot in good conscience give a positive review. When something is truly terrible, I think it deserves a negative review rather than no review. It's not that I necessarily think that something nefarious is going on if a curator only posts positive reviews (although I have seen a few suspicious ones), it's just that when there are some criticisms as well as praise, it makes it so much easier for me to determine whether I share the reviewer's values, which is my main criterion for following a curator.
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It is awesome if we can view things (and not just reviews of course... a skill many of us lack, including myself many times when I am emotionally charged in my general life experiences) from both sides. I do my best not to let any prejudices or even environmental/psychological factors to create a bias... even going so far as to skip days where I feel off, just in case that could trickle into my choices about things, but I think I could be a little more grounded in how critical I am about games. I make sure, even on the positive ones, to point out a few negatives - not enough if the game is just plain bad... I do understand the need to see what is not working, as well as what is working out there. There are plenty of nasty games floating around out there right now that almost nobody who is sane would want to mess with! Maybe it's a matter of opinion, but in general, yeah... bad games are all over the place, and most of us would agree.
I think with this group, we will run into some very close calls if we continue to focus on finding gems. There will be plenty of dirt and soot and ash around as we search these mines of Steam for the gems out there. That should be the point and focus as well... it takes the bad to make the good even exist in contrast, so it should be noted whenever possible. I hope we can at least give everybody a reasonable approach or idea of things from at least one viewpoint here - like as if I were reading it myself and being unsure, and what I'd want to read about. I suppose there are different types of ways we each like or dislike - so many types of people! But yes, I am in agreement that we need to make sure people can be aware of bad games as well, if we run into some.
One of my own problems is I don't want to even review a game if it looks bad, but that right there is something of a challenge I should start to examine about myself. Maybe taking on those games is as much of an important purpose as finding some good ones that I already think will be good before getting into the nitty-gritty. Perhaps that makes sense, but I am grateful for the point being made! Making me think, which is usually a good thing. ^_^
I wish you a pleasant weekend, or at least something as close as possible! Thank you again!
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Always love your posts Superfabs. I might not always comment but I'm often there reading them. I mean I'm not a weirdo and I'm not stalking you. I'm not reading your posts in an obsessive way or a creepy lurking in the shadows kinda way.... okay this is coming out all wrong and I'm just making things worse so I'm gonna stop now. (and actually I know I'm joking about things that are IRL terrible things but I myself was just attacked from behind by a couple of total strangers last weekend. One guy tried to choke me out with his arm and it hurt to swallow for this past week but I managed to defend myself and thankfully was given a pocket knife to use for self defense not long ago. The perpetrator got a little more than he bargained for and I doubt the wound he suffered to the forearm that he had pressed against my throat was worth the pack of cigarettes he ran away with, that being the only thing he got from attacking me. The second of the two people who initially took me to the ground returned my phone and wallet to me amazingly with all plastic cards still present.
And let me just say, I abhor violence, esoecially as an adult victim of childhood abuse, and I know quite well about the cyclical nature of it all, but my life isn't my own to just lay down and I have a responsibility to my friends and family and anyone else that I might cross paths with and who I may be able to help out in some way during the remainder of my life. It's for them and not me that this little 5'5" 150lbs guy is gonna fight like a wild animal when he finds himself backed into a corner. So anyway, sorry to joke about serious stuff but I guess subconsciously I had a story I wanted to tell and thank you if you took the time to read it and indulging me in yet another one of my many digressions. (I feel so bad for anyone around me if I ever reach old age, rambling this much already at 40.))
Anywho, I might be poor as heck but if clicking a few buttons helps support one of your endeavors count me in. Plus it never hurts to add another curator who I'm sure has good taste. :)
Joined and followed.
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This is some crazy stuff! I am glad to hear that it didn't end up a worse way for you, or for them, I guess.... It's kind of sad to me. I think it could easily be improved... EASILY!! Okay, it won't happen, because sick people = more profits. Mental health is such a big issue in the country here, and I'm sure most of the world as well, if not pretty much all of it. People are definitely hurting out there, and it's kind of a symptom of things going on, at least in my opinion. I mean, I am happy to hear you enjoy some of my writings out there. It's a fine line between insanity and genius, and I have tried to embrace both. I realized I needed two extra hands because my legs were not really working so well.
I've also been through the wars with narcissism and abuse on all levels of society here. It kind of "runs in the family", in a bigger picture scenario too, since all of us idiots (well... I don't include myself in it so much) kind of elected these other idiots into controlling positions, and we have all been compromised as a result against our will - US perspective talking here. I could go on and on about the reasons behind it, and the sinister side of the mind control/PsyOps stuff that have been "perfected" to create a mass hysteria of sorts for causes one with a conscience and good moral fiber/character and integrity would normally not choose, but they become "pressured" or "desensitized" into believing is okay. Just like abuse, and the abusers getting a free pass while the abused is treated like they are the one at fault. Blaming the victim is rampant here, as well as "glorified hoarders" with money. That's a mental illness if I collect dogs or cats, or too much of what society considers to be trash... but if I collect lots of money, I am worshipped and can get on the cover of places like Forbes Magazine. Maybe even Time Magazine!
Kind of a classic case of "Stockhom syndrome" on this gigantic scale that many have about our governments, and most people are basically complacent - asleep - taking it lying down - and many are not just allowing it, but defending acceptable levels of abuse they can inflict on us... With masses agreeing what is bad is okay. Much of it is swept under the rug (hence why the weak are picked on the most). People take it. Why? I do not know. At least some of us can do things in our own bubbles of what we experience each day to make a positive difference somehow in the world. As long as I can leave it better off than it was when I started, I'll be happy with that. :D
I'm a huge rambler of course, as I have some giant walls of text out there I am sure, so I am always glad to read good stuff! I guess the years of being ignored and gaslighted by my own community on every level has made me quite bitter, wishing for a better world that is indeed possible if everyone decided they wanted to work on character defects and improve in ways of love and peace, instead of division and hatred. In a nutshell, I feel sorry for these cowards. That is my issue I must learn to work on and through.. my challenge... It still feels pretty pathetic, and I find myself wishing I were not a part of such a nasty world many times. I am so different than what is considered the status quo... People settling for mediocrity instead of wanting more out of the world, and demanding it. What we are entitled to under our governments and the laws surrounding it - which the bullies have created loopholes around, making it a form of "legalized crime" against what was supposed to be pure - and is now exploited for greed and evil.
They can take a lot away, but they will never take away from me that which is truly important in life. They will have to keep searching endlessly for what they crave - I used to be where they are, but I found a better way. I will wish for their return as well, that they may wake from their slumber and break the strings of the puppet master... and become real boys and girls like Pinocchio! It all stems from my own wants and desires about life, so I am in a sense like them... still immature in my own growth.
I got way way off topic, I think. But I enjoyed what you have added very much!
Just very frustrating! People would rather run/dodge issues and not make them better for all... and not confront or face important issues head on, especially when it is about imbalances, and power struggles from those at the top. They (we) are lacking the courage to make a real impact, again settling for last - instead of demanding first, since they are they ones that are paying for that service from our corrupt governments. Not fixing it. They don't want it fixed, because it would then not be needed as much, and the truth would be exposed. I am the same way... It's about my wants and needs. I should just go along my way, and they will face their own judgement for doing what is wrong... and hurting others. I wish it didn't have to be my business, but they practically force it to be so, in many ways. ;)
I enjoy detailed responses and posts a lot! Better than hundreds of "thank you"s - not that those are not good too, but definitely great to read about interesting stuff. I appreciate it! Hopefully my viewpoint is interesting - not right or wrong, but what I think should be right.. and is wrong. Being poor and relying on help has really upset me over time. I am also almost into my 40's. A few more years off for me, but if my age were rounded up, I'd be at 40. Blacklists incoming from sympathizers/propagators of hate, for my "VITRIOL" above... maybe.
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I waited until I had the time to really read in depth what your wrote back. I 100% agree with the idea that there is a " fine line between insanity and genius". I think anyone who sets out to create a work of art or do anything other than just normal survival has to be a little bit crazy. Same goes for anyone inventing something that no one has ever thought of doing or making before. Just breaking away from the natural world and exploring abstract ideas and thoughts is kind of crazy in my opinion. And for me, with my writing, I have to work hard to make sure that I don't wander too far off and let things change from trying to say something insightful to sounding delusional or detached from reality, or even just plain not making sense.
I agree with your views on hoarding in a lot of ways. Not to get all religious but I do love JC (although I have some hangups about some of his followers and I think that the essence of his message is in our own hearts and minds and that's the best place to look for it and not a translation of a translation of something that a person who is human and flawed by nature wrote and not from someone who tries to exploit the message for social standing and/or financial gain) and this all reminds me of the story about the wealthy man who wanted to build bigger storage to save more of his grain instead of giving the excess away. Now back then, there was no industrialization, people didn't run large businesses that put thousands of people to work and make it so those people could feed themselves and their families. So some of those notions are a little antiquated because it takes money to run a business and the whole thing would break down if we all gave all of our excess away. But the heart of that sentiment is totally true and I believe in it fully. And when you think about what people in power do and the way they manipulate and exploit and how meaningless their wealth really is, it's all so infantile and I'm sure whatever true Higher Power exists would find it laughable at best, pathetic at worst. People talk about intelligent life from other planets and the Fermi paradox but my feeling is that any lifeform intelligent enough to communicate or advanced enough for interstellar travel, I would think, would be smart enough to stay the hell away from human beings. In what way would contact with us benefit them? We are violent and not that I'm a big environmentalist, we definitely have more of a negative impact on our surroundings than a positive one. By nature and by our modern way of life we make it very difficult for even the other life forms we share our planet with to survive.
And no one wanting to deal with the main root cause of any issues really, that I agree with you wholeheartedly and you are right, slapping a bandaid over our problems is more financially beneficial and allows us all to carry on with our selfish ways and live the way we want to and not the way we should.
Really appreciate the empathy/sympathy and again, thanks for making some more points that I agree with as well. If we are a couple of kooks, at least it feels better to know that we aren't alone. :)
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I like this! I won't write back another wall - just a little bit of humor, since we could go back and forth for some time, but yeah, good stuff!
It totally makes sense, in this crazy senseless world we have going on. I'm pretty much on the same page, as far as most of that goes. The systems are set up the way they are, and kinda like building a castle on sand, we have done so, and the foundation is not as stable as it could be, in a semi-close to perfect system, or as close as one could come to such an unimaginable ideal.
Agreed with everything but this one point: I have met Ancient Aliens many times. They like playing Steam, and they are also on Alienware's page most days, and we chat. Some are ancient, but not all of them are. They just tend to live for a lot longer than we do, so many are often confused with being ancient, since they are... very very old. They have super fast ships, but even at the speeds they go, if they take scenic routes through the Cosmos, it still can whittle away many years, even if it's almost instantaneous - relatively speaking, so they have to withstand it. That stuff will age you! Even when I use the very best facial anti-aging products regularly. I like the compounds on the market here with the shiitake complex the most.
I should know about this stuff. Look what happened to me in my picture there after just one test-run they invited me on.
I've warped through many an "acrid" sewer pipe, but that's nothing compared to their methods of travel.
Mr. Tsoukalos has nothing on me!
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