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Trollheart · 03-11-2014, 06:35 AM

Nah, I don't really accept opting out. If you want to bow out of the club altogether that's fine but you can't pick and choose what albums you'll review really. The first one we did here was an Ian Anderson and I bloody hate him but I still did a review. If everyone could decide not to review stuff they didn't like then we'd have nothing but glowing reviews, which would be pointless.

I completely don't understand your reasoning but respect your choice, but I'd have to say if you're going to have that attitude then the club is better off without you. We want people here who will commit to reviewing and put in the slog no matter whether they like or hate the album. Just saying I don't like it so I won't review it is not in my opinion grounds for avoiding reviewing it.

That said, this is all supposed to be done in a sense of fun and good humour, so I don't condemn you for your attitude but I certainly do not share it, and if this is the way you look at reviews then I would have to say should you review anything here in the future I would take it very much with a pinch of salt. I can review albums in my journals, or in threads, that I hate and still do a good review of them. Why can't you apply that same principle here?

Anyway, if you don't want to do it nobody can force you but your reasoning disappoints me.

Edit: I should be clearer here. Nobody HAS to review an album, other than the Core Group of Anteater, Unknown Soldier and me. But if you choose not to review one just don't do it. The kind of posturing you're doing here, Neapolitan, whether intentional or not (I'm assuming the latter) is just pointless. You don't want to review an album, fine. Just don't tell us all about how you hate it and why you're not going to review it. It just seems a little mean-spirited, especially since this is one of my favourite bands. Again I'm sure that wasn't your intention but really, if you don't want to review then don't review: you don't need to post about it. There are others who can take up the slack and the CG will always put in their reviews, so no album will be ignored completely.

03-11-2014, 06:35 AM	#677 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Nah, I don't really accept opting out. If you want to bow out of the club altogether that's fine but you can't pick and choose what albums you'll review really. The first one we did here was an Ian Anderson and I bloody hate him but I still did a review. If everyone could decide not to review stuff they didn't like then we'd have nothing but glowing reviews, which would be pointless. I completely don't understand your reasoning but respect your choice, but I'd have to say if you're going to have that attitude then the club is better off without you. We want people here who will commit to reviewing and put in the slog no matter whether they like or hate the album. Just saying I don't like it so I won't review it is not in my opinion grounds for avoiding reviewing it. That said, this is all supposed to be done in a sense of fun and good humour, so I don't condemn you for your attitude but I certainly do not share it, and if this is the way you look at reviews then I would have to say should you review anything here in the future I would take it very much with a pinch of salt. I can review albums in my journals, or in threads, that I hate and still do a good review of them. Why can't you apply that same principle here? Anyway, if you don't want to do it nobody can force you but your reasoning disappoints me. Edit: I should be clearer here. Nobody HAS to review an album, other than the Core Group of Anteater, Unknown Soldier and me. But if you choose not to review one just don't do it. The kind of posturing you're doing here, Neapolitan, whether intentional or not (I'm assuming the latter) is just pointless. You don't want to review an album, fine. Just don't tell us all about how you hate it and why you're not going to review it. It just seems a little mean-spirited, especially since this is one of my favourite bands. Again I'm sure that wasn't your intention but really, if you don't want to review then don't review: you don't need to post about it. There are others who can take up the slack and the CG will always put in their reviews, so no album will be ignored completely. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 03-11-2014 at 06:48 AM.