Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31256456-20181228061901/@comment-31256456-20181230224544

TheMayor123 wrote: Role Ideas:

I don't think it's always the reviewer's fault here honestly. If the OP doesn't give you anything to work with, you can't really do anything but give your criticism and say "Rejected". I mean, you can give some suggestions, but those are not always easy to do when someone makes a role like "Serial Killer Hunter".

"Reviewer: This role is a complete abomination. It doesn't work, it has no creativity, and really has nothing to do with the game I know and love, Town of Salem Coven Edition."

No one really says this at all unless the role is indeed, an abomination. (See my first paragraph). Fine, people say roles don't work, but what's wrong with that? It's ok as long as you give a decent explanation to WHY it doesn't work. In some cases, that isn't even required because a role is utterly ridiculously.

"Reviewer: Wow, we see way too many of these garbage roles, seriously. Alright now I'll go make a critical paragraph about it that gives no way to improve your idea."

I mean, can't really argue with ya there, but still, sometimes it is impossible to improve a role. If the role is terrible, the reviewer should still treat it with respect. There's many users who do this and I see it every single day. I've put very good examples on how to say it in a nicer way. People leave the community when they receive that kind of language. I also highly doubt that you read everything clearly, I explained with examples on how you can address roles that can't be improved. Remember, being truthful is great, but don't use it as an excuse to be mean. And not all users are masters of Tos, no matter how obvious it seems, point out the flaws in a kind way, the reason why they posted the role is because they thought it would work, your job is to explain why it does or doesn't work, and how to fix (if it's unfixable, explain why in a KIND way and explain how to make a better role). That is the whole point of a role review. We aren't chefs judging a dish, we are supposed to give constructive and kind feedback. If you really hate a role and can't improve it and you aren't willing to explain how to make a role good or at least explain to the user who posted it how to make roles, don't review at all. That's a problem I see consistently, many role reviewers give no constructive feedback and simply bash over and over without any thought to the other side. I want to see an explanation on why it doesn't work instead of the consistent bashing and how I can do better next time, not the negative spew of comments consistently put on the wiki. Sorry for the slight negative tone, but it needs to be addressed.

Thanks for the response.