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mudman (Suspended)
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100% Give me a break.
I've been a member off and on and on again for years. True, Abby's one of the very best out there, if not the best, but 100 %? I just can't agree with any 100 % for any site. Sorry
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03-14-07 08:12am
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roseman (Suspended)
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REPLY TO #1 - mudman :
I agree that no site deserves to be rated with a pure 100 %, nothing and none is perfect so it is logical but ... from the other hand we must consider what a user expects from a site when joining, all I mean is that if he / she finds the site totally cool and totally enjoys it then rates it with an 100, as he / she thinks that's perfect. That is why trust user feature was enabled.
Giving rates of 100, in my personal opinion, is not good for the site, because other users/people think that the review is prolly biased and you don't help webmaster(s)/owner(s) make things better.
I gave a positive '' trust user '' vote to qualsite34 because I liked another site review that he did and I am sure that he must have a reason of giving this site a rate like that, maybe we should let him give some explanation.
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03-14-07 01:32pm
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turismo (0)
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Its not the 100 score that bothers me as much as the lack of an actual review.
I still don't know whether the site has DRM, the amount of content available or anything else for that matter.
Some more information would be helpful, especially regarding content, download speeds and updates
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03-14-07 06:26pm
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SnowDude (0)
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I agree with what everybody said, especially the part about it not seeming like a real review. The pros part is ok if he loves it that much, but the rest seems like an advertisement. It is definitely not helpful to the site to have him give it a 100 because no site is perfect. The only way I'd probably give a site a 100 is if they hand delivered everything to my house and I got to meet with the performers! But, as roseman pointed out, I would like to hear what he has to say because many have rated this site only a couple points lower than 100 and maybe it has fufilled all his needs, which would be awesome if I could find that for myself.
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03-14-07 07:07pm
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qualsite34 (0)
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REPLY TO #1 - mudman :
Okay, maybe nobody really merits a 100%, but to me these reviews are subjective and serve as a consumer guide to potential users. The 100% is a curved grade which represents my opinion of how the site fares in comparison with all other amateur sites I have seen. Since Abby Winters is cutting edge, and appears to be so superior overall to anything else out there, this is my way of representing this site as reference standard for the amateur niche. If I were to pick one area where another site has surpassed Abby, and this was very recent, I would pick Simons Scans because they upgraded their videos to include the MOV format option coded in H.264.
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03-14-07 11:23pm
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mudman (Suspended)
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REPLY TO #5 - qualsite34 :
Please don't think I was just picking on you. These 100's have been bothering me for a while and yesterday was my day to snap on it.
Unless you can measure it with some sort of ruler, when isn't it subjective.
Anyway, I agree, Abby Winters is the benchmark, standard bearer, leader of the pack, for amateur sites and I'd go further and included commercial sites as well. There's not a better site out there considering all things. They do some much brilliantly, but they're not perfect. You said as much in your reply and gave Abby a 100. To me it's a 98.
Perhaps the real issue is this cancer of grading on a curve. Sure made a lot of parents and teachers happy, but it is to education what the Ford Mustangs of the late seventies are to the Mustang line and cars in general. An ill conceived inflation of a good idea.
So forgive me, but I just couldn't take it any more.
Mudman
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03-15-07 05:25am
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mudman (Suspended)
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REPLY TO #2 - roseman :
Roseman
Not going to get into any details here. If you read my reply to qualsite, I think you'll see that I covered what you're saying. These 100's just bug me.
Mudman
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03-15-07 05:29am
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roseman (Suspended)
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REPLY TO #7 - mudman :
lol, there is no doubt that you did a ... cover.
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03-15-07 05:57am
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BostonPJR (Disabled)
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Besides, Qual certainly isn't the first to give this site a 100 or near-100. It's clear the site is well loved by many. (why on Earth have I not joined ...?)
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03-28-07 05:06pm
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