[McQueen]

Happy Birthday Dman88, and Honor I say stick with your own style you've been using on your reviews.

[MBL]

Originally Posted by Honor™

this kinda has to do with this topic.

I just wanted to know what some of u guys think....

When doing a review, should it be a play by play? Or just a quick breakdown of the workrate, psychology and story and what i liked and disliked about the match??? I feel the this help the person reading better understand the review and the match, while Play by Play informs them to much about the match, and tells them what EXACTLY happened in it....

There is no right or wrong way, im just wondering to myself if i should keep doing it my way, or conform to what other sites put up which is a comple PBP. (Kinda like what 411 does). Just wondering

I am a little torn here (thinking about how to write the next review).

Should i keep my style?

Definetely the quick breakdown of what you thought of the matches. We want to read what your opinions are and what aspects of the match were good and bad, why read play by play? Kind of spoils the purpose in watching the DVD. I do agree with WCW4lyfe, play by play looks alot more impressive when you just scroll down the page but I would rather read 4 lines of meaningful thoughts than 20 lines of just retelling what you saw. People can do that for themselves.

[ROH]

Originally Posted by Honor™

this kinda has to do with this topic.

I just wanted to know what some of u guys think....

When doing a review, should it be a play by play? Or just a quick breakdown of the workrate, psychology and story and what i liked and disliked about the match??? I feel the this help the person reading better understand the review and the match, while Play by Play informs them to much about the match, and tells them what EXACTLY happened in it....

There is no right or wrong way, im just wondering to myself if i should keep doing it my way, or conform to what other sites put up which is a comple PBP. (Kinda like what 411 does). Just wondering

I am a little torn here (thinking about how to write the next review).

Should i keep my style?

I try to keep mine half and half, but then again I get stuck and just resort to play - by - play.

On the ROH boards, all ChrisV puts is "good match", then detailed play by play, then a rating. He doesnt talk about why/how the match is good at all, yet he still gets lots of praise for his reviews.

Anyway I like how I do it half and half, (well try to), and I think you should do it too.

[Honor™]

^^^^^^^^^^^^
See thats the thing, play by play is the recognised way of reviewing.

However, people reading reviews are reading them for one of two reasons.

Either

1) They want to see if its a good show

2) They have seen it and want to see what others thought.

If your reading it for number 1, a play by play MAY spoil the match for people. Not the result, but how the result went down.

If your reading for number 2, you already have watched the action and dont need a play by play.

I am thinking about incorporating more play by play into them though.

When i was reviewing wwe ppvs live, i did play by play, only because most of the people in that section have no idea what storytelling or psychology is anyway

[ROH]

Originally Posted by Honor™

^^^^^^^^^^^^
See thats the thing, play by play is the recognised way of reviewing.

However, people reading reviews are reading them for one of two reasons.

Either

1) They want to see if its a good show

2) They have seen it and want to see what others thought.

If your reading it for number 1, a play by play MAY spoil the match for people. Not the result, but how the result went down.

If your reading for number 2, you already have watched the action and dont need a play by play.

I am thinking about incorporating more play by play into them though.

When i was reviewing wwe ppvs live, i did play by play, only because most of the people in that section have no idea what storytelling or psychology is anyway

I pretty much agree. To me it's nice to know what happened in a match, eg. certain moves. Say i read play by play of a match I havent seen and wanted to see it, and the play by play lists loads of big moves at the end, like finishers which I really love, I'll probably put the match on my "to see" list.

[Thats_howIroll]

Fucking ROHelp. I need to know if my order is processed(he said a couple days ago it didn't because there was a problem with the credit card but now there is enough space on the credit card for it to go through)so I know if I should reorder or not.

The guy hasn't responded for two days.

[Honor™]

^^^^^^^^^^
Its the weekend, give the poor bastard a break

[Spartanlax]

I think play-by-play is purely retarded, and I have no idea why people do it. I'm not going to read the entire match, and if I did, it's nowhere near going to pump me up for getting ready to watch the match or make me want to watch it. I try to give a brief overview followed by an opinion, but it ends up being too short, so when I try to add more details it becomes a clusterfuck combination of PBP and overview/opinion, so I just gave up on full reviews. PBP is stupid, but it seems to be the easiest and most recognized.

[Homicide_187]

When I'm doing a review I try to throw in both a mixture of how a felt about the match ie the crowd/atmosphere and certain big spots that might have happened thatI felt is note worthy.

[.EMO]

How is New Frontiers and Testing the Limit.