{"id":11,"date":"2001-03-26T21:52:32","date_gmt":"2001-03-27T05:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=11"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T08:00:00","slug":"gee-tough-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"Gee, Tough Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"

They’ve just<\/i> made the rankings visible again<\/a> over at Renderosity — meaning that I can now see how each individual scored me on my images<\/a>. It’s quite an eye-opener. I’m not sure if I’m relieved or anxious about the situation, but I’ve definitely been educated.<\/p>\n

One of my images<\/a> received about twelve 10’s before kaptenkattis<\/b> gave it a 6 — a 6<\/i>, and all he said was “nice”. No constructive criticism. No explanation for the low score (which, by the way, blew my 10 average). At the time he scored me, his<\/i> image<\/a> was fast on the rise in the 2D Gallery’s Best Rankings<\/a> list — except that my image was in the way. Naturally, that meant that my image needed to be knocked off. Hence, the 6.<\/p>\n

I was devastated when it happened — so much so that I actually mentioned it in an entry here<\/a>. At the time, though, I thought the low score was a 9, not a 6.<\/p>\n

Since then, I’ve had one other non-10 score on that image from jtron<\/b>, but I’ve seen his work<\/a>; I admire and respect him and his art, so I’m completely okay with his 9.<\/p>\n

Still, another one of my images<\/a> was a victim of negative-but-not-helpful feedback. I actually got a 1 from someone with the name Niti<\/b> this time — a 1<\/i>. Again, no constructive criticism — nothing to tell me why he didn’t like it enough to give me at least a 2. Again, I went investigating.<\/p>\n

Niti’s gallery<\/a> did not enlighten me. I found his images to be uninspiring, so I let the whole thing drop — that is, until I saw someone comment on one of his images and mention a thread about him<\/a> in the Complaint & Debate forum. Evidently, Niti makes a habit of leaving bad comments and low ratings for no apparent reason. I added my own words to the thread and left it at that.<\/p>\n

Now that the rankings are visible, though, I wonder how many more unjustified low rankings I’ll see. Probably none. As for the hard-core 8’s and 9’s — boy, it’s a tough audience out there! — they’ll still be pushing me to do better in my next image, looking for that high-hit, many-commented, 10-average work of art.<\/p>\nShare this post:

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They’ve just made the rankings visible again over at Renderosity — meaning that I can now see how each individual scored me on my images. It’s quite an eye-opener. I’m not sure if I’m relieved or anxious about the situation, but I’ve definitely been educated. One of my images received about twelve 10’s before kaptenkattis gave it a 6 — a 6, and all he said was “nice”. No constructive criticism. No explanation for the low score (which, by the…<\/p>\n

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