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Gorgo Ourgon
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 04 2009 Location: Kobaļa Status: Offline Points: 161 |
Posted: April 18 2009 at 11:51 | |
I think that's a great idea. IMO, an album has no business in the top 100 if it hasn't even reached a broad audience.
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Soul Dreamer
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 17 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 997 |
Posted: April 18 2009 at 18:44 | |
I think this album (Tick Tock) deserves to be listened to...I agree that the 10th position in the all time list is a bit high, but it's great music and if this position (only temporary for sure) helps more people to listen to this great album, than that's fine by me...Gazpacho makes great music and it's good to see it promoted...
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To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica)
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thornw
Forum Newbie Joined: April 21 2009 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 10 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 10:04 | |
Isn't it obvious that there's a fanboy or two (or a record label) creating all those 5-star reviews?
Look at how many other ratings and reviews those 5-star reviewers have. Only one of them- russelk- isn't suspicious.
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sigod
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 10:53 | |
I very much like the music these guys play but what I like more is that
love them or hate them, this is the kind of thread that every band
wishes for. You just can't pay for this kind of promotion/advertising.
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thornw
Forum Newbie Joined: April 21 2009 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 10 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 10:55 | |
Actually, I think you can.
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Mr ProgFreak
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 10:55 | |
Or maybe a limit of 10 collaborator reviews. If 50 ratings without reviews are all it takes, people could create as many accounts and make that happen. Yes, they don't have a life! |
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Diaby
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 15 2007 Location: Hungary Status: Offline Points: 774 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 11:04 | |
It's also obvious that you've just registered for sharing this marvellous opinion.
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yeah
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thornw
Forum Newbie Joined: April 21 2009 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 10 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 11:10 | |
Does that make the point any less valid?
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 11:33 | |
I have investigated this allegation and found no case to answer. This is neither fanboy-ism, ratings rigging nor abuse.
All the reviews and ratings are from unique IP addresses - no two IP addresses share the same ISP - only four share the same country and there is no regional geographical correlation in those either.
Taking the vote breakdown by country I discovered that the 33 votes cast come from 22 different countries:
Argentina X 2
Australia Belarus Bulgaria X 2 Chile Czech Republic Denmark Germany Greece Hungary Italy X 2 Moldova Netherlands X 2 New Zealand Norway Poland X 2 Russian Federation Spain X 2 Spain Turkey United Kingdom X 4 United States X 2 My conclusion from this is that Gazpacho has achieved the prog holy grail - universal aclaim.
More power to them I say Edited by Dean - April 21 2009 at 11:40 |
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What?
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thornw
Forum Newbie Joined: April 21 2009 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 10 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 11:37 | |
Really? Where were the ones who actually *reviewed* the album?
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 11:46 | |
Denmark, Spain, Poland, New Zealand, UK, UK
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What?
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thornw
Forum Newbie Joined: April 21 2009 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 10 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 12:03 | |
Well, I guess I could have just checked for myself. Apparently they each say they're from different countries, so maybe they are real. I honestly don't know. But it sure is suspicious, that's all I'm saying.
70 percent of the reviews are from people who have only reviewed 1-4 albums. Compare that to any other album!
No, I can't PROVE the ratings aren't real, but neither can anyone else really prove they are. Let's face it, stuff like this has happened on Progarchives before, and I wouldn't be surprised if labels and fanboys have found a way to circumvent whatever policing there may be.
In the end, it's up to regular old users to not get swept up in hype. But it really seems like many users on Progarchives are easily duped....
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thornw
Forum Newbie Joined: April 21 2009 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 10 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 12:12 | |
. Edited by thornw - April 21 2009 at 12:16 |
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Mr ProgFreak
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 12:24 | |
@Dean:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network) Good news is: most Tor proxies can be identified by IP address. Maybe you can pass this along to M@x ... anonymous access to PA should be possible, but IMO not for submitting ratings! |
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 13:42 | |
Will do - thanks Mike.
...of course any proxy can be tricked into reveailing it's true IP, no one can be 100% anonymous since the end-points are fixed.
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What?
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demolition man
Forum Groupie Joined: May 26 2007 Location: Madrid Status: Offline Points: 67 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 13:44 | |
Hello, suspicious here!
I have seen the band 3 times live and they are superb.
Maybe you should listen to the album and give it a rating?
yes this was my first review and i did submit a full review but only after submitting a 5* rating (too late to go back, but i did submit my review via the feedback link.......maybe it will be posted?)
A fanboy? No, just a Gazpacho fan
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demolition man
Forum Groupie Joined: May 26 2007 Location: Madrid Status: Offline Points: 67 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 13:45 | |
Not sure i like the Groupie tag
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stewe
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Czechoslovakia Status: Offline Points: 593 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 13:47 | |
This thread turned to be interesting:) I have thought it could be an easy promotion among proggers, by achieving such respectable position here. Because there are lot such reviews from unknown one-shot writers. It would be interesting to find out the proxy IP adresses of these obscure reviewers, it will prove or disprove it.
Edited by stewe - April 21 2009 at 13:49 |
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Diaby
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 15 2007 Location: Hungary Status: Offline Points: 774 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 13:47 | |
Hi! Contact an admin, and he will give your review to your rating if you send it him!
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yeah
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thornw
Forum Newbie Joined: April 21 2009 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 10 |
Posted: April 21 2009 at 13:58 | |
I did listen to some stuff from "Night" a few years ago and was utterly unimpressed. Nothing stood out as bad, but nothing stood out as good. It was well-produced though. Thing is, I don't want to reward fanboyism/hype/overly-positive reviews by checking them out again. That's what all these 5-star reviews achieve... everybody wants to see what the big deal is.
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