Report Problems/Bugs with Review Site

[mx]

Report cd review site problems/errors/bugs here.

I'll delete fixed bugs to keep this thread clean

[Kaleid]

Posts and reviews of users who've had recent name changes are doubled
Eg.
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=12062

Also affected:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/profile.php?name=Roy.
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/user/The+Door+Mouse

-sop

[IsItLuck?]

I am about to submit a review within the next day or so on the band "Final Fantasy." Right now in the database there is only the video game soundtrack and they really should not co-exist under the same title. Now I could put the album I am about to review under Owen Pallett, but the CD is filed under Final Fantasy. What to do, what to do?

I've merged the game soundtrack into Nobuo Uematsu.

[jdogsnoop]

I get this when logging in
Warning: getimagesize(images/members/169254.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/sputnik/index.php on line 97

Warning: Division by zero in /var/www/html/sputnik/index.php on line 105

I don't know if it has to do w/ my Pie chart but it doesn't work, it just says "Invalid XML Data"

[Cesar21]

Warning: getimagesize(images/members/242510.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/sputnik/index.php on line 97

Warning: Division by zero in /var/www/html/sputnik/index.php on line 105

above my username in the front page when I'm logged in

Also...

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=7734&memberid=248727
Spam list, please delete. See comments before deleting

[Hbp]

gah, closed the problem thread so:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/The+Chariot
album listed twice.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Please add this album cover:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ux4OBlgTL._SS500_.jpg

To this album:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=18259

tyvm.

[Zebra]

finished all of that

[Cesar21]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=979#5039

Plz delete that. And chan plz stop doing that.

[Cocaine]

Okay, while it was funny for a bit, I think the error that comes with editing comments in news/listening parties needs to be fixed. You know the one where, if you edit a comment, it brings you to this page

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/lesson.php?lessonid=3410#comments

[Zebra]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=979#5039

Plz delete that. And chan plz stop doing that.

deleted

[Jom]

Okay, while it was funny for a bit, I think the error that comes with editing comments in news/listening parties needs to be fixed. You know the one where, if you edit a comment, it brings you to this page

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/lesson.php?lessonid=3410#comments

There are two pages like this (the other being the infamous Silverchair Frogstomp page), but as of now, it's one of those things that is at the very bottom of his to-do list.

The good news is that after he gets all graduamatated and all that other good stuff, he'll be back more than just intermittently. Again, though, it's one of those flukes on the site that will be there until he can look into it.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_12113

Not sure if it's necessary to delete it, but it's not exactly a music review. Funny though.

[Cesar21]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/muse.php?memberid=247342

Advertaisment?

[Channing]

what

[Jom]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/muse.php?memberid=247342

Advertaisment?

Nah, he's okay, he's just excited for the album. Unless he starts plastering that information all over the site and starts making crappy news articles about it, he can be like the retard that sits in the corner drooling by himself: he's clearly having a great time, it's just that nobody wants to share in his fun.

Thank you, though.

[pixiesfanyo]

Why did you delete all of The Antique's reviews?

[Jom]

Whoa whoa whoa, I haven't deleted anything yet!

[pixiesfanyo]

I wasn't accusing you.

But some mod did.

[IsItLuck?]

Delete this band entry:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands.php?bandid=5850

because this is already there:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands.php?bandid=5520

[Jom]

Delete this band entry:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands.php?bandid=5850

because this is already there:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands.php?bandid=5520

Done, thanks.

This is also a request that I can bring back the good ol' days of deepskyblue, please! And give Zebra the same ability, but that punk has to pick a different color.

[Angmar]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=3425#lastpost

NOT FUNNY!!!

[Mikesn]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=3423&genreid=4

Delete this as well, it was already posted.

[Cesar21]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=3425#lastpost

NOT FUNNY!!!

I'm with stevo here. Pliz end this ASAP

[Jom]

Posts 22-24 already taken care of before I could do anything... thanks to whomever.

[iarescientists]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=12122

early

[Jom]

Thanks - 26 is taken care of.

[Cocaine]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=3429

old news

[IsItLuck?]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=18049#5057

just a shitload of lols Also check out/delete the other sound-offs that are rediculous. Scope the one with "U must listen to linkin park 2 -3 times."

[Jom]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=3429

old news

holy **** Thor did something :eek:

Just kidding, sexy.

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=18049#5057

just a poopload of lols Also check out/delete the other sound-offs that are rediculous. Scope the one with "U must listen to linkin park 2 -3 times."

Yeah, there are a lot of bad ones there, but I don't feel that any of them are delete-worthy, even if they are cringe-worthy. There's a reason there's a bump feature for sound-offs, so the ones that are for the most part well-written will be elevated towards the top.

If Zebbie or SOP want to over-rule me, I've got no qualms about that.

[Eliminator]

thor got rid of one useless thing

but yet he's still here

:(

[tom79]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=7518
add date, 1983

[Jom]

Done... thanks, tom.

[IsItLuck?]

Yeah, there are a lot of bad ones there, but I don't feel that any of them are delete-worthy, even if they are cringe-worthy. There's a reason there's a bump feature for sound-offs, so the ones that are for the most part well-written will be elevated towards the top.

If Zebbie or SOP want to over-rule me, I've got no qualms about that.

butbutbut the one I linked even had the "Explain Your Rating - Should be at least 120 characters long, with complete sentences" I mean cmon.

oh okay. that works.

[Jom]

butbutbut I took that text out!

[Zebra]

holy **** Thor did something :eek:

Just kidding, sexy.



Yeah, there are a lot of bad ones there, but I don't feel that any of them are delete-worthy, even if they are cringe-worthy. There's a reason there's a bump feature for sound-offs, so the ones that are for the most part well-written will be elevated towards the top.

If Zebbie or SOP want to over-rule me, I've got no qualms about that.

those soundoffs were bad but I also don't think they should be deleted.

[RandyfromPennywise]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=6283

This EP needs to be dated 1985.

[pixiesfanyo]

who banned the antique?

[Cocaine]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=248727

He's just posting his entire song collection to spite people that (rightfully) make fun of his taste.

[Jom]

Don't worry, I'm keeping an amused eye on that.

im only doing it to piss u ppl off, and its working,hahahahahahahahhahahahahaha....theres more

I hate to crush all his hard work in typing, but I don't have time for poor attitudes!

[Zebra]

well, his lists are about music so I can't really justify why I'd delete them. Maybe people just should just ignore them instead of making stupid posts.

to pixies: don't know, i dont even know who "the antique" is.

[Cocaine]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=7816&memberid=248727

Well you can surely do something about this one, which just proves he's out to be a douchebag and not much else.

[RandyfromPennywise]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=6283

This EP needs to be dated 1985.

That.

[Cocaine]

Same user just made another useless list

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=248727&listid=7817

I think he's entered ban-worthy territory now.

edit: He deletes the lists as they're reported.

First it was "how long does cocaine stay in your body" with the options "hlp" and "plz". Now he made a list of spunik user he wishes would burn in hell.

here's pr00f in case he deletes that one too

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8808/mastkw9.jpg

[pixiesfanyo]

i mean that list is pretty accurate.

[Justus0]

it seems there's an inconsistency in the rating system. when writing a full review, 3 stars is deemed as "Average", but if simply giving an album a rating on the album page, 3 stars is considered "Good". it would seem to me that the latter is more accurate as 2.5 stars (or 50% of 5) is more appropriately "Average" and that 3 stars or more is when albums are being considered "Good" or better.

[planewreck]

http://sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=7817&memberid=248727
:|

[Jom]

That.

Done, thanks.

Mastodon_2007's lists

Yeah, he's going to take a break for a bit, thanks.

it seems there's an inconsistency in the rating system. when writing a full review, 3 stars is deemed as "Average", but if simply giving an album a rating on the album page, 3 stars is considered "Good". it would seem to me that the latter is more accurate as 2.5 stars (or 50% of 5) is more appropriately "Average" and that 3 stars or more is when albums are being considered "Good" or better.

Yes, there's a discrepancy in the rating system, and perhaps one day, when all is right in the world, it will be fixed. However, it is my solemn hope that people will understand that 2.5 is half of five. But, one can dream.

http://sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=7817&memberid=248727
:|

Just took care of that, but thanks again.

[Bron-Yr-Aur]

sic semper tyrannis!

[RandyfromPennywise]

Thanks Jom. Could you also please delete the "mp3" in the U2 page titled "I Fall Down"? It isn't a proper link and doesn't work. (I posted it, I thought it would work but it doesn't.)

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/U2

[Jom]

Thanks Jom. Could you also please delete the "mp3" in the U2 page titled "I Fall Down"? It isn't a proper link and doesn't work. (I posted it, I thought it would work but it doesn't.)

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/U2

Sure dude, thanks again.

sic semper tyrannis!

Vincit veritas.

[jdogsnoop]

could someone add this image http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AEFXYEYJL._AA240_.jpg

To this album http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=15315
Thanks

[Jom]

All set, thanks.

[The Jungler]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/The+Used

Delete 'Other'.

[Skyler]

Why was the "is this review well writen?" feature brought back?

[Cocaine]

Why was the "is this review well writen?" feature brought back?

It never left.

[Wildhoodlum]

Could someone reset Hep Kat's password please? I get this:

Your username is: Hattir


In my forgotten password email. So yeah =\

[Skyler]

Oh I see, it was only removed from staff reviews.

[Jom]

Thanks, Katz Bros.

Skyler: yep, that's accurate. Cheers to Cocaine.

Hep Kat: sorry, that's mx and/or Superpeer territory; I can't do a thing about that.

[Wildhoodlum]

Thanks, Katz Bros.

Skyler: yep, that's accurate. Cheers to Cocaine.

Hep Kat: sorry, that's mx and/or Superpeer territory; I can't do a thing about that.

Oh, word? Jelle got admin'd? That's cool.



Yeah, forgot for a minute that supers and stuff can't do what I was asking, but I'll figure it out one way or another.

[tectactoe]

I was adding a band and an album for that band, and I accidentally hit "submit" without giving the album a name.

I re-did the "add album" with all the info, and so now there's two albums for this band. If you could, just delete the album named "Album Name" and keep the other one.

The band is: Rory

Thanks! (and sorry for this!)

[planewreck]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/Skye+Sweetnam

Pop, not pop-punk.


And to make life easier for the mods, here's what tec was talking about:
http://sputnikmusic.com/band/rory

Just delete 'Album Name.'

[Eliminator]

you guys do know you can edit the genres...

[planewreck]

It has to go through the mods anyway though, right?

[Iluvatar]

Yes. There is still no reason to post it here though.

[Intransit]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=3490

Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues is what it should be. Subtract that g plz.

[Jom]

Done, thanks.

And yeah, that Skye artist is under pop now, thanks to iare and planewreq.

[tom79]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=2200
add date, 1991

Add this cover
http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/dre200/e292/e29295kt6ku.jpg
to:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=1881\
and add the date, 2000
thanks

[planewreck]

http://sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=14262#5070
Rating and writing sound-offs without hearing the whole album.

[Jom]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=2200
add date, 1991

Add this cover
http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/dre200/e292/e29295kt6ku.jpg
to:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=1881\
and add the date, 2000
thanks

Great, thanks for the linkage and info. All set.

planewreq: while it's annoying and certainly not encouraged, it's not in my contract to tell users to not rate albums they haven't heard in their entirety. As such, I can't remove that sound-off because he hasn't broken any rules, per se, other than being overzealous, which isn't really a punishable rule.

[Skyler]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=3866
2002, not 2005

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=6235
1984

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=5011
2000, not 2005

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=7652
2001

[planewreck]

planewreq: while it's annoying and certainly not encouraged, it's not in my contract to tell users to not rate albums they haven't heard in their entirety. As such, I can't remove that sound-off because he hasn't broken any rules, per se, other than being overzealous, which isn't really a punishable rule.
Oh, I usually thought this was frowned upon and not allowed, seeing as it's been posted in here before and deleted, etc. No big deal, just thought it might be needlessly cluttering up the site.

[Jom]

Oh, I usually thought this was frowned upon and not allowed, seeing as it's been posted in here before and deleted, etc. No big deal, just thought it might be needlessly cluttering up the site.

Well, it is frowned upon, surely, but I can't punish users who rate albums they haven't heard. And if you want to talk about needless clutter, look no further than a majority of the lists and journals that pour in on a daily basis, haha.

Skyler: should be all set, thanks.

[kalkal50]

Hello,

Everytime I want to search an artist when I'm on the "metal" front page, a blank screen comes up with "bad URL, please re-enter". I've tried off several computers, so I think it's a bug. Thanks.

[tom79]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=8112
2002
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=2444
2004
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=6387
8/18/2006

[Zebra]

done

[Zebra]

Hello,

Everytime I want to search an artist when I'm on the "metal" front page, a blank screen comes up with "bad URL, please re-enter". I've tried off several computers, so I think it's a bug. Thanks.

yeah it's just a bug

[RandyfromPennywise]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/Strung+Out - there are 3 copies of the mp3 titled "Analog". Can you delete the two without capital letters? Cheers.

[The Sludge]

I'm sure it isn't huge, but there is a small bug when I left a comment in the Used review where the html code shown.

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=12144&page=2#comments

[jamesheritage]

i loged on recently and all 200 of my album ratings were deleted can u please help

[GleamInRanks]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=1277
The year should be 1996. Thanks.

[Jom]

Randy: took care of that before work, just forgot to pop up to say hey. Thanks.

Sludge: no clue, dude, anything related to code goes straight to mx... sorry.

jamesheritage: afraid not, man, sorry. Just re-rate them, but if you're one of those dudes who rates every pop and hip-hop album a 1 and every metal album a 5, I can see why they'd get deleted.

GleamInRanks: thanks, dude, all set.

[Alf™]

Why was my 'Era Vulgaris Leak' news item deleted?

[Jom]

Why was my 'Era Vulgaris Leak' news item deleted?

It wasn't me - I let it go because of your comment about "Internet sleuthing" or whatever. I would have deleted it if you provided the leak itself. But, it's not like you gave a direct link to the leak or anything, but there might be some rule that I don't know about where you can't report on leaks. This is understandable, since we don't permit reviews of leaked albums until they're officially released.

So, having said that, it wasn't me, but I can see why it would be; in parallel, this is my justification for not deleting it last night.

[Cocaine]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/Death+Before+Dishonor

Should not be in alt/indie.

[Zebra]

i've never heard of the band so i have no idea what genre there supposed to be in.:confused:

[Cocaine]

Hardcore or Metalcore. I've only heard the odd song but I know 100000% they're not alt/indie at all. Just put it in Hardcore.

[Zebra]

done

[The Sludge]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=11915&page=1#lastpost

That Mastodon guy is making dick comments towards the reviewer.

[samthebassman]

He makes dick comments all the time.

[Cocaine]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=7869&memberid=197577

Mastodon_2007 posting BS on Sludge's list. Why isnt this ****er banned yet? First he creates like 30 lists at once, then he harasses people. What does it take?

[The Sludge]

Actually I kind of spammed his list first. But it's only a take on what he has been doing lately to others. I afterwards know that it was a mistake though.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Just a quick question - what's the deal with changing a band's genre? I edit bands quite often by adding bands to the 'similar bands' part, and also change the genres often to give what I think are more accurate descriptions. These obviously don't take effect - do they have to be approved or can only mods do it? Because none of the bands I try to change genres of seem to change.

EDIT: Thanks Jom.

[samthebassman]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=3441#lastpost

This isnt news, it is someone looking for some free advertising.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Yep, Sam's right, that person joined up only to post that ad.

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands.php?bandid=235 <--- One of the mp3s for "Man Or Mouse" doesn't work. I posted an mp3 of the song which does work so can someone please remove the dead link? Cheers.

EDIT: There's also two copies of "Coolidge" on the same page.

[Zebra]

I banned Mastodon_2007 for obvious spam reasons and took care of the rest of the links.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Thanks Zeb.

Can you also date this album (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=6665) 2005,

and change the track listing on this album (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=6305) to:

1. Periscopes
2. All I Need
3. Morning Sun
4. The Reason Is
5. Version
6. Big Mama's Door
7. On A Clear Day
8. A Million Miles

and also put the release date as 2002. Thanks mate.

[Jom]

What the hell? I banned Mastodon a couple days ago when he made that list attacking other users. Unless one of the we're-never-around moderators unbanned him magically, I couldn't tell you how he got unbanned.

Just a quick question - what's the deal with changing a band's genre? I edit bands quite often by adding bands to the 'similar bands' part, and also change the genres often to give what I think are more accurate descriptions. These obviously don't take effect - do they have to be approved or can only mods do it? Because none of the bands I try to change genres of seem to change.

Aye, anybody can change them, but they are put into a queue so they can be approved (once upon a time, Fall Out Boy's description was changed to "These guys are a bunch of pussies" and a rather... interesting... picture replaced the band photo). From what I've seen, I've only seen you in the queue once or twice, so maybe it's something goofy on your end?

Release dates and tracklists: check and check. Thanks.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Mmm, that's strange, I change band's genres all the time, but maybe it doesn't register because normally it's something like "Indie" changed to "Indie Pop" or something, and I also change secondary genres too, maybe they don't register or something???

To see if it's my end, I edited the band "The Beautiful Girls" (the band you just fixed up I believe), I changed their genres to : 1. Folk, 2. Reggae, 3. Alt Rock, wonder if that is in the queue?

[Jom]

Mmm, that's strange, I change band's genres all the time, but maybe it doesn't register because normally it's something like "Indie" changed to "Indie Pop" or something, and I also change secondary genres too, maybe they don't register or something???

I couldn't tell you, dude... sometimes the queue is empty when I log on, sometimes there's items in it. In your case, I saw you with one change this morning:

To see if it's my end, I edited the band "The Beautiful Girls" (the band you just fixed up I believe), I changed their genres to : 1. Folk, 2. Reggae, 3. Alt Rock, wonder if that is in the queue?

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/The+Beautiful+Girls

Yep, I saw that in the queue, looks sexcellent. I doubt it's something on your end, then, and I can say with certainty that I clicked the right button to approve the changes, so maybe it is something buggy like that. If you edit more band pages anytime soon, let me know and I'll see if they're in the queue... this is also a side-note to Zebbie or SOP (since Moz is MIA and Shadows is eternally depressed) that if either of them see any changes you made to make sure the band pages update when they put you through the queue. Thanks again.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Thanks mate, appreciate it. You mods should get paid. Maybe in beers.

[The Sludge]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=7873&memberid=250109

Dumb list.

[Jom]

Thanks mate, appreciate it. You mods should get paid. Maybe in beers.

I get a Swedish mail-order bride - her name is Volga and comes without drama or baggage. I can't understand a word she says, but man, it's sexy. I think Zebra got a polar bear rug, but I don't know what he does with that :o

Sludge: yeah, fair enough, seeing as how he can't spell "sandwich."

[RandyfromPennywise]

I get a Swedish mail-order bride - her name is Volga and comes without drama or baggage. I can't understand a word she says, but man, it's sexy. I think Zebra got a polar bear rug, but I don't know what he does with that :o

Classic!

[Jom]

Okay, guys, let's take it easy with this whole negative Converge review.

Believe me, I can only imagine how much fun it is to trash an album or trash a person's opinion, but there were very few of you that did it in a responsible manner.

Honestly, I don't know what the deal is with some of you. I don't like banning people, but I also don't want to be the sort of dude who just gives a million warnings without justified punishment.

So, having said this, consider this a strong warning to not act like children. I am not saying "Don't have fun," but if you guys represent the site, you shouldn't act adversely. This means:

1. ENOUGH with the name-calling. Anybody who uses "idiot," "dumbass," "****ing dip****," or any similar bomb will be taking a leave of absence from the site for not acting like a responsible poster.

2. ENOUGH with the taunting. Telling users to "just go away," or to say that their reviews aren't good, or any of that business, will come to a screeching halt on my watch. There are people I clearly don't like on this site, but I still have to grin and bear it. This means you should, too.

3. It's not worth it getting banned for acting like children. I ask that you guys be a little more responsible in your posting - enough with the taunts, trying to pick fights, and sophomoric behavior. I'm going to continue to delete posts that relate to these points, and if I keep deleting the same user's posts, he or she can expect to be banned without any chance for appeal.

4. Don't make me guess who you're friends with. If you constantly write incendiary posts to somebody who's your BFF on Sputnikmusic but I don't know that, don't come whining to me because I canned you. I'll probably apologize, but I'll also tell you to re-consider your interactions on the site.

This is doubly true for approved and staff writers, who have prestige on the site and newcomers can look to. It's impossible to ask everybody to post civilly, mostly because some of you will flat-out ignore that request, but making an effort certainly isn't too much to ask of you guys. New users will turn to you and model themselves after you, whether you believe it or not, so I don't want to start banning users who act like you while you get off scot-free, you know?

This is just a reminder that we will probably see another one of these reviews again, so I am reminding you to not be childish. If your first instinct is "FLAME FLAME I HAVE TO LAY DOWN THIS TOTALLY SWEET BURN I READ ON SOMETHING AWFUL" you should probably stop yourself. And please, don't carry on arguments. It doesn't take me long to delete them, but it does increase the probability of me getting annoyed.

[Cocaine]

I definitely jumped the gun on that guy but I also definitely provided reasoning as to why I was saying the review was poorly written. It was so obviously written simply to get a reaction that I couldn't help myself, though I probably should have.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Can't we just ban Converge? Talk about a bad influence, ****.

[samthebassman]

I agree.

[Slaapkamers]

nobody gets sweet burns from something awful though

[Cesar21]

Okay, guys, let's take it easy with this whole negative Converge review.

Believe me, I can only imagine how much fun it is to trash an album or trash a person's opinion, but there were very few of you that did it in a responsible manner.

Honestly, I don't know what the deal is with some of you. I don't like banning people, but I also don't want to be the sort of dude who just gives a million warnings without justified punishment.

So, having said this, consider this a strong warning to not act like children. I am not saying "Don't have fun," but if you guys represent the site, you shouldn't act adversely. This means:

1. ENOUGH with the name-calling. Anybody who uses "idiot," "dumbass," "****ing dip****," or any similar bomb will be taking a leave of absence from the site for not acting like a responsible poster.

2. ENOUGH with the taunting. Telling users to "just go away," or to say that their reviews aren't good, or any of that business, will come to a screeching halt on my watch. There are people I clearly don't like on this site, but I still have to grin and bear it. This means you should, too.

3. It's not worth it getting banned for acting like children. I ask that you guys be a little more responsible in your posting - enough with the taunts, trying to pick fights, and sophomoric behavior. I'm going to continue to delete posts that relate to these points, and if I keep deleting the same user's posts, he or she can expect to be banned without any chance for appeal.

4. Don't make me guess who you're friends with. If you constantly write incendiary posts to somebody who's your BFF on Sputnikmusic but I don't know that, don't come whining to me because I canned you. I'll probably apologize, but I'll also tell you to re-consider your interactions on the site.

This is doubly true for approved and staff writers, who have prestige on the site and newcomers can look to. It's impossible to ask everybody to post civilly, mostly because some of you will flat-out ignore that request, but making an effort certainly isn't too much to ask of you guys. New users will turn to you and model themselves after you, whether you believe it or not, so I don't want to start banning users who act like you while you get off scot-free, you know?

This is just a reminder that we will probably see another one of these reviews again, so I am reminding you to not be childish. If your first instinct is "FLAME FLAME I HAVE TO LAY DOWN THIS TOTALLY SWEET BURN I READ ON SOMETHING AWFUL" you should probably stop yourself. And please, don't carry on arguments. It doesn't take me long to delete them, but it does increase the probability of me getting annoyed.


I've been waiting for a mod to get with this attitude for a long time. I believe that sometimes too much freedom is given to users. I have also noticed that staff, mods, and other "high-class" or very well known users when they start trouble or do bandiserving behaivor they don't get ban, but if a "normal" user does somthing that sometimes is even less than the "highclass" user did, they do get bannned. An example of this is once I saw Chan completly attack and insult an user for like 5 posts in a row and nothing happened, and the comments were deleted 3 weeks after the situation. Sorry for taking u as example chan, but u are the easiest one.

I must mentioned though that I once saw SOP ban a mod, so I'm not badmouthing the mods, I'm just saying that "sometimes too much freedom is given to all users." Of course this is only my view in the matter.

[Slaapkamers]

i think you're using the word leash incorrectly

[Cesar21]

Yeah, maybe. Given how I'm not sure if its correct I'll edit.

[planewreck]

you're looking for the word "slack"

also, chan has been banned loads of time so he's not given any sort of special treatment. what you're probably referring to is him purposely calling out a select person that deserves it as opposed to many others that spam just to get a rise out of people.

[Slaapkamers]

yeah i've been banned plenty of times too

[planewreck]

and it's always unwarranted

[Slaapkamers]

most of the time there's a good reason tbh

[planewreck]

/sarcasm

why did eliminator get banned?

[Jom]

I treat everybody the same because everybody's a dumbass in his or her own way. This includes me - I'm book smart, but not really street smart (unless you want me to tell you what street I live on).

However, it is my inclination to say that people that have status on the site are there due to their efforts and time invested into the site.

That said, there are quite a few members who have been banned multiple times for various lengths due to their behavior; this goes to show that just because you're a quality reviewer doesn't mean that you don't have to hold yourself accountable for your actions. I am a patient person but I am the least likely to excuse poor behavior compared to Zebbie and Sylvie.

By all means, I want people to have fun and to enjoy the site... and yes, there are a lot of stupid people on the Internet that deserve to be ridiculed. However, the way that the mods decide what is bannable and what isn't is pretty universal in talking with Zebbie and Sylvie, and we have to advocate for the stupid people - even if they don't deserve it - because stupid people have feelings, too.

---

Also: if you guys could take it easy with the conversations in this thread, I'd greatly appreciate that. I have no forum powers for the time being, so I can't edit/delete/merge stuff, and everytime I log on I see a bunch of comments in this thread and I worry that I'm behind in fixing problems, but it just turns out that it's just a conversation. So, if you guys could take it easy there, I'd appreciate that - thanks.

[Slaapkamers]

guess

[Iluvatar]

guess

report spam

[iarescientists]

So this guy (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=7908&memberid=249881) thought it'd be funny to take this guy's (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=7900&memberid=250213) best album list and turn it into a...wait for it...WORST album's list!

I say ban for trolling and poor taste in music.

[Channing]

also he's a huge retard so further reasons to ban

[Jom]

he's a huge retard

Gotta get those Down syndrome kids off the Internet at some point.
Balls is gone for failing to get parody.

[Slaapkamers]

Thor 05.27.07

Tommy Rogers and Lord Worm are amazing vocalists. **** you.

Not appropriate.

[Cocaine]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_12049

this is premature for the most but this review is full of really aimless arguments about other bands, other albums and user's tastes. it's already pretty lame but it seems to be worsening.

[Slaapkamers]

Well arguments about other stuff is fine usually, but it's getting pretty dumb in there. Yeah.

[Channing]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=10041&genreid=2

can someone just delete this ugh

[planewreck]

ok do it :upset:

[Slaapkamers]

Do it.

[Channing]

yes do it

[Jom]

Sorry for the wait; I got called in to work on my day off again.

I'll look through that Job for a Cowboy review now, but that Ys review is gone, but not before me saying how much I loved that RYM vs. Sputnikmusic debacle.

[Slaapkamers]

Sputnik sure told them!

"silverjew more like GOLDENJEW rofl!!!"

[Jom]

I read through all 11 pages of that JfaC review, and I've come to the following rulings:

1. God dammit.

2. Can you guys be more subtle in your textual beatdowns? I know some people are just asking for it like rape victims, but if they're that dense, they don't know any better, so try not to give them too hard of a time.

3. I'm not going to delete anything. Yes, the arguments are really, really pointless, but in looking at some of the commenters, ANY review they go into sparks a pointless argument, and I don't want to start cracking down in every review.

[GleamInRanks]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=1484#5139
I don't think rockstar18's sound-off actually qualifies as a sound-off.

[Sepstrup]

Awesome that he checked that little "Explain My Rating" box to tell us he didn't need to explain his rating.

[Zebra]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=1484#5139
I don't think rockstar18's sound-off actually qualifies as a sound-off.

it's gone

[RandyfromPennywise]

He might be staff but this sound off (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=523) is completely ridiculous. I don't know if it's a joke or whatever but it's gotta go.

[Jom]

I agree.

In his defense, he probably wrote that prior to the promotion, and while it's wrong to assume on behalf of someone, he probably regrets writing that.

[planewreck]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=17936
delete. i usde this to post my review and it made a new album for some reason. they're virtually identical now so delete this one, please.

[Jom]

Alrighty, thanks.

[Intransit]

Question: Can we make Zepdude's soundoffs mod approved? Seriously, every one I've seen from him has been a ramble that says nothing informative at all.

[Iluvatar]

He might be staff but this sound off (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=523) is completely ridiculous. I don't know if it's a joke or whatever but it's gotta go.

It was a joke omg!

[Jom]

Question: Can we make Zepdude's soundoffs mod approved? Seriously, every one I've seen from him has been a ramble that says nothing informative at all.

Answer: that would be a terrible precedent to set, because then everybody's sound-offs would be mod-approved, and that would be a travesty for the mods to actually have to do some work!

Bonus answer: everybody needs to lay off Zepdude; I don't care how much he deserves the flak he gets.

[Iluvatar]

I think zepdudes soundoffs are perfectly reasonable and fine. I don't see what the problem is in the first place.

[RandyfromPennywise]

It was a joke omg!

Yeah, but you know that's not appropriate for a sound off. And I didn't even come close to getting the joke :(

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Question: Do I have to wait till the release date to submit my City of Echoes review? It leaked about 4 months ago.

[RandyfromPennywise]

The name of this album (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=18446) is actually Dream Days at the Hotel Existence.

fisked.

[Wish]

Question: Do I have to wait till the release date to submit my City of Echoes review? It leaked about 4 months ago.In a word: yes. Although, if you're a staff reviewer, you have the permission to submit new album releases a *insert value here* before it's officially released.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Oh, right.

Sup Wish?

[Cocaine]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/Angel+Corpse

Can you change them to "Angelcorpse"? One word.

done

[tom79]

release dates...

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=7547
1987
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=6568
1989
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=8820
2004

[Jom]

I deleted the self-titled album because it didn't have anything except the album art, but the other two ones are all set, thanks.

[tom79]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_12220
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=1934
Merge. It duplicated when he added the review, probably because of the '&'.

[Jom]

I don't think the Merge button works for me, because that review definitely isn't there anymore. Awesome.

pogostick: please re-submit, and be sure to select the album from the drop-down list. Thanks!

[Channing]

i'm pretty sure it happens anyway because of that bug that will never get fixed with special characters and whatnot

[Jom]

Well, I went to merge the albums, and pogostick's review dropped the title altogether. So, I went to add the title and tracklist in in an effort to re-merge, but the site decided to go 'lol' so hopefully he had it saved.

[Cesar21]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands.php?bandid=2735

is this for real?

[iarescientists]

yes
http://www.discogs.com/artist/I+Am+The+World+Trade+Center

[Dave de Sylvia]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_the_World_Trade_Center

[Channing]

wow you did some major sleuthing

[Cocaine]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=16799

1993

[Intransit]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_12232

and all of the soundoffs are three days early. He acknowledges this and still posted it.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

/cry as they say

[Jom]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=16799

1993

Sorry, but I can't add albums that don't have album art or a tracklist. You can do it, if you'd like, though.

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_12232

and all of the soundoffs are three days early. He acknowledges this and still posted it.

Yeah, he's not the brightest crayon in the box.
Iai's is permissible because he's a staff writer, however.

As it stands, I'll wait for a Zebbie or SOP ruling. I'd love to delete the non-staff sound-off and the review, but I would prefer a second opinion from either Zebbie or SOP (or Mozzy, if she's around).

[Iluvatar]

It should be deleted tbqh, but I think that rule in general is stupid.

[Jom]

Which rule?

We don't condone leaks being reviewed, simple as.
Anyway, I changed the release date to the accurate date as well.

[Iluvatar]

Until we get warned, I think we should. There are official leaks all the time, and even then non-staff cant review it, which is ridiculous.

[planewreck]

Iai isn't staff..?

[Jom]

Iai isn't staff..?

Hahaha. This is true. I always assume he is because he doesn't suck at writing or reviewing, but he needs to be on more consistently so I can stop thinking he is and just bump him up.

Until we get warned, I think we should. There are official leaks all the time, and even then non-staff cant review it, which is ridiculous.

Hey, these aren't MY rules, they're Jeremy's. I enforce his rules, bottom line.

My final decision is that I'm leaving all the sound-offs and the review up, but if Zebbie/SOP have a different verdict, it's entirely up to them to decide. I'm just stating my case so that it's on the record.

[planewreck]

oic

[Jom]

This doesn't make sense, because staff writers do this all the time (although I understand the reason, treat staff like they're professionals and whatnot). I am pro-rule because it saves us from fanboy reviews that are five months in advance (a la Year Zero) [sic]

We get hard copies in the post; at least, I do. I assume it's the same for everybody else, because I know for a fact that Cocaine is in regular contact with a label. Excusing the horrible cliché about what they say when you assume, but I get hard copies and press kits in the post because of my contacts, and the same goes for at least three other staff writers at the top of my head.

[Cocaine]

The reason you assume Iai is staff is because he should be, but then he vanished.

[Jom]

The reason you assume Iai is staff is because he should be, but then he vanished.

Well, to be honest, there are a few holes in the staff already that need to be replaced and should be filled with writers who don't suck. We've been talking about it with mx, but he's been away, so I can't promise anything at all.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I deleted it. The rules haven't changed, I have no idea why you'd think they would. If certain staff members review leaks that's their business, but I make sure to get advance copies and/or review CDs after I've bought them. If you want a site that promotes stealing, try ultimate-guitar.com, I hear they do nothing to support musicians.

[Iluvatar]

Not sure how getting advance copies exactly supports the artist anymore than downloading a leak, but eh.

I still think if a band puts their entire album up for streaming on myspace or on some other site, I really can't see a reason for not allowing people to review it, especially since staff hits maybe 1/10th of all new releases at most.

[tom79]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=9082
delete. its a duplicate.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Not sure how getting advance copies exactly supports the artist anymore than downloading a leak, but eh.
Because it's not stealing?

[Iluvatar]

I'm not saying it isn't "more right" but you still don't support the artist in any direct way.

I know I'm in the minority here but I'm just trying to be an annoying **** atm because your avatar sucks.

[planewreck]

http://sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=18536
Change this to Various Artists

Put this album cover:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Saw3.jpg

Put this tracklist:
1. "This Calling" – All That Remains
2. "No Submission" – Static-X
3. "Eyes of the Insane" – Slayer
4. "Walk With Me in Hell" – Lamb Of God
5. "Monochrome" – Helmet
6. "Guarded" – Disturbed
7. "Drilled A Wire Through My Cheek" – Blue October
8. "No More" – Drowning Pool
9. "Burn It Down" – Avenged Sevenfold
10. "Your Nightmare" – Eighteen Visions
11. "Dead Underground" – Opiate For The Masses
12. "Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)" – Bullet for My Valentine
13. "Fear Is Big Business" – Ministry
14. "The Wolf Is Loose" – Mastodon
15. "Killer Inside" – Hydrovibe Featuring Shawnee Smith
16. "Sakkara" – Hourcast
17. "Shed" – Meshuggah
18. "Effigy" – The Smashup
19. "Siesta Loca" – Ghost Machine
20. "Shithole Theme" – Charlie Clouser

[JumpTheF**kUp]

The entire album is available to be streamed off the band's website.


Yeah, he's not the brightest crayon in the box.

Ouch.

[Jom]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=9082
delete. its a duplicate.

Thanks, dude.

http://sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=18536
Change this to Various Artists

Put this album cover:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Saw3.jpg

Put this tracklist:
1. "This Calling" – All That Remains
2. "No Submission" – Static-X
3. "Eyes of the Insane" – Slayer
4. "Walk With Me in Hell" – Lamb Of God
5. "Monochrome" – Helmet
6. "Guarded" – Disturbed
7. "Drilled A Wire Through My Cheek" – Blue October
8. "No More" – Drowning Pool
9. "Burn It Down" – Avenged Sevenfold
10. "Your Nightmare" – Eighteen Visions
11. "Dead Underground" – Opiate For The Masses
12. "Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)" – Bullet for My Valentine
13. "Fear Is Big Business" – Ministry
14. "The Wolf Is Loose" – Mastodon
15. "Killer Inside" – Hydrovibe Featuring Shawnee Smith
16. "Sakkara" – Hourcast
17. "Shed" – Meshuggah
18. "Effigy" – The Smashup
19. "Siesta Loca" – Ghost Machine
20. "poophole Theme" – Charlie Clouser

Thanks for all that; it's appreciated.

JumpTheF**kUp: ShutTheF**kUp already.
You said you were going to have it deleted, so can it.

[Jom]

Guys that were posting in that The Used review:

You were the same knuckleheads who were in that Converge review a couple days ago, and I said that you guys were on thin ice. Consider this your last warning. Stop responding to every single God damn comment in every review with crap, don't be overly incendiary towards people who are stupid (whether or not they deserve it, it doesn't matter, just don't do it), and don't spam. I don't have a problem cleaning up the place but what does irritate me is the incessant bullshit the same users post.

Final warning. Next time I look in a review and I see users responding to every single comment posted with spam, and then that spam being trumped with more spam, those involved will be taking a break from posting.

[Zebra]

Stop responding to every single God damn comment in every review with crap

I agree, it's getting fairly ridiculous.

[planewreck]

does this include me and sir chan?

[JumpTheF**kUp]

JumpTheF**kUp: ShutTheF**kUp already.
You said you were going to have it deleted, so can it.


That was a running joke from my Converge review, I wasn't actually going to have it deleted.

I don't see anything wrong with submitting a review for an album that the band has already released via the internet.

[Jom]

When people ask, they tend to know the answer already.

All I have to say is that people need to know when to pick the fight and when to let stupid stuff go. And also why it's not okay to reply to every single freakin' comment ever.

That was a running joke from my Converge review blah blah blah

I DON'T CARE.

[planewreck]

When people ask, they tend to know the answer already.

All I have to say is that people need to know when to pick the fight and when to let stupid stuff go. And also why it's not okay to reply to every single freakin' comment ever.
I didn't know the answer, and I still don't because most of what yo just said didn't actually apply to what chan and I did.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

I DON'T CARE.


You're paid to care.

[slep]

I didn't know the answer, and I still don't because most of what yo just said didn't actually apply to what chan and I did.



I think he meant everybody, but primarily hottiebassplayer and notintheface.

[Jom]

I didn't know the answer, and I still don't because most of what yo just said didn't actually apply to what chan and I did.

Then you guys are good, yeah? I understand the tendency to want to carry on arguments, and I know how people will type things to get it out of their systems and then edit their posts with 'oic' or 'nvm' or something. While I realize this, I also have to get rid of those posts because they don't add anything to the commentary and are therefore out of place.

I don't like naming names, but slep pretty much has it right. But, the users who feed them or egg them on are just as susceptible.

Then why bother being a ****ing mod.

Quit whining. I don't have the money or time to fly down under to spank you, you big baby. 'Cause that's what parents do to bratty kids or something. I'm not here to babysit, so act your age and not your shoe size and... there, there, things will be okay.

EDIT:

You're paid to care.

No, I'm paid to enforce Jeremy's rules - I don't have to care about anybody. You can disagree with his rules all you want, but they are not subject to change just because you want them to.

[Eliminator]

i thought you left

[JumpTheF**kUp]

and i thought you were a 23 year old woman, what's your point?


Jom, sorry about that, I guess I just got pissed off because,

a) You told me to shut the **** up for simply justifying why I posted the review

and

b) then told me that you don't care when I was trying to explain something you brought up

So umm...won't do it again I guess.

[Cesar21]

No, I'm paid to enforce Jeremy's rules

You actually get paid?

[Abaddon2005]

Hey Jom, I was thinking now that you're a mod, is there any way you could change or put up a new FAQ? You probably also have a gazillion other things, but I remember you saying it was pretty much finished in another thread. If you need any help though, feel free to hit me up on MSN/e-mail. :)

[Jom]

and i thought you were a 23 year old woman, what's your point?


Jom, sorry about that, I guess I just got pissed off because,

a) You told me to shut the **** up for simply justifying why I posted the review

and

b) then told me that you don't care when I was trying to explain something you brought up

So umm...won't do it again I guess.

Good, we've reached a point of agreement: you were wrong. Again.
Gotta love it when a gameplan comes together.

You actually get paid?

Sure.

Hey Jom, I was thinking now that you're a mod, is there any way you could change or put up a new FAQ? You probably also have a gazillion other things, but I remember you saying it was pretty much finished in another thread. If you need any help though, feel free to hit me up on MSN/e-mail. :)

No, there isn't, unfortunately. The mods don't have access to administrative things on the site, meaning that we can't change pages. mx's #1 priority right now is revamping the user profiles, but who knows, maybe he'll want to update the ridiculously-outdated FAQ at some point.

Thank you, though. If you are interested in contributing, I have no qualms about that. The biggest point, though, is that it's not going to be updated anytime soon. Maybe 2008, if we're lucky, haha.

[Cesar21]

revamping the user profiles

Do you happen to know what things are being plan for that revamping?

[RandyfromPennywise]

What't'fk, chill people, can't we all be mature or summin?

Anyway, I thought my post in the The Used thread was arguably my best post ever. Actually, screw "arguably", who's going to argue it? It is my best post ever.

[Cocaine]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=12231

Jom can you clean the last few posts about emailing their albums to people? Firstly we shouldn't condone piracy, and secondly, I don't think The End Records would like to see that on a site, since that album is one of the first Promos I received from them.

[Jom]

Do you happen to know what things are being plan for that revamping?

No, sorry. Jeremy doesn't like me enough to share :'(

Just kidding. I think he wants people to be surprised, so when it happens, it'll happen.

Anyway, I thought my post in the The Used thread was arguably my best post ever. Actually, screw "arguably", who's going to argue it? It is my best post ever.

I honestly don't remember ever deleting anything of yours, seeing as how this went down while you were asleep (presumably, anyway).

Jom can you clean the last few posts about emailing their albums to people?

Yes. I banned one of them, but in two minutes I'll probably have to unban him because there really isn't a rule on the site anywhere (hence the necessity of an actually-updated FAQ, I guess).

[tom79]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=8675
This isn't the greatest review, but should be flagged as the other one shouldn't even count as one.

[Cocaine]

I chime in with a "Havn't you people ever heard of closing a godd*** door?".

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=11881&page=2#comments
his spam is getting old.

[Channing]

he censored himself lol

[Jom]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=8675
This isn't the greatest review, but should be flagged as the other one shouldn't even count as one.

I have been told that we have to be cautious about flagging reviews because flagging is irreversible. Meaning, say I flag that review, but you write a review for that album that beats the crap out of those two. I can't flag your review to trump the previously-flagged review... does that make sense? Only in EXTREME cases (i.e., Master of Puppets, American Idiot, Nevermind, etc.) are we supposed to flag unless the review is egregiously bad. Since you said yourself that the review isn't that strong to begin with, I am going to let this one go.

Thank you, though.

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=11881&page=2#comments
his spam is getting old.

Yeah, I'm getting sick of this kid, too. That's all I need to see.

He's out for a week.

[Hbp]

Are you f***** kidding me? You can't be serious. I post less bull than most people and i get frigging banned for all of it. For the love of god. I was just pointing out how they were drawing out a topic and that happened to be something i was listening to at the time. You guys seriously need to relax. Especially you Coke. All you do is hunt down what i say and its very annying.

[Eliminator]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands.php?bandid=968

might want to get rid of all of that.

[Channing]

hey he censored himself again

[Hbp]

Yes Chan i try not to cuss if its avoidable.

Opeth isn't melodic death metal, but otherwise great review. I was going to get this today, but it was 5 dollars more than I felt like spending out of the $50 I had for CD's.
Yeah, looks like real bad spam to me.

[Channing]

omg dude shut up no one cares.

[Hbp]

Who frigging asked you Chan? This is so rediculous.

[Eliminator]

Yeah chan, who fr****ng asked you?

[iarescientists]

You know what's rediculous is your grammar. Poor grammar is very annying

[Jom]

Are you f***** kidding me? You can't be serious. I post less bull than most people and i get frigging banned for all of it. For the love of god. I was just pointing out how they were drawing out a topic and that happened to be something i was listening to at the time. You guys seriously need to relax. Especially you Coke. All you do is hunt down what i say and its very annying.

I warned everybody in the Converge review, The Used review, and in the community forums to stop with the absolutely trivial spam that's been going on lately. I'm much more lax this time around than I was before, but that doesn't mean that I've completely gone off the map. There have been multiple warnings, yet you feel for whatever reason to respond to every single comment made by every single poster. That's not helpful at all.

And if you think you can just quote one post and say, "Look this isn't bad," then I have an argument that will obliterate any attempt you make at arguing. I'll give you less time if you say you'll take it easy in the future; otherwise, you can sit out a week. If you take the trade-off and you go right back to being a royal pain in the ***, your ban will be longer than just a week. Keep that in mind, please.

The same goes for the people I warned about feeding or egging people on. I have no forum powers, so I can't ban you. That's me being honest. I can't carry over bans to the reviews site, either, unless you guys initiate stuff there. I'm asking you guys take it easy, or else Sylv'll pop on here and ban you all anyway, so just save yourselves the burden of logging in with a different account or whatever. Thanks.

[Hbp]

Seriously, no. This is completly beyond me. I really haven't been a "royal pain in the ***" and if you want more quoted posts, I'll give you some.

[Jom]

Fair enough, you can sit out a week.

Nick: stop, please.

You know what's rediculous is your grammar. Poor grammar is very annying

This isn't funny, either. I don't care if you intentionally butchered the spelling of "ridiculous" and "annoying," but this doesn't help matters at all.

[Eliminator]

sorry jom i'll stop now.

[Hbp]

This album is so fresh. So, So very fresh. Great Metal. Maybe some of the least stale Metalcore I have ever heard.

Lengthen it up, spilt it into different paragraphs and it makes it much easier to read.

You spelled Concatenation wrong in the review. This is a great album, but I like the heavy, slow, deep groves in Nothing better. And besides, it has Straws Pulled At Random.

this album is way slower and heavier than their past efforts and I like it, but I think if they had sped up a little on a few songs it would have made for a more interesting album.

That's probably one of my least favorite songs on the album tbh.

Yeah, I was just listening to that and came to the same conclusion... Webster is what Jesus would sound like if he played Bass.

I think that Tomb of the Mutilated was their best then Butchered at birth i think that Chris's vocals were better as are the old CC albums idk. I guess TOTM had the best voc’s of any CC album they were brutal

the bleeding is a nasty track too. This album was a good finisher to Chris's Career in Cannibal Corpse, i think his vocals could have been a little better and he should have stuck to more lower pitched than his higher pitched but who knows, maybe his voice got sore XD.

Nah, there are albums Cannibal Corpse did that were better than this, namely Tomb of the Mutilated and Butchered At Birth

I find it somewhat strange that the most Famous bass solo by Webster is on Hammer Smashed Face, while there is a bass solo that is more complex and has more substance than the latter on F***ed With A Knife.


Well. Battery Kills Fight Fire With Fire on all aspects. Master of Puppets is arguably one of the best songs they ever did while Ride The Lightning is just a good song. The thing that should not be sucks, while for whom is excellant so so far its 2 to 1 in favor of MoP. Sanitarium is the most killer slower song Metallica has ever done, and Fade to Black is awesome too, id give it a tie. Desposable heroes and Trapped are only meh so a tie while Escape is pathetic and Leper Messiah is phenominal. orion just straight up butchers Creeping Death on every standpoint, but Khutlu lays beatdowns on Damage Inc. So All in all the final score is



MoP:5

RtL:2



Game Ovah Son!


I feel like im being hunted on this site. It's whack. And Jom, why are you trying to ban me if you don't have the capabilities?

[slep]

Shut up, take your banning, and learn from your mistakes. Fighting it will just make it worse.

[Hbp]

Where did you come from? C'mon man, If you were in my situation, you would be doing the same thing.

[slep]

Honestly, no I wouldn't. Just chill out and take it like a man.

[Hbp]

Well lets ask Plath to ban you too and we'll see what you say then.

[iarescientists]

Well lets ask Plath to ban you too and we'll see what you say then.
Why would he be banned though?

[Jom]

I feel like im being hunted on this site. It's whack. And Jom, why are you trying to ban me if you don't have the capabilities?

I did ban you... on the reviews site. I don't care how you act on the forums because I view them as two separate entities, but if you're going to keep whining and complaining, you might as well get banned here, too.

iarescientists: you're not helping. Again.

[Hbp]

And you see what I mean? What ever. I honestly don't really have the energy to fight it anymore. So I get a week? Terrific.

[iarescientists]

iarescientists: you're not helping. Again.
Well, I was just wondering why he was personally attacking Slep, so sorry

[Jom]

You'll get less time if you say you will take it easy in your posting (as in, actually talking about the artist/album in the reviews and not having off-kilter conversations with every single person that commented in a review), but if you're going to continue to pitch a fit, then you'll stay out a week. I offered this once already and you obviously declined, so I'm not offering it again.

Well, I was just wondering why he was personally attacking Slep, so sorry

Yes, egging on the disgruntled user on just to pique your curiosity is oh-so-appreciated. Please refrain from doing so in the future if at all possible.

[Zebra]

I honestly don't really have the energy to fight it anymore.

fight about what? Jom already justified why he banned you.

[Hbp]

Because he wasn't minding his own business. Last post.

[Hbp]

Ok Jom. Ok, ok, ok. Just please chill and give me a little leeway. This (in my mind) was justifiable, but ok.


Last Post here. I promise.

[slep]

I post here aswell, so technically it's my business.

I was trying to help you but you just pitched a bigger fit, so whatever.

[Jom]

Ok Jom. Ok, ok, ok. Just please chill and give me a little leeway. This (in my mind) was justifiable, but ok.


Last Post here. I promise.

Very well, I'll bring you back Monday afternoon (my time).

However, this is the last time I will re-iterate this: if you are continuing to have conversational-esque interactions in reviews that have absolutely nothing to do with the artist or album, then you will be getting a more lengthy ban than the one assigned right now. People are not out to get you; people are just irritated when conversation about an artist/album/review turns to complete and utter crap, from flaming, to spamming, to just unnecessary babble.

[DFelon204409]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/staffpicks.php

Delete one of my Pax picks. For some reason this thing doubled.

[Jom]

Sorry man, that's J-dude territory - this happened to somebody before... Zmev or br3ad, I think... and mx is the only one who can take out the duplicate.

[Cocaine]

This is for Jeremy:

Please put the Sigh review I did up top, that Megadeth album has been up there for like a month and the Sigh comes out pretty soon. I think it'd be sweet to have it up there as like, the "new" metal album, and since it's one that started contact with a major label and the site I think it'd be sly to put it up there. I'm assuming he'll read this eventually.

[Jom]

I posted that in our forum for you, too, and I guess it wouldn't hurt if you tried putting that in the staff writer forum. He's gotta check at least one of the three forums, heh.

[DFelon204409]

Also, shouldn't staff reviews be the default review instead of whichever one has more comments/views/ratings. I thought that was the distinction between professional versus user generated on this site.

[RandyfromPennywise]

I honestly don't remember ever deleting anything of yours, seeing as how this went down while you were asleep (presumably, anyway).

Nah you didn't delete anything of mine, I was just saying that my post was a good'un, and still is. :)

EDIT: Dee Felon - just because a member of 'staff' wrote it doesn't mean it is unquestionably a better review, does it?

[Serpento]

EDIT: Dee Felon - just because a member of 'staff' wrote it doesn't mean it is unquestionably a better review, does it? He's got a point, especially on the older reviews that were before our beloved regulars went "Staff."

[Jom]

I have no idea what Jeremy's plan is in regards to that. Next time he pops on, he'll probably have a say.

[RandyfromPennywise]

http://sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=18446 - release date needs to be changed to June 2, 2007, not June 6 or 7 or whatever it is - it's already been released.

[Zebra]

done

[sonictheplumber]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=9983

Delete this review.

[Zebra]

deleted!

[ToWhatEnd]

Catherine's page does not show up in the C's, you have to search for the band name in order for it to come up. The link for that is below

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands.php?bandid=4203

[The Door Mouse]

Can you embed your pie chart?

[Jom]

Catherine's page does not show up in the C's, you have to search for the band name in order for it to come up. The link for that is below

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands.php?bandid=4203

I had no idea you could search by letter :o

Can you embed your pie chart?

Maybe? I have no clue, dude, because I don't work with stuff like that. I'm just content with print screening my profile when it comes to things like that, I guess, haha. All questions remotely pertaining to coding are directed to J-dude's overflowing inbox.

[planewreck]

this band sucks its a shame nobody got hurt
http://sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=3492

That's awfully harsh and really unwarranted.

[slep]

I was about to post that planewreq. It was very uncalled for.

[tom79]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_12275
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=18025
merge

edit: nvm its done

[Hbp]

can someone tell me what's going on...Please??

[Cocaine]

You honestly think you're in a place to be modded? Someone is playing a joke on you.