Pass the popcorn!!

Yep, a happy medium going forward so we can all get the feedback we need without the urge to find a dark corner and a box of Kleenex Easy-peasy, guys!

i always say - don't tell me my script sucks. tell me WHY it sucks.

that is all.  

Quoted from rdhay Yep, a happy medium going forward so we can all get the feedback we need without the urge to find a dark corner and a box of Kleenex Easy-peasy, guys!

Sorry rdhay, I couldn't help myself.

Quoted from albinopenguin Sorry rdhay, I couldn't help myself.

Haha!! Ah, fair enough. I think I walked right into that one...

and they all lived happily ever after.... the end.

For now

Mark

Bit late to the party but... if you can't say anything constructive, don't say anything.

Quoted from LC Bit late to the party but... if you can't say anything constructive, don't say anything.

Does "constructive" mean only positive or falsely positive feedback?  Is that really where you guys want to go?  Back to the, "this was a good read.  Not bad at all.  I enjoyed it.  thanks."?

Does that help?  Really?  Wow...just wow...

Jeff,

If you don't understand the point of this discussion and the implications of the policy change by now - then perhaps you never will.  So, I'm not going to explain it again.  Instead I'll say you should study bert's posts.  If you still don't understand perhaps you can find someone who has a better grasp of the English language to explain the harder words.    

Quoted from Dreamscale Does "constructive" mean only positive or falsely positive feedback?  Is that really where you guys want to go?  Back to the, "this was a good read.  Not bad at all.  I enjoyed it.  thanks."? Does that help?  Really?  Wow...just wow...

Sigh...One more time, it is about delivering NEGATIVE feedback to a really poor script in a manner that is NOT EMBARRASSING to the site as a whole.  Particularly to new, unknown authors who might be posting their first script ever.

It is time for that to stop.

There is a good example going on here:

http://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1329174324/

By way of contrast, this thread makes it look as if this is a site full of lunatics:

http://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-short/m-1328914932/

Moving forward, we are shooting for more of the former, less of the latter.

Respectful criticism is possible.
It may take longer to write or word a review, but it would benefit the writer a lot more. Unless any reader has plans on becoming a movie critic, their review should concentrate on the script at hand, not making unfunny wise cracks.

I dont think the problem lay with negative feedback, it's just how it is delivered. If you're told your script is cack, the worst way to discover this is by someone making jokes about it.

The blow can be softened with more respectful words, perhaps?

Yes it can, Scoob.  You're completely correct.

You gotta love the Scoob!  

Alright, people seem to be grooving on Scoob's vibe, so that is probably as good a place to wrap this up as any.

Locking this puppy down for now.

Thanks to all for their input.  A rocky trail, for sure, but I think helpful all told.