I added bjreagh to the diamond page this morning, congrats #8!
the problem that makes it so hard for people is the unique voters needed. just look at donovans and erics thumb up total before they reached diamond. donovan is still going
The stats for Silver Reviewers have been updated. Some summary stats for the current Silvers include:
* Most Reviews (75+): mndiscg, wolito, Martin Dewgarita
* % Reviewed (98+): wolito, jblough, mndiscg
* % Helpful (96+): RustyP, bettsjc, Martin Dewgarita
* Fans (5+): Martin Dewgarita, JMONEY, Greg Layton
* Most votes (345+): JMONEY, billnchristy, forehandfranz
Your average Silver reviewer ...
46.8 reviews written
62% courses reviewed
89% helpful votes
3.11 course rating
11.8 States played
Course popularity has a big impact on total votes. Reviews on less popular courses just seem to get less readers, and certainly get less votes. Write a review on a well known course, and you'll get votes. Whether those are thumbs up or down is more a function of the quality of the review, but actually getting someone to click a button is more a matter of the course itself, as well as the population near that course.
Definitely. I've reviewed a ton of crappy Illinois courses and most of them don't get many thumbs.
Definitely. I've reviewed a ton of crappy Illinois courses and most of them don't get many thumbs. That's a big part of why it took me 300+ reviews to get diamond while some have needed 1/3 s many.
Yet, those reviews are probably the most helpful and arguably the most important ones.
One could argue how much good the 75th review of a popular course does.
Definitely. I've reviewed a ton of crappy Illinois courses and most of them don't get many thumbs. That's a big part of why it took me 300+ reviews to get diamond while some have needed 1/3 s many.
Funny. You are the second person who has told me how crummy the Illinois courses are, especially around Chicago. Guess that will be the last state I visit to play a new course in. j/k
one good thing about there being 75 reviews on a course would be that you could sort by trusted reviewer and just skip to those 5 or so reviews.
I still haven't written all of my San Diego reviews because I get the feeling that the locals down there have a lot of pride in their sub-par courses and I don't care to catch flack for it.
What was Jukeshoe's line? It was something like "Chicago disc golf courses are like your first girlfriend, flat and kinda boring."There are actually some decent courses around, and a few really nice ones elsewhere in the state. They're just way outnumbered by short, flat, boring city park courses around here. :gross:
The first shot I ever took at Morley I almost hit a guy who backed up one step off the back of the tee for # 2, and I birdied the hole. Then I walked up onto the #2 tee and almost got hit by the group behind me. It was a pretty instant reminder that you were going to have to keep your eyes open. That was back in the 90's, and the place was packed then. I can only imagine how bad it is now.i went into Morley with the mindset that it would probably not be as great as it was made out to be... and i was still a little disappointed. there are some fun shots but that place is a safety disaster waiting to happen. i can't believe nobody has gotten their face broken yet.