The Redundancy of reviewing Top Rated Courses

[LaserGlide68]

What point does reviewing a Top Rated Course with plenty of recent reviews serve. We all know Flip City is great, etc etc. I can see if the Course hadn't been reviewed in awhile, but week after week of 'This Course will challenge every shot in your Bag', well, this we know..

 

[roggenb3]

The more 4-5 reviews there are, the less damage the fly-by 1 star does.

 

[brutalbrutus]

People like getting their achievement medals...

 

[Moose33]

I want my medals darn it! And if I do a crappy short review it will get a thumbs down, I I try to do a good job.

 

[rocthecourse]

Why do you keep reading reviews of a course when you already know what they are going say.

 

[Shuie]

Why do you keep reading reviews of a course when you already know what they are going say.

I was thinking this exact thing. I assume he is talking about the Top 10 as he mentioned Flip City. For the most part, I don't even pay much attention to the Top 10. I only care about the new up and coming top courses.

 

[discerdoo]

The pointlessness of complaining about the redundancy of reviews.....

 

[Dire Wolfy]

People have opinions you know.

 

[curmudgeonDwindle]

While I understand the OP's frustration at not being sufficiently 'entertained', in any new review, there is a chance of a review introducing a new wrinkle, observation, comparison or premise others have not. Sometimes a reviewer use of language alone is worth the price of admission...

and as other posters have suggested, reviews are often made for other ends than bringing light to darkness.

fwiw

 

[DavidSauls]

I'm in the camp of favoring more reviews, not less. Yes, I'd prefer they offer a refreshingly new insight, but even if they don't, they add to the consensus.

 

[ru4por]

Even a redundant review can offer some insight. Each of us have our own set of standards or idea as to what makes a good course. A redundant review may reinforce one of those standards, present a new one or maybe offer a new perspective on those standards. If nothing else they bolster the numbers and help avoid the drive by impact.

 

[jjtwinnova]

People complain about too many reviews, too few reviews, blah blah blah... Many people review every course they play. I'm doing that now. If you have an opinion, say it, even if it's the same as others. My best reviews are of top rated courses...

 

[thrembo]

Reviews are like opinions which are like...

 

[1978]

Yea all this and if you review a course honestly (like Idlewild) you get hammered with unhelpfuls. So what is the point. Just let the locals have their inflated 4.75 course and move on to less reviewed or changing courses.

 

[scarpfish]

There's no such thing as a redundant review. Anyone who thinks so is missing the point of what a review is.

Nonetheless, I understand the OP's frustration with the unoriginal bolierplate language we too often see.

I do want to point out, that in the default display setting, the most recently submitted review is at the top. If I've never read anything on a course before, the most recent reviewer is the one who's going to get me familiarized to the place, whether he's the first reviewer or the 88th one.

Now if I'm jaded to the same old, same old verbiage from the 88th review of a course, because I read a great deal of the previous 87, well, that's on me. Mr. 88th reviewer should be granted the same privilege of speaking his/her mind as if he/she were critiquing a lesser reviewed venue.

 

[enragedmullet]

I see the OP's point but the other point I see is the point of this site. It's dgcoursereview.com, not dgcoursereview-unless.com. that said, there are some courses that I've played several times that I don't review because I really wouldn't have anything to add to other reviews.

 

[DavidSauls]

Yea all this and if you review a course honestly (like Idlewild) you get hammered with unhelpfuls. So what is the point. Just let the locals have their inflated 4.75 course and move on to less reviewed or changing courses.

Those are really soft hammers. You have to concentrate to even feel the hits.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Yea all this and if you review a course honestly (like Idlewild) you get hammered with unhelpfuls. So what is the point. Just let the locals have their inflated 4.75 course and move on to less reviewed or changing courses.

Not sure what you mean considering one of the recent(ish) reviews gave it a 5 but has 1/23 thumbs up... I only thumb down a review for the rating if its well outside the average. Like the guy who gave Idle a 1 because its "too hard".

 

[brutalbrutus]

Or like when some local gives his completely flat, lightly wooded, no tee pad/sign 6000ft course a 5.

 

[wellsbranch250]

I love it when a reviewer reviews an entire metro area. It helps me decide on which courses to target on a future trip.

Atlanta for example, which I plan to hit again soon, I've been looking at a bunch of reviews from craigd, jdawg24, moose33 and lazrman788. If they had only done reviews for the courses that had a few reviews, I would not be able to grasp the overall perspective of the region.