Flyboy may have flaws, but he rated 20 courses higher. Read his reviews, they all have double digit thumbsdown. Dave may be the only person witth quadruple digit thumbsdown, this is not just about flyboy worship.
You are upset with my reviewing style. Early on in DGCR well before it hit its stride as a place for good reviews written by well traveled reviewers, I thought I could add some value by transposing my personal ratings list into DGCR. I did it in a very short-hand way for ~150 courses.
It was well-intended....and well after that reviews by well traveled reviewers really took off here so now those reviews are less helpful than they could have been (and the unhelpful :thmbdown:'s reflect that). It was not a mistake on my part and I do not regret sharing my list here, but if I had had a crystal ball back then, I would have done things differently.
BTW, I had never really analyzed this before but only around 10% have double digit thumbs down (not "all" or even a significant amount)......I recognize hyperbole when I see it though. I do apologize that I am causing you consternation.
Since then, I have used the same rating criteria, but have filled them out with much more descriptive verbiage. I think they have been better received by readers here.
27 of the 30 double digit thumbs down reviews were written in my old short-hand style BTW, the other 3 all are from reviews were I gave honest well reasoned reviews backing up why I rated a course lower than the average.
My reviews have helped at least 1600 people (and probably many more who did not thumb me)......and if I did not write them, the 1500 who said they were unhelped by my reviews would
still be unhelped by me.
With that, I am done with you prerube unless you want to talk about courses.