LOL, I am not a professor (I think that's Aggie). I work in IT client services these days. I used to work in book publishing.Rated X wrote:You're a professor right? I'm sure you have your own intuitions about things you can't necessarily prove. Let’s just say these are my intuitions.
Before I go on, I will say that I agree that a lot of these reviews come off as glorified commercials. I just think you're not doing anyone any good by making accusations and attacking their character.
Yea, peaugh got all those for free. I think he has more of a partnership with MMC - he got those to give feedback to the engineers, and then we benefited by getting a first look. Also, if MBC and Rack n Ruin showed up unexpectedly, you think he really went begging for them? (which is what you imply below)Rated X wrote:MBC, Rack n' Ruin, Tigris & Talon
My response to that would be, I think you're putting the cart before the horse. Most of these guys who are now sponsors put in the effort to make these video reviews, they gained a following, and the retailers took notice. I don't think they went to the retailers; I think the retailers went to them. And if they're getting some reward for doing something they like to do and put effort into doing, who cares? Who are we to pass judgement on that?Rated X wrote:What I do think of the reviewers getting free stuff is that there are too many of them. If TF Source and BBTS each had only one guy doing sponsored reviews, I wouldn’t be as annoyed by the gimmick.DJ stuff?
You don’t think these guys keep send e-mails begging for “promotional” figures by saying their youtube channel gets millions of views? Im sure theres a long list of people who say “BBTS has 5 sponsors, why cant I be the 6th?" Why are their so many of them ? (Im not talking about the amateur ones) Everyone seems to have a plug at the beginning of their videos these days.
Weren't those 3 guys the same dudes who did the live review at ComicCon or whatever?Rated X wrote:Quantron
I think this a conjecture - how do you know it's expected?Rated X wrote:I would just like to see less sponsored reviewers who don’t expect incentive to do what they do.