An easier way to see merits! With this second comment box in every game, there will be a separate section from regular comments given everyday, and the reviews where people work hard to receive merits on. AP would be the same (I guess) and those that accidentally post in the wrong box would just be set aside.
Reasons Why: This may sound a little selfish, but users post reviews that are indeed merit worthy, but there are comments posted by users that drag the review down, so it doesn't get voted up. And even if it does get voted up, the moderators aren't going to fish through so many pages of comments to find a review in one of a thousand games on AG, even if they try their best, which is why I came up with this suggestion.
Where it will be set in: Right under the description of course! There is PLENTY of room to add another dinky comment box for reviews only, so there shouldn't be any worry about it. Submitted games should only have a brief summary and a controls key on the description anyways. It would be to the left of the 1st box, and it would say "ost this review", instead of "ost this reply", while the comment time limit is still in effect. There will be a link to have the total reviews listed, as there already is for regular comments, right under the 2nd comments box. Cons: Uhm, I can only think of one, and that would be that users would accidentally post in the wrong box, which is why I also suggested to give the same amount of AP. Other than that, that's all I got at the moment.
So you see, this would be a great addition to the game comments, and it would be so much simpler to give a review! It wouldn't even need to get voted up, since it's RIGHT THERE in the comments. So what do you say AG users? Yay, or Nay?
Actually, when we go through games, we go through the entire list of comments. And they honestly are not that hard to pick out. Obviously, 5 word comments are not going to be merit worthy. So we look for a longer comment, that is long enough to say something constructive, and look into it further. If after we read it we decide it is merit worthy, then it gets a merit. But when we go through a game, we go through the entire game.
Besides, I think people would post in the merit box anyways.
^ Don't get your hopes up too high; I think Carlie just said the moderators wouldn't use it much anyway.
So we look for a longer comment, that is long enough to say something constructive, and look into it further.
Look through the full list of comments on any game. Scroll through and see how easy it is to tell if a comment is longer than twelve words. Personally, I can't see this second box being very useful.
