Q: What is ReviewSpotting?
A: ReviewSpotting is a weekly magazine presented by the Community Contributions Union. It features the most interesting, well-written, and enjoyable user reviews on Gamespot. Each issue will name our Featured ReviewSpotter for the week in addition to a number of other reviews listed as Honorable Mentions.
Q: What is ReviewSpotting's relationship to ForumSpotting?
A: ForumSpotting is an entirely independent magazine published weekly by Ioden. Though its purpose is similar to ReviewSpotting in that it showcases the best of what the GameSpot Communiy has to offer, its focus relies to a greater extent upon blog entries and editorials rather than reviews. In each issue of ForumSpotting, Ioden will provide a link to ReviewSpotting, along with information on our Featured ReviewSpotter.
Q: Where can I find ForumSpotting & ReviewSpotting?
A: ForumSpotting is published every Sunday in General Games Discussion. You can usually find it in a floated thread on that forum. ReviewSpotting is posted every Saturday night in a floated thread on the Community Contributions union board, as well as on the union's main page.
Q: Who is eligible to submit their reviews to ReviewSpotting?
A: Any member of the GameSpot community may submit their user reviews for consideration. Officers of the Community Contributions union are not eligible for the Featured ReviewSpotter position, although you may occasionally see our reviews listed under a separate staff section of the magazine.
Q: What are the requirements for submitting a review?
A: The only requirement set in stone is that your article must be published as a user review on GameSpot. We do ask, however, that your reviews be as grammaticaly correct as possible with few spelling mistakes. Minor errors will not bar your review from ReviewSpotting, but entries that are clear, well-written, and informative are more likely to be selected.
Q: Do my reviews have to cover the current generation of consoles?
A: Absolutely not. Although we prefer reviews that are more recent, you may enter any review you wish for any platform, past or present. Depending on the volume of submissions we receive, it's possible that in the future we will feature a Retro Review section in ReviewSpotting to highlight popular titles from older systems.
Q: How do I submit my review to ReviewSpotting?
A: To submit a review, simply post a link to your article (game title and system included) in the floated thread on the Community Contributions union board. It will be added to a list of current entries located in that thread. You may submit up to three reviews each week, but note that only your best review will be considered for any particular week. The rest will be held over and automatically submitted for the following week's issue.
Q: Can I submit a review more than once?
A: If you submit a review that is not initially accepted, and you do not see your review in the list of next week's entries, you are free to edit your review (make it longer, fix the grammar, spelling, etc.) and resubmit.
Q: When is the deadline for submissions?
A: The deadline for each week will be Saturday at 12:00PM, EST. As ReviewSpotting is published on Saturday nights, the staff needs time to evaluate your reviews. Any entries received after the noon deadline will be automatically considered for the following week's issue.
Q: Who decides which reviews are selected?
A: The Community Contributions staff. Currently, myself and Draqq_Zyxorian are taking turns publishing each week. This may change depending on the volume and quality of entries, changes in the officer roster, or each officer's personal schedule on any given week.
Q: Do I have to join Community Contributions to read ReviewSpotting, submit reviews, or receive feedback?
A: Absolutely not. Although you are more than welcome to join us, you are in no way required to join our union to participate in ReviewSpotting.
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