Recommendations for the top reviewers emblem

The player review emblems are hand picked by the Community Team to avoid any emblem exploits such as disruptive posting and to highlight the best writers in the community. The users who are selected are often featured in the Weekly Community News Report too.

If you have a recommendation on an excellent review writer or video reviews uploader please use this thread to alert us.

Recommendation Guidelines
1| Please be very clear about who you are recommending and if it is a VIDEO or WRITTEN review emblem. Now that we have a video reviewer emblem on the way, it is best to mention that you want us to check their user videos and not their user reviews.

2| Please link to the user's contributions page for written reviews and link to their video reviews if you are recommending them as a user video.

3| If you plan to recommend yourself recommend someone else with your rsubmission. Otherwise, this becomes a self-centered thread, which is not the purpose of bringing awareness to good writers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Do I need to be recommended to receive an emblems?
A. It's possible to get the emblem without being recommended. This thread is just for suggestions.

Q. Can I recommend myself?
A. Of course! Recommending yourself is a good place to start. Before recommending yourself try to hunt down other users to post with your recommendations. Important: Only recommend users who have 6 or more written reviews.

Q. Many people have recommended me! I deserve an emblem.
A. Recommending someone does not mean that they will receive an emblem. The community team are the one that makes a decisions based on a secret criteria.

Q. Why haven't I received an emblem?
A. We cannot share the criteria about how to receive a review emblem. Do some investigation! Check to see who has the emblem and then read their writing style and/or quality to your own. Grammar and spelling errors may be considered when we investigate a user's written review.

Q. What is the difference between the emblems?
A. The Top 100 are more prolific. The Top 500 user may not have enough written reviews or they need to step it up on their writing skills. Video review emblem require enough videos to be considered.

Q. I want an emblem, give me an emblem, check out my reviews right away!
A. When you post your recommendations do not pester and private message staff or contact the moderators to check out a player review. This thread is the appropriate place to post your suggestions. The timeline on knowing when you'll recieve an emblem is anywhere between 30 and 90 days of the thread creation. Thanks for your cooperation in this matter.

I'd like to recommend TheKungFool and akhorahill, both with great written reviews. And of course, I'd like to keep my emblem :)

Though school has taken away a lot of my time, I would like to keep my review emblem.

k....nominating myself...hell its worth a try lol

I'd like to keep my emblem :) and also recommend dannyodwyer.

I would like to reccomend Systemaddict for a written review emblem. He/she is one of the best user reviewers I've seen on this site. I don't think you should be alarmed by a link that appears in some of his/her reviews; apparently it's linked to a blog that he/she writes on. Here's a link to Systemaddict's reviews.

I would like to recommend jg4xchamp for a written reviewers emblem, he puts a lot of effort into his reviews and I think that they are of a high quality.

I'd like to recommend Bioshockraptor. He puts a lot of effort into his reviews. They're also pretty well written too. And I'd like to throw my name in for the heck of it. Check out my Bioshock 2 review I just put up the other day. I should have a couple more reviews going up soon as well.

I would like to recommend gdw0908 for his analytic and well-written reviews, which only seem to improve with every entry. And I'll throw my name forth as well, just to see whether or not I deserve it. My old reviews aren't as pretty, though.

I would like to recommend gdw0908 for his analytic and well-written reviews, which only seem to improve with every entry. And I'll throw my name forth as well, just to see whether or not I deserve it. My old reviews aren't as pretty, though.

calvinsora

Lol, ya my older reviews are VERY amateur.

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I would like to recommend gdw0908 for his analytic and well-written reviews, which only seem to improve with every entry. And I'll throw my name forth as well, just to see whether or not I deserve it. My old reviews aren't as pretty, though.

KH-mixerX

Lol, ya my older reviews are VERY amateur.

I guess that applies to everyone :P Btw, I read your Bioshock 2 review and it was agood read. I especially like the closing paragraph, which neatly wrapped up the review. If you wish to read about more BS2, I wrote one as well which was very similar in score. Of course, I'm not forcing anything on you ;)

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I would like to recommend gdw0908 for his analytic and well-written reviews, which only seem to improve with every entry. And I'll throw my name forth as well, just to see whether or not I deserve it. My old reviews aren't as pretty, though.

calvinsora

Lol, ya my older reviews are VERY amateur.

I guess that applies to everyone :P Btw, I read your Bioshock 2 review and it was agood read. I especially like the closing paragraph, which neatly wrapped up the review. If you wish to read about more BS2, I wrote one as well which was very similar in score. Of course, I'm not forcing anything on you ;)

Thanks for the compliment:D!!! I read yours. It seems you put a lot more effort into it than I did mine. Mine was kinda just whipped together very quickly. You got talent man. Keep em coming.

http://www.gamespot.com/users/kjhg53/contributions?mode=reviews&tag=all-about;header;more

I'd like to nominate Kjhg53, he's a great reviewer, and one thing is, he has a passion for reviewing games. He's very fair and his viewpoints of each game are very accurate. Even if you don't agree with the scores he gives some games he gives very good reasoning in his review for everything, and he's thorough.

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I would like to recommend gdw0908 for his analytic and well-written reviews, which only seem to improve with every entry. And I'll throw my name forth as well, just to see whether or not I deserve it. My old reviews aren't as pretty, though.

KH-mixerX

Lol, ya my older reviews are VERY amateur.

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I would like to recommend gdw0908 for his analytic and well-written reviews, which only seem to improve with every entry. And I'll throw my name forth as well, just to see whether or not I deserve it. My old reviews aren't as pretty, though.

asian_pride69

Lol, ya my older reviews are VERY amateur.

I'd like to recommend Raikoh_'s Army of Two: 40th Day review for a top emblem. It can be found here, and was used by Game Observer as the official website review of the game. While her $tyl3 is more casual than technical - it is a great voice of the game and opinions.

I'd also like to submit my Resident Evil 4 review for a top emblem found here.

Thanks again for the consideration of our unions members and reviews :)

Firstly, I would like to thank GS for my emblem. *bow* Thank you so much.

Then I would like to, as gdw0908 did earlier, nominate Raikoh_for her whimsical, funny and, most importantly, well written reviews.

Wow, thanks a ton for the Top 100 emblem! Huge surprise! :)

Here are some users who I'd like to personally recommend. All of them should definitely qualify for an emblem distinction!:

Cloud_765 / Review Contributions (WRITTEN)

DesertClawX2X / Review Contributions (WRITTEN)

GabuEx / Review Contributions (WRITTEN) (Top 1000, deserves higher.)

kjhg53 / Review Contributions (WRITTEN)

RidersInThe-Sky / Review Contributions (WRITTEN)

TristanH12 / Review Contributions (WRITTEN)

I'd like to nominate GenTom for his written reviews. His review of Silent Hunter III was the deciding point of actually getting that game.

I'd also like to nominate myself for written reviews, since I can. :P

I'd like to nominate myself for written reviews and GabuEx for written reviews as well.

I would like to nominate ShootumUP26 for his great reviews. Here is a link to his many reviews.

I would also like to nominate myself, even though I haven't written that many reviews, I try to make my reviews good.

Here is a link to my reviews.

http://www.gamespot.com/users/kjhg53/contributions?mode=reviews&tag=all-about;header;more

I'd like to nominate Kjhg53, he's a great reviewer, and one thing is, he has a passion for reviewing games. He's very fair and his viewpoints of each game are very accurate. Even if you don't agree with the scores he gives some games he gives very good reasoning in his review for everything, and he's thorough.

Cloud_765

I don't recommend myself exactly...yet. I am eligible, because I do have 6 written reviews, but 3 of them are terrible. I am increasing the quality with each review I write though, so I am recommending that you just keep an eye on me for right now. :P My next review will be on Okami. :)

I would like to nominate tmaclabi for his written reviews. I found them really interesting and detailed and i think he really deserves to get an emblem. The list of his written reviews can be found here

OK so here's my list of recommendations of who I think is worthy of the various emblems;

asian_pride69 - Top 100 - Factual, informative, well written reviews.

http://uk.gamespot.com/users/asian_pride69/contributions?mode=reviews&tag=all-about;header;more

Calvinsora - Top 100 - Ambitious, informative, well written reviews.

http://uk.gamespot.com/users/calvinsora/contributions?tag=profile-nav;contributions

Charizard1065 - Top 100 - Enjoyable, varied, well written reviews.

http://uk.gamespot.com/users/charizard1605/contributions

DannyODwyer - Top 100 - Consensed, enjoyable, well written reviews.

http://uk.gamespot.com/users/dannyodwyer/contributions?tag=profile-nav;contributions

Domstercool - Top 100 - Condensed, enjoyable, witty reviews.

http://uk.gamespot.com/users/Domstercool/contributions?tag=profile-nav;contributions

GeekyDad - Top 100 - Enjoyable, well written reviews.

http://uk.gamespot.com/ds/rpg/kingdomhearts3582days/player_review.html?id=684426&tag=contributions;review4

Gdw0908 - Top 100 - Factual, informative, well written reviews.

http://uk.gamespot.com/users/gdw0908/contributions?tag=profile-nav;contributions

Khoofia_Pika - Top 100 - Enjoyable, varied, well written reviews.

http://uk.gamespot.com/users/khoofia_pika/contributions?tag=profile-nav;contributions

Raikoh_ - Top 500 - Informative, witty reviews.

http://uk.gamespot.com/users/Raikoh_/contributions?mode=reviews&tag=all-about;header;more

Tikicobra - Top 500 - Informative, well written reviews.

http://uk.gamespot.com/users/Tikicobra/contributions?tag=profile-nav;contributions

I'd like to nominate indzmanfor his really well written reviews :)

http://uk.gamespot.com/usindzmaners/indzman/contributions?tag=profile-nav;contributions

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/driving/burnout5/player_review.html?id=714554&tag=contributions;review3

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/driving/midnightclublosangeles/player_review.html?id=715628&tag=contributions;review2

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/adventure/residentevil5/player_review.html?id=715801&tag=contributions;review1

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/action/grandtheftauto4/player_review.html?id=717008&tag=all-about%3Breview1

http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/driving/burnoutrevenge/player_review.html?id=721302&tag=all-about%3Breview1

I'd also like to recommend

Venom_Raptor for his very well written BioShock review

I'm changing my recommendation of myself to a half-recommendation. Half my reviews (A growing percentage) are worth looking at, but there are still my original ones that are average and a couple that are rather bad. mariostar0001

I'd like to recomend myself :) I've done 20+ reviews that i've been getting good fedback for.

Heres the link to my review page.

I'd like to nominate kevin091's written reveiws. He has always been good at it.

Wow, thanks a ton for the Top 100 emblem! Huge surprise! :)

Here are some users who I'd like to personally recommend. All of them should definitely qualify for an emblem distinction!:

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Cloud_765 / Review Contributions (WRITTEN)

DesertClawX2X / Review Contributions (WRITTEN)

GabuEx / Review Contributions (WRITTEN) (Top 1000, deserves higher.)

kjhg53 / Review Contributions (WRITTEN)

RidersInThe-Sky / Review Contributions (WRITTEN)

TristanH12 / Review Contributions (WRITTEN)

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-SpikyBlueHero-

I would also like to recommend Cloud 765 and kjhg53 for their writtenas well as myself, sonictrainer,and kbaily for written reviews.

Say, is there any chance that awarded emblems can be upgraded? If so, I would like to recommend these people:

calvinsora

Gelugon_baat (that's myself)

I would also like to recommend the following people:

cyberpixie

julianozuca

Hey everyone! Just a quick update that I probably wont be able to pull the list of your reviewer suggestions and pass them around to those who check them out for a little whle longer. Might be able to do it late June (weeks after E3) or early July.

I just realized that we dont really have that many Mac game reviewers, except TissueShow. So, if you can think of anyone that might be worthy of this emblem that writes mac reviews, post them in here.

Also, I am still looking for video reviewers! Check to see if they have at least 5 or more video reviews and report them here!

Hey everyone! Just a quick update that I probably wont be able to pull the list of your reviewer suggestions and pass them around to those who check them out for a little whle longer. Might be able to do it late June (weeks after E3) or early July.

I just realized that we dont really have that many Mac game reviewers, except TissueShow. So, if you can think of anyone that might be worthy of this emblem that writes mac reviews, post them in here.

Also, I am still looking for video reviewers! Check to see if they have at least 5 or more video reviews and report them here!

JodyR

In that case, I recommend myself (written reviews)now. I should have a good number of decent reviews by late June, early July. My reviews can be found here. :)

Even thoughBacklash24 has only 2 written reviews, I would keep an eye on him. ;)

I don't see many user video reviews or Mac game reviews, but if I notice any, I'll be sure to come here.

Daavpuke has some decent reviews.I'd put him in the top 500.

Ok, I'm gonna give this a try, too. I'd like to recommend myself for my written reviews. My older reviews are not that well written (due to lacking English skills), but the newer ones I posted are rather good I think.

I'll eventually rewrite the older ones when I have some spare time.

I thinkstephenage,calvinsora, and Pierst179 may be eligible for an upgrade from the top 500 to the top 100.

I want to recommend maryalex for the uttermost care she puts in her reviews as seen in her Final Fantasy XIII review.

Also I would like to recomend yokofox33, for reviews so complete you don't even need to play the game. Honestly he covers everything.

These two are long time GS users, and both write very complete detailed reviews and I think that awarding the emblem to any of them would encourage them to keep on with the hard work. Oh and I also think Piert179 deserves to be in the top 100, I'm familiar with his reviews and they are great, also he has written a lot of reviews.

And I would like to nominate myself, I'd love to get the emblem.

I'll nominate me, PHILRYABKIN, gamefreak197, and jazzfan4. We all write written reviews.

I would like to recommend myself - SirMordredX; as a long-time reviewer, I believe my reviews have a much better sense of both professionalism and completion than most all others [My early reviews are not on the same level, seeing as they were meant to be mini-reviews, as opposed to full].

My STALKER review can be found HERE...

My Just Cause 2 PC review can be found HERE...

And my more "stylized" Kane and Lynch: Dead Men [PC] review can be found HERE...

-- Best Regards, SirMordredX

I would like to nominate DraugenCP for his SMG2 review.In his review he explained why SMG2is not art and why it shouldn't be judge by parameters or criteria's in videogames.

Here is the link

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/supermariogalaxy2/player_review.html?id=732608&tag=player-reviews%3Bcontinue%3B10

Hey everyone. We usually wait a couple of months to gather a hefty list and review through to find new people for the achievement. We probably won't be checking for new peeps until October so get in your recommendations sooner than later!