Occasionally we like to bitch about some of the stuff we see in reviews, and one of the things that gets me is when some obviously new player takes to the review console to bash a course that gave them a hard time like doing so is going to give them some sense of delicious revenge. The great part of course, is when they pretty much spend the context of the review pretty much devaluing their own argument, and exposing the fact that their difficulties were due to operator error, not any particular challenge the course presented.
Now I can appreciate a reviewer that breaks with the pack and maybe points out some flaws in a course that others hadn't mentioned because everyone else was trying to glorify their not so exceptional home course (another pet peeve of mine), but these people who are essentially reviewing their lack of game and not the course they are playing, are not doing the community, or themselves any favors by writing these little rant fests.
So may I suggest some guidelines for you new folks. You have not honed your skills yet. Should you stick with disc golf, things in this game are going to open up for you over the next year, next two years, next five years, when you travel to other places to play, when you play your first competitive event. When that happens, your perspective is going to change on what you like or don't like as far as course design goes, and that perspective is going to have substance to it. Why not save your opinion for then?
Might I suggest a guideline (and not a hard set rule) that you get a year of experience under your belt, perhaps 1000 played holes, perhaps 10 different courses, and some play time with more experienced players before you start submitting reviews. No one needs to know that you're a wuss now. We were are there once. Some of us after more than a decade of play still are. We learned in eventual time that it's not the course's fault and we don't use the DGCR review feature to exact petty vengeance.
Now I can appreciate a reviewer that breaks with the pack and maybe points out some flaws in a course that others hadn't mentioned because everyone else was trying to glorify their not so exceptional home course (another pet peeve of mine), but these people who are essentially reviewing their lack of game and not the course they are playing, are not doing the community, or themselves any favors by writing these little rant fests.
So may I suggest some guidelines for you new folks. You have not honed your skills yet. Should you stick with disc golf, things in this game are going to open up for you over the next year, next two years, next five years, when you travel to other places to play, when you play your first competitive event. When that happens, your perspective is going to change on what you like or don't like as far as course design goes, and that perspective is going to have substance to it. Why not save your opinion for then?
Might I suggest a guideline (and not a hard set rule) that you get a year of experience under your belt, perhaps 1000 played holes, perhaps 10 different courses, and some play time with more experienced players before you start submitting reviews. No one needs to know that you're a wuss now. We were are there once. Some of us after more than a decade of play still are. We learned in eventual time that it's not the course's fault and we don't use the DGCR review feature to exact petty vengeance.
