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If you've written a review for Abandonia you know that there can be a huge gap between when you submit your review and when it appears on the front page. Why the long delay? Well depending on what you've already done there's alot of work that needs to happen before a review hits the front page.

If you're like me, you'd like to know how to get your review to the front page sooner. The quick answer is that you take as much of the work upon yourself as you can. A few simple steps on your part will insure that the preppers and updaters can get your review up as fast as possible.

Now I want to be clear, this is not the method anyone demands you do. You do not have to do any of these things. I'm sure Kosta and everyone would rather have your reviews if you're willing to write them than not. The last thing I want to discourage would-be reviewers by loading on unnecessary stuff. But if you are a reviewer who has a little bit of time to make our job easier I can assure you it will mean you will see your reviews on the front page sooner.

Below is a simple checklist that will turn your average review into greased lightning:

1. Put your Name on the review itself.
2. Go to mobygames (or some other site) and look up the year, publisher, and developer for your game.
3. Any special formatting like bolds or italics will need to be converted to HTML code. It's like the tags used on the forum with a slightly different format. This link is a fantastic resource that I've found.
4. Have 5-9 screenshots in png format 320x240 resolution.
5. Have a title shot, png format 180x113.
6. Have a news picture, 82x82.
7. Zip all the images together in a file called screens.zip.

"But that's too much!" you say. That's okay. You don't have to do all of this. In fact you don't have to do any of it. Aside from putting the name on your review the preppers for your game will do it for you, I promise. But the less they have to do the higher priority your review will be.

I've prepared this handy little form for you. Copy and paste it into a word or text document and fill out all the information you can find. This is the information we use as updaters in the order that we use it. Doing this will insure that your update looks how you want it to. It puts you in charge of your updates and makes us updaters your humble servants.

Name:
Genre:
Year:
Producer:
Publisher:
Multiplayer:
Review:

Compatibility: DOSBox WinXP VMDSound MS-DOS
Your score:
Reviewer (you):
Also try: [/b]

So there you have it. All the secrets to turn a review into an excellent review that makes all the work behind the scenes disapear and puts your review up before anyone who doesn't follow these simple steps.

Happy reviewing!