Commission review system?
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:36 am
Hey everybody!
Long time no see
I've been lurking around lately and noticed a lot of people bummed about the reliability of the people they hire and the need of trusting other users reviews to see if a commissioned person (artist or otherwise) is safe to commission.
So... how about we discuss a review system that's easy for everybody?
I personally have some ideas, myself
On-thread reviews and star system.
This system would need 2 things:
So... let's discuss this!
Long time no see
I've been lurking around lately and noticed a lot of people bummed about the reliability of the people they hire and the need of trusting other users reviews to see if a commissioned person (artist or otherwise) is safe to commission.
So... how about we discuss a review system that's easy for everybody?
I personally have some ideas, myself
On-thread reviews and star system.
This system would need 2 things:
- The person offering commissions to have a 'for hire' thread on the recruitment section.
- The client having a LSF account and be willing to leave a public short review.
- Quality:
Rate low if the quality is bad and lower than what they advertised, rate medium if it's acceptable and within what was advertised, and rate high if it's good or very good and within or beyond advertised. - Speed:
Rate low if they take way longer than what you asked for or expected, rate medium if they work at an acceptable speed or are late within reason compared to what you discussed, rate high if they're fast and/or deliver in time or before time. - Communication:
Rate low if they disappear on you, rate medium if they keep an acceptable level of communication during the process, rate high if they are friendly and communicate often (regardless of speed or quality)
And the artist, on their top post would have to display their average rating, for example:Commissioned: Character sprites for GenericMoeGame
Quality: ****
Speed: **
Communication: *****
The artist did a really god job on my sprites and I'm very happy, they took their sweet time (and would have liked if they did things faster...), but they were always letting me know if they were busy or late, so I never had to worry about them ditching me! Highly recommended, as long as you don't have a tight deadline!
And to add to that, if the artist/coder/musician/etc is willing to, they could link to an external file (like in google docs) wit all their ratings for easy access, for example a google docs spreadsheet like this: Now, the obvious downside of a system like this is that newcomers would have no rating (score, trust, whatever) and some people may not be up to hire them, but I think that still happens anyway when somebody comes saying they don't have experience in VNs but would love to gather some?Hi! I'm open to commissions for a short period of time!
LSF trust: ★★★★ (3 reviews)
I'm quite fast and I'm super friendly and available whenever you have inquiries about your work getting done!
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(the rest of their thread with examples, etc)
So... let's discuss this!