A case of muddled priorities

So Ciao are running a comp for video reviews with a first prize of £300. Does this reek of desperation or am I missing the point?

I've not watched a single vid review and I suspect that's the case for lots of other members too.

I have no wish to make one either - especially as they'll probably apply their normal diamond grading criteria and give it to a review of a mobile phone ("look how easy it is to scroll up and down......")

If they have such money to burn, it's a shame they can't use it on the core business - boost the PF, give out more diamonds, run a writing comp or something more relevant.

SO my question...............has anyone made a vid review or watched one?

Have you seen the people on that site, if I want to watch a video nasty I will go to Blockbuster.

koshkha wrote:

So Ciao are running a comp for video reviews with a first prize of £300. Does this reek of desperation or am I missing the point?

They continue to miss the point. Video reviews, black dot, video review competition, what next? Rainbow dot and text message reviews?

koshka wrote:

I've not watched a single vid review and I suspect that's the case for lots of other members too.

I have no wish to make one either - especially as they'll probably apply their normal diamond grading criteria and give it to a review of a mobile phone ("look how easy it is to scroll up and down......")

Seriously, that is the sort of standard to expect for some of the video reviews. I might have considered doing one but I cannot think of a product in which a video review would help someone make a purchasing decision.

koshka wrote:

If they have such money to burn, it's a shame they can't use it on the core business - boost the PF, give out more diamonds, run a writing comp or something more relevant.

Exactly. Competition aside it's hard to believe getting paid that kind of money for a video review. Up the enumeration rates I say.

koshka wrote:

SO my question...............has anyone made a vid review or watched one?

Watched a handful. There goes my bandwidth...

I watched I think two vid-revs and they were both hosted by techno geeks spouting on about some piece of hi tech gadgetry. Reminded me of Maurice Moss from the IT Crowd, what a great show that was. Might make a video of paint drying and eneter that.

I'd watch if pornography became a category.

If they don't allow a picture of me wearing a 'clava, they're not likely to give me £300 for a video of me wearing a 'clava.

Ciao's Favourite Member wrote:

If they don't allow a picture of me wearing a 'clava, they're not likely to give me £300 for a video of me wearing a 'clava.

Review a mobile phone and put the clava on the phone as well.

review a balaclava, from the inside!

steerpyke wrote:

I watched I think two vid-revs and they were both hosted by techno geeks spouting on about some piece of hi tech gadgetry. Reminded me of Maurice Moss from the IT Crowd, what a great show that was. Might make a video of paint drying and eneter that.

Oh I LOVED the IT crowd. Anyone know if they ever issued it on DVD? The computer geeks were just so cute.

LOVED? What's this past tense malarkey? Aren't they making a second series?

Roy: [singing] We don't need no education.
Moss: Yes you do; you've just used a double negative


brilliant, and wasnt Noel Fielding as Richmond the Goth just ace. I have to share a nightclub with people like that, almost makes you want to stay in on a saturday night.

I thought Richmond was brilliant.

I hope that there is more, that and Black books (featuring Jani as Bernard Black) were the best comedies in a long time (both had Graham "I wrote Father Ted" Lineham to thank). We want more.

If there is a second series then I'll be a happy Friday-night-bunny. Channel four just has the magic touch on Friday nights - sometimes I can even stay awake until bed time.

By the way, we've drifted a tad OT haven't we?

Getting back on topic: Ciao are idiots.

have you tried switching them off and switching them on again?


sorry I just can't stop now, you've got me all IT'ed up.

Ciao's Favourite Member wrote:

Getting back on topic: Ciao are idiots.

...top marks for your well formed argument there...