Does It Really Matter If Reviews Have Pics?
 

I am trying / have tried many different sticks this past smoking season. I would like to post reviews for everyone but I don't really have a convenient dig. cam. to take pics while smokin. Does it really matter that much if seegars are reviewed with no pics?

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Nope, it sure doesn't. Pics are always nice, but your opinion of the smoke is what we like to see :tu

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:tpd: :ss

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:tpd:

I like to see pics... but more important is what my fellow B/SOTLs think of the cigar! I don't buy cigars solely based on reviews, but if there are enough bad reviews I might steer clear or enough good reviews, I might scoop some up! :tu

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Not necessary but I do love me some cigar ****! :wo

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It isn't necessary but it's quite nice. As long as it is not overkill, than it becomes picture diarrhea.

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Most people will say that you don't need to post pics to review a cigar... i believe you should, it heightens the reader's experience. (my own opinion)

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It's the little things that make life worth living.... like seeing and laughing about these 2 posts being one after another. :D

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the words are more important than the pretty pictures.

except for dave smoking the padron on the golf course the other day. THAT required a pic! :)

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Nope, I always posted reviews without pics until recently. The most important part of the review is the information it provides, pictures are just a little bonus.

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I agree that pictures help make the review more entertaining for the reader (kind of like a book with pictures), but I'd rather read a review without pics than no a review at all. (can you say run on sentence)

I'd read reviews with or without photos. :ss

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Now, there are some guys that I wish would post pics as it would take up some of the room they use to write legendary long reviews.

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:wo :r:r:r

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I like to put pictures of the cigar before I light it, mostly because it helps other people identify it if they don't know it by name (which most of the time I don't). Plus a photo of the cigar makes up for my lack of knowledge in descriptions. And then maybe one more picture of something unique (long ash, attrocious burn or just a neat looking photo).

I can appreciate reviews without pictures as well as long as the reviewer gives some good information. Thanks to the Team for limiting us to 5 pictures, because when you see eleventy billion pictures in one review it is worthless to see every draw as a new picture. :tu

Now thats funny :D

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They say a picture says a thousand words...but words do all the same!

Owt's better than Nowt

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:tpd:

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Pics are nice for the inmates who have problems with big words...:D

For me, taking the pics is just part of the process, makes it more fun for me to do.

But a review is a review. A bad review with pics, is still a bad review.

So let's review....:r

pics=optional
well conveyed review=good!

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Phhttt...who needs pictures? Take their bands off & turn 'em upside down and the all look alike.

:dr

I do enjoy a well written review!!

:tu

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Well, I'll do my very best to keep them concise, entertaining, factual and at the very least, informative and interesting. :dance:

Or they will be long-winded, hot air filled, utter failures. :ss :fu

But definitely 1 of the 2. :tu :gl

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Without pictures how am I supposed to...uh..nevermind!

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Yes. :)

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Close your eyes and remember the last one. :D

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I like to engage all my senses. Since you can't smell or taste anything on the net, I do the next best with videos, along with high quality pics for everyone. I think it does add quite a bit to the understanding of the cigar.

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I don't mind a picture or two, but beyond that I tend to skip the pictures and read the words. I don't mind a review not having any pictures. The flavor description, smokeability (burn/draw), and the answer to the question would you smoke it again are the important parts to me.

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Yes, If a review does not have pictures how can you prove to the reader that you smoked it???

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Its ok if you post without pictures, but you're gonna get this:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/90/...worthlesse.jpg


:r:r:r:wo

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Well, with so many that frequent the forum, I suppose my pic-less reviews will be cool for some and not-so-cool for the others. Welcome to the intraweeblnetz. :r

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Doesn't matter if you have pics or not.

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The reviews are good and if pictures are available I know I enjoy them. I have an easier time remembering what a cigar/label looks like than I do with names sometimes.

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I'm sort of a visual type and do enjoy seeing a few photo's mingled with the review. The photo(s) allow me to observe the cigar while at the same time they complement the review.

Photo's with a review would be my preference:ss

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Being that I have a cigar blog, I feel every review, with the exception of the quickie types, should have pictures.
Scott

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:tpd: But the opinion is what is most helpful, especially where relative strength, flavors, and value are discussed. :tu

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True but looking at your driveway as a background is soo monotonous. :)

How about some videos to spice it up?

http://www.spike.com/video/manswers-season-1/2937253

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Agreed.One or two at maximum.

I really don't care what the cigar looks like from one quarter inch to the next.
If it explodes maybe,other than that,no.

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hey now, mine was direct and to the point, i like pics!!! no shame in that.

:r:r:r:r

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Most recently, that's the part i've started looking for the most!! :tu

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As a newbie pictures help me see and recognize a smoke, but more importantly is if the smoker can tell me what they tasted this will help me when I smoke the same stick. I can concentrate on discovering the same flavors. This will help me refine my pallate and become a better descriptor myself.

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The only reason I read Don Fernando reviews is because of the pretty pictures. Keep em' coming bro! :dance:

I personally seek out picture reviews and sometimes tend to skim over the non picture ones.....Nevertheless I love me a good pic review. :2 :tu