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1sgjeffward

09/13/2013 09:35 PM Last Edit: 09/13/2013 09:35 PM by 1sgjeffward
As everyone knows after the great people here the DB, Reviews and VH is what makes this site pop! Was just looking and noticed that there are currently 24200 Cigar Reviews in the DB.

What I'm proposing is that we as the members try and hit 25000 by the end of the month! I know that may seem like a lot but the core group of 20-30 Geeks that's really only 40-27 each and that's with NO help from any of the NEWBS which I'm sure we can count on.

NEWBS don't be scared to write your reviews! None of us are going to call you out of start going over your review to grade it so jump on in!

I myself plan to shoot for at least 40 reviews this month. Come on guys I think we can do this  :dancing:
Jeff

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? André Gide

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nirab

#1
09/13/2013 10:14 PM
I have quite a few reviews to do, so Jeff, I accept your challenge!  :biggrin: And I will start with the Partagas Lusitanias that I smoked tonight! Wonder who I got this one from?! :biggrin:  :shy:
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StogieDad

#2
09/14/2013 04:06 AM
Challenge accepted, I've done about 40 since I've been here, ill ramp em up!
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues."
-- Abraham Lincoln

"I call this turf 'n' turf. It's a 16 oz T-bone and a 24 oz porterhouse. Also, whiskey and a cigar. I am going to consume all of this at the same time because I am a free American."
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c.petree.1

#3
09/14/2013 05:07 AM
Reviews are like homework, blah. I will try so we can reach that goal!

Rbrushaber

#4
09/14/2013 05:44 AM
I'll try...will add one this morning...before the game I am planning on stopping at a B&M and the. Next week my wife and our friends are going on a cigar B&M, micro brewery, and winery tour so I should get some new stuff...
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Joelala

#5
09/14/2013 08:48 AM
I will write some, I do not smoke 40 sticks in a month :) but I will try to get some written
Joe

1sgjeffward

#6
09/14/2013 09:58 AM
QuoteJoelala - 9/14/2013  9:48 AM

I will write some, I do not smoke 40 sticks in a month :) but I will try to get some written

Well see there is your problem right there you're not smoking enough  :biggrin:
Jeff

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kxthor911

#7
09/14/2013 10:49 AM
Normally, just about ever new cigar that I have I write a review. I'm like Joelala though...I only smoke a few cigars a month.
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Vroomp

#8
09/14/2013 01:29 PM
Sorry Jeff, I've been slacking off lately. I will step it up again......... :biggrin:
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1sgjeffward

#9
09/14/2013 01:53 PM
QuoteVroomp - 9/14/2013  2:29 PM

Sorry Jeff, I've been slacking off lately. I will step it up again......... :biggrin:

Ya you're one of those reviewing machines!

Have just noticed I'm the 1st or 2nd review on a whole bunch of the cigars I've smoke lately :?:
Jeff

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Newbhunter

#10
09/14/2013 07:36 PM
I'd like to get in in this but problem is I can't write a decent review. All I know about a cigar is wether I like it or not, so I don't want to inundate the review with such a paltry excuse for a review. Is there some sort of template I can use to evaluate em better? I'm no expert or commonwhore, euh um I mean connoisseur, so some sort of starting block would be rather useful...

Vroomp

#11
09/14/2013 08:33 PM

QuoteNewbhunter - 9/14/2013  10:36 PM  I'd like to get in in this but problem is I can't write a decent review. All I know about a cigar is wether I like it or not, so I don't want to inundate the review with such a paltry excuse for a review. Is there some sort of template I can use to evaluate em better? I'm no expert or commonwhore, euh um I mean connoisseur, so some sort of starting block would be rather useful...

You can always go by the critique template:  click here to download a PDF form



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Cigar smoking knows no politics. It's about the pursuit of pleasure, taste, and aroma. -Anon

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It is the same when you are stupid....


1sgjeffward

#12
09/14/2013 09:17 PM
QuoteNewbhunter - 9/14/2013  8:36 PM

I'd like to get in in this but problem is I can't write a decent review. All I know about a cigar is wether I like it or not, so I don't want to inundate the review with such a paltry excuse for a review. Is there some sort of template I can use to evaluate em better? I'm no expert or commonwhore, euh um I mean connoisseur, so some sort of starting block would be rather useful...

Brad's suggestion is a good one. Here is a link to a common flavor wheel and explanation of the flavors: http://www.cigarinspector.com/cigars-101/cigar-flavor-components

There is no bad review as long as you give some basic info. Example: hit construction, how it burned, how did it hold up while you smoked it, smoke production and smell, flavors you did notice (harsh, sweet, rich tobacco) and your overall opinion of the smoke.
Jeff

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? André Gide

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1sgjeffward

#13
09/14/2013 11:15 PM
And just to show I'm not putting this off on my fellow geeks I have picked up the pace as well! Have posted 6 reviews since this thread started and 8 total for the month. Have several that are paper notes I'm going to transfer and finding that it helps to open a review window and take notes in it while smoking the cigar.
Jeff

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? André Gide

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bmac7754

#14
09/15/2013 08:12 AM Last Edit: 09/15/2013 02:22 PM by bmac7754
 Great Idea Jeff.  I've been slacking, but will try to get done what I can.  ive got a few notes on some ive smoked just not put it all together just yet
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Rbrushaber

#15
09/15/2013 03:52 PM
QuoteNewbhunter - 9/14/2013  10:36 PM

I'd like to get in in this but problem is I can't write a decent review. All I know about a cigar is wether I like it or not, so I don't want to inundate the review with such a paltry excuse for a review. Is there some sort of template I can use to evaluate em better? I'm no expert or commonwhore, euh um I mean connoisseur, so some sort of starting block would be rather useful...
Just go for it and tell us how you liked or did not like the cigar and the reasons why you liked or did not like...it is about how you experance it...I find I like reading through them just to get a little intel on the stick before I buy...if I find a stick that no one on here likes I steer clear, mixed results I look at those who have similar palettes and if all say it was great I go for it!

Fear not...I don't think anyone here is
Going to bust your balls if your not a paid reviewer for a magazine...have fin with it
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"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and courage of free me and women.  It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."  Ronald Reagan
This quote is as true today as it was when I first heard it in the 1980s and joined the USAF...

StogieDad

#16
09/16/2013 01:02 PM
Got 16 for September.  Just two since the post, with a few more to finish.  Plus I gotta smoke one tonight, right!
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues."
-- Abraham Lincoln

"I call this turf 'n' turf. It's a 16 oz T-bone and a 24 oz porterhouse. Also, whiskey and a cigar. I am going to consume all of this at the same time because I am a free American."
-- Ron Swanson

ljlemer

#17
09/16/2013 01:21 PM
I've already reviewed 1424 cigars. I'm running out of prospects. I have two lined up but I have to choose between my lovelife and smoking. If I smell like cigars I get no nookie. You can already calculate how much booga-booga I've sacrificed in the last six years at CG. Then again, 1424 smokes is pretty heavenly. Choices, choices! If it's not too late, marry a cigar-smoking lady!
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1sgjeffward

#18
09/17/2013 07:16 PM
Have been looking back at my reviews and it has made me think of a question for you guys!

Noticed on my reviews that I do a GREAT job of reviewing the great cigars I smoke. But I SUCK at reviewing the bad or so so ones! Never really paid attention but does anyone else catch themselves doing the same thing?
Jeff

"Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it."

? André Gide

http://www.cigargeeks.com/index.php?action=humidors;area=public;member=1sgjeffward

bmac7754

#19
09/17/2013 07:21 PM
Yes i do.  It seems the better you are liking a cigar I seem to be more excited about describing it.  The not so good ones become kinda short and to the point.
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The Burn Ward

#20
09/17/2013 07:49 PM
Tacked on my first public review. The Tatuaje Mini Mum.

1sgjeffward

#21
09/17/2013 09:46 PM
QuoteThe Burn Ward - 9/17/2013  8:49 PM

Tacked on my first public review. The Tatuaje Mini Mum.

Congrats brother! Contributing members is one of the things that make this site so great :thumbsup:
Jeff

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? André Gide

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DonM

#22
09/18/2013 04:57 AM
Quoteljlemer - 9/16/2013  4:21 PM

I've already reviewed 1424 cigars. I'm running out of prospects. I have two lined up but I have to choose between my lovelife and smoking. If I smell like cigars I get no nookie. You can already calculate how much booga-booga I've sacrificed in the last six years at CG. Then again, 1424 smokes is pretty heavenly. Choices, choices! If it's not too late, marry a cigar-smoking lady!

 :lmao: C'mon man!  The lack of booga-booga is a PP or Personal Problem, not a sacrifice, Larry!  You have 39876 cigars listed in the database and you have only done 1424 reviews?    You have 38452 cigars to pick from, get busy!  

Just busting your balls, yea i think you have done your share fore sure!

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nwb

#23
09/18/2013 07:37 AM
After 600+ reviews, it became too much like work, and it was affecting my enjoyment of the cigars.  Add to that the fact that I've only smoked 4 cigars this month, and it doesn't look like I'll be much help.

Still, I like your idea, and I hope we hit the goal! :thumbsup:
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Ntxsage

#24
09/18/2013 08:40 AM
Quote1sgjeffward - 9/17/2013  7:16 PM

Have been looking back at my reviews and it has made me think of a question for you guys!

Noticed on my reviews that I do a GREAT job of reviewing the great cigars I smoke. But I SUCK at reviewing the bad or so so ones! Never really paid attention but does anyone else catch themselves doing the same thing?


 I've gotten to the point I don't even review the mediocre to bad cigars. I agree would be great to have more entries on bad to avg sticks so  people steer clear or know what they're getting...but these days I dont even wanna finish anything under 3.5 stars. I'd be finishing it just for the review.   Maybe I can do partial reviews of whatever portion I made it through.
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