Nezhul wrote:Guys you can't write a tease for everyone. And I'm talking not just about the content. There are other parameters, that make a tease good or bad for us - like pictures, model choice, a type of the tease, etc. And length is there too. You can't criticize someone for making a decision upon length. He likes so - that's he's way, and his vote and hes right to give it to any tease he likes more.
Personally I don't like long teases too, so as I hate lots of pointless blabbering about this or that - I don't criticise long teases tho, I just dont read them.
Also, when you write something that long, you should be prepared that no matter how good it may be - less users will ever read it to the end. It just depends on how much time a user is ready to spare for your tease (and any tease), and the longer it is - the less users there will be for you.
So I don't really understand what's your concern? The man enjoyed the shorter tease more, and gives he's vote to it, I don't understand the point of your messages. What, you think you can change someones opinion? We dont have any rules and limitations on how to judge a tease, so why argueing? Your position is good and clear, but not everyone will agree with you.
My point is that Disley was using length as a proxy for something that he didn't express, namely that he found the subject matter or the treatment boring. I think if someone finds something interesting, then they will read through more of it. We have certainly seen
very long flash teases that go on forever (sometimes literally) and no one seems to complain about those. Or take the Star Wars movies, which are each pretty long, and the whole series goes on for a long time.
I do understand that some may think that long teases are not so good, but for me even 20 pages of stuff I don't want to see is too long.
Anyway, I'm arguing for the same reason you seem to like to argue about everything, Nezhul; that is, because I have an opinion and I like to see other people think about things sensibly and express what they feel. And I don't like people saying things about my teases that I think are unfounded and silly. I understand if people don't like what I write, although I think not liking it because it's long is sad. It's like someone saying: "I don't like Charles Dickens, all his novels are too long." But if you say you don't like Charles Dickens because his characterizations are too simplistic, that seems fine to me.
But I agree it's probably hopeless to make such arguments. I write the teases for myself and appreciate the recognition and praise that they sometimes get. Thanks for that (Les and others).