Does It Really Matter If Reviews Have Pics?

[Catfish]

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?

[white_s2k]

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

[ahc4353]

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

:tpd: :ss

[zmancbr]

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

: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

[DPD6030]

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

[Raralith]

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

[s15driftking]

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)

[Da Klugs]

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

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)

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

[thebiglebowski]

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! :)

[Don Fernando]

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?

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.

[Waynegro1]

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

[ahc4353]

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.

[Waynegro1]

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.

:wo :r:r:r

[chippewastud79]

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

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

Now thats funny :D

[dentonparrots]

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

Owt's better than Nowt

[G G]

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
:tpd:

[Whee]

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!

[mcmoyer]

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

[Catfish]

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

[WildBlueSooner]

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

[Bax]

Yes. :)

[kaisersozei]

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

Close your eyes and remember the last one. :D

[kaelaria]

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.

[lightning9191]

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.

[Mikhail]

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

[bobarian]

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

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/90/thisthreadisworthlesse.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thisthreadisworthlesse.jpg)


:r:r:r:wo

[Catfish]

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

[Starscream]

Doesn't matter if you have pics or not.

[MedicCook]

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.

[Savor the Stick]

YES!!!

[MarkinAZ]

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

[poriggity]

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

[SmokeyJoe]

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

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

[Da Klugs]

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

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

[68TriShield]

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

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.

[s15driftking]

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


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

:r:r:r:r

[s15driftking]

.... and the answer to the question would you smoke it again are the important parts to me.


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

[TBone]

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.

[Coz77]

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.

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