Bribed reviews

[forums.redbana.com]

[forums.jordantrudgett.com]

I started playing this game in 2009 and have hundreds of (non-Steam) hours in this game.You could not ask for a better example of the hypocritical, low tactics that the management of this game uses. They are incenting players to leave positive reviews to the value of $40 USD of in-game currency. Now that they've closed the event and stated that any participants who review the game before or on June 8 will receive the $40 in-game cash. Count how many of the positive reviewers only have that 1 review and put their IGN in the review (required to receive the in-game cash.)Do you really want to trust a game that is essentially stating it cannot naturally get positive reviews? They also heavily censor their forums from bad publicity so don't be surprised if this thread disappears. There is a very "you're either with us, or banned" kind of mentality here. Very little transparency. In fact, the opposite. They want you to only know what they tell you.The game itself, while outdated, sometimes buggy, and pretty lackluster by today's standards, is fun - and with the relative lack of good rhythm games out there, that is a point in Audition's favor. If you like social rhythm games and dress-up, you might enjoy yourself for a while. This server does not really have the best hits because by their own word they don't have enough money. However it does have songs with uncensored explicit language and racial epithets, suggestive clothing /themes and a good chunk of their playerbaseHowever, I cannot recommend this game because of how horribly this game is managed. Redbana is doing anything they can to keep the cash flowing in this dying game and it's showing. They will run events where the cost (in real money) to enter is the same as the value of the prize (IF you win!) They will pretend to care about you right up until the moment you are no longer giving them money or helping them. I wrote the X-Patcher software that provides a better launcher interface than the existing one. I gave technical support to hundreds of users to get more people to play this game. I got fed up with their apathy towards players and their inability to actually do anything that mattered, and quit.The GMs have previously shown preferential treatment. They are inconsistent in punishment and will do anything they want with very little transparency. They are incompetent children that have banned hard-working players because they levelled up 'too fast'. Even the game's "player council" has very little influence, and does not get much more information, having been on it myself. Or the sad reality they do leak out to the council members is hush-hush, don't tell our players because they might leave. There is a lot they keep secret, and for good reason: They want you to play, and give them money, and hope you don't have any issues or concerns or suggestions. Everything is fine as long as you don't create waves. Because they can't / won't do anything to help you. There are bugs in the game that have never been fixed.I am disappointed, again and again and again.A copy of this review can be found on my forum here - tgfcoder.