I would like to wipe and restart my account.

I want a blank slate. What is the best way to achieve this? Like I want my reviews and ratings and all that cleared. I want to rebuild with new eyes, or ears as it were.

I'll speak with Ben to confirm the best way to achieve this.

I appreciate that. When I started off I was in kind of an awkward personal space. I was really into the clan thing and trying to do the stuff to get more added. For about a year now I've been thinking that I'm not really into criticizing music I just want to lay back and chill. I realize that kinda defeats the purpose of the site, but I like you guys and still want to be a member. I just don't want to do all the rating and writing. I don't think about music (or any art) in those terms anymore.

Hey Zach, sounds like you are in a better place now emotionally. I hope you are enjoying life much more in your new surroundings.

Oh yeah 100%. Life is good. 

I just feel like this: I'm a musician myself, and not one of any real note, so where do I get off being able to criticize the work of more successful artists than myself? I mean if an artist has sold say 100,000 copies of an album, and I haven't even gotten close to that, then what right do I have to call it mediocre or bad? I want to keep my future work just to things I really enjoy and can compliment easily. I don't want to write negative reviews anymore. 

I think rather than basing additional clan privileges on reviewing pre-selected lists, it makes more since to use a threshold system, but this isn't my house.  

Oh yeah 100%. Life is good. 

I just feel like this: I'm a musician myself, and not one of any real note, so where do I get off being able to criticize the work of more successful artists than myself? I mean if an artist has sold say 100,000 copies of an album, and I haven't even gotten close to that, then what right do I have to call it mediocre or bad? I want to keep my future work just to things I really enjoy and can compliment easily. I don't want to write negative reviews anymore. 

I think rather than basing additional clan privileges on reviewing pre-selected lists, it makes more since to use a threshold system, but this isn't my house.  

This opinion is one I find odd.  That's like saying I am a driver on the road but I haven't taken an advanced driving course and so I can't call out bad drivers when I see them.  You are proposing to sacrifice your opinion/feelings/personal point of view on something based on the quantity of units it has shipped, which is an absolute self-inflicted slur on your own right to an opinion in the first place. 

The clan system ("privileges" is an odd choice of word) works well enough for the majority of the regulars here.

I might be able to criticize another random driver, but I probably shouldn't tell a guy who has made it to NASCAR or F1 how to drive. That was what I meant.

You are an infinitely more talented musician than myself, Zach, so have far more legitimacy than I when reviewing music objectively. I have never had much opportunity to do much writing in my life, too busy trying to keep the wolves from the door, but I do enjoy it and metal has been such a huge part of that life that it is what I gravitate towards when I do write. I review from the point of how much I enjoy it rather than on any objective musical opinions and I too dislike slagging anyone's efforts off, so try to find some positivity in most of the stuff I listen to. Sometimes, though, you just gotta say, this ain't for me.

That aside, I am only some no-mark motherfucker on the internet, so why should anyone take what I think seriously anyway?

It's about avoiding negative mind states and keeping my overall energy positive. I'm a person with some emotional regulation issues, so I need to do what I can to stay balanced. New Chapter in life; Being Happy.

It's about avoiding negative mind states and keeping my overall energy positive. I'm a person with some emotional regulation issues, so I need to do what I can to stay balanced. New Chapter in life; Being Happy.

A battle I have fought many times, not always with positive outcomes either unfortunately.

I might be able to criticize another random driver, but I probably shouldn't tell a guy who has made it to NASCAR or F1 how to drive. That was what I meant.

My point still stands.  Own your point of view on something, don't run with the pack because something is popular.  Jeez.

I mean, let's be honest, you're hardly here anyway. That's not intended to sound as harsh it probably does but the fact is that if you aren't here to rate or review, what are you here for?  Based on your previous activity, you could be back here in another 3 months going the exact opposite way.  It's up to you obviously, but I just think you're making life hard for yourself and reducing your self-esteem which no human should have to do.

That's kind of my point Vinny, and I used to be here almost daily. The reasons for my recent inactivity;
1) Moved literally across the country. (Michigan to Florida)
2) Wife was in serious car accident.
3) Had to find new job and new connections.
4) Focuses shifted from listening to and critiquing music to learning playing it better-massive efforts on my part to improve my chops.
5) Constructing a VtM Chronicle-something I had wanted to do for literally decades, and finally got the people and place to do it. It's massive.
6) Studying for the FTCE. 

I'm looking to return as a regular. I just want to do it with a fresh foundation. My self esteem is higher than it's ever been (Sincerely firing on all cylinders in a way I never had before), and my life is easier than it has ever been-bigger house, easier at-work conditions, easy access to many things I enjoy. My physical health is also the best it has been since high school. Though I still have work to do in that area-serious training starts tomorrow.

If you just wanna chill with that metal, that's cool.  Sometimes you just need to chill after a busy day, and if it's good for you then that's the only thing that matters.

I guess we don't have to do a full wipe. I can just pick up where I am if it's such a huge hastle, but I would like to get the additional clan privileges based on the fact that I think I've exceeded the criteria by double now, and I've also went back and re-written some of them as many as 3-5X to try to raise the quality-since that's why it was initially denied. 

I guess we don't have to do a full wipe. I can just pick up where I am if it's such a huge hastle, but I would like to get the additional clan privileges based on the fact that I think I've exceeded the criteria by double now, and I've also went back and re-written some of them as many as 3-5X to try to raise the quality-since that's why it was initially denied. 

If there are any ratings / reviews you still aren't happy with, Zach, you can manually remove them yourself. I think you can even delete forum posts should you wish to. Other than that, I guess you could make a new account and ask Ben to delete the old one.

I hope your wife has recovered from her accident and is well too.

I'll go through em one more time. I just want to develop a rubric and format. Maybe the right play here is to first develop that, and then go through all of them with a standardization. That might be the call.

Sorry Gator. I missed this thread until Daniel drew my attention to it. I can very easily remove your reviews / ratings if that's still what you want to do. Just send me a private message. It would take me a few minutes to do.