Images on the Geek

Boardgamegeek.com is a fabulous site, and the vast amount of information on all types of boardgames uploaded by its users is a great resource.

I’ve recently been uploading various images I took at the UK Games Expo, and have been a little perplexed and frustrated by the censoring of these images. I’ve had a fair number of images passed ok, and then some spurious rejections, such as some photos I took of the fabulous giant Shadows Over Camelot game, which were rejected as being irrelevant to the game. I changed the title slightly and had two of the photos accepted. Out of interest I uploaded one of the photos that had already been accepted, only to have it rejected as out-of focus!

I also had some shots of Identity Crisis I took at the show rejected as too similar to other photos for the game when there is only one other photo in the database and that’s of the box top.
I took macro lens close-ups of the miniatures from Tannhauser, and had six out of ten accepted. The others were rejected as out-of-focus (pin-sharp to my eyes!), irrelevant etc.
I’m intrigued to know how the approval process works.