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Breaking NEWS!

Now voted* best Dooyooer of the year for 2009!

The Duke wins this prestigious award for the ninth year in a row!
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If you have non-review stuff to discuss and any questions about the site or if you want any advice, then please feel free to PM me. I am afraid that off-topic messages posted on any of my opinions will generally be ignored or, in extreme cases, reported to Dooyoo.

If you see anything out of order or suspicious around the site, please do not hesitate to contact Dooyoo as the behaviour of all members can affect the site and its success. The email address you require is: dooyooTEAM@dooyoo.co.uk

You can also contact any of the guides (listed in the Community Pages) about any aspect of the site.

When rating consumer reviews, I'm specifically looking for your own thoughts, opinions and experiences related to the product or service. A list of specifications or instructions I can find elsewhere on the Internet (and when making a purchasing decision, will already have this information from official sources). Pointless stories about your wee family/pet dog/old banger of a car/plasma screen telly are all unwelcome. Ratings are (in my opinion) closely linked to the amount and quality of relevant information, opinion and insight. Too much waffle and padding of useless information can be counter-productive and actually make reviews LESS helpful.

Discussion and Speaker's Corner reviews have to argue their points well and come to a conclusion. Any external sources or figures must be credited. All the usual "isms" - sexism, racism etc. will be marked down and reported to Dooyoo where appropriate.

Also... if you've read or rated any of my reviews, then thank you, even if the rating is a lower one. All honest ratings count towards the success of the site. I do not subscribe to the increasingly popular point of view of "return reads". I read and rate around the site on topics that interest me. If you write on the topics I find interesting (and if you're seen as part of the community), then I will read and rate. If not, then I won't. I feel this concept of return reading creates little rating circles that I don't believe is healthy for the site or the community.

* Poll size: 1 ;)

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Reviews by The Duke (last 20)

Review	Community Rating	Total Readings
Category: Internet Site Fun fora forum? Reviewed: dooyoo.forumotion.net Rating:	Very useful	103 Created: 26/08/09 Last Updated: 19/09/09
Girls (and boys) on Film. Reviewed: photobox.co.uk Rating:	Very useful	99 Created: 30/03/09
Must be funny... in a rich man's world. Reviewed: moneysavingexpert.com Rating:	Very useful	172 Created: 08/01/09
Social networking... for grown ups. Maybe. Reviewed: facebook.com Rating:	Very useful	263 Created: 09/08/07 Last Updated: 10/08/07
Category: Music Album They will, they will ROCK you! Reviewed: Live At Wembley '86 - Queen Rating:	Very useful	29 Created: 20/08/09 Last Updated: 20/08/09
Category: Mobile Phone iLikeIt - Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB Black Reviewed: Apple iPhone 3GS 32 GB Rating:	Very useful	184 Created: 08/07/09 Last Updated: 09/07/09
Viewty: aVoid Reviewed: LG KU990 Viewty Rating:	Very useful	564 Created: 22/11/08
Category: Hard Disk Drive Some pun on the Western Digital "My Book" 1TB Reviewed: Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 2.0 WDH1U10000 1 TB Rating:	Very useful	54 Created: 09/06/09
Category: Laptop What all laptops should aspire to. Reviewed: Acer Aspire 6930G Rating:	Very useful	511 Created: 01/06/09 Last Updated: 04/06/09
Category: Printed Book World War Z: What happens when the dead walk the Earth? Reviewed: World War Z - Max Brooks Rating:	Very useful	56 Created: 09/03/09
You might check in... you'll definitely check out. Reviewed: Hospital - Toby Litt Rating:	Very useful	164 Created: 10/10/07
They eat your dreams, but give you nightmares... Reviewed: Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - G.W. Dahlquist Rating:	Very useful	117 Created: 04/10/07
The Return of the Mack Reviewed: The testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson Rating:	Very useful	171 Created: 27/08/07
Category: PC Game Call of Doody Reviewed: Call of Duty World at War (PC) Rating:	Very useful	128 Created: 24/02/09
War, war is stupid... but fun! Reviewed: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC) Rating:	Very useful	88 Created: 12/01/09
Fallout Boy becomes Fallout Man Reviewed: Fallout 3 (PC) Rating:	Very useful	129 Created: 07/01/09
Say Halo and wave goodbye... again. Reviewed: Halo 2 (PC) Rating:	Very useful	173 Created: 31/01/08
Bioshock: a shockingly good FPS/RPG in the same vein as Sys ... Reviewed: Bioshock (PC) Rating:	Very useful	138 Created: 06/01/08
It's a game of two halves. Reviewed: Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (PC) Rating:	Very useful	122 Created: 10/12/07
Category: Youth Hostel International Wellington YHA Reviewed: YHA Wellington City (New Zealand) Rating:	Very useful	81 Created: 02/12/08 Last Updated: 02/12/08
It's cheap, but is it cheerful? Reviewed: Surf 'n' Snow Backpackers (New Zealand) Rating:	Very useful	117 Created: 20/05/08
Category: Sightseeing International Not exactly white knuckle... Reviewed: Queenstown Rafting (New Zealand) Rating:	Very useful	129 Created: 08/09/08
Category: Hotel National Guilty as charged: a decent hotel. Reviewed: Jury's Inn Heathrow Rating:	Very useful	89 Created: 05/09/08 Last Updated: 05/09/08
Category: Airline Who said Kiwis couldn't fly? Reviewed: Air New Zealand Rating:	Very useful	172 Created: 25/06/08 Last Updated: 25/06/08
Singapore Airlines Reviewed: Singapore Airlines Rating:	Very useful	356 Created: 16/06/08
Category: CD & DVD Burning Burn, baby, burn! (Disc-o inferno) Reviewed: CDBurnerXP Rating:	Very useful	258 Created: 04/04/08
Category: Operating System Vista Home Premium: Worth updating? Reviewed: MS Windows Vista Home Premium Rating:	Very useful	225 Created: 17/01/08
Category: Travel Agents STA Travel Reviewed: STA Travel Rating:	Very useful	265 Created: 08/01/08 Last Updated: 09/01/08
Category: Online Shop PC Specialist. Reviewed: pcspecialist.co.uk Rating:	Very useful	1659 Created: 27/12/07
Category: LCD Monitor LG L226WTQ-SF: a five star widescreen monitor. Reviewed: LG L226WTQ-SF Rating:	Very useful	1600 Created: 01/08/07

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Member Statistics

Member since	13/08/00

Premium Reviews	289
Express Reviews	0
Comments Written	3021
Reviews Rated	11409
Crowns	102

Community Ratings	7677
Very useful	7355
Useful	287
Somewhat useful	21
Not useful	14

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Aaron

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