Hi:
To the mods, I really appreciate the work that you guys do on this forum and while i am not in Asia right now (will be moving there in about a month), I have been reading and living vicariously through many of your exploits. For the few times that I have been in Asia, I found the real photos to be tremendously useful given that unlike in NA, most of the photos in Asia are heavily photoshopped to the point that the real person doesn't often look like the photo at all. So, while the experience is certainly important, I think for many of us, the looks is just as important. This is especially true given that I've found people's description of the looks to differ widely. The cliche does say that a picture is worth a thousand words... or roughly 10 posts?
So, while i would understand the rationale and decision to make these real photos (w/ or wo face) RA20 to encourage people to post useful items, but RA30 if face is shown? That seems a little excessive given how much one would have to participate in order get to this level... A lot of us are not in the position to be in Asia all the time or have as much time to devote to the forum / punting activities, but that doesn't mean that we don't want to participate. Do you worry that this would decrease the usefulness of many of the posts if all the photos are RA30 if only a handful of people can read them?
BR,
WY