>>3262900You're half right. /p/ actually had harsh, legit critique long before big red showed up on the scene. Hell, this place was brutal, but it was also genuinely helpful.
He wasn't the greatest, but he also wasn't half bad. He did what he did well and probably better than anybody else on this board ever did. His problem was that, apart from providing critique, he was actually just a self-absorbed asshole. Nobody thought he was badass. Everybody just thought he was an annoying cunt.