Can you elaborate on this? Why wouldn't you be allowed to release your review?
also it would be unfair to review a stick right after warmups. That would be an insult to the way i do reviews and to the company, i told them the feedback, and they said "forget it, we have something else for you"
I take a long process, i use a stick for a full 3-4 months, and then i go to stick times and just take a whole net to myself, or ice side to myself if there isn't as many people and just work on shots, passes, everything, then i proceed to beat the shit out of the stick, shaft and blade, and see how it changes.
Notate wear and tear, notate performance changes as time goes by and then i do my grading of the stick for the review.
The video for the N12 would have literally been "Hi, i broke this on the first shot." long awkward pause and then end the video.