When a submission is blocked because the author didn't fulfill the required minimum conditions, all reviews are removed. A behavior I agree with. Do those reviews reappear if the author later does his reviews?
Yes, they do. The reviews are only soft deleted. They remain but are blocked from view. They've not been physically deleted.
And even when you cannot see them, we can, so they continue to count toward your critiquing requirements, provided they are constructive critiques.
I wish people would follow the rules. It makes me sad when there is a story I really want to review and have a lot to say about, but I cant because the poster did not do their 2 reviews, so the post is closed. I get it, but it makes me sad.
I agree. It's a shame when some of them don't try to get their pieces unlocked, they just leave, but them's the breaks.