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I'm just posting because I'm trolling stock. Also, I think someone better enter the SOTW, because right now it's looking like a gigantic shitfest.
SOTW Discussion
Started by Duce, Jun 18 2005 02:02 PM
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 02:02 PM
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 02:10 PM
Why don't you enter then? =P
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 02:12 PM
Bu- I thou-SHAAADDAAAP*goes to make sig*
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 02:12 PM
YEA! Why don't you DS!
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 02:16 PM
BUT ICE CREAM CAKE! BTW, where is my fixed sig? You sigmaking tool.
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 02:21 PM
You screwed it up too much, I'm gonna need more time.'sides, it's not like you're on a time limit or anything, hell I think as it is it could probably win.
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 02:23 PM
Man...I should've just started over, all these ideas on how to compose it started coming to me afterwards. Probably could've swapped it out and threw on a Phoenix Wright sprite and used it for here and there.
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Posted 25 February 2008 - 11:27 PM
Damnit, I was working on a PW sig. :@
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Posted 28 February 2008 - 04:28 PM
The post was reported, I followed the rule that was in place. You don't like it, have the rule removed then. Or modify it that if they edit it, they have to explain exactly why they edited, but frankly that's just as dumb as the current rule.Good job, spleen, you might as well have just made it set render and saved everyone five seconds of Googling. :|VG, I swear, you are a pretentious fucking idiot. First of all, we have exclusive VA mods for a reason. They were chosen because they now how to handle VA. We have an exclusive SOTW mod. I assure you these people have a better idea how to handle this than you do. If you absolutely must edit, add a freaking line at the bottom and deduct points or something if you want, don't remove the post entirely. If you must remove the post, don't act like a jackass while doing it. The people that do the actual judging are fully capable of excluding the guy. It's not like he was about to win anyway, so there was no point at all, just let him be.I don't know how much the no editing thing is in effect anyway. It's entirely possible and not very hard to change your sig without editing your post, so no one cares much about this rule. It's always been kinda dubious, and frankly I still don't really see why it's in place.
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 05:37 AM
Nice entries, good stuff guys.
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 07:21 AM
Woah, awesome entry WIS!
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 09:26 AM
Save the sucking up for AFTER he wins.
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 10:04 AM
He doesn't have to win =P There are plenty of great entries this time around.
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 10:08 AM
Wow, feeling insecure? If I said something that would adhere to your benefits would that be ok? Or are you to self involved with yourself that your e-ego outweighs your actually abilityoh snap 
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 11:37 AM
Yeah. That's definitely it. 
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 12:31 PM
Yeah I know, terrible thing that
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Posted 10 March 2008 - 09:59 AM
So the public vote thing; I'll keep doing it for a few weeks before we decide whether or not it stays, but for now is there anything anyone can see that needs changing/fixing with it? Or does anyone have suggestions for a better uhhh...format?
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Posted 10 March 2008 - 11:46 PM
I was going to say something last night about it. You could post all the entries in your post, number them and then make the poll options said numbers. Might want to try and persuade an admin (or Hadel) to increase the poll option limit too.
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Posted 19 March 2008 - 12:12 PM
*lightbulb appears over head*You know what might be a good idea? Making the GP prize proportional to the number of entries. Something like say, 500x the number of entries maybe -- a round, high number.1) There'd be a higher reward for winning more competitive SOTWs, and a lower one for winning those empty "take it away" ones. Always good, am I right?2) It would probably make more people post. It's a little like a lottery, in a sense. "Hey, crap, the prize increases if I just post my sig, no catch! How exciting!" This, coupled perhaps with a 250 GP consolidation 'prize' for participation, would be plenty of incentive for people to enter.3) It's just more exciting in general, and it does seem like something drastic should be done to the system. This isn't quite that big a change, but with an announcement at the top of every forum it could probably be made to seem like it. "Important: There has been a major change in the reward system for the Signature of the Week contest! Effective this week, the GP prize for the winning signature will be proportional to the number of contestants (500x the number of entries!); if merely ten people enter, the prize for winning will be a whopping 5000 GPs!!! Also effective this week, participants will be rewarded for merely ENTERING! A valid entry will earn the participant 250 GPs! What's to lose? Why are you hesitating? Get in on the action!! [link]"I think you can see where I'm going with this. It seems like a pretty good idea to me.And I do think we're being a little too stingy with the GPs. Most people have a 30 to 1 conversion rate, for crying out loud, and there's only one winner a week.Sweet Jebus the theme isn't hard at all.If this gets 4 more entries before it's closed I'll add another 1k GP to the prize.-Bump for more entries- :<
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Posted 30 March 2008 - 08:09 PM
Hey, does Pikmin count as nature? They are little flower monsters.
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Posted 31 March 2008 - 01:13 AM
I feel like they embody ideas about nature and so could be used. But if you use them it has to really feel like it has an emphasis on nature to have any chance of winning!
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Posted 11 April 2008 - 10:26 PM
O.K. I think I have a good idea, not that it matters. I never win. But at least I won't get rusty.
What about themes that are just plain hard? wouldn't it also be a good idea to give higher rewards to SOTW with lower entries? Like instead of 500 Gp it would be 1000 times the number of entries if there is less than 5 but more than 2. That just seems that it would be slightly more fair. Other than that though this new system works great.1) There'd be a higher reward for winning more competitive SOTWs, and a lower one for winning those empty "take it away" ones. Always good, am I right?
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 12:28 AM
I do see where you're coming from with that, but I don't think there's a practical workaround. It'd be kinda weird if the system got too complicated. People have trouble understanding the GP -> DP thing for god's sake.I guess what could work, maybe, is the GP prize per entry could be higher some weeks, when spleen deems the theme difficult enough. It's often a little hard to tell beforehand though. Set stocks, for example, usually bring in a pretty large number of entries, but this week it was pretty bad (relatively). I dunno, it depends on spleen really. I personally don't think there are enough 'hard' themes to warrant a change.
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Posted 28 April 2008 - 01:35 AM
Fair enough.Do cartoon animals count, Like Vg Cats and such?
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Posted 10 May 2008 - 08:04 PM
Grah, so many boring, generic sigs. I remember why I don't like sigmaking now.
