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Rykel Rior

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    Suggestions for improving 2012 Contest

    in 2012

    Posted

    (Playing devil's advocate)Let me ask this...

    If a panel of judges has "too much work" reading every single sim...do the people who vote in the contest read every single sim? Or is it too much work? Is it fair to vote in this contest and not review every entry in its entirety?

    It would be easy to put together a list of volunteers, add them to a group list, and when it comes time to vote...call for volunteers for the panel. Those that have time can volunteer, those that do not can sit that round out. It should not be hard to muster 5 members each round.

    Suggestions for improving 2012 Contest

    in 2012

    Posted

    My suggestion is, go to a panel of some sort like the writing challenges. It is very conceivable that a ship will vote for a character on their ship, with no harm intended. When you read all of the SIMs it is easy to see they are all worthy to be where they are. The problem develops because the readers are familiar with a character on their own ship. They have shared in the experiences of that character, and while the SIM is a great snapshot...they also see a lot more of the character and its history on their ship. If you have no idea what a character is doing in a SIM...it is hard to give it enough merit to rival the character you are very familiar with.

    I have served with a few of the officers that voted, and I am here to tell you personally they are not the type to stuff the ballots. I have sent a few reminders to my crew, but alas...no turnout. You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink. The Avandar has a HUGE forum presense, and there is nothing wrong with that. When you have a Fleet-wide contest with 120ish writers, and only 12-15 vote...it is slightly unfair, but if you don't vote for the best SIM because that SIM is from your ship...it is just as unfair. Having a dedicated panel, like the writing challenge, would remove all doubt.

    [Round 3] Top Sims Contest Discussion

    in 2009

    Posted

    I think the issue was exactly that. Some ships in the fleet have a huge forum presence, others, not at all. Plus, not every ship had SIMs submitted. I cannot believe that it was because they did not have any worthy of posting. It takes extra time to find the post you want to submit, and get to the forums to do so.

    As far as judging, we are the judges. Each round is put to a vote, there in lies the problem once more. If 3 ships have a good presence on the forums, it is highly likely that only those ships will be represented. Integrity becomes a problem when this is the case.

    All of the SIMs submitted are there for the last 3 months...April through June (excluding July, no SIMs were posted)

    1 from the Indy-A

    2 from the Conny-B

    3 from the Challenger-A

    4 from OPS

    7 from the Tiger

    No representation from the Discovery-B, Eagle, or Ronin. The Resolution also had no posts, however, at the time of launch, in late May, It had been 2 months since there was any voting activity. I know I have not submitted anything for that reason.

    I do have a suggestion, but am extremely open to others...Perhaps once a month, or every two weeks. Crews can submit their choices for top SIMs to their OOC group, and narrow it down to one SIM with an internal vote, then submitting that SIM to the contest. Each cycle would have one SIM from each ship. Once they are submitted the voting can begin. One person from each ship could be responsible for posting the SIM on the forums, and then posting a link to their OOC group to the voting thread with a reminder. In my eyes that is the easiest way to have the entire fleet involved, and if they do not visit the forums often, perhaps the reminder and link to vote will motivate them. With 9 ships/installations and over 100 members we should never see a vote with 13 votes, which is the exact number that participated in the last vote.

    Just grasping at straws...I believe that is what you humans say. :biggrin2:

    [Round 3] Top Sims Contest Discussion

    in 2009

    Posted

    I think the issue was exactly that. Some ships in the fleet have a huge forum presence, others, not at all. Plus, not every ship had SIMs submitted. I cannot believe that it was because they did not have any worthy of posting. It takes extra time to find the post you want to submit, and get to the forums to do so.

    As far as judging, we are the judges. Each round is put to a vote, there in lies the problem once more. If 3 ships have a good presence on the forums, it is highly likely that only those ships will be represented. Integrity becomes a problem when this is the case.

    All of the SIMs submitted are there for the last 3 months...April through June (excluding July, no SIMs were posted)

    1 from the Indy-A

    2 from the Conny-B

    3 from the Challenger-A

    4 from OPS

    7 from the Tiger

    No representation from the Discovery-B, Eagle, or Ronin. The Resolution also had no posts, however, at the time of launch, in late May, It had been 2 months since there was any voting activity. I know I have not submitted anything for that reason.

    I do have a suggestion, but am extremely open to others...Perhaps once a month, or every two weeks. Crews can submit their choices for top SIMs to their OOC group, and narrow it down to one SIM with an internal vote, then submitting that SIM to the contest. Each cycle would have one SIM from each ship. Once they are submitted the voting can begin. One person from each ship could be responsible for posting the SIM on the forums, and then posting a link to their OOC group to the voting thread with a reminder. In my eyes that is the easiest way to have the entire fleet involved, and if they do not visit the forums often, perhaps the reminder and link to vote will motivate them. With 9 ships/installations and over 100 members we should never see a vote with 13 votes, which is the exact number that participated in the last vote.

    Just grasping at straws...I believe that is what you humans say. :biggrin2:

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