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lostzilla · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:47 am Post subject:

Actually Auntie I think it's a great idea.
The CPs and the contest should be seperated. Great vids that didnt win still deserve a CP so... I second that.

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Aislynn · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:16 am Post subject:

Have I ever told you that I love you, Nate? *big kiss*

marcus · Expert Vidder Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 4541

Yeh I like that idea.

I think most of the contest vids are some of the best vids on the site.

Not that my opinion matters....but still...thought I'd share.

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Aislynn · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:28 am Post subject:

And I love you, too, Marcus.

In an nice, innocent, auntie sorta way, of course...

Thanks, guys! I was afraid that everybody was going to look at me like

"what is her PROBLEM?!?" *gives out cookies to everybody*

It's probably hard to take me seriously while I'm giving out virtual cookies, huh?

*puts on power suit, puts hair up in a bun, and puts on my "intellectual" glasses*

There, how's that?

MovieGuy · Advanced Vidder Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 9022

I agree. I think the contest vids should get ribbons lol

Aislynn · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:35 am Post subject:

*still wearing power suit and intellectual glasses, with hair in a bun*

[professional voice]Thank you for your support. Care for a cookie?[/professional voice]

SuperKC · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:13 am Post subject:

Enchirito · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:18 am Post subject:

I will totally agree as well. CPs should be given to contest vids in the usual way, and extra ribbons should be given to the top 3.

I don't think i want to tell you the reason we don't already do it that way, because you will probably call me a bad, evil, lazy webmaster!

BUt hopefully it will help to know that this change is already on a long list of site improvments that may or may happen sometime in the future? i hope it helps a little at least..

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Uruviel · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:24 am Post subject:

Aislynn, I've thought about this a lot too and I totally agree with you. To me, most videos entered in the contests are great, and if submitted as regular videos would probably receive CPs. I've had at least 2 or 3 vids that have placed 4th in the contests and not gotten CPs because they were not in the top 3, but are some of my better videos (Good Times and the year-in-review come to mind). I tend to obsess over CPs sometimes, lol, and wish more of my contest videos could get them, even if they did not win or place.

Enchirito, the "extra ribbon" thing sounds cool...

Hope to see something like that on here soon!
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Polarbear · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:33 am Post subject:

I would agree but I think those that win should get some kind of special award cause there won't be much incentive in winning otherwise. There should be 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place rosettes.

I was also wondering if we could feature the winning vids somehow on the main page to give them more oomph!

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Hobbes · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:51 am Post subject:

you guys are totally right on all that. I definitely agree that CPs should be awarded regardless of place. It was more of a shortcut we had to take when we first started the contests. Otherwise, there'd be no award at all

and there wouldn't be a point to winning the contest.
It's kinda almost a "nicer" thing though

think in the case when 6 vids are sent in, 3 place, and then two more get CPs. Awkward.....

But as E said, it's on the list

though actually implenting it would almost mean going to LVI 5.0

If the populus wishes it, we could still judge the vids for CPs, and award both the winning three and the rest of them CPs. keeping in mind, of course, that's until/if the big webmastery change.

Aislynn · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:42 am Post subject:

marcus · Expert Vidder Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 4541

Didn't wanna start a new thread for this so I digged up this old one.

Anyway, I was just looking at the October contest page and only just noticed that the vid that got third place got a silver CP.

In the first place, the reward for getting a place in the contest was a gold. Then you made it that anybody could get a CP but aswell as a gold one, the winners would get those "ribbon" things. Now, it seems like all you get is the ribbon, and the CPs are more of a "maybe" thing. That doesn't really seem very fair to me. I don't plan to get a place in a contest ever, but I know if I did, I'd definetly want a gold CP for it. So why did you guys do this exactly?
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cylune · Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:31 am Post subject:

hey Marcus!

It's a sensitive issue but the contest voting is totally separate than the CP votes. And I think it's better that way... there might be something like 10 gold worthy vids and I believe it wouldn't be fair not to award these vids gold (I remember you getting a gold for the July contest even though it didn't place... (Great vid by the way!!) Would you have prefered that vid not getting a CP? ).

Also, what if there's only get 3 vids submitted for a contest and one of them is the worse video ever sent it? Does it deserves gold?

Also, a video might be gold worthy but it might not fit the contest... for example if we had gotten the best most heart-wrenching, moving, sad, dramatic vid for the October contest... it would have gotten a gold CP but but it wouldn't have place since it didn't fit the "creepy" factor.

I might not have explain these very well. I haven't had my coffee yet...

I know other people agree with you though. Maybe we could revisit this if you still believe it's unfair not to reward the first three gold CP? So... what do you think? (imagine a video about dancing bananas getting a gold...

)

I really need my coffee now.
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