SOTW 128 Voting!

[Papa]

in my opinion, though, most of the time, a sig shouldn't even need an explanation for entry--it's gotta be obvious to some reasonable extent how it relates. this week's theme is a prime example, where people were like "limits of ____" when it may not have even made much sense to try and qualify.

i did say most of the time, and ironically your sig is an exception since anyone that has played metroid knows that she's being pushed to her limits if she's going on without a suit.

as for your other argument about giving entrants notice about potential dq, i agree, but only because we staff aren't perfect and miss names sometimes. i don't think someone who didn't even bother to read the rules should be given several more chances (though one chance, sure), though someone whose name was there to begin with obviously needs the chance to point it out. it should be something like within 1-2 days notice if there's that much time left before closure, if not then no notice.

I'll write later how mine related to the topic, but I was actually
wanting to see if you noticed I didn't have my name in it lol XD.

Another thing is this is something that should be brought up before
you disqualify an entry and start the voting. I believe it is the duty
of the member in charge of the SOTW to keep an eye on the
entires and notify those competing whether their work complies
with the rules.

Especially since you stated in week 127's SOTW:


If your trying to avoid flaming or spam then create a rule requiring
that any questions of another's entry be pmed to the staff in charge,
or if you would like help, to any staff member.

This will allow more members to actually compete in the competition
and not be perturb by being disqualified. Though since I was expecting
it I'm fine, but while I do have an explanation on how mine correlates,
and since mine was posted on the 8th giving it six days to have been
seen I believe it should have been requested that I explain why I
believe this should compete earlier.

Rants over, till later when I decide to explain why mine should have
been allowed XD.

Granted, I'm probabaly dumb for not understanding nightfire's sig, IMO he should have explained it. I don't know metriod. hell i don't know a lot of things, that being said I'm dumb for not PMing the soon to be DQed people before thw eek is up. I will start doing this every week from now on in hopes of minimizing mistakes.

my name was on mine man.its right above the text it says fg

Sorry i didn't add yours in. i didn't see it, but then again it's not the easiest to see... Next time I'll PM and you can spot it for me.

[carrotderek]

In my opinion, I don't believe that the person in charge of SOTW should be obligated to PM members regarding the validity of their entry.

The rules are there to be followed and is the responsibility of the participant to submit a valid entry. If they feel that their entry is riding the line then they are free to explain it. But you can't expect the person in charge to act as a babysitter and specify what you can and cannot do.

Regarding .frothyGOAT's entry, Papa did run it past me to see if there was a name. Unfortunately, I didn't see it either. But it still violates the rule:

7. Your entry MUST clearly contain your username in it. It must be the username registered for THIS forum.

since 'fg' != .frothyGOAT

[Jeff]

i'd agree with you almost completely, but there is the problem when the person's sig was honestly wrongly disqualified.

on the other hand, there's the consolation votes we've been doing the whole time, so maybe not so big a deal.

[ratchetnclank]

I also don't think it should be down to the sotw host to pm people. They should make sure the signature has there name on it. And if it's not obvious, i didn't get nightfires either there should be a short explanation.

[cC.Aleksander]

In my opinion, I don't believe that the person in charge of SOTW should be obligated to PM members regarding the validity of their entry.

The rules are there to be followed and is the responsibility of the participant to submit a valid entry. If they feel that their entry is riding the line then they are free to explain it. But you can't expect the person in charge to act as a babysitter and specify what you can and cannot do.

Nuff said

[Papa]

Congrats to Xaixo! He wins SOTW 128! he gets to pick the topic for SOTW 130.

voting closed.