SOTW Discussion

LHC · Mar 19, 2006, 10:16 PM

Hah, I just got an idea! How about the winner of each week gets to pick the topic of the next SOTW?

Sandok · Mar 20, 2006, 12:46 AM

Yeah I was also thinking of that... But first we need a winner!

Gazz79 · Mar 20, 2006, 08:31 AM

I know I am a bit new here but I do hope that as an of the people entering, I get a say in this.

I hope we can just get a poll up so all members can choose what they like and not allow any of the members entering their sigs to vote for themselves (any admin can easily check this).

As far as having the sotw winner picking the winning theme, doesn't that give him or her an advantege? The purpose of this sotw comp is to attract more ps lovers right, and they will come and probably be alot better than the mayority of the members here. Having them decide what theme should be next gives them a headstart nobody wants.

Good luck with deciding the rules people.

Falstaff · Mar 20, 2006, 09:22 AM

This is a tempest in a teapot..LOL
all entries are winners IMB
I think this was just an exercise in personal interest, those members that enjoy making sigs or want to work on technique could just pony up to the plate and submit a few, I anticipated a great deal more interest however it seems that it has been limited to just a few. I say we extend the contest further or press on with another subject.

LuCifer · Mar 20, 2006, 10:23 AM

I dont get it.. so whos the winner? lol

daedal · Mar 20, 2006, 10:46 AM

Ok, so no winners for week 1?
Who has a suggestion for week 2's theme?

Gazz79 · Mar 20, 2006, 01:31 PM

I don't get it either... First you announce a sotw and then you don't pick a winner? I am an forum banker/admin on a photoshop site ( www.deadly-designs.com ) and if we had done any of this we would have never been taken seriously as an ps site.

Falstaff · Mar 20, 2006, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Gazz79

I don't get it either... First you announce a sotw and then you don't pick a winner? I am an forum banker/admin on a photoshop site ( www.deadly-designs.com ) and if we had done any of this we would have never been taken seriously as an ps site.

I cant connect, I am getting an SQL error..oh well.

Sandok · Mar 20, 2006, 03:02 PM

Ha!!!

Talk about a great site....

And just for you info, this is a tech site not a photoshop site

EDIT: Vehical theme? From cars to planes?

Gazz79 · Mar 20, 2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Falstaff

I cant connect, I am getting an SQL error..oh well.

I know, we've installed an arcade with cool retrogames and now our database is fooked up.
One of the other admins is looking into it now. Hope it's back online soon, things like this happen.

EDIt: got even worse, seems the whole site is ofline now. We even have an huge ad on gamerenders right now and lots of views on a daily basis, this is really bad.

Falstaff · Mar 20, 2006, 03:05 PM

Ah poop

LHC · Mar 20, 2006, 03:10 PM

Well we need a winner.. sorry to point out the obvious

BoroVC · Mar 20, 2006, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by LHC

Well we need a winner.. sorry to point out the obvious

QFE

Hardly worth having a SOTW if an entry isnt gonna be chosen as SOTW.

Razgriz · Mar 20, 2006, 03:42 PM

Sorry, havent had access to a computer for a week, been at the river/ocean gettin wasted for a week. Still need a judge?

LuCifer · Mar 20, 2006, 07:20 PM

Cars for next weeks theme would be awesome!!

YAYitsAndrew · Mar 21, 2006, 12:57 AM

Let's just say that I won and move on.

Falstaff · Mar 21, 2006, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by YAYitsAndrew

Let's just say that I won and move on.

It takes a real man to accept his humility with such grace...

danjufo · Mar 21, 2006, 04:58 AM

Lol!

Anyway, i did say there may be a delay in deciding a winner, that doesn't mean one will not be announced. Lots of SOTW dedicated sites take a week to post the winner, so essentialy on there first week the winner wouldn't of been announced until the end of the 2nd week if you understand? I hope it won't take that long here at DH and the reason for this innitial delay, as you all know, is to do with no voting system. I think creating a poll for everyone would be abit scrappy.

We could say that you could all PM me (and maybe Daedal) who you want to win. If the competition ends Sunday night, i'll give you till Monday 00:00 so you have 24hours to chose and PM me. Then i'll announce the winner the next day? A system like that would allow all to vote, not be messy and be reasonably fast. how about that?

To Gazz79 : I am very happy you've shown up, like you say we should expect some serious PS players with this. Although like some other members have said we are not a dedicated graphics site, so this is basicaly a 'bit on the side' for us. It may run abit bumpy the first week but after that i expect it to go pretty smooth.

To All : Thanks alot for all your entries, it was more popular than i think any of us expected. Now we know we can keep this thing running. Sorry for the delay with the winner, but it will be sorted!

P.S. Daedal - could you unsticky and lock 'sotw 01' ? (shall i ask for the powers of a mod?

)

Gazz79 · Mar 21, 2006, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by YAYitsAndrew

Let's just say that I won and move on.

Lol, your sig is embedded with flash and is way much larger than the 75 kb maximum we all had to meet. You are more likely to be disqualified.

Just messing with ya, love your sig and although we both know it doesn't meet the rules by a long shot, I love the way you made it.

@ Danjufo: Thanks for the warm welcome, I was just looking for the latest omega or dh drivers (6.3, still not released) when I stumbled across this part of the forum. Decided to randomly pick an sig from my photobucket account and enter. I hope I can teach you guyssome nice tricks. Feel free to look at the tutorials at Deadly designs any time. Some of them we're even written by me (gazz on there).

Edit: the downtime last night was probably caused by a hacker. Should be up and running now.

YAYitsAndrew · Mar 21, 2006, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Gazz79

Lol, your sig is embedded with flash and is way much larger than the 75 kb maximum we all had to meet. You are more likely to be disqualified.

LOL my sig is 12kb, which is smaller than 90% of the sigs you people make. A few months back I tried to start a smaller-sig-initiative but people poked me with sticks. I care about filesize more than you can possibly imagine...

But yeah it is in flash which is probably an unfair advantage. Who do I have to bribe?

Falstaff · Mar 21, 2006, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by YAYitsAndrew

LOL my sig is 12kb, which is smaller than 90% of the sigs you people make. A few months back I tried to start a smaller-sig-initiative but people poked me with sticks. I care about filesize more than you can possibly imagine...

But yeah it is in flash which is probably an unfair advantage. Who do I have to bribe?

Have you ever tried using the Zoloft character, you have a good sense of humour and it would be a hoot if you used some popular cartoons and just "had your way" with them..LOL

YAYitsAndrew · Mar 21, 2006, 10:03 AM

I'm in a rush trying to get ready for class, I'll do some more later.

edit: If you want to have fun while I'm gone...

Don't forget to optimize your results. The filesize on its own is pretty big since I didn't want to cut any initial quality.

Falstaff · Mar 22, 2006, 12:31 AM

yeah that was kind of what I was thinking there...but animated...you know..
remember the old flash cartoon..Bambi meets Godzilla?

daedal · Mar 23, 2006, 09:34 PM

Looks like there are less entries this week.
Personnaly, I've been extremely busy as of late. We're pulling off 50+ hour weeks at work and balancing the rest of my time in between my family, girlfriend and now the puppy and the new apartment maintenance has kept me, well, out of the loop basically. In short, if I appear to be away from the competitions for a bit, don't worry. I'm still monitering but it might be a while until I actually start to participate.