Mar '19
Wow, what a day on the shoutbox, huh?
Personally, I think the drafts are trial and error. More structure gets rid of those iffy moments of what is and what isn't, and really streamlines the whole process, and solidifies the victors with an award that wasn't polymorphed into some potentially rigged popularity contest. Solid rules help the game maintain absolution, and I can sympathize with der's point of view on that.
Normally, I'll agree that the main goal with the games is to have fun. I think we need more of those going around, because they've been fun so far. Gives me more stuff to think about for Trash Epics, and I think there's more potential with these kinds of activities, and I'm always hunting for ways to improve the TE experience.
So in regards to the shoutbox, I think there's miscommunication between some of us here, and I want to clear the air a bit. I don't think anyone was intending to come off as confrontational or provoking. I just feel kind of used to it, but not everyone is. I think that's what drove away some users too, was that smug sense of humor a lot of us share.
We've all gotten to know each other over the last few years, and I like everybody here. I know der is upset that people aren't into some of his ideas, and that's a damn shame. I do think the actor draft idea would be pretty fucking fun, so I hope people come around to the idea. Der's got a lot of ideas for this place, and we need more of those going around.
Also, I know Tromafreak is annoyed about the mod thing, but it's only because of a technicality in how I'm editing the code for stuff. Der's status is more like co-admin, in the case for debugging and/or my untimely demise. I edit a lot of files on here, and I need to take extra precautions with that. Troma is still the head mod. I can change der's level to "co-admin" if that helps clarify.
Oh shit! Is it trash month already?! I got the next two days to get some trash watched. I need to make a banner on here to remind me to watch trash, because I'll get too distracted otherwise...
Personally, I think the drafts are trial and error. More structure gets rid of those iffy moments of what is and what isn't, and really streamlines the whole process, and solidifies the victors with an award that wasn't polymorphed into some potentially rigged popularity contest. Solid rules help the game maintain absolution, and I can sympathize with der's point of view on that.
Normally, I'll agree that the main goal with the games is to have fun. I think we need more of those going around, because they've been fun so far. Gives me more stuff to think about for Trash Epics, and I think there's more potential with these kinds of activities, and I'm always hunting for ways to improve the TE experience.
So in regards to the shoutbox, I think there's miscommunication between some of us here, and I want to clear the air a bit. I don't think anyone was intending to come off as confrontational or provoking. I just feel kind of used to it, but not everyone is. I think that's what drove away some users too, was that smug sense of humor a lot of us share.
We've all gotten to know each other over the last few years, and I like everybody here. I know der is upset that people aren't into some of his ideas, and that's a damn shame. I do think the actor draft idea would be pretty fucking fun, so I hope people come around to the idea. Der's got a lot of ideas for this place, and we need more of those going around.
Also, I know Tromafreak is annoyed about the mod thing, but it's only because of a technicality in how I'm editing the code for stuff. Der's status is more like co-admin, in the case for debugging and/or my untimely demise. I edit a lot of files on here, and I need to take extra precautions with that. Troma is still the head mod. I can change der's level to "co-admin" if that helps clarify.
Oh shit! Is it trash month already?! I got the next two days to get some trash watched. I need to make a banner on here to remind me to watch trash, because I'll get too distracted otherwise...
