Head-to-head to-the-death knockout-a-thon, anyone?

03/04/2009 11:51:02 AM · #751

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:

This is the first time I've been in this thread, but have a suggestion...

Since the 1000th is such a special challenge and potentially with a longer voting period (see other thread about that)... I suggest that all H2H challengers agree to exempt this challenge from the H2H so that everyone can take part without worry.

Suggestion made, I will back out now. :)

Suggestion noted and not agreed with. ;)

03/04/2009 02:08:26 PM · #752

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:

I AGREE! :=)

03/04/2009 02:30:41 PM · #753

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by limerick:
basssman7 you won your second point with Action for round 2 it looks like. If that is the case and SoulMan1978 just hasnt been able to update the site for a while then it "should" be where light on white counts for our round. Are you in light on white or in the self portrait? I am in light on white.

I would have to respectfully disagree. My second point was just won at rollover last nite. Therefor our challenge would be starting with the challenges that are announced AFTER that H to H was over. That would make the first challenge for our H to H the Hidden Gem challenge. :) (I am not in light on white anyways)

Im just not understanding how someone like me had to wait while other partners decided whether or not they were going to enter certain challenges in the competition before I could finally move on in round 3. They had a choice to enter or not.

I waited and never knew when the next challenge would finally be mine because I never knew which ones you guys were deciding to enter or not (you and jasonlprice). Then it didnt get updated which confused me more. Now it looks like I am finally getting my chance to continue on in the next round yet now I will have no choice of my own and be forced to enter Gem? I dont think that is very fair to me or to the other noobies out there in the DPCO and the H2H. We should have a choice between two opens and a member challenge. Not just the only challenge available or some special event challenge like this.

Maybe I wont be forced to. I am still waiting to find out from SoulMan1978 if I can stay out of Gem and not have it count for us this round. Respectfully given the circumstances I may have to do that and forfeit even the DPCO just to not have my chances taken from me in this way for the H2H which I strongly believe they will be.

Im not totally out. I am trying to set up something to take this weekend that will be worth staying in for both competitions of the Olympics and the H2H but if it doesnt happen I will not be in Gem but I need more details from SoulMan1978 first tho and have sent him a pm.

Message edited by author 2009-03-04 14:44:51.

03/04/2009 03:09:37 PM · #754

Originally posted by limerick:

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Im just not understanding how someone like me had to wait while other partners decided whether or not they were going to enter certain challenges in the competition before I could finally move on in round 3. They had a choice to enter or not.

I waited and never knew when the next challenge would finally be mine because I never knew which ones you guys were deciding to enter or not (you and jasonlprice). Then it didnt get updated which confused me more. Now it looks like I am finally getting my chance to continue on in the next round yet now I will have no choice of my own and be forced to enter Gem? I dont think that is very fair to me or to the other noobies out there in the DPCO and the H2H. We should have a choice between two opens and a member challenge. Not just the only challenge available or some special event challenge like this.

Let me get this right...you do not understand how someone like yourself had to wait, because myself and Jason were having our H to H which of course we had until next week to finish? (look at the spreadsheet)

Yet at the same time you feel that the Gem challenge should be excluded, simply because you do not like it? I am very sorry but that makes no sense at all.

When we all signed up for this H to H, we knew that Soulman was going to assign the time frames for each H to H, and that any challenge within that time frame is fair game. It is just not right to now think that anyone can simply say "this should not count". Maybe I will not like the challenges in the following week and say "I don't have any interesting trees because I live up north where there are no leaves right now, so I don't think it should be included because I do not have the same chance as someone in the south where the trees are nice and alive instead of dead and brown". Would that be ok too?

Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

03/04/2009 03:11:19 PM · #755

Originally posted by limerick:

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:
This is the first time I've been in this thread, but have a suggestion...

Since the 1000th is such a special challenge and potentially with a longer voting period (see other thread about that)... I suggest that all H2H challengers agree to exempt this challenge from the H2H so that everyone can take part without worry.

Suggestion made, I will back out now. :)

I AGREE! :=)

Last time I checked. Hawkeye was not running this H to H. It is not his place to drop in here and suggest things when it has nothing at all to do with him. Shouldn't he be busy scoring any nudity in the skin challenge a 1, instead of sticking his nose in here?

hajeka

Canon EOS R5

03/04/2009 03:48:39 PM · #756

I agree with

basssman7. A challenge is a challenge, whatever the subject is or the rules are.

klkitchens

Pentax K-1

Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF

03/04/2009 04:06:11 PM · #757

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by limerick:

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:
This is the first time I've been in this thread, but have a suggestion...

Since the 1000th is such a special challenge and potentially with a longer voting period (see other thread about that)... I suggest that all H2H challengers agree to exempt this challenge from the H2H so that everyone can take part without worry.

Suggestion made, I will back out now. :)

I AGREE! :=)

Last time I checked. Hawkeye was not running this H to H. It is not his place to drop in here and suggest things when it has nothing at all to do with him. Shouldn't he be busy scoring any nudity in the skin challenge a 1, instead of sticking his nose in here?

Actually it's ANYBODY'S place to make a suggestion. If you note the times, I suggested it here prior to making the decision for DPCO-IV-A. It made perfect sense.

Yeow you need to untie your boxers.

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/04/2009 04:14:53 PM · #758

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by limerick:

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:
This is the first time I've been in this thread, but have a suggestion...

Since the 1000th is such a special challenge and potentially with a longer voting period (see other thread about that)... I suggest that all H2H challengers agree to exempt this challenge from the H2H so that everyone can take part without worry.

Suggestion made, I will back out now. :)

I AGREE! :=)

Last time I checked. Hawkeye was not running this H to H. It is not his place to drop in here and suggest things when it has nothing at all to do with him. Shouldn't he be busy scoring any nudity in the skin challenge a 1, instead of sticking his nose in here?

Actually it's ANYBODY'S place to make a suggestion. If you note the times, I suggested it here prior to making the decision for DPCO-IV-A. It made perfect sense.

Yeow you need to untie your boxers.

I find that remark offensive!

violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/04/2009 04:23:53 PM · #759

Wusses. This is THE challenge to go head to head in! No holds barred!

Bring it on!

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

03/04/2009 04:24:57 PM · #760

Originally posted by basssman7:

Originally posted by limerick:
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Im just not understanding how someone like me had to wait while other partners decided whether or not they were going to enter certain challenges in the competition before I could finally move on in round 3. They had a choice to enter or not.

I waited and never knew when the next challenge would finally be mine because I never knew which ones you guys were deciding to enter or not (you and jasonlprice). Then it didnt get updated which confused me more. Now it looks like I am finally getting my chance to continue on in the next round yet now I will have no choice of my own and be forced to enter Gem? I dont think that is very fair to me or to the other noobies out there in the DPCO and the H2H. We should have a choice between two opens and a member challenge. Not just the only challenge available or some special event challenge like this.

Let me get this right...you do not understand how someone like yourself had to wait, because myself and Jason were having our H to H which of course we had until next week to finish? (look at the spreadsheet)

Yet at the same time you feel that the Gem challenge should be excluded, simply because you do not like it? I am very sorry but that makes no sense at all.

When we all signed up for this H to H, we knew that Soulman was going to assign the time frames for each H to H, and that any challenge within that time frame is fair game. It is just not right to now think that anyone can simply say "this should not count". Maybe I will not like the challenges in the following week and say "I don't have any interesting trees because I live up north where there are no leaves right now, so I don't think it should be included because I do not have the same chance as someone in the south where the trees are nice and alive instead of dead and brown". Would that be ok too?

Hold on. Lets not get all uptight. When we all signed up for the H2H we were all told it would be member and opens that would be the challenges. Each and every week partners had choices to enter neither or one or the other.

This week it is different is what I am saying. Its not that I dont like it (altho I dont) but that is not the point. The point is that there are no choices to make like in the previous rounds. So to me it would be a sorry shame if I had to enter a challenge with maybe 700 other members or more and get a 4.0 on my average which is probably going to be a "good" score for most entries with so many entering. If there was no h2h or Dpco I would not be in this challenge for that same reason (even if a 5.5 wins a ribbon). Even if I could pull off a great picture I wouldnt enter under normal circumstance but this is not a normal circumstance and side challenges I understand are really are own choice to be in or not.

So I am working and have been all afternoon to try to get something together for Gem. I am not just sitting back and complaining but I do think I have a valid point here and I do think it sucks. hahhaha.

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

03/04/2009 04:31:04 PM · #761

actually, when i signed up for the h2h, it was with the understanding of regularly scheduled challenges and anything else that may come that way.

for crying out loud, how hard is it? enter or don't. it is not the end of the world.

Quigley

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/04/2009 04:39:26 PM · #762

Suffices to say that I don't think HawkeyeLonewolf is endearing himself to to many people here with his bombastic personality and staunch views towards certain types of photography.

It's sad that someone needs that much drama and conflict in their lives in order to exist. Yes we all have our opinions and we are entitled to them but to continually try to force them on others is wrong and hopefully one day the light will come on and he will see that you don't always have to be right in order to get along with others in the world.

We will always find things in our lives that we don't agree with and if we continue to jump up and down and yell and scream at others every time we come across them, eventually no one will listen and that is truly a sad existence.

Just my $0.02 worth.

MAX!

Stagolee

Kodak Easyshare C180

Canon EF 50mm f1.2L

03/04/2009 04:50:23 PM · #763

Originally posted by Quigley:

Excuse me, what did you say :)

(sorry couldn't resist)

klkitchens

Pentax K-1

Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF

03/04/2009 04:56:11 PM · #764

Originally posted by Quigley:

If that's your $0.02 worth, you overpaid 10-fold.

How am I bombastic? Not at all. I have never ONCE, not ONCE tried to force my opinions on anyone else here. I have rightly defended my right to have my own opinion -- though folks like you seem to want to not allow that.

In that other thread, I simply stated MY opinion... and then someone misunderstood something I said and no matter how clear what I said was, it snowballed into a semantics argument.

In this thread, I made a simply SUGGESTION and clearly did so expecting it would be taken as just that, a suggestion. No orders, no forcing, no nothing evil as you want to put it. Certainly nothing bombastic.

Yes, I will stand my ground when I feel I'm right. Just because someone has a differing opinion doesn't make me wrong.

Thanks for butting in and having no idea what you're talking about.

Quigley

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/04/2009 04:57:17 PM · #765

Originally posted by keegbow:

I see your point :)

MAX!

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/04/2009 04:58:16 PM · #766

Originally posted by karmat:

All I want to know is if I dont enter how that effects the outcome of our round 3. I cant seem to get that answer. hahah. I guess I made a sad mistake saying why I dont want to enter but other then that if I dont enter it and round 3 being to-the-death now then how does that effect our round? Does that mean that my partner will automatically get a point? Does that mean his hard work wont count at all? Does that mean we both have to just wait for the next challenge announcements? What?

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

03/04/2009 04:58:29 PM · #767

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:

Originally posted by Quigley:
Suffices to say that I don't think HawkeyeLonewolf is endearing himself to to many people here with his bombastic personality and staunch views towards certain types of photography.

It's sad that someone needs that much drama and conflict in their lives in order to exist. Yes we all have our opinions and we are entitled to them but to continually try to force them on others is wrong and hopefully one day the light will come on and he will see that you don't always have to be right in order to get along with others in the world.

We will always find things in our lives that we don't agree with and if we continue to jump up and down and yell and scream at others every time we come across them, eventually no one will listen and that is truly a sad existence.

Just my $0.02 worth.

MAX!

If that's your $0.02 worth, you overpaid 10-fold.

How am I bombastic? Not at all. I have never ONCE, not ONCE tried to force my opinions on anyone else here. I have rightly defended my right to have my own opinion -- though folks like you seem to want to not allow that.

In that other thread, I simply stated MY opinion... and then someone misunderstood something I said and no matter how clear what I said was, it snowballed into a semantics argument.

In this thread, I made a simply SUGGESTION and clearly did so expecting it would be taken as just that, a suggestion. No orders, no forcing, no nothing evil as you want to put it. Certainly nothing bombastic.

Yes, I will stand my ground when I feel I'm right. Just because someone has a differing opinion doesn't make me wrong.

Thanks for butting in and having no idea what you're talking about.

What a joke!

Now that is my opinion....and I am entitled to it.

03/04/2009 05:00:28 PM · #768

Oh gosh. I hope I didnt start this whole mess. I feel awful now and I am going to go stand in a corner now and ground myself.

dainmcgowan

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/04/2009 05:21:42 PM · #769

Originally posted by limerick:

if you don't enter, you can't lose or win a point.

dainmcgowan

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/04/2009 05:23:50 PM · #770

Henk, congrats on your first point in the calender challenge.

i am in the free study at the moment, and i am going to be in the 1000th for sure, and maybe 100 years as well!!

what have you got in at the moment?

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/04/2009 05:23:55 PM · #771

Originally posted by dainmcgowan:

Originally posted by limerick:
All I want to know is if I dont enter how that effects the outcome of our round 3. I cant seem to get that answer. hahah. I guess I made a sad mistake saying why I dont want to enter but other then that if I dont enter it and round 3 being to-the-death now then how does that effect our round? Does that mean that my partner will automatically get a point? Does that mean his hard work wont count at all? Does that mean we both have to just wait for the next challenge announcements? What?

if you don't enter, you can't lose or win a point.

THANK you. I appreciate that.

klkitchens

Pentax K-1

Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF

03/04/2009 05:56:52 PM · #772

Originally posted by Judi:

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:

Originally posted by Quigley:
Suffices to say that I don't think HawkeyeLonewolf is endearing himself to to many people here with his bombastic personality and staunch views towards certain types of photography.

It's sad that someone needs that much drama and conflict in their lives in order to exist. Yes we all have our opinions and we are entitled to them but to continually try to force them on others is wrong and hopefully one day the light will come on and he will see that you don't always have to be right in order to get along with others in the world.

We will always find things in our lives that we don't agree with and if we continue to jump up and down and yell and scream at others every time we come across them, eventually no one will listen and that is truly a sad existence.

Just my $0.02 worth.

MAX!

If that's your $0.02 worth, you overpaid 10-fold.

How am I bombastic? Not at all. I have never ONCE, not ONCE tried to force my opinions on anyone else here. I have rightly defended my right to have my own opinion -- though folks like you seem to want to not allow that.

In that other thread, I simply stated MY opinion... and then someone misunderstood something I said and no matter how clear what I said was, it snowballed into a semantics argument.

In this thread, I made a simply SUGGESTION and clearly did so expecting it would be taken as just that, a suggestion. No orders, no forcing, no nothing evil as you want to put it. Certainly nothing bombastic.

Yes, I will stand my ground when I feel I'm right. Just because someone has a differing opinion doesn't make me wrong.

Thanks for butting in and having no idea what you're talking about.

What a joke!

Now that is my opinion....and I am entitled to it.

You are. but now I ask you to defend it. Where have I forced my opinion on anyone else?

Quigley

Nikon D700

03/04/2009 05:58:38 PM · #773

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:

Originally posted by Quigley:
Suffices to say that I don't think HawkeyeLonewolf isn't endearing himself to to many people here with his bombastic personality and staunch views towards certain types of photography.

It's sad that someone needs that much drama and conflict in their lives in order to exist. Yes we all have our opinions and we are entitled to them but to continually try to force them on others is wrong and hopefully one day the light will come on and he will see that you don't always have to be right in order to get along with others in the world.

We will always find things in our lives that we don't agree with and if we continue to jump up and down and yell and scream at others every time we come across them, eventually no one will listen and that is truly a sad existence.

Just my $0.02 worth.

MAX!

If that's your $0.02 worth, you overpaid 10-fold. (then could I get my change back please?)

How am I bombastic? (ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "he lectured bombastically about his theories") Not at all. I have never ONCE, not ONCE tried to force my opinions on anyone else here. I have rightly defended my right to have my own opinion -- though folks like you seem to want to not allow that. (I stated above that we are all allowed to our opinions, that would include you too.)
In that other thread, I simply stated MY opinion... and then someone misunderstood something I said and no matter how clear what I said was, it snowballed into a semantics argument.

In this thread, I made a simply SUGGESTION and clearly did so expecting it would be taken as just that, a suggestion. No orders, no forcing, no nothing evil (there isn't anything in my above post that refers to you as evil in any way, that is an assumption that you have drawn all on your own) as you want to put it. Certainly nothing bombastic.

Yes, I will stand my ground when I feel I'm right. Just because someone has a differing opinion doesn't make me wrong. ( it doesn't make you right either, they could feel as strongly as you do but to the contrary, you should look for middle ground here)

Thanks for butting in and having no idea what you're talking about. (I'm find myself quite relieved to discover that I have read you all wrong. Thank you for setting me straight)

Respectfully yours

MAX!

andrewt

Nikon D810

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR

03/04/2009 06:46:08 PM · #774

awww!! cmon guys & gals this is a nice thread. Keep it that way. My reccomendation support the GEMS challenge , it is a milestone afterall.