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 12/19/2005 12:52:58 PM · #126
Originally posted by ace flyman:
Just checked the description, don't see where it says it has a time requirement on how long the user has to be an username to use it. (I'm done, just had to get my rant from 4 & 5 challenge off my chest). I think this is going to be a fun challenge.


I agree. I do NOT agree with the poster who says it should be someone who we would recognize".

[quote=mesmeraj] I think the key to this challenge will be using a name that people will recognise. Sure you could shoot anything and then search the photog profiles for something that will fit, but the audience will react beter if they are familiar with the name you have paraodied.

What does that say for the new members then who want to enter? Not everyone posts in the forums. I think "username" should mean ANY name on the list. If it is there, then it is there. If it isn't supposed to be there for someone leaving, or being too old, or whatever, it shouldn't matter.

If you don't know the person, LOOK up the name! LOL...it's pretty simple. Otherwise some people will feel extremely limited when the possibilities are really endless here.

Rose

Message edited by author 2005-12-19 12:55:17.
 12/19/2005 12:56:04 PM · #127
I think the point is that if the voters see a name that they don't recognize and look it up, only to find that the account was created during the submission period, it might look suspicious - in regards to the suggestion that you could just create a duplicate account with a username that related to a photo you had and liked.
 12/19/2005 12:57:47 PM · #128
Originally posted by oOWonderBreadOo:
man I can't even get wonderbread in my part of the country!!! :0P


I was thinking about you as soon as a I read this challenge.
 12/19/2005 01:06:08 PM · #129
Originally posted by mk:
I think the point is that if the voters see a name that they don't recognize and look it up, only to find that the account was created during the submission period, it might look suspicious - in regards to the suggestion that you could just create a duplicate account with a username that related to a photo you had and liked.


Well, anyone that creates a username just for that purpose is a bit ridiculous if you ask me. Anyway, I am sure there WILL be memebers who sign up during submission dates. I would suspect they would anyway, unknowingly, so that shouldn't effect anything. Personally, IP's should be monitored so there can't be multiple accounts, but that is just my opinion. In any case, even if someone did, and called themselves theperfectlandscape, they had BETTER submit one...LOL..or they will have gone through all of that work and cheating for nothing. Just because they like a photo, it has been well known in challenges that it may not be what everyone else likes. So it is a big risk to pull that stunt, and may not pay off.

PS: I have the opposite problem. I don't like using a name that has been dormant since 2003, and not during these submitting dates. However, I do have to take account to the fact that it IS on the list, and therefore can be used.

Rose

Message edited by author 2005-12-19 13:09:15.
 12/19/2005 01:07:04 PM · #130
Anyone wanna take on my name?
 12/19/2005 01:12:55 PM · #131
Originally posted by Rose8699:
I agree. I do NOT agree with the poster who says it should be someone who we would recognize".


Please do not misquote me. I said the key to the challenge, not what you should do.
The key to the challenge indicates that those photos will most likely do better, because the views will have an instant connection.
It was some friendly advice - that it for what it is, and do not make it something it was not.
 12/19/2005 01:13:51 PM · #132
If the name isn't well known, I bet it scores lower. I would project that the top 3 ribbon winners are "known" - but we'll see.
 12/19/2005 01:18:06 PM · #133
Originally posted by mavrik:
If the name isn't well known, I bet it scores lower. I would project that the top 3 ribbon winners are "known" - but we'll see.


Yes, I guess we will just have to see. It will probably be a race of the populars, but I hope people don't stay with that tunnel vision. It would be a grand mistake to the newbies on the site that are looking forward to the fun of the choice and the entry.

Rose
 12/19/2005 01:19:07 PM · #134
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Anyone wanna take on my name?


Ummmm, LOL..not this time around fotomann. LOL...

Rose
 12/19/2005 01:20:05 PM · #135
I bet no one will pick my name! LOL
 12/19/2005 01:22:50 PM · #136
Originally posted by mesmeraj:
The key to the challenge indicates that those photos will most likely do better, because the views will have an instant connection.


Agreed. If the voters don't recognize the username, I wouldn't count on them to go look it up to see how well the image meets the challenge. I've seen tons of posts suggesting that voters don't look at a shot for more than a few seconds, that voters don't even like to scroll the page to see the whole image, voters who vote based on thumbnails. I doubt many would take the time to open up a new window and go through all the clicks required to find a username.

Certainly, anyone who has already taken a shot they like and want to go find a username to match it up with can do so -- but it could be a risky approach.
 12/19/2005 01:23:17 PM · #137
Originally posted by Jutilda:
Heh Napalm - somebody should really have fun with YOUR name. hee hee hee


Napalm Nymph....

I see a huge diesel/kerosine explosive inferno with a hot almost nekkid chick in front of it with an ignition switch and an evil grin.

- where to get hot chick, willing to get almost nekkid in this cold
- were to create huge inferno?

I guess someone was practicing for this challenge in England a week ago.


12/19/2005 01:24:33 PM · #138
Originally posted by Azrifel:
I guess someone was practicing for this challenge in England a week ago.


No hot chicks tho :( Unless the nearby chicken farm counted.
 12/19/2005 01:24:52 PM · #139
Oh, and Azrifel is a machine-made genie/ghost on a flat mechanical earth. He is blue and has a bad temper. Comes out of a lamp when you rub it.


12/19/2005 01:27:52 PM · #140
Well, to reiterate:

Something different this time... Choose another DPC user, and take a photo that represents their username! Don't forget to title your entry with your chosen username, and be creative

A DPC user isn't necessarily someone "well known". Although I expect to see about 25 Scalvert's entered (no offense Scalvert), I will find the 3rd one quite boring by that time and the scores may reflect subconciously. I actually thought of entering one for Scalvert myself, but felt the dup's would be a hinderance.

A "DPC user" is anyone who uses or is listed as using DPC in "user"names. It would be quite sad for some to just stay with who posts the most, who wins the most, a site council member, etc etc when scoring high or low, but for some, I assume that will be expected. There are a plethara of usernames listed. The "key" to the challenge is to be "creative" and not to be recognizable. I know I would only recognize a handful, so it could hurt votes if I was to also vote according to what I recognize, just as others assume the voting may be opposite.

We need to read the challenge descriptions as put forth, and not place sterotypes on them that may sway votes either way before a challenge even starts, IMO. Let's not let the masses believe already that if it isn't someone "recognizable" in the entry, that their work on the photo may not have been worth their time.

Rose
12/19/2005 01:41:56 PM · #141
Originally posted by Rose8699:
The "key" to the challenge is to be "creative" and not to be recognizable.

Methinks you're reading too much into the specific words chosen - 99% of challenge descriptions say "be creative" or similar. I could have written "Enjoy!" at the end instead, but that wouldn't have implied that all entries must be humorous or pleasurable, surely...? :o)
 12/19/2005 01:53:41 PM · #142
Originally posted by Manic:
Originally posted by Rose8699:
The "key" to the challenge is to be "creative" and not to be recognizable.

Methinks you're reading too much into the specific words chosen - 99% of challenge descriptions say "be creative" or similar. I could have written "Enjoy!" at the end instead, but that wouldn't have implied that all entries must be humorous or pleasurable, surely...? :o)


Yes, well, I think a lot of people are reading too much into the specific words chosen, and as a matter of fact, words that aren't even there, like "recognizable usernames". LOL....

To be creative implies that one should be creative. To say "enjoy", then that means to have fun. Both different meanings.

In any case, I am entering "A" username. I am going to choose one, however, that has at least some history here as a "user" of DPC, and not someone whose profile doesn't show any involvement since registering. Just my own personal preference.

However, if it isn't someone they "personally" know or recognize, they should look it up and as per the rules, it shouldn't effect the scoring either way.

It has been said that some just skim and vote, or just look at thumbnails, and/or don't even scan the whole picture when voting. Well, what if I was to do that as well. I would know maybe 10 of the 200 or so entries for this challenge that are to be submitted? LOL...So, we are all really taking our own risks when limiting it to only the recognizables.

Rose

Message edited by author 2005-12-19 13:56:14.
 12/19/2005 02:00:55 PM · #143
Just a thought ... it'd be nice if the username in the title linked to the user's profile.
 12/19/2005 02:02:12 PM · #144
Originally posted by Konador:

No hot chicks tho :( Unless the nearby chicken farm counted.


Hmm....how about "A Kondor" chick?

12/19/2005 02:07:42 PM · #145
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Just a thought ... it'd be nice if the username in the title linked to the user's profile.


Hmmm, great idea. Might as well make it easy for those that find it so difficult to click a few buttons when they don't see a name they know. LOL...BUT, can it be done?

Rose
 12/19/2005 02:08:47 PM · #146
I am torn between two names, if I get to do this one, OY!

Deannda
Though I think I'll go with my first instinct
 12/19/2005 02:10:44 PM · #147
Originally posted by theSaj:
Hmm....how about "A Kondor" chick?


Mmm I'm sexy! :P
 12/19/2005 02:31:52 PM · #148
feel free to use mine as it might work well for this challenge
 12/19/2005 02:35:08 PM · #149
well .. my username means "Lilly" in latin in case anyone wants to shoot lillies :)
 12/19/2005 02:37:33 PM · #150
Dont expect anyone to pick me!!

:-)
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