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 09/17/2007 08:36:11 AM · #26
Woo hoo! You can see my left butt cheek in that picture!

Originally posted by Telehubbie:
Their secret hideout revealed:

09/17/2007 08:39:00 AM · #27
Wow, nobody is going to mention Shannon's recent DQ for impropper sharpening? He cheated off the wrong paper. :p

There is no reason for this post. :)
 09/17/2007 09:18:41 AM · #28
Originally posted by alanfreed:
Woo hoo! You can see my left butt cheek in that picture!

Originally posted by Telehubbie:
Their secret hideout revealed:



i heard they edit their shots on the "woppr" with the assistance of professor falken
09/17/2007 10:48:39 AM · #29
Originally posted by alanfreed:
Woo hoo! You can see my left butt cheek in that picture!

Originally posted by Telehubbie:
Their secret hideout revealed:



Sorry about that, guys. It doesn't matter how many pairs of pants we buy him, he always wants to wear the ones with the butt cheeks cut out.

;-P
 09/17/2007 10:54:19 AM · #30
Originally posted by eschelar:
PS. GeneralE is widely known as Shannon's 'Other' account... he just fakes that British accent to throw us all off the scent.


Wow. That would really throw me off, since I thought they were both American. :)
 09/17/2007 11:53:07 AM · #31
Originally posted by raish:
Originally posted by scalvert:
No Site Council member has seen more entry details or entered more challenges than GeneralE, who has no ribbons and zero top 20 entries more recent than 2003. That doesn't sound like much of an unfair advantage. I can't think of a single technique that isn't described somewhere in the forums or among the entry details that everyone can see in past challenges.


You don't shake off conspiracy theorists that easily. GeneralE is a fictitious alter ego created to draw flak from the SC. For shame.


If GeneralE's stats don't convince you, and my stats don't convince you, then you are hopelessly convinced. And wrong.

This thread makes me feel like I suck really, really badly. Dang, if I have an unfair advantage and still can't break 6 consistently (or even 5.5 for that matter), perhaps I should sell my camera. :/
 09/17/2007 12:11:42 PM · #32
Originally posted by karmat:


If GeneralE's stats don't convince you, and my stats don't convince you, then you are hopelessly convinced. And wrong.

This thread makes me feel like I suck really, really badly. Dang, if I have an unfair advantage and still can't break 6 consistently (or even 5.5 for that matter), perhaps I should sell my camera. :/


Not that I think you should... but how much? ;}>

Message edited by author 2007-09-17 12:13:09.
 09/17/2007 12:12:02 PM · #33
Wonder where the OP went?

*Mutters to self the SC must have sent a cleaner...*

:-P
 09/17/2007 12:14:59 PM · #34
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
*Mutters to self the SC must have sent a cleaner...*


What the... you actually said that OUT LOUD?!? Expect a visit from Vinny and Rocko at 3:00am.
 09/17/2007 12:15:48 PM · #35
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
*Mutters to self the SC must have sent a cleaner...*


What the... you actually said that OUT LOUD?!? Expect a visit from Vinny and Rocko at 3:00am.


:-0

Yoinks gotta go!
 09/17/2007 12:19:21 PM · #36
Originally posted by scalvert:
No Site Council member has seen more entry details or entered more challenges than GeneralE, who has no ribbons and zero top 20 entries more recent than 2003.

That's only 'cause his camera sucks. ;-)
 09/17/2007 12:24:08 PM · #37
Originally posted by smardaz:
i heard they edit their shots on the "woppr" with the assistance of professor falken


Care to play a game of chess?
 09/17/2007 01:23:00 PM · #38
Originally posted by CVette:
Originally posted by smardaz:
i heard they edit their shots on the "woppr" with the assistance of professor falken


Care to play a game of chess?


i was hoping someone would get that reference! :)
 09/17/2007 04:09:01 PM · #39
Originally posted by mk:
Yes, my stupendous portfolio clearly showcases all the amazing skillz that I have unfairly ripped off from the winners during my time on SC. Nice catch.


Yup, looking at this image;



I can see that some amazing processing skillz that we un-washed masses just don't possess.

LOL
 09/17/2007 04:12:49 PM · #40
Originally posted by smardaz:
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how come when someone says ".mnd file" i have no clue what they are talking about?


because you didn't google .mnd.
 09/17/2007 04:24:58 PM · #41
Originally posted by CVette:
Originally posted by smardaz:
i heard they edit their shots on the "woppr" with the assistance of professor falken


Care to play a game of chess?

09/17/2007 04:56:26 PM · #42
Originally posted by fir3bird:
Originally posted by smardaz:
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how come when someone says ".mnd file" i have no clue what they are talking about?


because you didn't google .mnd.


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Lagre dine eiendeler i tørt, rent og sikkert hos oss! Vi finner en løsning som tilpasses dine spesifikke behov. Hos oss koster 33 m³ kun kr 790,- pr mnd. Du kan også kjøpe flyttetilbehør og flytteesker. "

Why didn't I think of that?
 09/17/2007 05:08:26 PM · #43
Originally posted by scalvert:
No Site Council member has seen more entry details or entered more challenges than GeneralE, who has no ribbons and zero top 20 entries more recent than 2003. That doesn't sound like much of an unfair advantage. I can't think of a single technique that isn't described somewhere in the forums or among the entry details that everyone can see in past challenges.


GeneralE is fictitious, he is a clone using data from 2002 til today. In fact, we are similar. Formerlee, GeneralE would have been updated to NormalE and been given scores that AveragelE would have won a ribbon, or at least finished in the top 20.

UnfortunatelE, resouces are limited and now we have legalE been advised that frequentlE oversights happen and basicalE we are buggered!!
 09/17/2007 05:15:08 PM · #44
Originally posted by formerlee:
Originally posted by scalvert:
No Site Council member has seen more entry details or entered more challenges than GeneralE, who has no ribbons and zero top 20 entries more recent than 2003. That doesn't sound like much of an unfair advantage. I can't think of a single technique that isn't described somewhere in the forums or among the entry details that everyone can see in past challenges.


GeneralE is fictitious, he is a clone using data from 2002 til today. In fact, we are similar. Formerlee, GeneralE would have been updated to NormalE and been given scores that AveragelE would have won a ribbon, or at least finished in the top 20.

UnfortunatelE, resouces are limited and now we have legalE been advised that frequentlE oversights happen and basicalE we are buggered!!


That was BrilliantE!
 09/17/2007 05:23:57 PM · #45
Hey Guys, go easy on the OP. It was said without malice and accusation. Just a thought, as he said. No one is pointing fingers or saying you all are cheats. All jokes aside, SC should know better than to ridicule a poster. C'mon guys, the question was asked and lets find a way to answer it without being condecending.
 09/17/2007 05:46:17 PM · #46
Right you are. Steve (the OP), people on this site and by no means least especially those who repeatedly win things, are very generous in sharing their expertise. There's a 'learn' thing at the top of the page here where some individual shots are explained, usually by popular demand (?) as well as a tutorial section that - well, you know.

Still - if having access to pp info on the top ten in all challenges is an advantage then yes, SC members have an advantage. Others don't have it, so the advantage is not equally distributed and can therefore be said to be unfair.

Both the idea of advantage and the idea of fairness assume competition, which is implied in the name of the site (challenge). Nevertheless I don't think anyone is interested in competing by any other means than trying to take the best picture they can themselves and hoping to garner the best votes through the quality of the picture and its appeal to the voters. If I were to 'gain advantage' or 'be unfair' then I would be working, directly or indirectly, on the possibility and potential for others to compete along the same lines. I don't think anyone is interested in that and if they are, I'm not interested in them.

We did get way off your original topic, so sorry about that, but we were just having a laugh, innit?
 09/17/2007 05:47:46 PM · #47
Those bastards. I don't trust them; not one bit. Where's the petition.
09/17/2007 05:52:52 PM · #48
Originally posted by Jacko:
Those bastards. I don't trust them; not one bit. Where's the petition.


Oh no! we have wakened the dead! Jacko, please, relax and save your venom for the final onslaught.
 09/17/2007 06:13:46 PM · #49
Originally posted by smardaz:
Originally posted by CVette:
Originally posted by smardaz:
i heard they edit their shots on the "woppr" with the assistance of professor falken


Care to play a game of chess?


i was hoping someone would get that reference! :)

How about Global Thermonuclear War? I think that's what this thread is devolving into. Can you believe I read through it all?
 09/17/2007 06:57:35 PM · #50
I want to play Tic-Tac-Toe, but it's not there.
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