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01/07/2007 05:46:49 PM · #529

Originally posted by levyj413:

I agree, the new edit is superior.

bmartuch

Nikon D7200

01/07/2007 05:52:34 PM · #530

Originally posted by noraneko:

How many of fellow Suckers vote in contests in which you participate? It depends for me. If I'm feeling at all emotional about how my photo is doing, I either don't, or I wait. Usually toward the end of the contest, my emotional investment has worn off, and I feel I can vote without prejudice. However, I've never been in ribbon contention. If I had a photo above 6.8 (would have to be of pigs flying, I know) I would probably hold off on voting. You?

I always vote in the challenges that I enter. I think that if a person is that concerned about their ability to vote fairly, then what does that say about their integrity. I think I'm man enough to know that a lot of my pictures suck (hence the fact that I joined team suck) and many of the other people's images are better than mine.

When I,m currently at 4.7 in free study and most of the scores that I give out are between 5-6. I think I'm being very fair. If everyone didn't vote in their own challenges, then who would do the voting?

I didn't mean to start a firestorm here. I just thought it made a lot of sense to me.

01/07/2007 06:26:34 PM · #531

Originally posted by bmartuch:

No firestorm here :-) However, I think it can also say something for a person's integrity if he/she wants to ensure that emotional investment in a challenge will not subconsciously alter results. I would never purposely go into a challenge and say, "my votes are low (or high) and therefore I'm going to battleship the great photos!" However, if I'm really bummed about how a picture is doing, I don't want my overall state of mind to affect my voting.

On another topic,

levyj413 I think your edited photo of "buddies" is indeed much stronger. In fact, I think it's a beautiful photo and has a strong chance in contest. Good luck!

Edit 'cause I entered Jeff's username wrong initially

Message edited by author 2007-01-07 18:27:32.

01/07/2007 06:28:43 PM · #532

Originally posted by Melethia:

I'm living in a small town called Hochheim, which is across the river from Mainz, just down the road from Wiesbaden, and not too terribly far from Frankfurt.

Will check out map to see where Hochheim is located. How's the deuches sprechen going?

01/07/2007 07:09:02 PM · #533

Originally posted by noraneko:

I make myself vote in challenges I enter because I feel that it's part of the obligation I incur by taking advantage of the sevice of having mine judged and commented upon.

I also try to vote for as many entries as I can in each challenge I enter, and comment on most, if not all of the votes I cast.

That also gives me a pretty good suck index for where I'll be at the end! 8>)

01/07/2007 07:13:47 PM · #534

Well I'm number 100 in Procrastination. I put in a truely sucky photo since I procrastinated so long I couldn't come up with anything better. But, at least I'll have something to look at on the left hand side.

01/07/2007 08:20:30 PM · #535

How d'ya know what number your entry is? Or do you just look right after you enter and figure that unless you're unlucky, nobody else submitted one for that at the same time?

I guess I'm 106 using that index. I'm really happy with the pic, the title sort of has to carry the challenge, but I'm hoping the entry's OOB enough to slide on through okay.

Time and trolls will tell! 8>)

01/07/2007 08:22:01 PM · #536

Oh....I just found out what an exclusive challenge is......since I have a B&W entry, I can't do a Songs entry.

Oh darn!..................8>)

01/07/2007 08:23:31 PM · #537

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

How d'ya know what number your entry is? Or do you just look right after you enter and figure that unless you're unlucky, nobody else submitted one for that at the same time?

That's pretty much it. There were 99, then when I entered it went to 100. LOL.

01/07/2007 08:31:42 PM · #538

Hey.....

Nobody sent me the memo yet......what is expected of me as a Team Sck member?

Do I have to enter a certain number of challenges or anything like that or is the worse grammar clause preempt that?

01/07/2007 08:33:17 PM · #539

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

You should enter at least one per week, if you can enter more, do so. Your team needs at least 3 or maybe it's four people to participate each week to score.

01/07/2007 08:38:22 PM · #540

Hey.....

Nobody sent me the memo yet......what is expected of me as a Team Suck member?

Do I have to enter a certain number of challenges or anything like that or is the worse grammar clause preempt that?

And do I get booted if I screw up and accidentally get a wildly high 6 or something?????

Message edited by author 2007-01-07 20:39:14.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/07/2007 08:42:06 PM · #541

Originally posted by NikonJeb:

And do I get booted if I screw up and accidentally get a wildly high 6 or something?????

Team Suck is a beautiful place, so no booting for high scores. We have the "momentary lack of suckage" award for the highest scorer each week. That person's punishment is to have to comment on everyone else's entries from Team Suck.

xianart

Canon EOS-7D

01/07/2007 08:53:03 PM · #542

just finished voting on free study. phew!

ok, not i go to take the pic for procrasitnation.

but, maybe i'll just watch some tv first...

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

01/07/2007 09:33:51 PM · #543

I make a point to vote in every challenge I enter. I give high votes to pictures I like and low or middle votes to pictures I don't like. The fact that I have a picture in the challenge has nothing to do with it. My highest scores are relative, so I will always give at least one 10 in a challenge for the best photo, unless, and this has only happened once or twice, the entries really suck (no offense).

free study is voted on and I probably commented as much as I'm going to for that challenge.

01/07/2007 09:35:42 PM · #544

Tonight's voters have been harsh. My FS is falling at an alarming rate! Hopefully the vote scrubber can fix this.

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

01/07/2007 09:49:00 PM · #545

Originally posted by kdsprog:

Tonight's voters have been harsh. My FS is falling at an alarming rate! Hopefully the vote scrubber can fix this.

I'm counting on at least half a point from the vote scrubber! hahaha

01/07/2007 09:56:05 PM · #546

Originally posted by xianart:

just finished voting on free study. phew!

ok, not i go to take the pic for procrasitnation.

but, maybe i'll just watch some tv first...

Christian, are you feeling better?