Scummies Ideas, Suggestions and Comments Thread

xRECKONERx · Post Post #400 (ISO) » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:48 pm

Sure. But Name in Orange isn't handed out every year as is.

AGar · Post Post #401 (ISO) » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:01 pm

In post 388, Kublai Khan wrote:Nominees should not be allowed to judge the categories that they are nominated for anymore.

I was under the impression that this has always been the case, as during the 1st Half of the 2011 judging, we had an issue where only 1 of the 6 or so selected judges was actually able to judge the Best Town Performance category and we just left the thread until the SSC came up with a solution.

In post 389, Cogito Ergo Sum wrote:Best Normal or Open Design seems narrow and unlikely to draw many nominations. If we want those categories to be better represented in the Best Set-up nominations, what we could do is ask the relevant list mods to take a look at year's end? I'd also be willing to do it otherwise.

This has merit, but the problem is you're comparing apples to oranges with Themes vs. Normals. You can do a lot in a Theme, be it Large or Mini, that you just simply can't do in a Normal or Open game.

In post 399, UberNinja wrote:Like for instance,
once someone "retires", never to return to that account,
it should be considered being awarded to that person.

That should never be the caveat. Ever.

UberNinja · Post Post #402 (ISO) » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:53 pm

Meh. It's kinda like a farewell present.

Nobody walks around wearing the golden fedora and looking snazzy (and indeed it would look snazzy), to me it's just like something you would put on their coffin as it gets lowered into the ground, to honor their memory.

Docteur Gudsight · Post Post #403 (ISO) » Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:54 am

It seems to me as "Name in Orange" is something that should be given to non-admins that are doing great work. On the other hand, it would be super strange to give "Golden Fedora" to non-admins / non-list mods, given that if someone has done such a lifetime body of work for the site to deserve the super ultimate award, he should have been admin'ed 5 years ago. The two titles seem to fit different purposes.

Also, i agree with UN.

AGar · Post Post #404 (ISO) » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:49 am

In post 402, UberNinja wrote:Meh. It's kinda like a farewell present.

Nobody walks around wearing the golden fedora and looking snazzy (and indeed it would look snazzy), to me it's just like something you would put on their coffin as it gets lowered into the ground, to honor their memory.

But you're basically stipulating that no one should get it unless they

leave the site

.

If someone did awesome work over a sustained period, and then after so many years decided to just step back from that but still wanted to be a part of the community, we shouldn't not recognize their work because "Ahwp, they're hanging around. They're still a part of the community."

zoraster · Post Post #405 (ISO) » Mon Apr 22, 2013 6:55 am

Let's be honest: the golden fedora is just for when mith feels like it. Arguing about when or why to award it is kinda irrelevant.

xRECKONERx · Post Post #406 (ISO) » Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:33 am

But so is the Name in Orange award. It just feels redundant.

quadz08 · Post Post #407 (ISO) » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:59 pm

To me, Name In Orange is "you aren't/weren't/haven't been an admin/mod but you're AWESOME and deserve recognition," while the Golden Fedora is "you WERE a mod/admin and have been so damn spectacular that you deserve recognition."

AGar · Post Post #408 (ISO) » Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:58 pm

In post 407, quadz08 wrote:To me, Name In Orange is "you aren't/weren't/haven't been an admin/mod but you're AWESOME and deserve recognition," while the Golden Fedora is "you WERE a mod/admin and have been so damn spectacular that you deserve recognition."

hitogoroshi · Post Post #409 (ISO) » Mon May 20, 2013 11:39 am

Here's a scummies idea. I think in the future, "favorite game" should go ONLY to the mod(s) of the favorite game, not everyone in it. Using this years example, I think it somewhat dilutes the title for zor when it also goes to everyone who PLAYED in his game; and on the other side, I kinda feel that it's silly to have my animated thing saying "designed best setup...AND ALSO PLAYED IN A PRETTY FUN GAME!"

Mr. Flay · Post Post #410 (ISO) » Mon May 20, 2013 12:10 pm

Some years, the 'award' has gone to both the mod and the players (as a good game really is a group effort), but only the mod got the image.

quadz08 · Post Post #411 (ISO) » Mon May 20, 2013 3:25 pm

I think everyone involved should get the image. Good games are made by the playerlist more than the mod, 9 times out of 10.

singersigner · Post Post #412 (ISO) » Mon May 20, 2013 3:46 pm

Yeah, it's kind of like a group performance like town/scum awards. Even if you're the one prodded 10 times, have the least amount of posts, or replaced in the last day, you still get the scummy.

Faraday · Post Post #413 (ISO) » Tue May 21, 2013 12:23 am

I thought it was much better just going to the mod, tbh.

JacobSavage · Post Post #414 (ISO) » Tue May 21, 2013 1:29 am

I mean in most cases no matter how amazing the set-up is its really the players who make it.

And by doing that it actually would allow an Open game to win.

xRECKONERx · Post Post #415 (ISO) » Tue May 21, 2013 6:59 am

I have suggested we don't hand out awards for individuals with Most Enjoyable Game, but instead award that game with a Game of the Year title and put it in a Hall of Fame.

Nexus · Post Post #416 (ISO) » Tue May 21, 2013 7:01 am

I like that idea.

Amrun · Post Post #417 (ISO) » Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:51 am

In post 410, Mr. Flay wrote:Some years, the 'award' has gone to both the mod and the players (as a good game really is a group effort), but only the mod got the image.

This seems like a pretty fair compromise.

Also like Reck's idea, but on combination with this.

Faraday · Post Post #418 (ISO) » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:46 am

reck's idea is just basically "it's a scummy but not really so no badges", idk being in an enjoyable game is enough for me as a player, i don't need a badge to say it? let the mod just have it, it looks silly with everyone running around with favourite game badges i think

Oversoul · Post Post #419 (ISO) » Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:10 am

Are those profile badges coming into existence? I don't know if this is the right topic for it.

Lost Butterfly · Post Post #420 (ISO) » Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:11 am

it is but it's more to do w/ the art team afaik. i assume you want a PROPER one?(or accurate one)

Oversoul · Post Post #421 (ISO) » Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:22 am

In post 420, Lost Butterfly wrote:it is but it's more to do w/ the art team afaik. i assume you want a PROPER one?(or accurate one)

I don't want the profile badges to come into existence. I made a stink about it and gamification when they were discussed earlier like a year or so ago.
I don't really care if a proper topic is made. I just wanted to know if they were in the pipe line. Since they are, I don't think my complaints will stop it from coming into existence.

Faraday · Post Post #422 (ISO) » Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:51 pm

i think i misunderstood what you said tbh. as i'm not sure what you're talking about now. i thought you were referring to the fact your scummie should be "most memorable moment"

xRECKONERx · Post Post #423 (ISO) » Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:04 am

Yeah that's not really our wheelhouse.

Oversoul · Post Post #424 (ISO) » Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:26 pm

In post 422, Faraday wrote:i think i misunderstood what you said tbh. as i'm not sure what you're talking about now. i thought you were referring to the fact your scummie should be "most memorable moment"

In post 423, xRECKONERx wrote:Yeah that's not really our wheelhouse.

No, that's not what it was when I was against... Things could have changed since then so this might be the new function of it.

Either way, sorry for cluttering the thread.