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#21 fs_cristobal7

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 02:24

I was actually planning on this to be an individual pot, if enough people donated. Yes, other GFX sites have no prizes, but that's other sites. Look at ours. It's DEAD, okay? Most of the greats have moved on, we won't get enough interest without a pot. It's fine the way it is.


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#22 athdenald

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 07:28

It doesnt matter how much the pot is..


Nobody said it did.

What Grimm says makes sense. On other Gfx sites I belong to there are no prizes for SOTW and that doesn't stop people entering. The pot may be 40 FSP this week but how many people do you think will donate that kind of FSP every week? If anything the FSP given so far should be split to pay for a small pot every week for a few months.


I was actually planning on this to be an individual pot, if enough people donated. Yes, other GFX sites have no prizes, but that's other sites. Look at ours. It's DEAD, okay? Most of the greats have moved on, we won't get enough interest without a pot. It's fine the way it is.


My Bold. Since when did giving FSP as a prize make people better? If anything you'll just encourage players to find ways to cheat to win the pot if it's over a token amount. You keep adding that it's "fine the way it is" whereas I don't believe it is. Stating your opinion time and time again doesn't make it right.
I was hoping to see this turned into a weekly battle for those who actually give a damn about improving instead of a flurry for some purple dots. I'll not be taking part with the way it is atm.

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 07:54

It doesnt matter how much the pot is..


Nobody said it did.

What Grimm says makes sense. On other Gfx sites I belong to there are no prizes for SOTW and that doesn't stop people entering. The pot may be 40 FSP this week but how many people do you think will donate that kind of FSP every week? If anything the FSP given so far should be split to pay for a small pot every week for a few months.


I was actually planning on this to be an individual pot, if enough people donated. Yes, other GFX sites have no prizes, but that's other sites. Look at ours. It's DEAD, okay? Most of the greats have moved on, we won't get enough interest without a pot. It's fine the way it is.


My Bold. Since when did giving FSP as a prize make people better? If anything you'll just encourage players to find ways to cheat to win the pot if it's over a token amount. You keep adding that it's "fine the way it is" whereas I don't believe it is. Stating your opinion time and time again doesn't make it right.
I was hoping to see this turned into a weekly battle for those who actually give a damn about improving instead of a flurry for some purple dots. I'll not be taking part with the way it is atm.


First off, I've no idea what "My Bold" means. Second, how are people going to cheat? It's not like you can just come in and steal the FSP. Third, my statement that it's fine the way it is represents the majority of our opinions, if one or two people are against it, I can't help it. Just because you keep disagreeing, doesn't make you right either. You don't have to participate, in fact, if you're going to be this disagreeable, nor do I want you to participate. I don't wish to argue with you, and I won't continue this pointless arguing. I finish this by saying this to all who disagree: if you think having a pot will make this pointless, or wrong, or encourage cheaters, look at the previous GOTW's. I have nothing more to say.

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#24 athdenald

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 09:41

"My Bold" means look at the part of the quote I put in bold. As to cheating how hard do you think it is to get other people to vote for you? I thought this was meant to be an open discussion, who made you the judge, jury and executioner?

#25 Godblade75

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 10:42

"My Bold" means look at the part of the quote I put in bold. As to cheating how hard do you think it is to get other people to vote for you? I thought this was meant to be an open discussion, who made you the judge, jury and executioner?


As I said previously, I don't wish to argue with you. But if you insist on being stubborn, well, two can play that game. There is not, never was, never will be, a way to completely eradicate cheating. We've done it this way before, we can do it again. This is an open discussion, an open discussion for people who are going to either participate or donate. Since you have already stated that you are not participate, and I can assume you are not donating due to your perspective on this issue, it is not a discussion for you to join. But if you are going to reply, please do it in a PM, I do not wish to spam this thread any longer.

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#26 LadyPike

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 10:51

good riddance :roll:

just 'store' the donated fsps and make the pot 5 fsp for each week...who wants to enter will enter no matter how big the pot is...stop with bla, bla and yadda, yadda...

@Athdenald...cheating is easy, isn't it ;)

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#27 Zelkoran

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 14:18

I agree with the smaller pot, though i'd make it 3fsp per week and i'd like to see the sotw hall of fame come back, it was nice looking at the best work and getting some inspiration.

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#28 AttorraRu

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 14:25

I have to admit this idea is very appealing to me, I have re-downloaded GIMP even though it makes my head explode at the idea of playing with it again. Still I was wondering if anyone had a tutorial that explains what each of the terms and such actually mean, because they go right over my head if I'm honest, everything I've done tends to be me just mucking around, and half the time I can't rememebr how i did something that looks good.

Another question, do you have to pay FSP in order to join in?

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#29 Godblade75

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 14:45

I have to admit this idea is very appealing to me, I have re-downloaded GIMP even though it makes my head explode at the idea of playing with it again. Still I was wondering if anyone had a tutorial that explains what each of the terms and such actually mean, because they go right over my head if I'm honest, everything I've done tends to be me just mucking around, and half the time I can't rememebr how i did something that looks good.

Another question, do you have to pay FSP in order to join in?


Try gimptalk.com for some basics. And no, there is no entry fee.

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#30 fs_cristobal7

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 20:42

Im entering.

20:41 19/Aug/2011 You sent Godblade75 4 FallenSword Points.

#31 DarkWillie

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 19:17

good riddance :roll:

just 'store' the donated fsps and make the pot 5 fsp for each week...who wants to enter will enter no matter how big the pot is...stop with bla, bla and yadda, yadda...

@Athdenald...cheating is easy, isn't it ;)


agreed... look at the GGT... even round one had low participation.

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#32 Godblade75

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Posted 25 August 2011 - 14:01

Alright, so, I guess this will run for 8 weeks, each week having a 5 FSP pot. I'll start this up soon.

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#33 fs_slomoe

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Posted 28 August 2011 - 01:27

Im looking foreward to it i was thinking the other day i wanted this to start back up and i say we don't even need a pot if they want fsp go sell them or make an auction this is for people to get better and have fun

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Posted 29 August 2011 - 02:08

i'm In...... i am actually using 2 types of photo editing programs..

Hmm how about :
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