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Hello.
In this passage, I will to refer to many things, this is what they mean.
"Regulars" - These kind hearted people come onto your website, and have fun talking to eachother, and post some great topics about games. Examples of these are: Ant, Elitesniper, Dan, Fogmaster, Fantasymeister. These people hardly win games, compared to the amount of work they do.
"We" - This also refers to the "regulars".
"Newbies" - These are the people that come on here SOLELY to win games, 95% of these will write one thing, steal a game from you, and then leave. The remaining 5% will stay after winning a game. These people do less work, and win more games.
"Staff" - This refers to anyone that works at Special Reserve.
We are getting very tired, and agitated at the fact that people come on here and win games, and never come back here again. This portrays the feeling of the forum simply being "used". We do not treat this forum like the 95% of newbies do. I.E. We do not have one night stands.
We care about the forum, and we enjoy returning to it, to post more things about games, and to talk to eachother. It is a social gathering as well as a games forum.
The staff, I believe, fail to see that we put much more effort and work into the site than the 95% of newbies, and also fail to realise that the newbies put no effort into maintaining their status in the forum.
Therefore, I propose this compremise. The newbies are unable to win, UNLESS they post at least 10 decent posts, which all refer to the name of the forum.
I have no say on the status of the reviews. I am happy that people can win with one review. I am unhappy with the fact that we put more time into the site than they do, but I understand that reviews have a better chance of winning a game.
However, it seems that newbies have a better chance than we do of winning a game. It also seems that whoever chooses gameaday fails to fully take in what has been written, and will ignore it if they have won before.
To summarise: We are unhappy with amount of newbies which simply leave after winning; we want newbies to post 10 decent topics before winning, to make the forum more effienent; and we want to have the same chance as winning as the newbies, which will also encourage more people to stay.
Thank you for reading. Any comments from the regulars will be welcomed.
In this passage, I will to refer to many things, this is what they mean.
"Regulars" - These kind hearted people come onto your website, and have fun talking to eachother, and post some great topics about games. Examples of these are: Ant, Elitesniper, Dan, Fogmaster, Fantasymeister. These people hardly win games, compared to the amount of work they do.
"We" - This also refers to the "regulars".
"Newbies" - These are the people that come on here SOLELY to win games, 95% of these will write one thing, steal a game from you, and then leave. The remaining 5% will stay after winning a game. These people do less work, and win more games.
"Staff" - This refers to anyone that works at Special Reserve.
We are getting very tired, and agitated at the fact that people come on here and win games, and never come back here again. This portrays the feeling of the forum simply being "used". We do not treat this forum like the 95% of newbies do. I.E. We do not have one night stands.
We care about the forum, and we enjoy returning to it, to post more things about games, and to talk to eachother. It is a social gathering as well as a games forum.
The staff, I believe, fail to see that we put much more effort and work into the site than the 95% of newbies, and also fail to realise that the newbies put no effort into maintaining their status in the forum.
Therefore, I propose this compremise. The newbies are unable to win, UNLESS they post at least 10 decent posts, which all refer to the name of the forum.
I have no say on the status of the reviews. I am happy that people can win with one review. I am unhappy with the fact that we put more time into the site than they do, but I understand that reviews have a better chance of winning a game.
However, it seems that newbies have a better chance than we do of winning a game. It also seems that whoever chooses gameaday fails to fully take in what has been written, and will ignore it if they have won before.
To summarise: We are unhappy with amount of newbies which simply leave after winning; we want newbies to post 10 decent topics before winning, to make the forum more effienent; and we want to have the same chance as winning as the newbies, which will also encourage more people to stay.
Thank you for reading. Any comments from the regulars will be welcomed.
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Deus Ex.
Some lovely comments came out of this. And I remember, I think, Soup Dragon, but I am not he.
On a side note, I thought the main point of this would to encourage newbies to stay, as they would have to work harder, and therefore get accustomed to writing on here. And the possiblity of winning another game would make people come back more often. Make the site more productive, in other terms.
Some lovely comments came out of this. And I remember, I think, Soup Dragon, but I am not he.
On a side note, I thought the main point of this would to encourage newbies to stay, as they would have to work harder, and therefore get accustomed to writing on here. And the possiblity of winning another game would make people come back more often. Make the site more productive, in other terms.
DEUS EX!
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So why exactly does he think he has the right to never have to pay for a video game again in his life?
One night stand? I'll be married to special reserve with 3 children before I ever win 'out!
Wouldn't it destroy the whole competetive aspect for anyone outside Grix's clique, because that's what he's asking for, it is just an elitest clique for him and his friends to take SR for all they can, and is it really any worse for people to contribute and get one game, then disappear rather than to hang around to win repeatedly.
You've won.
I don't know how many times.
Don't try to convince yourself that writing some regular chat about your computer in any way 'earns' a game.
Can't you just be greatful for what you've had and accept that other people deserve a chance at the same thing without going through your groups initiation.
One night stand? I'll be married to special reserve with 3 children before I ever win 'out!
Wouldn't it destroy the whole competetive aspect for anyone outside Grix's clique, because that's what he's asking for, it is just an elitest clique for him and his friends to take SR for all they can, and is it really any worse for people to contribute and get one game, then disappear rather than to hang around to win repeatedly.
You've won.
I don't know how many times.
Don't try to convince yourself that writing some regular chat about your computer in any way 'earns' a game.
Can't you just be greatful for what you've had and accept that other people deserve a chance at the same thing without going through your groups initiation.
We've had this conversation so many times, i can just reel it off without even thinking about it. We do reward regulars with prizes - numerous people have won more than once and we are grateful to you for continuing to visit our site. But 'newbies', as you so affectionately call them, have just as much chance to win as the rest of you should - why should I be biased into picking a regular just because he hasn't won for a couple of weeks?
New people come onto this site all the time, and if the Gameaday winners list was crammed full of the same old people, it would look like the Gameaday prize is impossible to win ie. you have to be part of a certain 'clique' to win - this is not the case. ANYONE who comes onto UKdiscussions.com is eligible for the prize, whether they leave after winning, or stay. You were all newbies once, when you won your first prize was anyone complaining then? Maybe you should look at it from someone else's point of view - letting regulars win everyday is greedy, and nothing else. They have as much chance as winning as new customers, so there.
It's a shame that this keeps having to be said, cos I just want the competition to run smoothly and everyone to be happy. I'm not having a go, but there does appear to be a certain group forming that is, how can I say, 'slightly hostile' towards newcomers, so why not lay off them for a while. You know what John Lennon said, 'Give Peace A Chance'.
New people come onto this site all the time, and if the Gameaday winners list was crammed full of the same old people, it would look like the Gameaday prize is impossible to win ie. you have to be part of a certain 'clique' to win - this is not the case. ANYONE who comes onto UKdiscussions.com is eligible for the prize, whether they leave after winning, or stay. You were all newbies once, when you won your first prize was anyone complaining then? Maybe you should look at it from someone else's point of view - letting regulars win everyday is greedy, and nothing else. They have as much chance as winning as new customers, so there.
It's a shame that this keeps having to be said, cos I just want the competition to run smoothly and everyone to be happy. I'm not having a go, but there does appear to be a certain group forming that is, how can I say, 'slightly hostile' towards newcomers, so why not lay off them for a while. You know what John Lennon said, 'Give Peace A Chance'.
Well said Ali, I hate it when somebody leaves after winning but I agree with everything that you just said.
And also Ant was complaing but he must be greedy he has won 3 times has he not.
And also Ant was complaing but he must be greedy he has won 3 times has he not.
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