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The regs/n00bs who didn't get voted in?
Nope.
Personally I think it's the notables. "The elite few". 15 of them now? That doesn't sound like a few to me. When there were 5 they were the elite few.
To be honest - and I think I'm speaking the thoughts of most of the forum members (notables or otherwise) here - the status of Notable has been soiled. For God's sake, Stryke nearly got voted in this time, and in 3 months it'll probably happen. Is Stryke a notable? In the current sense of the word, perhaps, but he's nowhere near the standard of Grix & co. To be unpopularly honest, I don't think Edgy should be a notable at all. Nor should Pro Evo or Sonic.
The thing is, every 3 months there is no notable election, only "most notable", and now we have a band of brothers with olive-coloured names. The notable name has been downgraded by recent electees, new notables aren't really notables at all, they get grief from the likes of me, and true notables may also feel their notable name doesn't carry as much weight as it used to, I certainly think it doesn't.
Constructive critisicm? 5 is enough. 15 is unacceptable. Wiping the slate clean would be unfeasible, reverting to the original 5 would be unfair, and voting people out is bound to lead to trouble.
So what I suggest is this:
Vote out a notable every 3 months until we have 7 notables, and from then on we just leave the whole notable thing alone. But that isn't going to happen.
However, the fact is something has to be done about this situation, as we have notables who shouldn't be notables, notables who aren't notables, and the only losers in the elections are the winners.
Oh, now I remember why I hide away in my cosy geek forum.
Nope.
Personally I think it's the notables. "The elite few". 15 of them now? That doesn't sound like a few to me. When there were 5 they were the elite few.
To be honest - and I think I'm speaking the thoughts of most of the forum members (notables or otherwise) here - the status of Notable has been soiled. For God's sake, Stryke nearly got voted in this time, and in 3 months it'll probably happen. Is Stryke a notable? In the current sense of the word, perhaps, but he's nowhere near the standard of Grix & co. To be unpopularly honest, I don't think Edgy should be a notable at all. Nor should Pro Evo or Sonic.
The thing is, every 3 months there is no notable election, only "most notable", and now we have a band of brothers with olive-coloured names. The notable name has been downgraded by recent electees, new notables aren't really notables at all, they get grief from the likes of me, and true notables may also feel their notable name doesn't carry as much weight as it used to, I certainly think it doesn't.
Constructive critisicm? 5 is enough. 15 is unacceptable. Wiping the slate clean would be unfeasible, reverting to the original 5 would be unfair, and voting people out is bound to lead to trouble.
So what I suggest is this:
Vote out a notable every 3 months until we have 7 notables, and from then on we just leave the whole notable thing alone. But that isn't going to happen.
However, the fact is something has to be done about this situation, as we have notables who shouldn't be notables, notables who aren't notables, and the only losers in the elections are the winners.
Oh, now I remember why I hide away in my cosy geek forum.
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ummmmm
who is ProEvo ???
:-P
who is ProEvo ???
:-P
Just seen him then!
Only because I went to the Sony forum to find him!
Making all forums a better place? Most notables post in all forums but Pro Evo I don't think has ever ventured out of the Sony Forum!
Only because I went to the Sony forum to find him!
Making all forums a better place? Most notables post in all forums but Pro Evo I don't think has ever ventured out of the Sony Forum!
ummmmm
who is ProEvo
:-P
who is ProEvo
:-P
SHEEPY wrote:
> It should just be me as notable
and he's a notable?....
bleurgh.
> It should just be me as notable
and he's a notable?....
bleurgh.
½pint wrote:
> Yup. There are plenty of people in favour of the vote in/vote out
> system of notables, but unfortunately it isn't going to happen. I've
> never even seen a post by Pro Evo, so if there was such an election I
> think he'd probably be voted out.
That's a very very good point!
I've never seen him post!
Hmmmm
> Yup. There are plenty of people in favour of the vote in/vote out
> system of notables, but unfortunately it isn't going to happen. I've
> never even seen a post by Pro Evo, so if there was such an election I
> think he'd probably be voted out.
That's a very very good point!
I've never seen him post!
Hmmmm
That'd work.
I bet the others would go in for that.
I bet the others would go in for that.
It should just be me as notable
Yup. There are plenty of people in favour of the vote in/vote out system of notables, but unfortunately it isn't going to happen. I've never even seen a post by Pro Evo, so if there was such an election I think he'd probably be voted out.
The regs/n00bs who didn't get voted in?
Nope.
Personally I think it's the notables. "The elite few". 15 of them now? That doesn't sound like a few to me. When there were 5 they were the elite few.
To be honest - and I think I'm speaking the thoughts of most of the forum members (notables or otherwise) here - the status of Notable has been soiled. For God's sake, Stryke nearly got voted in this time, and in 3 months it'll probably happen. Is Stryke a notable? In the current sense of the word, perhaps, but he's nowhere near the standard of Grix & co. To be unpopularly honest, I don't think Edgy should be a notable at all. Nor should Pro Evo or Sonic.
The thing is, every 3 months there is no notable election, only "most notable", and now we have a band of brothers with olive-coloured names. The notable name has been downgraded by recent electees, new notables aren't really notables at all, they get grief from the likes of me, and true notables may also feel their notable name doesn't carry as much weight as it used to, I certainly think it doesn't.
Constructive critisicm? 5 is enough. 15 is unacceptable. Wiping the slate clean would be unfeasible, reverting to the original 5 would be unfair, and voting people out is bound to lead to trouble.
So what I suggest is this:
Vote out a notable every 3 months until we have 7 notables, and from then on we just leave the whole notable thing alone. But that isn't going to happen.
However, the fact is something has to be done about this situation, as we have notables who shouldn't be notables, notables who aren't notables, and the only losers in the elections are the winners.
Oh, now I remember why I hide away in my cosy geek forum.
Nope.
Personally I think it's the notables. "The elite few". 15 of them now? That doesn't sound like a few to me. When there were 5 they were the elite few.
To be honest - and I think I'm speaking the thoughts of most of the forum members (notables or otherwise) here - the status of Notable has been soiled. For God's sake, Stryke nearly got voted in this time, and in 3 months it'll probably happen. Is Stryke a notable? In the current sense of the word, perhaps, but he's nowhere near the standard of Grix & co. To be unpopularly honest, I don't think Edgy should be a notable at all. Nor should Pro Evo or Sonic.
The thing is, every 3 months there is no notable election, only "most notable", and now we have a band of brothers with olive-coloured names. The notable name has been downgraded by recent electees, new notables aren't really notables at all, they get grief from the likes of me, and true notables may also feel their notable name doesn't carry as much weight as it used to, I certainly think it doesn't.
Constructive critisicm? 5 is enough. 15 is unacceptable. Wiping the slate clean would be unfeasible, reverting to the original 5 would be unfair, and voting people out is bound to lead to trouble.
So what I suggest is this:
Vote out a notable every 3 months until we have 7 notables, and from then on we just leave the whole notable thing alone. But that isn't going to happen.
However, the fact is something has to be done about this situation, as we have notables who shouldn't be notables, notables who aren't notables, and the only losers in the elections are the winners.
Oh, now I remember why I hide away in my cosy geek forum.
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