2010-12-22, 02:54 PM
TaliaNCo Wrote:I'm pretty sure saying something is "just stupid" is not being constructive. Someone took the time and effort to participate. Do not degrade their work by saying such things. Saying something else like, "This banner might be better if the characters were some of the members of Southperry" would be a more appropriate response. It has also NEVER been defined that the winning banner would take place of the current one. I clearly stated otherwise.
Expressing extreme distaste in a style is constructive. No feedback is bad feedback. My post overall was still constructive, natural attitude of mine aside. I'm pretty sure if i said "This banner would be better if there weren't random ass people doing random stuff", it wouldn't be any less constructive. You could still take it as being rude because i'm essentially saying the entire point that makes the banner unique is useless, and i could still say it's constructive because no maple characters makes the banner better to look at.
It has also NEVER been said that i acknowledge that the winning banner would absolutely 100% take the place of the current one. I clearly stated that YOU have said otherwise. My point was that bringing that point into the discussion dilutes the motivation of those who do want the banner changed and who take this topic seriously, thus should not be CONSTANTLY POINTED OUT.
Sarah Wrote:Talia has good intentions and she's right for doing so.
I don't disagree with you. You think i don't have some kind of respect for following through with a user request and as event coordinator actually working to change something that, imo, should be changed more than 4 times a year?
Sarah Wrote:Even if most of the community is tight and can take a hit from each other, we don't know who submitted what and we don't want to discourage people from trying when other similar events happen.
Don't understand why negativity drives people away from art contests. It's still anonymous (and it doesn't look like that will change), and they most likely still have better art skills than those criticizing.
Sarah Wrote:It's fine to say THE LINES ARE A LITTLE TOO THICK and I don't think Talia would disagree, but just saying "7 looks terrible" isn't appropriate, even if you follow it up with your reasoning. Just leave the negativity out of it. Not super difficult.
Putting down pieces of work in a line up is kind of necessary to pick a winner. People still respect the authors for doing work, but a winner has to be chosen.
If you agree, but don't think the reasoning should be posted or whatever, then people voting will be blinded. When i came into this thread i couldn't put my thumb on what i thought was wrong with #7, but after reading the comments i found out it was because of the lines. If people hadn't posted that criticism i would have had a much harder time figuring out what would look best on the site.
Sarah Wrote:targeting you completely.
Doesn't matter much. Whether it was focused on me or not, i was still included.