Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Issue: 51   Editor: Nyxxiekins


Buzz Sound Off! Nyxxiekins


In this segment, you will be given a weekly topic to debate about. You will have the chance to post your opinions, comments, criticism and ideas on the Game Forum, when the proper official topic is made. The topic is made at a random time during the week to ensure that many players get to eventually voice their opinion!

Next week, 5-10 (depending on how many we get) random opinions will be placed on the Buzz along with a new debate question!

THIS WEEK'S DEBATE!
What do you think of allowing picture contest threads being stickied in the Off Topic Forum? State why they should or shouldn't be allowed and what should or shouldn't be limited in this case. Should all picture contests, no matter how little the prize, be stickied as well?



"They shouldn't get stickied. They should be handled like the rest."
~ DadouTS

"I think that because some are valued more than others they get stickied as opposed to some that are cheap like 50k or whatever. This isn't fair, so I think either all should get stickied or none. No prejudice for higher prizes. But in terms of whether they should be stickied or not, I think that they should just stick to the classifieds so shouldn't be stickied in the OTF."
~ KingofBling

"These "competitions" should be placed in the classifieds and if it's a exceptionally high price they should be rewarded with a sticky for a limited amount of time. Because the OTF if busy enough as it is, and a picture competition is basically the purchase of a picture... And since the classifieds in my understanding is for buying and selling things it should belong there."
~ iLoveGen

"Well its a difficult question to answer and there are two questions:
1. Should picture contests be stickied
2. What should be the smallest limit

Well I think the answer to both is that they should all be stickied to give everyone the chance of getting the best pics and everyone has the chance to see and take part in the competition. But I think that rather then having 10 stickied picture topics you should have one sticky for picture contests where you can state the details of your competition and have a separate thread people who are interested in looking for can. So I think there should be a "Picture contest" Sticky where you can post details of your competition and where more details can be found which may be a separate thread or on a profile etc."
~ iCyanide

"I personally think, ONLY sabin/BSF should have the power to put Pic contest as sticky and that they should only put it if the person is donates to something, for e.g High points donation/Bootcast. That is how I got my picture contest up as sticky, I donated a nice amount to the bootcast, Sabin saw my generosity and it was put up as sticky. However, after my picture contest was stickied, most mods thought that any pic contest with a high prize can be made into a sticky, this is not true. I did ask other mods to sticky my pic contest and they replied something in lines of 'I do not have the power to sticky anything unless it is HIGHLY important or if I've been instructed by an Admin.' So in conclusion, I feel that pic contest should only be put up as sticky if it is an unique competition and the host has done something worth it being a sticky."
~ JaKeR

"I think that they should be stickied as it makes things more organized, and if people are paying a sizable prize for a reward they deserve some publicity."
~ MrMoatilliatta

"I dont think they should be stickied. Who is to say what contest is more important that the others?
Even if the contest has a big prize it shouldnt be looked at differently than anyother contest because the person that is holding the contest is a normal player and not a member of the staff. To be honest i think people are starting to put big prizes for pic contests just to get their topic stickied and to get their names out there"
~ TwogunsV5

"It's not what most people think. They are offering a very significant price for their pictures, it's only fair that the topics are 'stickied'. The last three (only three) image topics that have been stickied have been for large amounts of cash/points, and again, it's only fair that everyone who's anyone sees the topic, just gives everyone a chance. To be honest, posting in the classifieds is a pain, due to the constant flow of OC topics. I know, it's were advertisements are supposed to be posted, but it doesn't say anywhere that in game advertisements can't be posted in the OTF. The OTF is viewed more often than the Classifieds, it's just easier to the buyer. Yes, it's good that picture competitions should be posted in the OTF, not the small comps, just the large, very large comps."
~ Charismatic