Tank of the month

[Nospherith]

Bring back the TotM. BTW, cheating is just lame. Why be a flake when you can post your own tank?

 

[Torrean]

i personally think people do it just because they can. They want to get away with something and this is something easy to cheat at and win.

 

[Navarre]

I think its possible to run such a competition, but as has been mentioned, cheating is the problem. What has been done on other forums that i moderate on is for a tank to be put into the tank of the month competition voluntarily (no need for nominations) Then the moderators decide between them what tank is best. Of course this does have its drawbacks but it does ruelout cheating especially if a tank photo had to be taken with the member standing next to it.

Another method is for members to nominate a tank they like but they can only nominate if they have a certain level of posts. Members voting would be difficult as i am not sur if a vote can be cast with only members with a certain level of posts eligable (higher post members will automatically stop members creating new accounts to gain extra votes.)

I still feel the moderators would be best ot judge any entries. Its not like we are trying to find the best speices of a certain fish etc, we are merely voting on a tank that is pleasing to our eyes and for this we dont all need to be experts in certain fields.

 

[digital_run]

It was pretty great while it lasted...But with the cheating and extra work it brought i can see why it became a hassle....But if someone is willing to deal with it and make it work then why not...Just don't ask me (I'm lazy)

DR

p.s - I have a Gold Sev thats gonna rule FOTM

 

[GSD]

i think we should be allowed it back becasue we have POTM still! but i love lookin ghtrough and getting inspiration

i think we should have o ddo pucs of say 3-4 angles if the tank and describe it i detail to be entered aan that way itd be hard to cheat

 

[jimbooo]

I haven't voted but I have taken note of your suggestions and brought it to the attention of the rest of the mods. I'll give an answer as soon as I can.

Gadazobe: how did you get on then? can we expect a revival of OTM's??

pretty please...

 

[Whitey]

Bring it back bring it back bring it back!!!

 

[elgecko]

I liked it....... I might be bias.

 

[OohFeeshy]

I think it will be easier to restart tank of the month than fish of the month. I mean, you could easily ask the owner to take pictures at specified angles, or put a certain object on top.

 

[RYO]

I would love to get it back,I was lucky enough to win the small tank during the last month it was run (must have been a lack of entrants ) some of the tanks on show where truly spectacular.

 

[Whitey]

Yeah you could say all entries must have a shot of the tank in full view and one from an angel with a peice of paper with your username on it. simple.

 

[sinistral]

Is there room for a dissenting opinion in this thread? Frankly, I am not sad the *OTM competitions are gone. In addition to the cheating that went on (rampantly) towards the end of the OTM run, there was also quite a bit of unpleasant campaigning for votes (IME) via PM and livechat (when I was more active there)... I also noticed it cropping up from time to time within threads.

On the internet there are lots of opportunities for unscrupulous people to cheat...if you're inventive enough, it's possible to find a way around just about any cheating countermeasure...then the countermeasures escalate...then the cheating escalates...and then instead of having a friendly tank and fish exhibition, you have a competition about cheating.

I think Navarre's suggestion about mods being the ultimate judges is a good one, but doesn't that open the mods up to a ton of potential criticism about favoritism, biases, unfairness, etc? Despite their hard work, do the mods really need to be more of a target than they are?

If we're really the Friendliest Forum around, shouldn't we be less about competition and more about sharing? Maybe a "Tank and Fish Gallery" (similar to the user gallery, but with ... tanks and fish ) might be an alternative?

If you really wanted to be about a little competition, the gallery could support comments and page hits (much like the old user gallery), so that the "goal" would be to foster as many positive comments and views as possible. Cheaters could be removed once detected (if you could even call it cheating). You could even have a subsection of the gallery devoted to "hall of fame" tanks, or a simple title or a star next to "hall of fame" tanks within the gallery or something...the criteria would be enough page hits or positive comments or what have you, thus encouraging people with the prettiest tanks and fish to post more.

The time spent for maintenance of this type of gallery could fall upon an enthusiastic member (don't look at me ) instead of a mod. Needless to say, campaigning for views and comments would be frowned upon.

 

[Whitey]

Running a forum is very much like the govenments job, its community politics you have to listen to the people and sometimes you have to make sacrafices but to acheive a freindly forum, the people are always number one.

 

[paige]

bring it back I WANT IT BACK

you wont get it back though cause there has been loads of competitions cancelled over cheating like not so long ago livebearer of the month or something like that was cancelled because they had no way of stopping people cheating .and i was really excited about that competition.

xxx paige xxx

 

[FishFreaks]

i voted "WANT IT BACK" even though we just got here. I think it would be fun and a nice attraction