For Your Consideration

[Rase]

Yeah, I know I kept calling it FYI. I'm stupid.

Anyway, this is really sad at the moment, but it could vastly improve if nominees would send in their pieces. As it is, here is what I've gotten. Hopefully by the next Ciddies we will have a better method for doing this planned, because this is just not very effective.

Best Writer
GoldenBoko
1.) EoFF Playin' II
2.) Shades of Life
3.) Squall and Rinoa Playin' II
4.) My Piece to Owen Macwere

Behold the Void
1.) Villian Grand Tournament

Best Poet
rubah
1.)The Nobility of Youth

Best Artist

Best Graphic Designer

[Jojee]

I think most people have sent in their votes already. :3

[NeoCracker]

I Haven't ^_^

[Rase]

I think most people have sent in their votes already. :3

As do I. However, I told BoB AG that I would do this, and by God I'm a man of my word. Even if it sucks and is of no use I shall do the best I can with it. I just hope we can work something out before the Summer '08 Ciddies that would make this more useful. In my opinion it is a fine idea (which is why I stick with it), it just needs a better execution.

[Miriel]

People can always change their votes if they want. If people are too lazy to send something particular in to be considered, I say you just pick for them.

[Breine]

It's a shame that this wasn't made earlier when people hadn't voted yet because it's simply a brilliant idea. I hope this will be able to be more planned next year, as you said Rase.

[Queen Award, First of Her Name]

It's a shame only one person got involved, but power to them for the free advertising this thread will give them. Maybe next year we'll just have to go hunt down some work they've done inside the last six months and throw it together.

[Vincent, Thunder God]

I'm glad something like this will help me in my voting, though so far only Goldenboko's there and I was already convinced that I'd be voting for him. Come on other writers, if you want my vote give Rase some more links, I'm too lazy to hunt down your stories, sorry.

[Levian]

Yeah, I know I kept calling it FYI. I'm stupid.

Haha yeah, I noticed that

[Avarice-ness]

I think that the For Your Consideration thread should be made during nominations, just for the sole reason I tend to forget to care to make threads in the art forum, yet I have no problem sending in the art for this thread, due to that though, I didn't get nominated.

Not to mention it may help artists who just put their art in the gallery be able to show their work in the General chat which most people roam by default. And there's -alot- more artists in the gallery than on the artist forum. Then there could be a showcase of potential art to get the artist nominated, instead of one to get the votes. If the artist got nominated because people know what their recent art is ahead of time, then the voting would prolly go just as easy.

Just a thought.

[Loony BoB]

The FYC thread sort-of is made during nominations, and the six months before it - it's the entirity of the Artist/Writer forums and subforums. Obviously if you're going to make it without knowing who the finalists are then every person has the right for every one of their threads to be linked within the FYC thread at that point... which means you're basically just recreating the Art/Writing forums. D=

[Goldenboko]

IMO nominations for Best Writer, Poet, etc should be done 1 week in advance so this could be organized by the time all the others are done.

[Jess]

This is good idea Rase. I usually find these the hardest to vote for.

Maybe next year we'll just have to go hunt down some work they've done inside the last six months and throw it together.

I think this is a good idea, too, because otherwise they may not send in any of their work.

[Rase]

If people are too lazy to send something particular in to be considered, I say you just pick for them.

Maybe next year we'll just have to go hunt down some work they've done inside the last six months and throw it together.

Yeah see, I'm pretty sure I did that for the first time we had one (Winter '06), and it ended up with the majority of people asking for changes or just complaining about my choices (see: Raistlin). Plus this year I was simply too busy to deal with doing that, what with this being my first semester of college and therefore me being buried in schoolwork/busy with social stuff. If you guys want to I'm fine with that though.

This is good idea Rase. I usually find these the hardest to vote for.

I'm fairly certain the initial idea was Miriel's, I just handle the implementation (or lack thereof).

Alright, so here's something I've been thinking of suggesting as far as making this work better. It would involve making the Ciddies last a little longer, but if we want this to work as well as it can I think it's makes the most sense. Basically, after revealing the nominees to vote for have a period (anywhere from like two to five days) where people can't vote. For one thing this may cause people to put more thought into their votes. Mainly though it would allow me to send out PM's to each nominee and ask them to pick the pieces, then give them some time to compile it. If the majority did this I wouldn't mind gathering work for the remaining say, 25% of the nominees or whatever. I got this idea mainly from when DK posted the EoY stuff but said he wasn't taking any entries for five days or something. Of course there are cons and perspective cons to this idea, but just throwing it out there. Another option would be simply making people much more aware of it by having AG mention it in the initial nomination post, and maybe including something about anyone who may be nominated to have a list of things they want included ready should they be nominated.

[Loony BoB]

I think we should automatically select their three most recent threads UNLESS they bother to PM you. I might be okay with closing up nominations for the four particular Ciddies that are mentioned a day or two early, while leaving the other Ciddies open for nominations... hmm. Not sure. Keep the ideas and thoughts coming in, though, everyone.