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by **toprob** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:49 am

Adrian Brausch wrote:
QUOTE (Adrian Brausch @ Aug 18 2013,11:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...MODERATOR could you please remove these posts back to HERE so we do't scare anyone else awy from this months comp hae...

Ouch, that's harsh. Although I always thought it would be a good idea to restrict the screenshot thread to entries only, and have a separate thread for any feedback/discussions/fun. I'd be happy to have my post and subsequent discussion moved out of here, but it was a valid issue, so I wouldn't want to see it deleted.

by **deeknow** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:40 pm

toprob wrote:
QUOTE (toprob @ Aug 18 2013,7:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You are right, nobody is forced to enter. However the low number of entries suggest that we can't afford to lose many simply because some people might find it complicated.

Jeeze Robin, it's hardly complicated! And re obstacles, the only one I can see is that people are not taking 10-seconds to read the criteria for the comp. There's gotta be a monthly theme of some sort, and doesn't seem too unreasonable to have the clause in there re NZ territory or aircraft. The image size is important and as you say Robin if the editing is over the top just don't vote for it.

Personally I love Ian's pics, I may not often vote for them, but I do occasionally and I always get a good laugh out of them.

Oh, and Doug Doug Doug !!! (please stay on at it mate, you're doing a fabulous job)

by **Splitpin** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:46 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Aug 18 2013,8:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Biggest thing , Mike you pointed it out is Photo-shop .. YIP its great , but you don't need a whoooooping cooosting program .. its all from the brain case and today's just about do that for ya !

You can do most of what photoshop will do , with Picasa ....and its free.
I consider myself a "screener" as opposed to a "simmer" , and i give most of my shots 100% , i edit and will continue to do so with what ever i choose.
If the editing thing seems to be yet another bone of contention , then have a comp that has to be "raw" ....no editing.

Ive been lucky enough to have had a few banners (thank you all) but each comp is different ...there seems to no rhyme or reason to the way it pans out .... you win twice ...and then not one vote.
For my part , some of the shots Ive submitted , and thought would rate ...have bombed, and some of the half arsed attempts have won .... go figure .

Anyway , i do feel privileged to be among such talent .... keep them coming .

by **Adrian Brausch** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:09 pm

toprob wrote:
QUOTE (toprob @ Aug 19 2013,10:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ouch, that's harsh. Although I always thought it would be a good idea to restrict the screenshot thread to entries only, and have a separate thread for any feedback/discussions/fun. I'd be happy to have my post and subsequent discussion moved out of here, but it was a valid issue, so I wouldn't want to see it deleted.

ah yea,...there is no issue here,..read the rules of the screenshot comp and make a screenshot that complies with it...not difficult. If its "harsh ",..why in the same sentence do you say " Although I always thought it would be a good idea to restrict the screenshot thread to entries only " ???...thats disagreeing then agreeing with what I said Rob ?. I have a huge amount of respect for you and your work but really why is it soo difficult to follow a few very simple rules. And Dougs theme for this month ' T-Tails",..what is confusing about that that you had to google it ,..If it was an " S-Tail or K-tail or tea towel( Sorry Ian your awesome hah

) then perhaps but " T " ,..er a tail shaped like a " T "...I don't understand your confusion Rob ?. A Clean install that you don't want to violate is fine but there are a multitude of outstanding free stuff available in every aircraft type from "reputable " designers,...I have had personally not one issue from the thousands of stuff I have downloaded from Simviation,Avsim,Flightsim, SOH or OZx etc,....I do stick to those sites tho. Respect Rob but really ?

YouTube: Roelioable · by **toprob** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:43 pm

QUOTE

Jeeze Robin, it's hardly complicated! And re obstacles, the only one I can see is that people are not taking 10-seconds to read the criteria for the comp. There's gotta be a monthly theme of some sort, and doesn't seem too unreasonable to have the clause in there re NZ territory or aircraft. The image size is important and as you say Robin if the editing is over the top just don't vote for it.[/quote]

We seem to have gone a bit off-track here. I don't have any problem reading or understanding the rules. It's simply that we went from three rules*, none of which limited the choice of aircraft, subject matter or anything except the location. I can understand if that didn't work out, but I wasn't aware of any problem with it. All I'm asking is why do we need more restrictions?

I agree that a theme is good -- the intention of the theme was always to inspire some thought, not to limit anything.

* It had to be a screenshot. It couldn't be wider than 1280px. It had to be within NZ.

Adrian -- 'harsh' to just delete chunks of a discussion, rather than shift it somewhere more appropriate. I do agree with most of your points, just not the bit where my posts just go away, so as not to annoy anyone. I can't fault your point about not scaring off anyone, though -- mainly because this is exactly the point I was making with my original post.

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