a new Spotlight System?!

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

let me quote Yuri, who pointed out the problem quite well.

Yuri o07 wrote:

About the subject of spotlighted voxels. I don't like how nearly every topic of a new voxel is filled with 'OMG SPOTLIGHT!!!' -like comments. The system we have now (that if an X amount of people wants it spotlighted, it gets spotlighted) doesn't work well in cases where there are new members who haven't got used to voxels, and may think a normalized cube should be spotlighted. My suggestion is that there should be judges (perhaps moderators) who will decided which voxel gets spotlighted.

It's just my idea, don't get angry on me.

I think he's right and we need a better spotlight system.
My Idea would be, that only those can see a "spotlight button" in their menu, who already have a spotlighted voxel.
Or every thread in the voxel section has automatically a spotlight poll, only visible for users with already a spotlighted voxel.
Those know how a spotlighted voxel should be and can this way bring others into the group of the spotlighted.
Unexperienced members can still flood a thread with spotlight comments but those aren't count.

The same of course for SHPs, once we get a spotlighted SHPs section.

What do you say and do have you other/better ideas for this problem?

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Machine · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject:

Wouldn't be that unfair will modders that do not upload their stuff to the public, and just make them specific mod exclusive?.
Also there's a lot of crappy voxels in the spotlighted topic, wouldn't that give unfair chances to those who didn't deserve the spotlight, but still got spotlighted?.
Though it still is a better system than the current one. But, personally, I would prefer that a few carefully selected community members (which should be quite active), be selected as moderators of a particular section, in which they're skilled (ex: for voxels, some recognized voxelers), and only they (should be more than 1, in this way the effect of unfriendly relations between the judges and the resource posters would be minimized) should be able to spotlight a voxel/shp, and of course the input of the community should not be accepted at the same degree as it is accepted now (ex: it should be considered as only a spotlight revision request, and not, after X suggestions it should be spotlighted).

BTW any new about the spotlighted SHPs forum? (Mainly directed at Banshee)

Daz · Energy Commando **Joined**: 26 Apr 2003

I think it'd be best just being dropped and everything being merged into the main voxel forum.

The spotlighted voxels actually get less exposure than the non-spotlighted ones because they're down an extra subforum level.

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Clazzy · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject:

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The spotlighted voxels actually get less exposure than the non-spotlighted ones because they're down an extra subforum level.

Then move the spotlighted forum to the Media Hut? The problem then is that the Media Hut gets cluttered. Really, a rating system would be best then if the forum is sorted by rating by default then new threads/post go to the top regardless. I've got no idea if any existing mod for phpBB does this, though.

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Banshee · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject:

Due to the abusive requests of spotlighting voxels, I've been ignoring these requests for a while, to be honest. I've noticed that some of the voxels people request to spotlight has serious problem, doesn't leave the war facotry or doesn't look good ingame... it just has a good looking model. So, if the voxel is good, somewhat original and looks good ingame and has no stupid problems, and no complaints from veteran voxellers, it has a tendency to be spotlighted.

Voxels in the spotlighted area do get more attention when a person really needs a good voxel. If we order them by rating, new voxels will be hidden due to lack of rating and some people will overrate some voxels because the model is a monster.

So, the current system is fine, believe it or not.

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BTW any new about the spotlighted SHPs forum? (Mainly directed at Banshee)

It should go online soon. LKO has already agreed to moderate it. I need some time to 'kidnap' the original spotlighted SHPs, however I need free time and no pressure from the article that I need to edit to SIBGRAPI...

Team Black · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:45 am Post subject:

I'm thinking to have the spotlighted & unspotlighted subforums on the same level, like on tiberiumweb.

That way the spotlight forums wouldn't be any worries we might have that the spotlight forums are harder to find..

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Banshee · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:53 am Post subject:

It would clutter the forums. Honestly, guys, it's nice in the way it looks like now.

Anderwin · General **Joined**: 16 May 2005

Hello?!. Why should kickass vxls get the job to spotlight something?

IS we "members" some dl it and use it. More then there do I think.

This will not be fair and topic will be spam with OMG, WE CANT SPOTLIGHT IT. BUT I VOTE SPOTLIGHT ANYWAYS AND SO ON. OMG CRAP SYSTEM AND SO ON!..

Is will be unfair, higher rank you are more thing you got. Is right but HELLO is just some voxels.. Are there high skills vxls scary enjoy and think there will lose ?. Is this the thing you look on?..

This system is now is nice. I like it, I don't want some high skills vxl to say yeah this can be spotlight nah this nope. Will be unfair and just kickass vxl's will get spotlight. New members are happy and will make more vxls if it get spotlight after some try Smile

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Hope there get what I say. *drunk*

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