OrionsByte
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We've had lulls before. The lack of votes this week is kind of unusual, but also not unprecedented. I think part of the problem is the mixup we had with a couple of the submissions - people may have delayed voting while that was being worked out.
I haven't had time to play this week, and in fact I haven't even really had my camera out since I took the shots for this round. I'm getting a bit antsy (I go in to photography withdrawals if I don't get out with my camera pretty often) but I haven't had the time or opportunity to do anything about it.
Fight Club looks pretty different than when it first started. Originally it was a weekly event that always took place at the same time on Sundays, and the topics were posted in a thread and everyone had an hour to post their shots in that thread. That's how it was working when I joined TPF, and it sounded like a lot of fun, but the time was really bad for me and I never got to play. When it was changed so that the one hour time limit "floated" according to when you started, I was able to start playing. Even then, the game was limited to the weekend - the topics became available by email on Thursday night and you had to have them turned in by Sunday night, and then voting would last until Thursday. That was proving to be a lot of work for Joe though, so we changed it to the week-long cycle we're using now.
I think each change along the way affected who participated. Folks that used to play when it all happened in one thread may not like having to use non-TPF tools (i.e. email or a separate web site) to participate. They may have preferred the "instant gratification" of seeing all the other results coming in at the same time instead of having to wait until Thursday. Personally. when we went from a weekend format to a week-long format, I tended to put it off because the deadline was more flexible and I just figured I didn't need to squeeze in the time for it because I could just do it later in the week (and then of course, didn't have time for it later in the week either).
We've had a lot of "new blood" recently, but not a lot of old-timers. It might be worth taking another look at how Fight Club works to see if we can come up with something that would bring in some more participants without alienating those that have been playing, and if we could make things easier on Joe at the same time (or at least spread the responsibility out) that would probably be a good thing as well.
I love Fight Club, and as I kind of hinted at earlier, sometimes it's the only time I manage to get my camera out of my bag. I think it's really easy for those of us that love it and play often to get frustrated when participation slows down, or when there are delays. After all, waiting for Thursday is hard enough when participation is high and everything's on time! Maybe there's a way to fix that, maybe there's not - either way though, I'm going to keep playing as often as possible, pimping it in the Beginners' Forum, and keeping a positive attitude, because it's worth it to me.
I haven't had time to play this week, and in fact I haven't even really had my camera out since I took the shots for this round. I'm getting a bit antsy (I go in to photography withdrawals if I don't get out with my camera pretty often) but I haven't had the time or opportunity to do anything about it.
Fight Club looks pretty different than when it first started. Originally it was a weekly event that always took place at the same time on Sundays, and the topics were posted in a thread and everyone had an hour to post their shots in that thread. That's how it was working when I joined TPF, and it sounded like a lot of fun, but the time was really bad for me and I never got to play. When it was changed so that the one hour time limit "floated" according to when you started, I was able to start playing. Even then, the game was limited to the weekend - the topics became available by email on Thursday night and you had to have them turned in by Sunday night, and then voting would last until Thursday. That was proving to be a lot of work for Joe though, so we changed it to the week-long cycle we're using now.
I think each change along the way affected who participated. Folks that used to play when it all happened in one thread may not like having to use non-TPF tools (i.e. email or a separate web site) to participate. They may have preferred the "instant gratification" of seeing all the other results coming in at the same time instead of having to wait until Thursday. Personally. when we went from a weekend format to a week-long format, I tended to put it off because the deadline was more flexible and I just figured I didn't need to squeeze in the time for it because I could just do it later in the week (and then of course, didn't have time for it later in the week either).
We've had a lot of "new blood" recently, but not a lot of old-timers. It might be worth taking another look at how Fight Club works to see if we can come up with something that would bring in some more participants without alienating those that have been playing, and if we could make things easier on Joe at the same time (or at least spread the responsibility out) that would probably be a good thing as well.
I love Fight Club, and as I kind of hinted at earlier, sometimes it's the only time I manage to get my camera out of my bag. I think it's really easy for those of us that love it and play often to get frustrated when participation slows down, or when there are delays. After all, waiting for Thursday is hard enough when participation is high and everything's on time! Maybe there's a way to fix that, maybe there's not - either way though, I'm going to keep playing as often as possible, pimping it in the Beginners' Forum, and keeping a positive attitude, because it's worth it to me.