I can also see some people trying to make a joke out of it, maybe by nominating the latest 'soon to die' guild just to hasten their collapse when people see the interview.
What would happen if the leader of a guild was banned from the forums?
Bi-weekly means a 26 guild cycle minimum doesn't it? Isn't it possible the spotlight will go out before the first guild becomes eligible for a second turn? Hopefully that will not happen. How many official guilds are there?
I can't think of all that many big active Guilds I see in game. Maybe 10 at the most. Not including the ones who don't even use these forums that much...
(Edit: Or not :P But most of the Guilds in the sticky I've never heard of, let alone seen in action...)
You cannot nominate your own guild, and a guild cannot be chosen twice in the same year – there is a very large number of many good organizations and they should all be given the chance.
Good thing there's more than one Imperialist Guild to vote on then! *evil laughter*
The spotlight is here for us to see more deeply into guilds we are interested in. Imperial Guilds are very different from each other, so it's normal that even some imperialists will want to vote on them.
I offended that you would think so little of me. I'll vote for the guild that I feel deserves it. If that happens to be an imperial guild, stopping me is tantamount to saying anyone that wants to vote for this imperial guild isn't allowed to vote.
I'd OOCly like to see guilds that I like flourish. ICly I'm totally loyal.
Send a private message:
- to the user “guildspotlight”
- with your nomination
- and your own character name
Send a private message:
- to the user “guildspotlight”
- with your nomination
- and your own character name
This is to prevent people from registering extra forum accounts in order to throw in nominations. Creating extra characters is still possible, but as I said: if I see several characters I have never heard of before nominate the same guild and all of their in-game time turns out to be less than an hour, chances are something is up and I will put the nominations on hold to investigate it further.
I would personally like to see the 'chart positions' would be good to see who is going to be picked next :)
Perhpas just showing the top three guilds with the number of votes, rather than listing every single guild that may have gotten a vote.
Sheeples - 1
The Enlightened - 1
Have the nominated guilds' masters roll off d100 in ancient RP tradition.
Nomothetes - 1
I know who won too. But that's because I can see it, not because I can vote. Because I really can't.
Just wait for the result of this Guild Spotlight and see if you like it. Complaining before you have seen the result is a little distasteful, specially because you have no reasons for it. And I'm sure you'll enjoy reading the interview!
That wouldn't be that bad either. Since each guild is voted only one time. So if each guild would start doing events to be voted, it would actually be fun. And each of those guilds would most surely get its place on the spotlight, sooner or later.
So it's simple! Choose a guild you would like to know more about!
Imperial Intelligence Agency - 1
Imperial Intelligence Agency - 1
Atleast somebody had their head in the right place :P
By the way, being in the spotlight(In-character) is not necessarily a good thing(keywords: Really secret guilds)Keep in mind we don't force the interview on people.
It will open space for events. But I don't see this as a competition, still, if there would be in the future an allegiance of 15 guilds with several active members on these forums, wouldn't it be easy for this allegiance to manipulate results for their own benefit?I don't think you make a point here. You can currently ask anyone you want to vote for you, be that person on an alliance with you or simply a friend. Since you won't know who voted on who, it won't make a difference, since you won't be able to enforce it.
But if next guild is Imperial Guard or the Intel, I'm going to suggest to block 2 or more guilds from the same umbrella organization from being in the spotlight in a row, as I think it needs to be diversified.One of the problem would be if there are guilds present in more than one alliance / umbrella organization. It would be unfair to them... I say we keep things as they are and see what happens for the next round!
wouldn't it be easy for this allegiance to manipulate results for their own benefit?
I dont honestly think that any one here was insulting the integrity of either Karyuu or yourself.
I think they made a very good point, that being:Quotewouldn't it be easy for this allegiance to manipulate results for their own benefit?
The answer to this is an obvious 'yes'. I think it is a significant possibility that this will happen and is a valid concern, one that I also share.
I didn't say you were insulting. I asked you not to. Different things.
Please refrain from insulting mine or Karyuu's integrity as moderators. Rest assured that we have better things to do then concentrating our efforts of having the Explorers and Imperial Guilds winning every guild spotlight.
First let me reply to something:Obviously you weren't able to follow my line of thought. Doesn't matter. Asking for something shouldn't bother anyone :P.QuotePlease refrain from insulting mine or Karyuu's integrity as moderators. Rest assured that we have better things to do then concentrating our efforts of having the Explorers and Imperial Guilds winning every guild spotlight.
I didn't make any reference on what you just wrote there, I just suggested that guilds that are part of a larger [Organization] shouldn't appear in sequence on the spotlight to add some variety and that some people exploiting the spotlight may be a possibility.
For now I think the best option is to expand this idea to the point nobody will ever be able to influence results due to a simply too large amount of people voting. Once we have 100-200 people voting here(perhaps even 50 would be enough), then there will be no reason to put such possibilities in check and the possibility of complaints will go down as well.Agreed.
Perhaps adding a link to the guild spotlight on our forum signatures could help promoting it here to other users?Nice idea.
For now I think the best option is to expand this idea to the point nobody will ever be able to influence results due to a simply too large amount of people voting. Once we have 100-200 people voting here(perhaps even 50 would be enough), then there will be no reason to put such possibilities in check and the possibility of complaints will go down as well.
Exactly. Though I think it's a bit silly to say that there's a negative thing in "[Organizations]" and their conditioning of the votes. First, because this is supposed to be a democratic-like system and what's the rule behind democracy? The majority wins.
When a guild gets the spotlight, the leader will get an in-depth interview, giving you the chance to learn about the guild’s path to success, their structure and management model, inspirations, and their failures and struggles. [...]
The spotlight thread will be stickied for two weeks in this forum section, and given a permanent page on hydlaa.com [...]
Well people seem to be imspired by pretty sigs. Maybe have a editors choice type thing where you say what you think of certain guilds to get the ball rolling. Possibaly make it so people can say who they have voted for and why to try and up pacipitaion?
The resposnes in this thread have all been positive, so I am mystifyied as to why participation is so awful. If there are any suggestions forum members would like to make, please make them - I am more than willing to listen, discuss, and encourage. But I'm not feeling any life here, and it disappoints me.
I agree, a poll is much better to use than the current system. This is what I see as the main deterrent - 1) the non-obviousness of the guilds on vote and 2) the means of voting.It's indeed unfortunate that people have to be told what to do.
Let's see how this works, as there are two guilds tied with the same amount of votes.
2 dimes?
So your opinion is worth 10 times more than the rest of us? :P
Added to which, the people who are participating are probably the older players who remember the glory days of the explorers
And as a curiousity, why was the vote for Hokyba retracted? Does it have something that does not qualify it for participating or did the person who voted on it change of opinion?
What if there are 17 guilds with several votes, then 5 more with a vote of one? Somehow 3 would have to be chosen from that latter group. I think there may be a time for the clear-cut systematic approach to pause - if there are no problems trusting the moderators to do a random choosing at that point (pull names from a hat, etc.) that may be the quickest way to move onto the poll.
How about considering past nominations as being up for consideration for subsequent rounds? For the first week a poll for which two nominations should compete in the second weeks poll.
Q: How about any cool screenshots taken by your guild members?
Yes there are some we have taken, here's one our old member Skatty took a few months back of me and... me heh:
http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shot47iy4.jpg
And here's one of the a Sapere Magi war:
http://theoutlaws.ath.cx/obb/attachments/upload_files/Guild%20Battle.JPG
Pakot in DR:
http://dr.ea.ms/~oldfart/ps/shot28.jpg
Quote from: Elvi in the Guild SpotlightQ: How about any cool screenshots taken by your guild members?
Yes there are some we have taken, here's one our old member Skatty took a few months back of me and... me heh:
http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shot47iy4.jpg
And here's one of the a Sapere Magi war:
http://theoutlaws.ath.cx/obb/attachments/upload_files/Guild%20Battle.JPG
Pakot in DR:
http://dr.ea.ms/~oldfart/ps/shot28.jpg
Heehee! I can see me, the dwarf in middle! :D
Oh, and Elvi. I don't recall handing the copyrights for that picture to you. I believe that the photographer has rights as well! ;D
Quote from: Elvi in the Guild SpotlightQ: How about any cool screenshots taken by your guild members?
Yes there are some we have taken, here's one our old member Skatty took a few months back of me and... me heh:
http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shot47iy4.jpg
And here's one of the a Sapere Magi war:
http://theoutlaws.ath.cx/obb/attachments/upload_files/Guild%20Battle.JPG
Pakot in DR:
http://dr.ea.ms/~oldfart/ps/shot28.jpg
Heehee! I can see me, the dwarf in middle! :D
Oh, and Elvi. I don't recall handing the copyrights for that picture to you. I believe that the photographer has rights as well! ;D