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Hidy Ho everyone, I had an idea the other day, and I'm trying to get people involved if anyone is interested. I see competitions going on on forums all the time, but they always involve members from the same forums competing with eachother. I thought it would be a great idea to get a forum vs. forum challenge going on. The idea behind it is to find a survival challenge and form teams of 1, 2, 3, and 4 people to see which forums team could get the highest scores. It could be run as a match, so all the different categories (1,2,3,and 4 player) could be worth so many points and then the overall score would be added up to decide which forum won the match. Maybe this seems like a silly idea to all of you, I just thought it would be good because it encourages the members of a forum to work together instead of compete with eachother. And it can also help people from different forums to interact a bit (and I'm sure it would be fun to have forums lightheartedly smack-talking eachother). Just let me know your thoughts. I have one forum that I know is interested (LBPForum.net), and I am trying to get LittleBigLand.com into the mix. Have a great day! amazingflyingpoo

2009-04-27 14:12:00 Author: amazingflyingpoo Posts: 1515

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You subtle ways of leeching views/members from other forums are pretty good my boy. .

2009-04-27 15:49:00 Author: RangerZero Posts: 3901

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You subtle ways of leeching views/members from other forums are pretty good my boy. . Hmmm... I am not sure if you accusing me of something, or if you like the idea... but usually leech is not used in a nice way so I'll just stick with the assumption that you are accusing me of trying to do something that you do not appreciate. Sorry if you think I am doing this for some other reason then just to have fun and help the LBP community out.

2009-04-27 15:55:00 Author: amazingflyingpoo Posts: 1515

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To be fair, I was a bit tongue in cheek. It's just that if I wanted people to "discover" my forum, of course I would organise stuff as cross contests and asking people to come over and post questions for the develloper. It might not be your intention to make publicity for your forum but regardless of your intentions it totally can be perceived as publicity. Don't take me for the voice of LBP Central though. The moderators are doing whatever they want with this place and i'm ok with that. .

2009-04-27 17:28:00 Author: RangerZero Posts: 3901

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Don't see why your idea is a bad one but I don't know how it will be perceived by others. Not being funny though mate but you say your not trying to promote your level but then you list it's name and then put a video of it in the OP. That to me (and I'm sure with others) just seems to devalue your idea in the first place. And even if it was not your intention, then I'm just telling you now, that is exactly how it will be seen.

2009-04-27 17:44:00 Author: dorien Posts: 2767

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Okey dokey, I just pulled everything about of my level out of the thread (I think). So hopefully people won't get the wrong idea now. Sorry about that, and thanks for mentioning it. And in my defense, the forum that I said was interested in this competition is LBPForum.net. I mentioned LBL, but I think that my focus was on LBPF, and this should show that I am not trying to promote a certain forum. If you go over to LittleBigLand, you will see that in the thread about the Q&A I mention LBPCental every time I reference one of the questions from here. If I was trying to bring everyone over there why would I do that? If anything, mentioning LBPCentral in LittleBigLand would just cause members of littlebigland to check out this cool site (and I think that is happening because I see members of LBL introducing themselves here). I found this to be an issue at LittleBigWorkshop, and maybe it is an issue everywhere, but it seems that all the forums think that they are competing for members. It doesn't benefit me one way or the other if you are here or at another forum. I may be a Mod at LittleBigLand, but I enjoy talking to you just as much here as I do there. Hopefully you are getting the idea that I am not trying to take members. No matter what I do, it seems that almost every forum accuses me of this, even though it has never been my intention. I think that it would be great if the forums could co-exist without having this tension that they are competing for members. Sorry for leading you to believe I had alternative motives, and if you would prefer that I leave, I will do so. I am just trying to find active communities that are interested in trying something new (i.e.:this competition idea).

2009-04-27 18:26:00 Author: amazingflyingpoo Posts: 1515

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It actually sounds like a pretty cool idea to me. I'm sure everyone in this site is capable of using the internet to find other web sites to join if they wanted to, even without this contest. Personally, I enjoy this particular site because I enjoy its members, and I'm not paranoid about members joining other sites. However, Mr. AmazingFlyingPoo (if that IS your real name).... there's some dude going around spamming TONS of levels on cool pages saying something like "check out my new level blah blah blah created with AmazingFlyingPoo". I must have gotten this message a hundred times on my Tiger Woods Mini Golf level when it was on cool pages.... just letting you know, in case level spamming irritates you as much as it irritates me

2009-04-27 18:43:00 Author: CCubbage Posts: 4430

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Interesting idea. I see what he's trying to do folks, and I agree with him that it is kind of a bummer that there always seems to be some sort of weird rivalry between forums and that we should not mention other ones out there. I also agree that this could come off looking like he is head hunting for another forum, but I don't think this is the case here and he seems pretty honest to me. As far as forum jumping goes, I see no reason to feel threatened anyways... as this is simply the best forum out there when it comes to LBP'ers (as far as I'm concerned). Unless any other forum out there was offering actual money to convert, I just can't see why anyone who is a contributing member to it's community would do so.

2009-04-27 18:43:00 Author: Rustbukkit Posts: 1737

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Sounds good as long as you don't tell LBW. There are some real nutcases on there.

2009-04-27 19:06:00 Author: ARD Posts: 4291

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It actually sounds like a pretty cool idea to me. I'm sure everyone in this site is capable of using the internet to find other web sites to join if they wanted to, even without this contest. Personally, I enjoy this particular site because I enjoy its members, and I'm not paranoid about members joining other sites. However, Mr. AmazingFlyingPoo (if that IS your real name).... there's some dude going around spamming TONS of levels on cool pages saying something like "check out my new level blah blah blah created with AmazingFlyingPoo". I must have gotten this message a hundred times on my Tiger Woods Mini Golf level when it was on cool pages.... just letting you know, in case level spamming irritates you as much as it irritates me Ok, sit back and imagine that you are me right now. You just found out that your name is being used to spam other levels and you have nothing to do with it. If you are imagining really hard, then you should begin turning very angry, and maybe even break something. Yeah, if you hadn't guessed yet, I have nothing to do with that. Well... almost nothing. After I won my crown, people began messaging me asking me for ideas for levels. I gave a few people ideas, but I never actually helped anyone build a level. I could probably guess who it is that is spamming, but I didn't know that they were doing it because I spend most of my time in level creation. All I can do is apologize. And yes, spamming does irritate me to not end...

2009-04-27 19:07:00 Author: amazingflyingpoo Posts: 1515

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Wait, crowns bring spam? Maybe I should delete my level while I still have the chance...

2009-04-27 19:15:00 Author: ARD Posts: 4291

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Ok, sit back and imagine that you are me right now. You just found out that your name is being used to spam other levels and you have nothing to do with it. If you are imagining really hard, then you should begin turning very angry, and maybe even break something. Yeah, if you hadn't guessed yet, I have nothing to do with that. Well... almost nothing. After I won my crown, people began messaging me asking me for ideas for levels. I gave a few people ideas, but I never actually helped anyone build a level. I could probably guess who it is that is spamming, but I didn't know that they were doing it because I spend most of my time in level creation. All I can do is apologize. And yes, spamming does irritate me to not end... I had a feeling you had nothing to do with it - I've played some of your levels and really enjoyed them - I couldn't imagine a self-respecting author doing that. I had thought of going to the guys level and putting a comment such as "dude.... you're gonna get AmazingFlyingPoo lynched!" but decided anyone who was willing to spam that many levels probably would have no problem spending all day putting horrible comments on my levels just for a laugh, so decided to stay out of it.

2009-04-27 19:28:00 Author: CCubbage Posts: 4430

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Well, I think it's a fun idea. Although, I've got too much on my plate right now to participate in something like this. amazingflyingpoo, I've enjoyed your levels, congratulate you on your crown, and wish you good luck with this idea. I hope it comes to fruition. Would be fun to see what everyone comes up with.

2009-04-27 19:43:00 Author: Jaeyden Posts: 564

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This sounds like a great idea! Maybe Tye Dye, by Jaeyden Oh, wait, look, LBPCentral members are #1-3 on that. Oh well, guess we have to go on with it. On a serious note, ThommyTheThird, I CHOOSE YOU! Seriously though, he should be our member that we put forward

2009-04-27 19:43:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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I had a feeling you had nothing to do with it - I've played some of your levels and really enjoyed them - I couldn't imagine a self-respecting author doing that. I had thought of going to the guys level and putting a comment such as "dude.... you're gonna get AmazingFlyingPoo lynched!" but decided anyone who was willing to spam that many levels probably would have no problem spending all day putting horrible comments on my levels just for a laugh, so decided to stay out of it. Well, CCubbage, I have contacted the person who I believe was doing this (were the levels called "hopeless fate..."?) and asked them to stop using my name, and I explained to them that spamming is not the way to go. Hopefully this will fix it. Once again I apologize and thank you SOOO much for letting me know!

2009-04-27 19:52:00 Author: amazingflyingpoo Posts: 1515

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Well, CCubbage, I have contacted the person who I believe was doing this (were the levels called "hopeless fate..."?) and asked them to stop using my name, and I explained to them that spamming is not the way to go. Hopefully this will fix it. Once again I apologize and thank you SOOO much for letting me know! If you want to know for sure, go out to my "Tiger Woods Mini Golf" under PSN "CuzFeeshe" and look through the comments. I believe I left it all there. Regardless (back on topic so I don't get moderated ) - I personally have NO problem having the level be yours if its your contest. And I agree dawesbr, ThommyTheThird would be a GREAT candidate. He's kicked my tushi on Jaeyden's Tye Dye as well as my own Splat Invaders II....

2009-04-27 20:10:00 Author: CCubbage Posts: 4430

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Thread moved to a more appropriate section. Remember "Suggestions" is used for things you'd like to see on LittleBigPlanet per se, whether it is gameplay elements, new music, etc. Still, interesting idea, but people might just think you're cashing in on all the forum members from X and Y forum. ...But that's just my two cents.

2009-04-27 21:06:00 Author: aer0blue Posts: 1603

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Okey dokey, I just pulled everything about of my level out of the thread (I think). So hopefully people won't get the wrong idea now. Sorry about that, and thanks for mentioning it. And in my defense, the forum that I said was interested in this competition is LBPForum.net. I mentioned LBL, but I think that my focus was on LBPF, and this should show that I am not trying to promote a certain forum. If you go over to LittleBigLand, you will see that in the thread about the Q&A I mention LBPCental every time I reference one of the questions from here. If I was trying to bring everyone over there why would I do that? If anything, mentioning LBPCentral in LittleBigLand would just cause members of littlebigland to check out this cool site (and I think that is happening because I see members of LBL introducing themselves here). I found this to be an issue at LittleBigWorkshop, and maybe it is an issue everywhere, but it seems that all the forums think that they are competing for members. It doesn't benefit me one way or the other if you are here or at another forum. I may be a Mod at LittleBigLand, but I enjoy talking to you just as much here as I do there. Hopefully you are getting the idea that I am not trying to take members. No matter what I do, it seems that almost every forum accuses me of this, even though it has never been my intention. I think that it would be great if the forums could co-exist without having this tension that they are competing for members. Sorry for leading you to believe I had alternative motives, and if you would prefer that I leave, I will do so. I am just trying to find active communities that are interested in trying something new (i.e.:this competition idea). I honestly don't think it was your intention to promote your level or deceive people in anyway. Just wanted to let you know how it looked I like this idea and it would be fun, so you get my vote of approval of this contest (just for the record )

2009-04-27 21:10:00 Author: dorien Posts: 2767

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CCubbage, for future reference, it was I who beat your score first xD And yeah, any ideas who else'd be in the teams?

2009-04-27 21:12:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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You subtle ways of leeching views/members from other forums are pretty good my boy. How about you think next time before jumping to conclusions and trying to shoot someone down? Amazingflyingpoo is a nice guy, hardly the kind to "leech views/member" Personally I think this is a great idea, I'd side with LBPforum.net though, for the reason that it's generally a nicer community, less self-obsessed-"lookatmyamazzzzinglevelness" and generally a nicer community. Siding with this forum would seem like a chore to be frank with all the huge ego's floating about... Anyway, yup, I'd love to participate Maybe even make a "create a collective survival challenge" forum vs forum challenge?

2009-04-27 22:04:00 Author: Pinchanzee Posts: 805

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Sounds like a fun idea to me. Count me in!!

2009-04-27 23:28:00 Author: Zwollie Posts: 2173

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How about you think next time before jumping to conclusions and trying to shoot someone down? Amazingflyingpoo is a nice guy, hardly the kind to "leech views/member" Personally I think this is a great idea, I'd side with LBPforum.net though, for the reason that it's generally a nicer community, less self-obsessed-"lookatmyamazzzzinglevelness" and generally a nicer community. Siding with this forum would seem like a chore to be frank with all the huge ego's floating about... Anyway, yup, I'd love to participate Maybe even make a "create a collective survival challenge" forum vs forum challenge? In rangers defence, you did not see how the OP looked when it was first put up. And it did look very suspect. I don't know Amazingflyingpoo very well and from that OP it did seem he could've been just trying to promote his level in a way. But after talking with AFP I know it was just a misjudgement on his part. Seriously though I don't think this could work as a contest as you have just proven that it will just boil down to stupidity of people joining other forums just to flame them and it would just get out of hand. Therefore I withdraw my support for this contest

2009-04-27 23:42:00 Author: dorien Posts: 2767

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How about you think next time before jumping to conclusions and trying to shoot someone down? Amazingflyingpoo is a nice guy, hardly the kind to "leech views/member" Personally I think this is a great idea, I'd side with LBPforum.net though, for the reason that it's generally a nicer community, less self-obsessed-"lookatmyamazzzzinglevelness" and generally a nicer community. Siding with this forum would seem like a chore to be frank with all the huge ego's floating about... Anyway, yup, I'd love to participate Maybe even make a "create a collective survival challenge" forum vs forum challenge? Hmmm. Just a friendly side-note - I'm not sure I really agree there are, in general, really big egos floating around here. I personally have virtually NO ego (I always try to put others ahead of myself), and I honestly don't see big egos in general on this site. HOWEVER, there are a lot of members here, and it's an incredibly diverse site with a lot of different age groups. Based on this, there are definately members who have an over-zealous ego - and make poor choices when it comes to dealing with others. But... that's the way it is in life when you deal with a larger group of people. This site is DEFINATELY the busiest - I watch the other sites quite a bit.

2009-04-28 02:20:00 Author: CCubbage Posts: 4430

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I think this is a great idea! I always wonder why it is there is so much forum rivalry in so many different areas. No reason why all LBP forums can't co-exist on the interwebz together I think a cool idea maybe would be for each forum participating to put forward one level made by one of their members to use for the contest, and then each forum can put forward maybe five players to compete!

2009-04-28 02:42:00 Author: hilightnotes Posts: 1230

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So: ThommyTheThird CuzFeeshe TameTurtle Dawesbr ? Also, Jaeydens level should be perfect. Although: If we have 3 forums, one level per forum?

2009-04-28 08:44:00 Author: dkjestrup Posts: 672

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Hmmm. Just a friendly side-note - I'm not sure I really agree there are, in general, really big egos floating around here. I personally have virtually NO ego (I always try to put others ahead of myself), and I honestly don't see big egos in general on this site. HOWEVER, there are a lot of members here, and it's an incredibly diverse site with a lot of different age groups. Based on this, there are definately members who have an over-zealous ego - and make poor choices when it comes to dealing with others. But... that's the way it is in life when you deal with a larger group of people. This site is DEFINATELY the busiest - I watch the other sites quite a bit. Twas just my personal opinion tbh, I personal prefer a smaller, closer community over a busy and emotionless (imo) one. Just get the feeling on here that there are so many people, it's hard to get your existance acknowledged.. never mind make friends. But it's still nice to pop along to the help forum sometimes.. or check out some projects and give support and stuff. Suggestions is my favourite.. kinda where the people go that are more interested in helping everyone over themselves (don't mean helping themselves in a spiteful way). Anyway back on topic: I'm still giving my full support to this, although most people aren't even willing to give it a chance... Be nice if everybody just tried something out for a change, and realise, things can be just about fun...

2009-04-28 20:15:00 Author: Pinchanzee Posts: 805

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God, you guys have to make a drama out of everything.

2009-04-28 21:36:00 Author: Bear Posts: 2079

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Ghost, we do not. Here, we are a unified community. We do not, repeat, do NOT make mountains out of molehills. People go around, claiming that a simple, casual statement can be blown entirely out of proportion! It's ridiculous, no such thing would ever happen here! And certainly, no one would dedicate a whole paragraph to it. And certainly never do so as a joke. Anywho, are we using Jaeyden's?

2009-04-28 21:42:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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Ghost, we do not. Here, we are a unified community. We do not, repeat, do NOT make mountains out of molehills. People go around, claiming that a simple, casual statement can be blown entirely out of proportion! It's ridiculous, no such thing would ever happen here! And certainly, no one would dedicate a whole paragraph to it. And certainly never do so as a joke. Anywho, are we using Jaeyden's? I have no clue what you mean by saying that, as complaints are buzzing around this thread in their masses. I remain corrected.

2009-04-28 21:47:00 Author: Bear Posts: 2079

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Ghost, maybe I should have added this to the end of the whole thing: Maybe you didn't notice this: And certainly, no one would dedicate a whole paragraph to it. And certainly never do so as a joke.

2009-04-28 21:52:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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Ghost, maybe I should have added this to the end of the whole thing: Maybe you didn't notice this: Haha, yeah, that gave it away I find it hilarious how confused people can get over the internet. Sometimes it's just hard to see the sacrasm/joke in words on a page

2009-04-28 22:11:00 Author: hilightnotes Posts: 1230

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We have ThommyTheThird that equals win ;-)

2009-04-28 23:27:00 Author: GruntosUK Posts: 1754

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Perhaps. xD I mean, it's like me doing this: FHJEGFEJHREKGRFJHIHATEYOUHJWBFKHFBUYREFER I hid three words in there but normally, no-one would look for it. :O Oh and, I don't mean those three words, they were just an example.

2009-04-29 06:56:00 Author: Bear Posts: 2079

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It's really amazing how you managed to comment on this thread without even making any acknowledgement to its origin at all.

2009-04-29 17:34:00 Author: Pinchanzee Posts: 805

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Perhaps. xD I mean, it's like me doing this: FHJEGFEJHREKGRFJHIHATEYOUHJWBFKHFBUYREFER I hid three words in there but normally, no-one would look for it. :O Oh and, I don't mean those three words, they were just an example. I think you added more than 3 Mr. Bob Moorly

2009-04-29 18:13:00 Author: dorien Posts: 2767

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I think you added more than 3 Mr. Bob Moorly That's rather scary, and unintentional. :O FHJEGFEJHREKGRFJHIHATEYOUHJWBFKHFBUYREFER Anywai: I'm going to become back on topic. I like the idea, basically, that's why I looked at further posts. However, I'm not sure I have the 'skills' to be involved in this.

2009-04-29 18:24:00 Author: Bear Posts: 2079

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Alrighty. Well, I'm hoping to maybe get the ball rolling with this, but I wanted to make sure that there is enough interest here to do so. I really liked the idea that was mentioned in this thread that involved each forum picking a survival challenge that someone from the forum made. This way, each forum has one level that they are really good at. Then, a 1, 2, 3, and 4 player team will be formed for each forum. Each team will have a week (or maybe 2?) to get the highest score that they can on a level. Right now we have 3 forums that I hope to have involved: LBPCentral.com, LBPForum.net, and LittleBigLand.com. So, if a team is able to do the best out of all of the forums on a level, they will get 2 points, if they beat one forum, but cannot beat another, then they will get 1 point. And they team who has the lowest score will not get a point for that level in that category. So there will be 4 categories (1p, 2p, 3p, and 4p) for each of the 3 levels (one from each forum) that the competition is being held in. Does all of this sound good to you? Is there enough interest in the site to get this going? Would anyone be willing to try to get people rounded up from the site to form teams? Just let me know the details and we will see what we can do. Thanks, amazingflyingpoo

2009-04-30 19:30:00 Author: amazingflyingpoo Posts: 1515

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I highly approve this idea, and I think it would be a great way to get LBP fansites to get to know each other. I wouldn't be a very good canidate though, as I'm not really good at getting high scores (unless it's my own level!)

2009-05-03 21:26:00 Author: lk9988 Posts: 1077

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I will be completely honest, I don't think this is a good idea. Not because I don't want to promote interaction between the forums, but because it will generate too much bad blood between what should be a unified community. When you're competing among members of the same forum, there's instant common ground between your competitors and yourself - you're all members of the same community, which forms a basic understanding between the competitors. However, pitting whole forums against each other doesn't serve to promote anything except unification against "those other guys". Plus, we've got our own contests planned with some really cool surprises in store for the winners - I don't want to complicate our plans by officially endorsing a contest I have little control over. To put it simply, feel free to organize a contest, but LBPCentral won't be involved. To our members: Feel free to register with one of the communities involved with this contest if you'd like to compete. It's really amazing how you managed to comment on this thread without even making any acknowledgement to its origin at all. Even though you're not exactly neutral in your opinion, you have a point. Everyone: please stay on topic - keep side discussions to a minimum.

2009-05-04 03:20:00 Author: ConfusedCartman Posts: 3729

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Well this is happening anymore so you need'nt worry. I think you guys kinda got the wrong end of the stick. T'wasn't meant to be competitive in any way.. no rewards as such I don't think.. just a friendly thing to bring people together. Bitta open-mindedness wouldn't have gone a miss. Feel sorry for the way amazingflyingpoo was treated in this thread, but what does it matter, just another number on the chart.

2009-05-04 20:03:00 Author: Pinchanzee Posts: 805

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Well, I can understand why this kind of thing could create an issue. Members do get protective about their "clubs". Regardless, I hope he doesn't feel like he was treated poorly. I enjoy his levels, and put nice comments when he showcased a level here. In reading ConfusedCartmans answer, I think he's right, however.

2009-05-04 20:09:00 Author: CCubbage Posts: 4430

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I hope this is still going to happen. I respectfully strongly disagree with your opinion Cartman. Here's why: I've been a fan of LOST for the past several years. I listen to this podcast put on by two guys, Jay and Jack. They have listener feedback, and involve listeners. They also have a forum which I'm a part of. The LOST community is very large - a bunch of different really major forums, and podcasts. However many of the podcasts and forums have since become very good friends and often support each other by mentioning them or involving them every once in a while on their own podcasts. This actually came to such fruition to the point that this year Jay and Jack organized a charity event where they podcasted for 25 hours straight to raise money from listeners for Autism. They live down in Raleigh NC and invited everone who wanted to come down. In the end, many of the other forum/podcast heads came down, as well as a whole group of listeners. They raised $14000. Now, this has absolutely nothing to do with LBP Central. But it does have to do with the fact that as long as your members are reasonably friendly, which I think is the case here, and probably on many other of the LBP fansites, people will appreciate friendly competition and/or participation. And it can also lead to much greater things for the community. Maybe the forum heads could even band together to start a podcast! Personally I think you should be in full support of this CC, and if not you, then maybe the forum should be unofficially. I'm not trying to push you or be rude or anything, and if you can't do it or still don't want to that's cool. But I really do think it would be a great thing, however big or small it ends up being. Anyways, that's my little essay.

2009-05-05 02:14:00 Author: hilightnotes Posts: 1230

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I hope this is still going to happen. I respectfully strongly disagree with your opinion Cartman. Here's why: I've been a fan of LOST for the past several years. I listen to this podcast put on by two guys, Jay and Jack. They have listener feedback, and involve listeners. They also have a forum which I'm a part of. The LOST community is very large - a bunch of different really major forums, and podcasts. However many of the podcasts and forums have since become very good friends and often support each other by mentioning them or involving them every once in a while on their own podcasts. This actually came to such fruition to the point that this year Jay and Jack organized a charity event where they podcasted for 25 hours straight to raise money from listeners for Autism. They live down in Raleigh NC and invited everone who wanted to come down. In the end, many of the other forum/podcast heads came down, as well as a whole group of listeners. They raised $14000. Now, this has absolutely nothing to do with LBP Central. But it does have to do with the fact that as long as your members are reasonably friendly, which I think is the case here, and probably on many other of the LBP fansites, people will appreciate friendly competition and/or participation. And it can also lead to much greater things for the community. Maybe the forum heads could even band together to start a podcast! Personally I think you should be in full support of this CC, and if not you, then maybe the forum should be unofficially. I'm not trying to push you or be rude or anything, and if you can't do it or still don't want to that's cool. But I really do think it would be a great thing, however big or small it ends up being. Anyways, that's my little essay. I understand your opinion, and, like I said, inter-forum interaction is not discouraged by LBPCentral, but this was described as a forum vs. forum contest. It doesn't encourage communities to work together, it does the exact opposite. To be frank, if I had been approached privately by the other involved communities, I would have worked with the other communities to come to a compromise instead of shooting it down. Instead, it was handled rather unprofessionally, unleashed upon a huge community instead of keeping it under wraps until the details were finalized. With something this big, what's most important to me is professionalism - I need to know that the people I'm working with understand how to properly communicate (and when not to) with a community this large. Honestly, the way this was handled doesn't display that.

2009-05-05 03:28:00 Author: ConfusedCartman Posts: 3729

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Right, I see what you mean. But whether or not the communities are working together, they are still interacting, which could be good. Maybe it's just an issue of changing the name so it's not called "Forum vs. Forum" which as you pointed out does make it sound very competitive? But yeah, I get where you're coming from.

2009-05-05 03:39:00 Author: hilightnotes Posts: 1230

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Right, I see what you mean. But whether or not the communities are working together, they are still interacting, which could be good. Maybe it's just an issue of changing the name so it's not called "Forum vs. Forum" which as you pointed out does make it sound very competitive? But yeah, I get where you're coming from. I'll get in touch with the admins at the other involved communities and see if we can come to some sort of compromise.

2009-05-05 03:45:00 Author: ConfusedCartman Posts: 3729

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Cool! I hope it works out

2009-05-05 03:47:00 Author: hilightnotes Posts: 1230

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Thanks for considering the idea at least. I was a bit bummed when I saw that LBPCentral was permanently shooting the idea down since I was actually just trying to help the LBP community grow as a whole. If it doesn't work out then that's ok. I just thought it could be a cool new idea that multiple sites could take part in, but if you think it would just cause discord between sites instead of growth, perhaps it's best that it never happens.

2009-05-05 12:27:00 Author: amazingflyingpoo Posts: 1515

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Weren't shooting it down as such, I don't think, just not accepting it as an official competition, this as an official competition would be.. well.. too competitive.. And CC has a good point I hadn't even considered before: Forum vs forum challenge is a horrible name for something bringing something together :L Versus sounds so.. "WE'RE GONNA WINS" Have to be something like "Multi-Forum-Fun" ^_^ Minus the cheesyness of course.

2009-05-05 18:59:00 Author: Pinchanzee Posts: 805

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I like it! But my PS3 broke. I got my super duper special PS3 box today, though! Hopefully they'll send me a new one in a week or so. I'm up for the challenge of starting everything over again.

2009-05-05 20:02:00 Author: qrtda235566 Posts: 3664

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Why not communicate with the lbl, lbpf, and lbpc founders and create something like this. I think this will be really nice to do but the name of this thread is really not helping the idea because its not a fight....we all love lbp and lbp is about getting along but i love this idea!

2009-05-05 21:46:00 Author: Flare Skull Posts: 216

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LOL, it's probably a bit late in the game to be changing the name of the thread, but I did anyway. Sorry that I made it sound like we would all be ripping eachothers hearts out, I seriously wanted it to be some friendly competition. I guess my stupid title may have mislead everyone. Sorry about that guys :-(

2009-05-06 12:12:00 Author: amazingflyingpoo Posts: 1515

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No problem - I personally didn't take it negatively in the first place. However, for something like this you may need to directly communicate with ConfusedCartman (or someone he designates) more privately to get the details nailed down. It would probably have a much greater chance of success. My feeling is LittleBigPlanet is just a game, and people will gravitate towards the site that has the members they feel closest to, so I don't really consider any of this a threat.

2009-05-06 15:32:00 Author: CCubbage Posts: 4430

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I'm with Ccubbage there, need to sort out a plan before you start getting head over heels ^_^ Make it seem more solid. I'd recommend letting this thread die, planning out something properly, talking it through with big gunners, THEN announcing it

2009-05-06 19:00:00 Author: Pinchanzee Posts: 805

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