2013 Mabination Award Winners

• Brynn wrote on 2013-12-04 20:04

  Quote from Genny;1175276:

  Nobody wanted one in the first place for a good reason. Awards are nothing but just e-peen expansions, same with reputation bar.
  If you're a notable member of the community, you don't need to slap a big ass medal on your face saying the obvious thing. It's redundant and obnoxious.

  
  
  Says you. I think the awards are cute and in previous years it has been a lot of fun to be a part of. Don't know what's wrong with rep bars either. You're just a hater!
• Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2013-12-04 20:49

  Quote from Brynn;1175284:

  Says you. I think the awards are cute and in previous years it has been a lot of fun to be a part of. Don't know what's wrong with rep bars either. You're just a hater!

  
  
  I actually think mine looks terrible and out of place, too. (No offense to who made them, it's personal taste)
  
  Would turn it off if I could, though.
  Heck I'd even give it to who had second place if they liked it more than I do.
  
  On another subject, I didn't really "want" to win this.
  While I should be probably be glad about winning an award, I'm not, it feels....un-earned, and I just feel "meh" about it.
• Brynn wrote on 2013-12-04 20:51

  Quote from Snowie Stormflower;1175299:

  I actually think mine looks terrible and out of place, too. (No offense to who made them, it's personal taste)
  
  Would turn it off if I could, though.
  Heck I'd even give it to who had second place if they liked it more than I do.
  
  On another subject, I didn't really "want" to win this.
  While I should be probably be glad about winning an award, I'm not, it feels....un-earned, and I just feel "meh" about it.

  
  
  You kind of just got it. You didn't know you were nominated, there was no talk about awards 'cept on how to vote and stuff. You just woke up one day and got it so I can see why. Yeah no offense to who made them but they don't really look that good. They don't even need to be gifs.
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-12-04 21:44
  I believe it was Yai who made them. The KR Test Crew helped pick them out. Truth be told, I wasn't really paying much attention to them at the time as I was focusing on other matters.
• Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2013-12-04 21:52

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1175315:

  I believe it was Yai who made them. The KR Test Crew helped pick them out. Truth be told, I wasn't really paying much attention to them at the time as I was focusing on other matters.

  
  
  I knew who made them, hence the no offense to her, because her other art is great.
• Brynn wrote on 2013-12-04 22:01
  My only problem with them is their resolution. Looks very pixel-y.
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-12-04 22:23

  Quote from Snowie Stormflower;1175320:

  I knew who made them, hence the no offense to her, because her other art is great.

  
  
  Well meant that more for Brynn as he was wondering.
• Compass wrote on 2013-12-05 01:57
  I'll agree with Genny on this one
  
  People didn't want this to begin with, and the people who even considered it already had mixed feelings because of past year's award.
  And now there's people who are unsatisfied and still think that the awards are a bad idea and we get "Well it happened so stop being ungrateful for something you guys didn't want it in the first place." which is dumb and of course we get the "okay, you guys didn't like it'll be better"
  
  

  Quote from Genny;1175276:

  Nobody wanted one in the first place for a good reason. Awards are nothing but just e-peen expansions, same with reputation bar.

  
  This brings up a question, why do we even have awards if rep bars are already a type of award?
  If you have a higher rep bar it usually means you're well liked in the community because you're either friendly, helpful, informative, funny, ect.
  
  So when you add these with awards it sounds exactly as Genny put it an "e-peen expansion" to something that's already obvious. Aren't rep bars enough?
  
  Not only that but I'm sure everyone can agree awards were rushed and didn't even feel like an award. I'm sure the KR team did their best, but it wasn't that great, it went exactly how the people that didn't want it assumed it would, and there's still people who don't want this.
  
  Just my thought.
• Ashikoki wrote on 2013-12-05 07:39

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1175315:

  I believe it was Yai who made them. The KR Test Crew helped pick them out. Truth be told, I wasn't really paying much attention to them at the time as I was focusing on other matters.

  
  
  wow, way to do your job
  
  

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  Once again I must take disciplinary action against our truant members. Please commit sudoku and return a screenshot of your completion by the end of the week.
  
  

  Quote from Compass;1175369:

  valid points

  
  
  Well that's pretty much what I've been saying. This event was rushed. Most events that involve voting between members, however, ends up being labeled an e-peen and popularity contest, regardless of the competition. I don't believe there is much of a workaround, so future events should try to minimize this aspect as much as possible, or at least simplify it enough to not attract too much drama.
  
  Simplification doesn't necessarily mean a discreet, nontransparent event like the one we had this year. While last year's event did have problems, I believe most of it was a result of poor organization and management from the staff's end. Every end of the year voting event has always had problems, so why was 2012's the only real issue? A lot went wrong that week and looking at those deleted posts and threads, I believe more than half of the matter could've been avoided altogether. I don't believe the community has "degraded", and those who argue it has are usually in nostalgia over members who no longer visit the page. There are always new members who are fun, positive contributions to the community, but most of the long-time users on mabination barely attempt to socialize with them at all.
  
  The sooner we accept the fact that all voting events are popularity contest and e-peen contests, the better it really is. Though there is a modicum of merit for these awards — as I believe many of the winners or runner ups were deserving of such praise — votes will always be influenced by how popular a candidate is. I believe we should not give out badges anymore. Some previous winners of end of the year events know first hand how much hate just donning a "X of the year" badge can garner from individuals who haven't even been acquainted yet. Ironically, these badges seem to have most meaning to those who disapprove their existence.
  
  Time's ticking, so I've got to go now, but if anyone wants me to expand on what I've learned from reading last year's events, I'll gladly make a list of "things-we-shouldn't-do-in-events" tomorrow.
• Cannibal wrote on 2013-12-05 08:24

  Quote from Snowie Stormflower;1175299:

  I actually think mine looks terrible and out of place, too. (No offense to who made them, it's personal taste)
  
  Would turn it off if I could, though.
  Heck I'd even give it to who had second place if they liked it more than I do.
  
  On another subject, I didn't really "want" to win this.
  While I should be probably be glad about winning an award, I'm not, it feels....un-earned, and I just feel "meh" about it.

  
  I'm sure someone will remove it if you ask.
  

  Quote from Brynn;1175301:

  Yeah no offense to who made them but they don't really look that good. They don't even need to be gifs.

  
  Yeah. I understand the effort but I never even understood why TA made them gifs the last time around (I don't understand a lot of what they did lmaooooo), and I don't understand why whoever made them this time went along with the theme. To [S]most people[/S] pretty much everyone there's no context to them whatsoever. If badges are needed, they should be like they were the first year.
  
  I'll just reiterate and say it was boring and dull. If we're gonna e-peen it needs to be fun. Imagine blowing your load as soon as you get your pants off; there's no build-up. It isn't fun.
• Lewd wrote on 2013-12-05 08:28

  Quote from Cannibal;1175527:

  Imagine blowing your load as soon as you get your pants off; there's no build-up. It isn't fun.

  
  
  I beg to differ
• Syliara wrote on 2013-12-05 08:29

  Quote from Cannibal;1175527:

  I'm sure someone will remove it if you ask.
  
  Yeah. I understand the effort but I never even understood why TA made them gifs the last time around (I don't understand a lot of what they did lmaooooo), and I don't understand why whoever made them this time went along with the theme. To [S]most people[/S] pretty much everyone there's no context to them whatsoever. If badges are needed, they should be like they were the first year.
  
  I'll just reiterate and say it was boring and dull. If we're gonna e-peen it needs to be fun. Imagine blowing your load as soon as you get your pants off; there's no build-up. It isn't fun.

  
  
  I feel that was.... a very weird way of putting it....
• Cannibal wrote on 2013-12-05 08:36

  Quote from Lewd;1175529:

  I beg to differ

  
  
  

  Quote from Pureblooded;1175530:

  I feel that was.... a very weird way of putting it....

  
  
  It's not fun for me. That's what matters here.
• SlurpTASTY wrote on 2013-12-05 08:47

  Quote from Ashikoki;1175505:

  
  
  There are always new members who are fun, positive contributions to the community, but most of the long-time users on mabination barely attempt to socialize with them at all.
  
  

  
  
  Gotta give em more credit than that, I've had nothing but a positive experience here and I'm pretty new. Everyone (bar a few) new and old has been super friendly and cool to me and I don't think I've ever felt out of place or anything.
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-12-05 14:10

  Quote from Ashikoki;1175505:

  Once again I must take disciplinary action against our truant members. Please commit sudoku and return a screenshot of your completion by the end of the week.

  
  
  Going to respectfully decline as me being lazy on the badges falls under Kenero's law as she ran the show here :P
  
  Besides, I'm way too busy with other things to bother with such trivial matters /scoff
  
  Anyways it's done, it's over with and we really hope that the Staff does take charge next year instead of shunning it. Only reason why the KR Test crew did it is cause the Staff pretty much weren't going to hold it.