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Good Idea!
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Bad Idea!
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Meh it don't matter.
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Screw you guys, im going home..
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Mazda Rx8 of the Month
12-03-2008, 06:42 PM
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everyone posted their oppinoins and i tried to make it so it suited everyone. all i wanted was for people to post pics of their cars. i, us, we vote on the best car keeping our oppinion to our selfs. we name winner, and we go on. idc about mods they got or w.e its all about the best looking rx8 not the most modded. even though a modded one could win. but it got more complicated cause people kept posting options which i dont mind trying to workaround them just makes it hard to keep everyone happy.
12-03-2008, 11:42 PM
#52
I already tried this a long time ago. Some people forget it already.
It didn't work in short because someone cheated. He had friends sign up and vote for him. That sucked the fun out of it.
For it to work FOR REAL, we need a sub-forum and it needs to be moderated. I volunteered to do this and sent NUMEROUS PM's to mods about setting this up and no ever replied to me.
We also need some sort of "recognition" for the winners- 8Club doesn't have a front page to display them so we need something implemented for the winners, like their picture on the index page.
So I did it myself for three months. it went fine for the first 2 months but the 3rd month it got out of hand.
If we can get a sub-section in the forum setup exclusively for this, and it was moderated, it would work. But that won't happen.
It didn't work in short because someone cheated. He had friends sign up and vote for him. That sucked the fun out of it.
For it to work FOR REAL, we need a sub-forum and it needs to be moderated. I volunteered to do this and sent NUMEROUS PM's to mods about setting this up and no ever replied to me.
We also need some sort of "recognition" for the winners- 8Club doesn't have a front page to display them so we need something implemented for the winners, like their picture on the index page.
So I did it myself for three months. it went fine for the first 2 months but the 3rd month it got out of hand.
If we can get a sub-section in the forum setup exclusively for this, and it was moderated, it would work. But that won't happen.
12-04-2008, 12:49 AM
#54
I think the voters would need to be invite only. Perhaps someone could somehow allow access to a select few 100 - 200 members who are "enthusiastic" and "Quality Human beings" and "Truly represent the best of the RX8 club". Perhaps a hidden thread, or area for voting?
For example, a hidden tier invisible to regular members, but available to "Proper and mature members" and of course I would choose to believe that this requirement is met by almost all of rx8club members (How's that for a CYA disclaimer?)
Promote quality, and you raise the benchmark!
Human beings.... as groups, over time tend to degenerate from the shining star it once was (Like politicians) - that is, if you let them.
For example, a hidden tier invisible to regular members, but available to "Proper and mature members" and of course I would choose to believe that this requirement is met by almost all of rx8club members (How's that for a CYA disclaimer?)
Promote quality, and you raise the benchmark!
Human beings.... as groups, over time tend to degenerate from the shining star it once was (Like politicians) - that is, if you let them.
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12-04-2008, 01:00 AM
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I think the voters would need to be invite only. Perhaps someone could somehow allow access to a select few 100 - 200 members who are "enthusiastic" and "Quality Human beings" and "Truly represent the best of the RX8 club". Perhaps a hidden thread, or area for voting?
For example, a hidden tier invisible to regular members, but available to "Proper and mature members" and of course I would choose to believe that this requirement is met by almost all of rx8club members (How's that for a CYA disclaimer?)
Promote quality, and you raise the benchmark!
Human beings.... as groups, over time tend to degenerate from the shining star it once was (Like politicians) - that is, if you let them.
For example, a hidden tier invisible to regular members, but available to "Proper and mature members" and of course I would choose to believe that this requirement is met by almost all of rx8club members (How's that for a CYA disclaimer?)
Promote quality, and you raise the benchmark!
Human beings.... as groups, over time tend to degenerate from the shining star it once was (Like politicians) - that is, if you let them.
But whatever if someone else has a better idea go ahead and run it. Im stepping down, too complicated now.
12-04-2008, 05:23 AM
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That is why i pushed the "judge" idea. But most people dont want it for some other reasons. To me most contests are ruled by a judge, so why not this one too? I for one would rather have ## of judges look at my car and place a vote than random people. Then it would make it more fair, my name isnt out there too much but i do have some plans for my car that gonna be pretty sick from what iv been told. I prob wont post pictures unless its for this type of events. Im not much of a picture *****.
But whatever if someone else has a better idea go ahead and run it. Im stepping down, too complicated now.
But whatever if someone else has a better idea go ahead and run it. Im stepping down, too complicated now.
Should be interesting to see if the works out this time around.
Good luck!!!!
12-04-2008, 06:13 AM
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I don't know, it seems kind of pointless to me. Anyone who participates will be a regular and I bet we can all name the 12 people off the top of our heads that will win for the first year (maybe not in order, so that would be the only real surprise). I think that is another reason it failed before.
50,385 forum members and only 55 voted in this poll.
12-04-2008, 12:49 PM
#58
That is why i pushed the "judge" idea. But most people dont want it for some other reasons. To me most contests are ruled by a judge, so why not this one too? I for one would rather have ## of judges look at my car and place a vote than random people. Then it would make it more fair, my name isnt out there too much but i do have some plans for my car that gonna be pretty sick from what iv been told. I prob wont post pictures unless its for this type of events. Im not much of a picture *****.
But whatever if someone else has a better idea go ahead and run it. Im stepping down, too complicated now.
But whatever if someone else has a better idea go ahead and run it. Im stepping down, too complicated now.
The RX-8 is a fairly rare car, and I think that's the main reason this won't work. There just aren't enough nicely modded cars to make it unpredictable. The thing is, we're a pretty tight knit community, we all know who has the kick *** cars and they already get the recognition here on the forum.
12-04-2008, 01:49 PM
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No what i mean is ill only post pictures in this sort of events, just posting pictures of car after every mod isnt my thing. Right now i have a turbo build going on and i hardly posted any pictures. im just a shitty photographer lol
12-04-2008, 01:59 PM
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Now let me go get in my RB intake/Borla Exhaust/Royal Purple Oil/Redline Fluids/6 MT/RPF1 wheels/RP SS/Cobb AP/BHR Ignition Kit RX-8 and celebrate the tires I use that I don't think anyone else has while I contemplate ordering my MS body kit and 52mm Prosport gauges.
CONFORM!
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12-04-2008, 02:56 PM
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3 pages of just talking about how it wont work because of ............................ How bout we just post some pics because if we dont then it will never happen.
12-04-2008, 07:44 PM
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God forbid that ever happens.
Now let me go get in my RB intake/Borla Exhaust/Royal Purple Oil/Redline Fluids/6 MT/RPF1 wheels/RP SS/Cobb AP/BHR Ignition Kit RX-8 and celebrate the tires I use that I don't think anyone else has while I contemplate ordering my MS body kit and 52mm Prosport gauges.
CONFORM!
huge
Now let me go get in my RB intake/Borla Exhaust/Royal Purple Oil/Redline Fluids/6 MT/RPF1 wheels/RP SS/Cobb AP/BHR Ignition Kit RX-8 and celebrate the tires I use that I don't think anyone else has while I contemplate ordering my MS body kit and 52mm Prosport gauges.
CONFORM!
huge
12-06-2008, 09:53 PM
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i don't think that will ever happen. even if those were his mods...
some mods just can't be copied...
there are a parts catalog cars, and there are mechanics cars.
they differ, big time!
some mods just can't be copied...
there are a parts catalog cars, and there are mechanics cars.
they differ, big time!
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12-06-2008, 10:08 PM
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lets just have the cars be judged exterior-wise only.
i mean, who can really see whats hacked up underneath a bumper or stick your part ____ <here.
i mean, who can really see whats hacked up underneath a bumper or stick your part ____ <here.
12-06-2008, 10:29 PM
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If you read his mods/parts, you can clearly replicate everything he has. He did not list anything custom or special. Those would be the harder parts to replicate.
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