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View Poll Results: Should we remove the "Arcade Challenges" menu?
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Yes
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No
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Other (Please explain)
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08-27-2004, 05:17 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ypsilanti, Mi
Gender: Male
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Important Policy Question
Well okay, it's not that important.
Here's what I'm thinking. As is obvious, there is currently an "Arcade Challenges" drop-down menu in the user information section of each post. This menu shows all the arcade awards an individual member has, as well as providing a link to the official "challenges". We are considering removing it.
Here's our rationale: - It's somewhat visually and otherwise distracting (luring people to play instead of post, perhaps)
- It serves no purpose on the posts of the majority, who don't have awards
- It could potentially make such a person feel like a loser
- Only Zoe, Blake and Farren would experience any real loss
What do you think?
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08-27-2004, 05:54 PM
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Re: Important Policy Question
Sure, why not.
Uh, for removing it.
-Scott
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08-27-2004, 06:10 PM
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Babby Police
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Re: Important Policy Question
The admonition "D. Scarlatti has no awards" makes me feel terribly inadequate.
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08-27-2004, 07:13 PM
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This space is for rent
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Re: Important Policy Question
I don't see a need for it, I know where the arcade is at.
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08-27-2004, 08:08 PM
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I said it, so I feel it, dick
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Here
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Re: Important Policy Question
Wow, I simply cannot imagine caring less about an issue. I have never even seen the thing.
Um, so a vote for, "Huh?"
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08-27-2004, 08:12 PM
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Admin
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ypsilanti, Mi
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Re: Important Policy Question
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Originally Posted by LadyShea
Wow, I simply cannot imagine caring less about an issue. I have never even seen the thing.
Um, so a vote for, "Huh?"
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Yeah, I actually thought that not long after I posted it. When there were 2 votes in favor I decided I should've just done it. Now I'm pretty much just waiting to see if a huge delegation of fans pops up.
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08-27-2004, 08:54 PM
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go fish
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: a rural part of Los Angeles, CA
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Re: Important Policy Question
Count me in the "Other" category of "don't give a shit". I don't play the games but I'm glad other people enjoy them. Those folks would have to say whether competition against other people is part of the whooopdeedoo thrill.
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08-27-2004, 09:35 PM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cowtown, Kansas
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Re: Important Policy Question
Other = Don't care.
I am a loser anyway, so my vote doesn't count.
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08-27-2004, 09:37 PM
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Xhiroeun
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: The high seas!
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Re: Important Policy Question
Is it possible to hide the Arcade Challenges pop-up menu if the user doesn't have any awards, so that everyone could still see that I'm King of Beermat, Gyroball, and Space Runner?
Course, I'm not sure whether people'd still feel put down and beleaguered and crushed anyway so you'd have to run a new poll for public opinion on this new option, but hey, them's the breaks.
Put me down for a titanic MEH otherwise.
K
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08-27-2004, 11:35 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Re: Important Policy Question
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Originally Posted by Chiron
Is it possible to hide the Arcade Challenges pop-up menu if the user doesn't have any awards, so that everyone could still see that I'm King of Beermat, Gyroball, and Space Runner?
Course, I'm not sure whether people'd still feel put down and beleaguered and crushed anyway so you'd have to run a new poll for public opinion on this new option, but hey, them's the breaks.
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It is in fact possible, but not only would that not relieve the feeling of loserhood some people undoubtedly experience from having a barren menu, I'm sure it would only exagerrate it. As it is you have to click on the menu to see whether someone is a loser. Your way it would be obvious, since she wouldn't have the menu.
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08-27-2004, 11:41 PM
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Admin
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Re: Important Policy Question
Okay, combining the yes's and other's, it's 9-0 against no. So it shall be written...
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08-28-2004, 02:20 AM
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rude, crude, lewd, and unsophisticated
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Puddle City, Cascadia
Gender: Male
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Re: Important Policy Question
hmmm... You've done away with that drop down that I was so proud of?
That showed I had no awards and thus was NOT a loser.
C'mon, people whose self-esteem is dependent upon winning at arcade games are the real losers. Not that there is anything inherently wrong with arcade games...they're time wasters, basically...but to make it a point of pride that you're good at one of the them is, um....pathetic.
Otherwise, I don't really care. I didn't use the arcade and I'm not likely to...I'm more interested in finding a real life, and having a decent discussion in the interim.
godfry
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08-28-2004, 05:08 AM
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Forum Killer
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Re: Important Policy Question
Personally, I like the arcade. It's a sign that posters can do things, as well as just say things. If we're worried about people having no awards, why not add a game called "everybody wins"?
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08-28-2004, 10:25 PM
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Admin
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ypsilanti, Mi
Gender: Male
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Re: Important Policy Question
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Originally Posted by Corona688
If we're worried about people having no awards, why not add a game called "everybody wins"?
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We have that, actually. It's called Bikini Bounce. Put enough time in on that one and you can't lose.
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