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| wendyw |
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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The first post has been edited and a poll added. It will be open for seven days.
Please vote carefully and don't be too eager. You have until this time next Sunday to choose.
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| wendyw |
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:42 am Post subject: |
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Oh yeah.
Sorry I should have been more clear on that. |
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| LukeSurl |
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:09 am Post subject: |
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| wendyw wrote: | | - Best comic - Just the one award. |
Just to check, we are having a "Best Comic" award regardless of what the polls come up with, right? |
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| wendyw |
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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Here's what I'll be putting in the poll options on Sunday if nobody else has any additional suggestions:
- Best comic - Just the one award.
- Best Humour Comic / Best Story Comic
- Funniest Comic / Storytelling Award
- Best gag-a-day / Best longform comic
- Best Use of the gag-a-day format / Best use of the longform format
In order for the first one to win it would have to have more votes than all of the other options combined, as votes for having two categories would be split between all the other options.
Any additions? |
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| Zoe Robinson |
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Lord Pandar wrote: | Yes, & if there are too many awards it becomes like the Kindergarten egg painting contest where "everyone's a winner because they tried".
And that's terrible. |
"Everyone" may be a winner in those situations, but that means they're also the losers and the biggest loser is the moron who thought up that stupid equality-of-competition idea in the first place.
</rant>
*Take a deep breath*
Sorry for the rant, it's just that moronic ideas like that make me want to punch a baby. |
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| Lord Pandar |
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, & if there are too many awards it becomes like the Kindergarten egg painting contest where "everyone's a winner because they tried".
And that's terrible. |
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| wendyw |
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| That would involve having far too many awards. |
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| tweetics |
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Canetoonist wrote: | | LukeSurl wrote: | | Any way we could phrase "best gag-a-day" and "best longform" award titles to avoid the implication that one of them should win the best comic award? |
"Best Use of the Gag-a-day Format" and "Best Use of the Longform Format"? |
this I like. How about we use a Golden Globes sort of structure?
Best Art Direction-gag a day-thrice weekly
Best Writing-gag-a-day thrice weekly
Best art direction-longform-thrice weekly
etc...
I think update schedule should have something to do with it, unless things are handled like the emmy's where certain comics are submitted for consideration for specific awards. |
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| Chilari |
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:44 am Post subject: |
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| Canetoonist wrote: | | LukeSurl wrote: | | Any way we could phrase "best gag-a-day" and "best longform" award titles to avoid the implication that one of them should win the best comic award? |
"Best Use of the Gag-a-day Format" and "Best Use of the Longform Format"? |
I like that, if the "funniest" and "storytelling" awards are to be dismissed. |
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| Canetoonist |
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| LukeSurl wrote: | | Any way we could phrase "best gag-a-day" and "best longform" award titles to avoid the implication that one of them should win the best comic award? |
"Best Use of the Gag-a-day Format" and "Best Use of the Longform Format"? |
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| Novil |
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm? Comic = art + writing (for any kind of comic)
For example, if the 3-2-1 points voting mechanism should be used, I might give 1 point to XKCD for “Best writing”, but I will most like not give it points for “Best gag-a-day” (or whatever this category is called) since I don’t like the stick figures. |
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| LukeSurl |
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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A thought: If we're awarding these two awards, best humour, best non-humour, where does that leave 'best writing'?
At the moment I think for 'best humour' I'd go for Basic Instructions, because Scott Meyer writes brilliantly witty and eloquent dialogue. And then for best writing I'd go for the same, for essentially the same reason (I don't read enough non-humour comics to vote in that category, but if I did my 'best writing' pick would have to be one of my picks for these two awards)
If artisitic considerations are only for the Best Art and Best Comic awards, then aren't these two awards essentially flavours of 'best writing', essentially making that award superfluous? |
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| Murasakivie |
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:52 am Post subject: |
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I like the sound of "Humor award" over Funniest or Best comic. It's not quite so... polarizingly subjective but still sounds like something worth winning. But for longform... I wouldn't know how to word that.
Personally, the idea of dividing it up into strips and traditional comic pages makes a little more sense to me.
Edited due to not quite reading the thread properly... |
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| LukeSurl |
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Any way we could phrase "best gag-a-day" and "best longform" award titles to avoid the implication that one of them should win the best comic award? |
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| Novil |
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Okay, I’d agree to “gag-a-day” and “long-form”, too. |
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