The manly Brossession tournament: Rawk wins too lazy to edit

[MagnetMan497]

Can Mike sponsor this tournament for the medal?

[Ivory]

You know what, I'm starting to think this whole medal idea was more trouble then it's worth. I get more PM's about medals than I do actual MM8BDM content so for now I'm locking this until I decide whether to take the whole system down, hire some medal moderators or just simply take down the medals that are a SLIGHTLY ambiguous.

I wouldn't count on it.

[CHAOS_FANTAZY]

You know what, I'm starting to think this whole medal idea was more trouble then it's worth. I get more PM's about medals than I do actual MM8BDM content so for now I'm locking this until I decide whether to take the whole system down, hire some medal moderators or just simply take down the medals that are a SLIGHTLY ambiguous.

I wouldn't count on it.

He still handed out the Elecman medal to the Valentine's Day winner, so I presume everything goes on as normal.  

Also, here seems like a good place to dump my opinion on medals.

Medals--unlike post count--are a good way to show who has sovereignty in a forum.  They show people--at least, people observant/smart enough to notice them and know what they mean--who exactly knows what they're talking about.
"I won the Cutstuff Champion medal!  I know how to win at this game, so listen when I critique your battle strategy!"
"I earned the Cutstuff Artist medal!  I know how to draw, so listen to me when I critique your art!"
"I've earned the MM8BDM Extender medal!"  Surely you're seeing a pattern by now.
However, these medals do the community no good unless the medal bearers are willing to share their knowledge--which many of them are.

[Mr. X]

About medals...

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Medals have turned everything into a damn competition.  Everybody starts an expansion because everybody wants a medal.  Everybody posts a video because everybody wants a medal.  Dear God help them if they don't get that medal within 10 seconds of posting the video.  The site has become more about medals than anything else.  There should be 4 medals as far as I'm concerned:  MM8BDM contributor, Donor, Ghouls contributor, and bug cruncher.  Heck, even that last one could be combined into the contributor medals.  (note that contributor would combine the expansion medals and the original contributor into one)

Also, for some of these competitions, some people may not have been there for some of them or may have had like some sort of virus on their computer or whatnot.  Because you win the medal doesn't mean you're God's gift to the Earth at whatever you won the medal for, it means you won a competition.  Heck, for the most recent art contest, in my opinion the pieces that obviously had the most work put into them lost because "ZOMG CAT ROLL!"  I mean, it was good, sure, but it doesn't mean it was the best picture out of all of them.

In short, get rid of the medals:  They only cause a competition to see who can get the most, just like post counts.

About the competition, here's hoping it gets done a bit better than a certain other competition.  My recommendation is 1:15 for 1 vs 1, 1:00 for 1 vs 1 vs 1 and :45 for 1 vs 1 vs 1 vs 1.

[MagnetMan497]

I most certaintly did not start my expansion for a medal.

[Blaze Yeager]

I most certaintly did not start my expansion for a medal.

Ditto

[Michael]

I wanna play :3
Name: Michael
Country: United States Central
When available: 4pm - 10pm CST on weekdays pretty much any time on weekends :/ i have no life
I can host a server... somtimes...

[Turbodude]

Forgot to put in my info.
Name: Unfaded Turboman
Country: America
Can host: No chance, pal.
When Available: Usually on the weekends, and or in the afternoon.

[Russel]

Name: Lego
Country: US
Can host: No
Available: weekends 8:30AM - 6:30PM CST

[Orange juice :l]

The tournament has started: Do your first round ASAP (although I will be away until Saturday night... with the speed these go at it should be fine anyways   )

[Russel]

Well, based off of these matchups, I probably will not get out of round one...

[MagnetMan497]

Hell no.

[Russel]

Question: when is the first round?

[Rawk Hawk]

First round is whenever you and your opponent can get together and play.

[CHAOS_FANTAZY]

OJ against Magnet?  Blue against Rtist?  HAWK AGAINST RAVEMAN?!  Some of these matches will be complete slaughter-fests!

Anyway, I'll try to get in my match whenever possible, but Possession servers are kinda rare.  Somebody has to get out on the first round...but let's hope it isn't me again.
Go Mango!