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02-02-2007, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Blowtorch

I agree you shouldn't take them to heart. It took balls to post a pic so why let someone ruin that for you. I get smart a$$ remarks from certain people all the time. Like some of the comments here http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/sho...r&imageuser=183
but you don't see me pulling every pic, or whining because someone didn't rate my pic the way I wanted. I got pics up now that I thought were great but only one person replied to it and it has no rating. So does that mean I pull every pic? It's called an opinion we all have one.

Are you referring to my comment? Because I meant it in jest, as a joke because most of the guys featured were Joe heads on Viper bodies. No offense was intended, if you took it as an offense I apologize.

I took my pictures off to show the admins that I don't like this current situation where people go through someone's pics and just gives them all bad ratings. I'm just not finding it very cool to come online one morning and see that all my pictures have gone down a star or two in rating because one or two guys went through all my photos and gave them all 1 star ratings.

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02-02-2007, 06:57 AM	#22
Fantom Veteran Offline --> Posts: 849 --> Join Date: Aug 2006	The rating system is there for...well giving the pic a rating. If a person doesn't wish to leave a comment but still would like to give the person that posted some feedback they can rate the pic. To me this site is a way of sharing each others collections, kind of showing off what each of us has and a way to actually play with our figs without playing with them. It is also a way to show our imagination and creativness as well as skill in some of the customs showcased. And lets face it, some pics are great, some not so great. The key is not to take it too seriously. I for one rarely use the rating system, I mostly leave comments. As for the pic in question, I found that at my work I was not able to make much out. The pic looked too dark. But at home the resolution on my monitor is higher and I can see the pic as it was meant and it looked much better. So I guess that would be something to keep in mind when doing night shots. This site is fun, and our administrators have done an excellent job in regulating and giving the site a friendly atmosphere. So lets not get too hung up on minor details and just have fun and refraim from getting confrontational and leave the name calling to the kids. Sound like a plan? __________________ You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth.

02-02-2007, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Fantom

The rating system is there for...well giving the pic a rating. If a person doesn't wish to leave a comment but still would like to give the person that posted some feedback they can rate the pic.

To me this site is a way of sharing each others collections, kind of showing off what each of us has and a way to actually play with our figs without playing with them. It is also a way to show our imagination and creativness as well as skill in some of the customs showcased. And lets face it, some pics are great, some not so great. The key is not to take it too seriously. I for one rarely use the rating system, I mostly leave comments.

As for the pic in question, I found that at my work I was not able to make much out. The pic looked too dark. But at home the resolution on my monitor is higher and I can see the pic as it was meant and it looked much better. So I guess that would be something to keep in mind when doing night shots.

This site is fun, and our administrators have done an excellent job in regulating and giving the site a friendly atmosphere. So lets not get too hung up on minor details and just have fun and refraim from getting confrontational and leave the name calling to the kids. Sound like a plan?

My point exactly very well put.

02-02-2007, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay

I took my pictures off to show the admins that I don't like this current situation where people go through someone's pics and just gives them all bad ratings. I'm just not finding it very cool to come online one morning and see that all my pictures have gone down a star or two in rating because one or two guys went through all my photos and gave them all 1 star ratings.

Having been a victim of this too, I thought about doing the same thing. But then I thought "why should I let some sad little coward spoil my hobby?" I enjoy posting pics here and sharing comments with the regulars, so I just ignore the rating. It's the comments that matter. If someone is lame enough to waste their time going through someone's pics and rating them as one star out of spite, then they deserve our contempt, and nothing else. DON'T LET THEM WIN!!!!

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02-02-2007, 01:04 PM	#25
Hammerfel Administrator Offline --> Posts: 1,365 --> Join Date: Feb 2005	I've made some changes to the forum you can read about here: http://www.joedios.com/forum/showth...p=4330#post4330 In the future, instead of removing your images to "tell the admins" how you feel about something, just try a PM instead, k? __________________ Read Hammerfel's Dio Story, "Disciple" here My Want List - Help me complete my Dios!

02-02-2007, 02:17 PM	#26
Paragon Member Offline --> Posts: 90 --> Join Date: Jan 2007	Is it possible to only be able to rate a photo if you leave a comment along with the rating? That might solve the problem of the anonymous raters giving 1's to everyone. As for rating the photos, I dont look at what type of photo it is, for example (to use what lehsreh said) someone might post a really sci-fi type of photo. I personally don't like sci-fi in my joe world, especially the neon colored goo spitting monster type of sci-fi... Someone did some more realisitic shots of a sci fi scene a while back and I really was impressed... but in any case, even though I don't particularly like sci-fi Joe stuff, I still look at the photo, the lighting, the figures used, is it in focus, is it scaled correctly with the background, etc, etc., and that sci-fi photo might get a 4 or 5 from me even though I dont like the photo... I also only rate photos I post comments on too. --== Paragon ==-- EDIT: After I read this post I read the message about how it is not an easy thing to make it so you have to comment in order to rate an image, I just wanted to point out that I made my comment about that before I knew that info. :P

02-02-2007, 02:37 PM	#27
General Scarlett Hell hath no fury.... Offline --> Posts: 7,646 --> Join Date: Dec 2006	You know something??? I've been following this thread for the past few days & I just want to say that I joined this board recently & I really do LOVE this site!! It's so much fun to post & comment and interact with all of you-some of whom I now chat with personally-I don't care what positive or negative thing you guys want to say about my pics (OK granted I've been slacking as of late-I'm getting back on track with that, promise) but still, I CHOSE to post here & share a very personal part of myself with all of you. I think we all know WHO our friends are here-the rest of the people are either new or not comfortable enough yet to 'say' anything. To those people I say, introduce yourself & let us get to know you-then feel free to interact with us. I have to say that all of you guys have been so nice & accomodating to me being a girl in this setting-I am looking forward to calling all of you 'friends' for a loooong time to come. I'm just as sensitive as the next person, maybe even more so, but I also know how to take a joke or brush off a stupid comment. I think that it's amazing that something I fell in love with 25 years ago is now something I can share with people from all over the world!! We just have to realize that everyone is different & we know what we like, the rest is just 'fluff'. Don't sweat the small stuff. And it's all small stuff!! I'll put away the 'big sister' soapbox now, thanks..... __________________ Non illigitamus carborundum~Vos mos non effrego mihi Coming soon: 'JoeSpecialOps'

02-02-2007, 02:55 PM	#28
Hammerfel Administrator Offline --> Posts: 1,365 --> Join Date: Feb 2005	I feel the exact smae way, General Scarlett. Thanks for sharing that. __________________ Read Hammerfel's Dio Story, "Disciple" here My Want List - Help me complete my Dios!

02-02-2007, 03:21 PM	#29
lehsreh G.I. Smurf Offline --> Posts: 3,446 --> Join Date: Jan 2006	mmm, for some reason when i posted this earlier it didnt work. so im posting it again. so here goes my thought. mmm, i really dont see what the big deal is. i mean the rating thing is asking what we think of a pic, right? it doesnt mean how well the pic was taken. i have given a lot of 5 stars, but i have given some low ones too. its not only to do with the pic quality but also whats in the pic. that will change what the rating is for each person. say if a pic is taken well and has say sci fi in it. well for me that may be a 5 star pic since i love sci fi. however if someone hated sci fi beyond all understanding, then that pic wouldnt be so marvelous. i mean the pic may be well, but he would'nt really like it enough for 5 starts since he wouldnt like it because of the character. so really the pic thing is no big deal. i mean i only posted 1, it doesnt have 5 starts, it just means that someone didnt like the background, the characters or maybe it was a lil fuzzy, or all 3. actually, it is a lil fuzzy, but ive saw a lot worse get 5 starts, that just leaves the other two, i understand this. i know it wasnt worth 5 stars. i mean look at the pics speir has posted. no way in the world do i have the poto taken abilities he does. his is like a pro compared to mine. but what do i think, i like mine better just because i hate the fact that sigma 6 has taken over my 3 3/4 line. so if i had to put a sorta fuzzy pic with my fav 3 3/4 characters against his superb photo quality, id still give the former the best rating.

02-04-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by lehsreh

mmm, for some reason when i posted this earlier it didnt work. so im posting it again. so here goes my thought.

mmm, i really dont see what the big deal is. i mean the rating thing is asking what we think of a pic, right? it doesnt mean how well the pic was taken. i have given a lot of 5 stars, but i have given some low ones too. its not only to do with the pic quality but also whats in the pic. that will change what the rating is for each person. say if a pic is taken well and has say sci fi in it. well for me that may be a 5 star pic since i love sci fi. however if someone hated sci fi beyond all understanding, then that pic wouldnt be so marvelous. i mean the pic may be well, but he would'nt really like it enough for 5 starts since he wouldnt like it because of the character. so really the pic thing is no big deal. i mean i only posted 1, it doesnt have 5 starts, it just means that someone didnt like the background, the characters or maybe it was a lil fuzzy, or all 3. actually, it is a lil fuzzy, but ive saw a lot worse get 5 starts, that just leaves the other two, i understand this. i know it wasnt worth 5 stars. i mean look at the pics speir has posted. no way in the world do i have the poto taken abilities he does. his is like a pro compared to mine. but what do i think, i like mine better just because i hate the fact that sigma 6 has taken over my 3 3/4 line. so if i had to put a sorta fuzzy pic with my fav 3 3/4 characters against his superb photo quality, id still give the former the best rating.

While I understand people may rate things they like better than things they don't, I truely hope users on the site are more sensible with their vote. It seems petty to me. As well a definate abuse of the rating system, I doubt very much that the purpose of the rating system was intended for people to badly rate a picture because they dislike the subject(s) portrayed within the image. I hate Sigma 6. But I'd never badly rate a S6 image. Or think my work superior to it because it isn't what I like. Give people their due... If the pic is fine, but features Joe's we don't like then so what? It deserves a high rating, give it one. Who are we to dismiss a picture just because we don't like the subject? Everyone puts a lot of time and effort into taking pictures, so be thoughful of that before you badly rate a picture of Ice Cream Soldier or someone awful like that... 99% (I hope) Of the users on Joedios are here for the love of all things Joe and wouldn't be so petty to badly rate a pic because their favourite figure isn't it, be them s6 lovers or anti s6, or vice versa.

Not all Pics uploaded are for the Target Range firing squad to give their thoughts on the subject of the picture.

As a community, we should get into the spirit of the site and quit with the arrogance?

If people on Joedios are truely like what lehsreh describes then please speak up. I don't wanna be part of a site where the community is that selfish.

The fact users may do such a thing makes me more angry and confused than I was about my the unexplained bad ratings my photo's got.

Quite simply, it's utter Pish.

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