Yes or no to nomination events?
No, you are right, it just feels like school/gym class all over again.
You just have to remind me of my sad life :(
Forced to do group assignment, when you can do all of them alone
Not to mention there'll be someone that absolutely do nothing
Well I might want to nominate you.. But I haven't read all the rules or what I have to do ¯\(ツ)/¯
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I've never been one of the popular guys in anything I did, and in many cases I was the least desirable one. So I'm just used to never get into a popularity contest, I don't mind, I know I won't get in right from the start.
Also I know I don't do anything worth of recognition here on the forums, the few people that know who I am know me because I have the habit of dropping into a discussion just to antagonize someone. And my ratio isn't awful but it isn't good either.
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I want to get nominated for a Fallout 4. No Oscars or Emmy. o3o
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You are right, it is like gym class. But I skipped gym a lot. ;)
I haven't followed any of the nomination events, I don't really understand what they are about.
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Yeah I closed the thread the moment I read about nominations, although some of the prizes are really nice. But I'm not popular here at all so there was no use. Why bother?
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Since I found undercovered group of people from here that exists only to randomly nominate each other small group less than 10 people, I'm not going to participate... it just lost the sense for me.
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Okay - I am soon going to call Shenanigans on the whole world and ask for a re-roll !
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cause I have no experience in universe building - but I am quite good at fookin up my own world - so I say start small, then work up to universe domination :)
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I'd have to agree with you.
At the same time.....I guess I can't care too much. I'm not active enough to be nominated for anything so.
If it's fun for the people making it, they should just continue on.
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I guess everyone who isn't part of the cool kids isn't going to enjoy these "events". (PE didn't have a problem as I was always very fit, but I was always too serious for those ones where popularity was the only parameter)
Walli's event sounds like it'd be fun to take part in, but being outside those 15, I wouldn't really find it fun to watch...
At least in Revil's we can suggest categories/parameters which could get less noticed people involved.
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A well placed blacklist can achieve more then a rant.
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Interesting topic and I wanted to add something you might not have considered.
For some reason beyond my understanding, I have been nominated for some GA events and have been invited to participate in many of them.
As someone who only enters GA's of games that are on my wishlist, it makes me feel uncomfortable being invited to these events. I almost feel pressured to enter the GA's because I was part of folks invited and I don't want to come across as ungrateful. I have in the past declined to enter some of these nomination events with mixed responses from the event creator (some understanding, some pissed off that I would be so ungrateful for being invited). I actually hate being nominated!
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What's the problem in posting something along the lines of "Thanks for the invite!" in the group front page comments and simply not entering any of the GAs?
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like I said, i have received mixed responses in the past - some people look at the list of entries on their GA's and then ask - why I did not enter any and then are upset about 'wasting an invite on someone so ungrateful'.
I simply cannot control the reaction of the event creator - only my own actions in thanking them for the opportunity and then not entering any of the GA's. If that upsets them, there is simply nothing I can do to prevent that.
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Have people actually told you that you're wasting a slot, or are you assuming that they have such feelings?
It hasn't happened to me, and I would only enter such giveaways if I'm certain that I'm going to play the game shortly after winning. Just having the game on my wishlist isn't enough to get me to enter and reduce the chances of others who may be more interested in the game (this notion is limited to giveaways for whitelists or small groups; I don't have such reservations when the GA has thousands of other entries).
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yes, i have actually been told that I was an 'ungrateful piece of ####' for being invited to and not entering into any of the event GA's. That is not to say that it has happened every time, but it has happened.
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Let me just say, if you get nominated for the event, I will let you know but I will not make you take part! I will pass your place onto someone else.
I really want people to enjoy their time, if being a part of an event spoils that, then I wouldn't make them do so.
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I think the events are cool - I just prefer not to take part in them personally :D Some people do not like that - normally I get these private event offers sent over steam messenger and I try to politely decline the invitation and get mixed responses. I even told one of the event creators 'I use SG as a platform for me to give to others and I do not enter GA's outside of my normal private groups (you can check my SG profile to verify that) so please give my invite slot to another worthy individual'. The response was 'You think you're too good to enter my event GA's - go #### yourself'.
Now I'm not mad at the guy for reacting like that - he is who he is and he very well may have felt insulted by me not being interested in his event - and feeling insulted by that is justified. I would prefer that he wasn't insulted by it as it was not my intent to insult him. But I can only control how I respond and not how others respond.
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I agree with you, nice response! I wish others shared your mindset.
Don't worry though, I understand your point of view, if I am to hold an event you are nominated for, I'll approach you as I said(as a courteousy) but I won't get salty if you don't appear in it. It's totally up to you if you wish to enter or not.
I personally don't enter many forum event giveaways or giveaways in general anymore except wishlisted games, I try and stick to for every 1 I win, I give 1 away as well where possible. However I do occasionally get people trying to give me things outside the forums and I understand the plight of not being able to say no. It's not a lack of gratitude, its that knowledge that their generosity is better off given to someone else.
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seriously, sounds like whining
but dont get me wrong...
that how it sounds
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It does feel very much like a popularity contest. I really like the community here and don't think we need to start singling people out as better than others, especially not publicly. I think leveled giveaways or private group giveaways (such as ones for people who write scripts, etc.) are a better way to show appreciation.
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Does it feel for anyone else like being "picked" (aka not picked) last in gym class all over again?
Don't get me wrong, lots of people deserve it, i don't even care if i am not nominated, i'll just pass the event.
However what strikes me is when i see certain people get nominated that i barely seen on the forum, some even with ratios to be deeply ashamed of (600+ wins against 100+ sends), or someone that made a script 4 years ago or someone knows someone IRL, so usually it tends to be the same lists over and over.
Personally i think it shouldn't be just about ratio, or just 1 nice thing someone did, but a more total package (as in a good ratio but also a nice person or done some nice scripts, howevere you mix it).
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/IB9yt/party-saboteurs Anyone is invited to my party.
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