I am surprised the polls that have been created have not been requested for them to be STICKIED for a certain amount of time.
The thing is that a lot should have been different. nsxot1c posted polls without my knowledge. I still had 2 requests to wait and probably would have asked Lud for a whole new section dedicated to this on prime. But it has been a long time, and he did put in a lot of time and effort to gather it all up. I appreciate that.
As I said before, think about this as a trial run. To do this right without Lud's help as a moderator on a thread or a new section is very very time consuming. As many of you saw I tried to police the nominations thread and finally gave up. Before you know it, it turns into a "where did you get that part" and "what kind of lip is that" thread. Some guys put in very little effort to put good photos before polling started, then once it is on and votes come in, they start to post pictures on those threads. That shouldn't be either.
You are absolutely right that it should be a temporary sticky (or its own section) because it isn't fair for threads that drop to the bottom while others are bumped. Right now white is up top and some others are way down with 15 posts in between. It becomes diluted, and it really loses its meaning with all these separate random threads mixed into the gallery.
I think a lot of people got angry at me (and many actually yelled at me) for not posting polls sooner and faster, but this is an incredibly time consuming process. There needs to be regulations about current ownership, number of photos, how long polls stay open, etc. Right now cars that are already sold are collecting votes, taking away from current owners. That's not cool, we don't want to be voting on random cars.
To be honest, at first I was a bit upset at nsxot1c for starting the polls without speaking to me, and we definitely had a few PM's go back and forth. He thought because he mentioned it in this thread I would know, but I hadn't checked the thread. We really didn't have communication. But he has put in a lot of time and we should be thankful of him. He's been a big help in organizing them. Once it was out of the bag and he had started to post polls, we decided to let it run as a trial run. If the nominations thread was more organized without random posts in there, it would be much easier to make the polls. Let's just say that some lessons are being learned now, and hopefully we can make it a lot better and more organized in a few months.
I also want to say that I am open to any suggestions. One thought I have had is to have a modification list alongside the cars. What do you guys think about that? should we include that sort of list so people can know? would that affect the voting? Would you want to know if someone has a built 3.5L motor for example? In photos they look the same.
Another thought I have had is giving people the choice to compete in multiple categories. For example if I have a silverstone widebody, I can compete in both rather than to be excluded from one group. There are cars that fall in between. They have rear fenders but stock fronts. See once you are in charge of organizing, you realize how many issues pop up. There are guys that have nominated themselves and posted ONE PHOTO. IMO, they should not be included. You should at a minimum have a front, rear, and side shot. Possibly also an interior shot. We can also add a category for hottest interior, any color. Like I said I am open to suggestions.
