Union Award Show Renaissance *Voting Thread Open!*

[QUOTE="julian_jr"] Also, what do you think of the possible categories in the second post? Do you recommend anything different?kittygus

I'll help, gladly.the-silent-hero

So I guess I should post this in my union? :Pthe-silent-hero

[QUOTE="mariostar0001"]I've seen two blogs and two union topics about this. Word is spreading fast. julian_jr

Everything I can think of is too generic, AKA already thought of. :P Also note that I've now seen it in three unions, but you can blame Cloud for that. ;) mariostar0001

For some reason, gamespot won't let me copy and paste the template!kittygus

Oh add me to the team.
And as for the Best First to Fight Union award, what does it mean?papermariofan57

[QUOTE="jediknight52501"][QUOTE="julian_jr"]Good idea, I'll sticky it here in a minute. Aside from that, what categories would you suggest to have?julian_jr

yeah i know, i am a member there.jediknight52501

I like the idea of doing these. 

Although if I may, I think there should be something along the lines of "best political/religious union". There are quite a lot on Gamespot. 

I like the idea of doing these. 

Although if I may, I think there should be something along the lines of "best political/religious union". There are quite a lot on Gamespot. 

optiow

a lot of people are supporting this. It might actually happenAzaru32

what Unions are still alive that i am not a member at?jediknight52501

I don't know what members of unions you are. 

Although I have seen many unions that have political, religious and philosipocal themes, and they should be included also (in my opinion). 

I like the idea of doing these. 

Although if I may, I think there should be something along the lines of "best political/religious union". There are quite a lot on Gamespot. 

optiow

[QUOTE="Azaru32"]a lot of people are supporting this. It might actually happenjulian_jr

Good good, keep it up !

[QUOTE="jediknight52501"]what Unions are still alive that i am not a member at?optiow

I don't know what members of unions you are. 

Although I have seen many unions that have political, religious and philosipocal themes, and they should be included also (in my opinion). 

don't know about those kind of unions. You can't say a union is better than another in terms of religion etc. At least thats how i see it

Hey optiow!

Hmm... I hadn't thought of that category, which unions out there fit those spots? I didn't know there were unions of that nature around in gamespot.julian_jr

Hey J :)

These are a few political unions which I know of. There are also religious unions and a philosophy one. 

don't know about those kind of unions. You can't say a union is better than another in terms of religion etc. At least thats how i see it

Azaru32

I thought it would be judged in terms of activity, membership and age etc? This is not about what the union stands for, but how good they keep the union, no?

If they are put with the rest then ok. I thought you meant a special category about best political, religious etc unionsAzaru32

Well that would be nice, because the political unions that are active (such as mine) don't seem to have much going for them for these awards, because they are never as active as OT unions. 

Is there more than one political/religious union out there? If there is a good amount and they are all relatively active, then we could add the category. This is all in terms of how many people are active in different types of unions. The only thing I do fear about this category is however that people could argue due to some people having very differing opinions on these types of matters. Some might end up offended if there union didn't win and a different religious union won for example. julian_jr

There are many out there, although I have not checked their activity in a long time.

[QUOTE="julian_jr"]Is there more than one political/religious union out there? If there is a good amount and they are all relatively active, then we could add the category. This is all in terms of how many people are active in different types of unions. The only thing I do fear about this category is however that people could argue due to some people having very differing opinions on these types of matters. Some might end up offended if there union didn't win and a different religious union won for example. optiow

There are many out there, although I have not checked their activity in a long time.

Do you think that perhaps slightly editing one of the current categories would allow your union and types like it be able to compete for awards against other unions? The whole category list still isn't completely set, so there's time to change things around to set it up to include as many different types of unions as possible.julian_jr

I am fine with slightly editing something. I am just worried that different types of unions have different activity rates and membership etc, and I wish to make things as unbiased as possible. 

[QUOTE="julian_jr"]Do you think that perhaps slightly editing one of the current categories would allow your union and types like it be able to compete for awards against other unions? The whole category list still isn't completely set, so there's time to change things around to set it up to include as many different types of unions as possible.optiow

I am fine with slightly editing something. I am just worried that different types of unions have different activity rates and membership etc, and I wish to make things as unbiased as possible. 

im only in the unions that worth my timeAzaru32

Yeah, which is why categories are open for discussion right now. The challenging part is that we only want 8-10 categories (to make the awards a challenge, and since in the past it was always that amount). Which category could be slightly edited to include those types of unions? There's gotta be a way somehow. julian_jr

I like those ones such as "most dedicated union", however I suspect that people will judge them on membership numbers, post counts and most views. So I think that if something is added in there saying size doesn't matter that would be good. 

[QUOTE="julian_jr"]Yeah, which is why categories are open for discussion right now. The challenging part is that we only want 8-10 categories (to make the awards a challenge, and since in the past it was always that amount). Which category could be slightly edited to include those types of unions? There's gotta be a way somehow. optiow

I like those ones such as "most dedicated union", however I suspect that people will judge them on membership numbers, post counts and most views. So I think that if something is added in there saying size doesn't matter that would be good. 

I just added that small part in. ;) For all of these awards the size doesn't matter, there can be major upsets possibly, if a smaller union which more people are a fan of beat an older, bigger union. Obviously if a union appears nearly dead then it may have a much harder time winning against a union which is more active, however the people voting on this will be the members of the gamespot union community.julian_jr

Thank you :)

How exactly are unions nominated?

[QUOTE="julian_jr"]I just added that small part in. ;) For all of these awards the size doesn't matter, there can be major upsets possibly, if a smaller union which more people are a fan of beat an older, bigger union. Obviously if a union appears nearly dead then it may have a much harder time winning against a union which is more active, however the people voting on this will be the members of the gamespot union community.optiow

Thank you :)

How exactly are unions nominated?

I'm going to have to talk to fastest, about how they did the entire voting process in the past. He's the only person in our team so far who did this in the past, and knows exactly what to do.

I'm thinking we'll have two rounds: a nomination round followed by a voting round. People will be able to nominate different unions for each category, and after a while we will get the top 5 or 4 unions nominated for each category and set them up in the voting round. Users will then vote for the unions displayed for each category on which ones they believe deserve to win.

This will all be done by actual post, not using the standard poll system, in order to keep people from cheating. People will have to be above a certain level (like 6) in order for their vote to validate also, in order to keep people from creating secondary accounts to get more votes. julian_jr

Sounds good :)

[QUOTE="optiow"]

[QUOTE="julian_jr"]I just added that small part in. ;) For all of these awards the size doesn't matter, there can be major upsets possibly, if a smaller union which more people are a fan of beat an older, bigger union. Obviously if a union appears nearly dead then it may have a much harder time winning against a union which is more active, however the people voting on this will be the members of the gamespot union community.julian_jr

Thank you :)

How exactly are unions nominated?

don't people like me who is on the team would have a vote count? and are leader allow to vote for their own union? just making clear heh :P

I would like to help with something in the show, if possible. :P

Yes.Bzilla56

I would like to help with something in the show, if possible. :P

the-silent-hero

I'm pretty sure that anyone regardless of if they're on the team or not can have their vote count and leaders can vote for their own unions. I don't see why not, I might not be voting on my own union just out of fairness, although I think it'll be alright. I'll ask fastest though, since he knows how it worked in the past with that matter. julian_jr

A suggestion, a team of designers?