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#1 harden007
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If we are not already doing it we should give out UNION AWARDS.

Start a sticky thread and have different awards that can be given to different unions. Maybe one round of awards each month. Could be something like:

Most Active

Most Interresting Content

ect.

And honor that union, its officers, its members. And have it all posted in a thread that only officers can post in. Records can be kept, and people can look and see when their union won what award.


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#2 TheForgotten0ne
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It's something to think about. Not a bad idea.
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#3 kcwsk8
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That is a terrific idea:D. I love it. ULC Union Awards. how about we do it every other month? we will have union of the month each month. we will do this.
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#4 bak1234567890
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i beleive gamespot gives some awards.... or i could be wrong

but having ones of our own would be cool:D

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#5 super_manga400
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i beleive gamespot gives some awards.... or i could be wrong

but having ones of our own would be cool:D

bak1234567890

yeah that would be really cool!

hmmm... now what awards whould be given out...?

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#6 baldor58
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like sigs or sothing ?

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#7 siberian142
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i beleive gamespot gives some awards.... or i could be wrong

but having ones of our own would be cool:D

bak1234567890
Yea they did do that last year. It was really big.
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#8 TheForgotten0ne
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[QUOTE="bak1234567890"]

i beleive gamespot gives some awards.... or i could be wrong

but having ones of our own would be cool:D

siberian142
Yea they did do that last year. It was really big.


They did?

I never noticed that. :S

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#9 siberian142
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[QUOTE="siberian142"][QUOTE="bak1234567890"]

i beleive gamespot gives some awards.... or i could be wrong

but having ones of our own would be cool:D

TheForgotten0ne
Yea they did do that last year. It was really big.


They did?

I never noticed that. :S

Heres a link to it.
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#10 maa4208
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Yeah, but we are not doing a Union Awards this year because theres no interest in it.
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#11 BladeMaster75
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If GS is not doing the union awards this year, then we should definitely hold our own here.

Btw, slightly OT... the winners/nominees from last year's awards can help with that compiling of the current major unions of GS you were doing kc8.

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#12 kcwsk8
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We will definatly do this. I will try to get in touch with some of last years winners and nominees. but when should we do it?

And here are all the categories I have come up with:

best union design

most active

best sports related

best game related.

there are more but thats all i can think of right now

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We will definatly do this. I will try to get in touch with some of last years winners and nominees. but when should we do it?

And here are all the categories I have come up with:

best union design

most active

best sports related

best game related.

there are more but thats all i can think of right now

kcwsk8
i would say best off.topic union too
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#14 TheForgotten0ne
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[QUOTE="kcwsk8"]

We will definatly do this. I will try to get in touch with some of last years winners and nominees. but when should we do it?

And here are all the categories I have come up with:

best union design

most active

best sports related

best game related.

there are more but thats all i can think of right now

bak1234567890

i would say best off.topic union too

Best new union?

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#15 fastesttruck
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[QUOTE="bak1234567890"]

i beleive gamespot gives some awards.... or i could be wrong

but having ones of our own would be cool:D

siberian142
Yea they did do that last year. It was really big.

The crew that did them last year won't be doing it this year. None of them have time and I'm done trying to help them with stuff so I refuse to do the whole thing my self
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#16 TheForgotten0ne
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[QUOTE="siberian142"][QUOTE="bak1234567890"]

i beleive gamespot gives some awards.... or i could be wrong

but having ones of our own would be cool:D

fastesttruck

Yea they did do that last year. It was really big.

The crew that did them last year won't be doing it this year. None of them have time and I'm done trying to help them with stuff so I refuse to do the whole thing my self

Well, if you could give us the idea how we can do it. We could try to do it, maybe not a so big one. But we could try.

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#17 fastesttruck
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if the old topics are still out in the open I'd just copy what they did for the most part and update a few things
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#18 harden007
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we should keep it simple to start. Come up with catagories, look around at the unions, hold votes here, enter the winners (and even the nominees if you want) onto a list here. Once we have winners we can put their union tag on a list, and make a tag for their union saying that they won this award from the ULC. They can display the awarded tag on their main page or their message board.
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#19 dukebd699
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[QUOTE="TheForgotten0ne"]

[QUOTE="siberian142"][QUOTE="bak1234567890"]

i beleive gamespot gives some awards.... or i could be wrong

but having ones of our own would be cool:D

siberian142
Yea they did do that last year. It was really big.


They did?

I never noticed that. :S

Heres a link to it.

Yep, my union was nominated. Altough I wasn't leader then. Of course fastesttruck's emblem union won. That union is amazingly helpful.

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#20 kcwsk8
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hey fastesttruck, do you think you could help us with these awards? we need publisity for one thing. i can make a sig or something, we can all start blogs, and maybe we can get a sticky topic on the union recruitment board if we are lucky.
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#21 harden007
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hey fastesttruck, do you think you could help us with these awards? we need publisity for one thing. i can make a sig or something, we can all start blogs, and maybe we can get a sticky topic on the union recruitment board if we are lucky.kcwsk8

we should really get it together before we start advertizing for it. If we make a big deal over an idea or an unrefined product it will only damage our credibility.

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#22 kcwsk8
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your right. thats what i ment
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#23 fastesttruck
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Yep, my union was nominated. Altough I wasn't leader then. Of course fastesttruck's emblem union won. That union is amazingly helpful.

dukebd699
My Union won in all 3 things it got voted for :P even tho what users saw was not the same as what the real vote count was
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#24 fastesttruck
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hey fastesttruck, do you think you could help us with these awards? we need publisity for one thing. i can make a sig or something, we can all start blogs, and maybe we can get a sticky topic on the union recruitment board if we are lucky.kcwsk8
If it gets help from admins I may help. Hell I may help just due to a few issues I had a few weeks ago but that is too long of a story that doesn't need to be talked about here
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#25 kcwsk8
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[QUOTE="kcwsk8"]hey fastesttruck, do you think you could help us with these awards? we need publisity for one thing. i can make a sig or something, we can all start blogs, and maybe we can get a sticky topic on the union recruitment board if we are lucky.fastesttruck
If it gets help from admins I may help. Hell I may help just due to a few issues I had a few weeks ago but that is too long of a story that doesn't need to be talked about here

that would be great if you could. i will try to keep you informed on updates about unions awards. of course if you were a member, you would get telegrams and see the topics on the ULC thing under your unions. ;)
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#26 kcwsk8
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do you all think i should message Don about this? he may can help.
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#27 fastesttruck
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of course if you were a member, you would get telegrams and see the topics on the ULC thing under your unions. ;)kcwsk8
yea that kind of line isn't going to make me join. its rare to see my join a union now days.
do you all think i should message Don about this? he may can help.kcwsk8
Don's busy right now so at least wait a few weeks
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[QUOTE="kcwsk8"] of course if you were a member, you would get telegrams and see the topics on the ULC thing under your unions. ;)fastesttruck
yea that kind of line isn't going to make me join. its rare to see my join a union now days.
do you all think i should message Don about this? he may can help.kcwsk8
Don's busy right now so at least wait a few weeks

for the first quote:

is there a line that will:P

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#30 dukebd699
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[QUOTE="dukebd699"]

Yep, my union was nominated. Altough I wasn't leader then. Of course fastesttruck's emblem union won. That union is amazingly helpful.

fastesttruck

My Union won in all 3 things it got voted for :P even tho what users saw was not the same as what the real vote count was

Do you know what the real vote count was? I was always curious where the Triple A ended up and if anyone came close to the Emblems union.

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#31 fastesttruck
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Do you know what the real vote count was? I was always curious where the Triple A ended up and if anyone came close to the Emblems union.

dukebd699
I should be able to find it. I'll take a look later
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#33 kcwsk8
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when do you all think we should do this? what month? this is something we need to start discussing more of so we can start. im not going to have union of the month until this is over.
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#34 siberian142
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when do you all think we should do this? what month? this is something we need to start discussing more of so we can start. im not going to have union of the month until this is over.kcwsk8
Probably a little while after the new enhancements that are coming after E3 so the unions have a bit of time to set up.
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#35 kcwsk8
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[QUOTE="kcwsk8"]when do you all think we should do this? what month? this is something we need to start discussing more of so we can start. im not going to have union of the month until this is over.siberian142
Probably a little while after the new enhancements that are coming after E3 so the unions have a bit of time to set up.

yeah. im thinking anywhere in or between August-November
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#36 BladeMaster75
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Imo, we shouldn't be thinking too far ahead until these enhancements come and we get to see how much unions'll benefit from them.

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#37 kcwsk8
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Imo, we shouldn't be thinking too far ahead until these enhancements come and we get to see how much unions'll benefit from them.

BladeMaster75
a mod said they would try to get a topic up on the contest board, or union recruitment. that would help alot
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Do you have a link to the post?
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#39 kcwsk8
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Do you have a link to the post?BladeMaster75
it was a PM. all he said was that once we had it more thought out and organized, he would talk to community manegers about giving us a sticky topic on union recruitment if not contest. So we just need to think out exactly how we will do this, then make a better-to-understand thread.
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#40 hendrix29
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Back when I started this union, the union's own awards were an idea of mine. We even had nominations for unions and such. However, with Gamespot's Unofficial awards I didn't really see a need. Since there not doing it this year, we should plan to make it ourselves.

Kc, it's gonna take a big effort by you, but if you get all the members to vote, and spread the word about this union so you can get votes in from others, this could be a pretty big event. I'd message moderators as well.

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#41 harden007
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what are these "new union enhancements" you guys keep talking about. We've had rumors and empty promises from GS for years about union enhacements. It's not happened. I think if we wait for these "enhancements" before we get started then they wont happen until Duke Nukem Forever comes out.
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#42 hendrix29
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I'm too lazy to post a link but check the site enhancements board and you'll find a huge 2000+ post thread full of unfulfilled promises, and brilliant left-behind ideas.
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#43 kcwsk8
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Back when I started this union, the union's own awards were an idea of mine. We even had nominations for unions and such. However, with Gamespot's Unofficial awards I didn't really see a need. Since there not doing it this year, we should plan to make it ourselves.

Kc, it's gonna take a big effort by you, but if you get all the members to vote, and spread the word about this union so you can get votes in from others, this could be a pretty big event. I'd message moderators as well.

hendrix29
I will do whatever is needed of me. I have and will contact mods about this. When its more thought out I will see if I can get the Moderator Collective union's help. I could post a topic and maybe the leader would even post an update. I will research how this will work. Then everyone can post blogs about it, and put that if you like this idea, post a blog too about it.
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#44 fastesttruck
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Unions are far from dead TBH. The leaders that fail just blame it on Gamespot and say that a new lay out would fix it but it wont. It may help but there are still the leaders that are lazy and don't know what they are doing
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#45 kcwsk8
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Unions are far from dead TBH. The leaders that fail just blame it on Gamespot and say that a new lay out would fix it but it wont. It may help but there are still the leaders that are lazy and don't know what they are doingfastesttruck
exactly. now on to union awards, how does this sound? one day in august we will start the nominations for each categorie. then in abot 2-3 weeks we start the voting. and after 2 weeks, we have the results. yes it will take a month to do, but i hope its worth it.

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Unions are far from dead TBH. The leaders that fail just blame it on Gamespot and say that a new lay out would fix it but it wont. It may help but there are still the leaders that are lazy and don't know what they are doingfastesttruck

Unions are not dead here on Gamespot, but they are cumbersome and they sometimes work against you. There are random errors everywhere and things that don't even work. I remember when I started my union, every single topic was deleted the second day. WHAT IS THAT!? Gamespot needs to do some serious cleaning up imo (and I am no lazy leader).

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#47 fastesttruck
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kcwsk8 yes that sounds like a good plan so far. users with long user name >_> are you sure an officer didn't kill them?
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#48 kcwsk8
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  • Best Sports/Special Interest Union
  • Best Union Presentation
  • Best Union Archive
  • Union That should be GameSpot Endorsed
  • Best Off-Topic/ Discussion Union
  • Best "First to Fight" Union
  • Best Game Specific Union
  • Best Community Assistance Union
  • Best GameSpot Union
  • Best New Union

These are the categories from last year. I want at least five new categories.

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#49 BladeMaster75
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The way I see it, we have three groups here: best union of _____ type, best _____ aspect of the union, and "underdog" awards.

For the first group, there's Sports/Special Interest, Off-Topic, Community Assistance, and Game Specific. I can't think of any more.

For the second, there's Presentation and Archive. I'd add Community, it could be based on the atmosphere/activity/quality of the board.

For the third, the awards more or less promote/bring attention to smaller unions coming up or unrecognized but high-quality unions. We have new unions and unions that should be endorsed, I'd add best union with less than _____ views (could be called Best Unseen Union) and best union with less than _____ members (could be called Best Small-Scale Union). That's all I can think of for now, but there's a lot of potential for adding categories in this third group.

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#50 kcwsk8
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Btw, Best New Union includes unions formed a year or less ago, right?

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I guess it could be. i sent out PMs to everyone who helped last year, and I talked with chicknfeet about it. i hope this will all work out.