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  1. Tufi Piyufi

    So, So Close

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    11:59 PM on a Wednesday night. Board is still down whilst we try to work on things. I have had the urge to blog for ages, yet only now do I have the material. Please, folks, do I look like your 'entry-every-day-about-boring-boring-life' blogger? I should hope you know me better than that.
     
    Festivus is the 23rd. That means I have two, three days to get it done and posted.
     
    "It?" you ask. "Ah yes. And you've mentioned the idea itself for ages now. Why the sudden deadlineitis?"
     
    Because I'm making things all the more official today.
     
    That, my dears, was the gauntlet that just fell. Don't worry: it's for me.
     
    It will make much, much more sense when you actually see the whole thing, which you really will I promise you. I just have to work out a few teensy little details first. Like how to make a Barbie phone stay in a hipjoint hand. Also, those accursed curtains. And the miniature...
     
    Also, the photography and post-production. Minor details like those. Other than that, the script is done (and huge... oh gods why does it have to be so huge), the cast is done, the stage is done, I know the last things that must be done...
     
    It's 11:59, and I wanna stay alive.
  2. Tufi Piyufi

    What Is This?

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    So I change my avatar one night, see. So I post the strip I got it from in that same night, see. And before I know it, poof. Four instant copycats. Outrageous.
     
    Argument #588 against blog bumping: killing the original post dates of entries
     
    That's right, baby. I'm the original.
     
    What's more, the two FAs in the bunch have their avatars set to 100x100. This is not standard procedure. I shall find that treacherous admin who granted this irregular glory to these mere minions and make him pay with his blood.
     
    But wait, what's this? A minion daring to claim the origin as all his own?...
     
    I will be busy for a while. Excuse me.
  3. Tufi Piyufi
    Hi. I made the BBC Contest #46 prelim polls. I'd like to talk to you for a second.
     
    If it were up to me, there would be a program that could take a posted entry list and turn it into perfectly random polls with but a press of a button. This would be simply marvellous. I even know all the things it would have to do: I'm just not a codemonkey in the least. Until then, it's all gotta be done by hand. And believe me, it's all hands. Copying, cutting, pasting, creating thumbnail URLs... There's not a lot of room for higher thought in there. Just about all the thinking involved is 'wait wait wait the URL didn't copy' or 'no, no, numbers are too close, numbers are too close...'. Coming up with a group of poll names is difficult because I have to switch my brain from repetitive task mode to higher thought mode.
     
    Also, you heard correctly in that last paragraph. Numbers. It's the entry numbers that affect what poll you go in, and nothing more. It's a matter of spacing entries out best as I can get them (though the fact that the entries never divide up evenly always makes for fun at the end of this stage). I remember when polls were 'the first ten entries, then the next ten entries, then the next ten...'. People would purposely avoid entering near entries they feared. This system was changed long before I ever became a host, and if it should ever come to that, I will rise from my grave to kill the host of the future who brings that system back.
     
    I make them as random as a human who wants to get the polls up within the month can make them. And you know what? There's always people who deem them 'rigged'.
     
    Not that the 'r' word itself has come up this contest, mind you, but the accompanying attitudes are still there. 'Random' apparently means 'not sharing a poll with an entry other people might think is better than yours'. Guess what? That mindless program would still wind up creating polls people think are 'rigged'. It doesn't know who's popular or who's really good or what have you. It just sees data.
     
    You know what would be rigging the polls? Arranging them so that no two 'good' (as deemed by the loudest crowd, of course) entries are in the same poll, so that they all go on to the semis. That would be rigging. And, sadly, that seems to be what some would rather have.
     
    Hey, folks? Sometimes life just ain't fair. It's a contest for building with children's toys, for god's sake. Stop acting like I killed your puppy.
  4. Tufi Piyufi
    I've done a bit of counting, folks. I managed to finish this particular count very quickly. Did you know that we've only got one female set this year?
     
    Now you do. Remember this: it is an important part of the entry.
     
    One female set. One. That means we only really have one female character in all the story this year. Yeah, yeah, so there might be those 'book-exclusive' characters. Honestly, folks, does that really make much of a difference? Not everyone's going to know what goes on in the books (and chances are, you're gonna have to ask 'well, what exactly does she do?': it's not exactly going to be big or meaningful or vaguely memorable). Yeah, sure, and you can also claim there's more back in the village. Like that hasn't been used before. "You've got a whole village out of six: isn't that enough?"
     
    Apparently, 'boys don't want to play with 'girl sets''. Apparently, the current belief is that boys will develop cooties sores and die or something if they're exposed to more than a bare minimum of femininity. Apparently, you have to market toys to one gender or the other, but certainly not both. Oh no. Boys and girls liking the same things? That'd be like cats and dogs playing together!
     
    Apparently, a whole half of an age cohort doesn't count as a potential market in any way, shape or form.
     
    There's more, gentle readers. One of the reasons given for making only one element female (and it's barely even a hard-and-fast rule anymore) is that 'it makes them special'. Speaking as an actual female, let me say that this isn't exactly a compliment. We're not 'special' just because our chromosomes landed a certain way. Being female just means we're female. We've got some crazies. We've got some geniuses. We've got some morons. We've got a lot of folks that, regardless of gender, you would describe as 'normal'. You know, regular people. Making femininity something 'special' sort of makes masculinity 'normal' by default, and I'm not exactly fond of that. We're talking about beings that are partly mechanical. The 'normal' should be the indeterminate.
     
    We only get one or two female sets a year. Last year, two: this year, one. We just might get another one next year. Wow. I don't care for the whole 'it's a boy's line' excuse: do you honestly mean to tell me that young boys/girls (because 'girl's lines' suffer this same problem, I assure you) should be kept away from a proportion of female/male heroes that reflects the population they see every day?
     
    I don't know what to say if you do.
  5. Tufi Piyufi

    Smeag Aid

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    BBC IMPERIAL PALACE, BZ-Metru-
     
    It was announced late Thursday night that a benefit concert will be held in support of Forum Assistant Smeagol4. The contest, known as 'Smeag Aid', will be held to raise funds for Smeagol4's inevitable and extensive therapy.
     
    "I just figure he's been through a lot, even for an FA," Global Moderator and BBC Empress Latufia Piyufi offered as a reason for her curious generosity, "And believe me, if it's in excess of normal FA-madness levels, then it's pretty dang high."
     
    Though a full roster has not been announced yet, it is known that Elton John will be performing and may also pull out some fancy piano tricks just to ease the soul of the tormented FA. It is rumoured that Freddie Mercury, John Bonham, Keith Moon, and the assorted dead members of Lynrd Skynrd (with their respective bands, presumably) will also be appearing, though the necessary catalysts to such events naturally have people wondering. Empress Piyufi, however, seemed unconcerned when asked about how she was going to bring back all those dead people.
     
    "Oh, please. Ressurection's cake. A rivetail here, a rivetail there, and everything's fine," she explained, with a wave of her hand.
     
    When asked for a tentative date for the concert, reporters mysteriously fell dead. The survivors were told that, with regards to any further information, "[Empress Piyufi]'d get back to you on that." The press conference ended abruptly thereafter.
     
    Smeagol4 was unavailable for comment.
     
    -Reuters
  6. Tufi Piyufi

    This Is The Issue

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    I've been a BBC moderator for over four years now. That's four years of having my eye trained on the place. Four years of watching the Western Bionicle building community. That stretch of time includes the Rahkshi, Metru Nui, the Hordika, the Piraka, and the Barraki, among the other sets released over the years. There's quite a shift to be found in there. We went from the Nuva with incredibly limited articulation, to the Rahkshi with their knees and working necks, to the Metru with just about everything except for torso articulations and full shoulder movement. That's a massive shift in three years.
     
    That's the sets side of things. However, I'm not a Sets moderator anymore. The days of my attachment to Sets have worn off for a long, long time. Besides, everyone and their dog is blogging about sets these days. This is about the more MOC-ish side of things, and the folks who favour showforum=6 over showforum=2.
     
    If I had a dollar for every time someone mentioned 'the declining state of MOCing' during this time, I'd have enough money to bother suing myself for using an overworn cliche and be able to live in luxury for the rest of my days. Those who summon this phrase often go on to elaborate why they think it's that way, typically citing something along the lines of 'too many bad builders'. Too much new, inexperienced blood muddying up the pool.
     
    No. No no no no no no no no no oh for no.
     
    There is an issue, yes. It has nothing to do with the quality of appearance of MOCs. It is so far removed from that, it's not even funny. It's the typical Internet boogeyman: blame it all on the 'noobs' so you don't have to look at yourself and maybe see that there's something up with you and the other established members. As much as I could go on and on about that in general, tonight I speak about how it manifests itself in the building community.
     
    It's all the bloody humanoids.
     
    They're the only thing a vast majority of people build. So much time is spent banging at the typewriter, trying to find the magical combination of parts that is the best. They're the only things a lot of people know how to review. Heck, there are people who, when thinking about a MOC to build, will only think in terms of humanoid. That is, 'what should I do for the head, arms, weapon, torso, etc.'. To so many people, that's what a MOC is.
     
    And you know what? It's even worse than the boogeyman. The whole spectrum of building skill is plagued by this, right up to the ends. It's a death of imagination. Creativity. It might be a bit hard to see at first, but you have to look past the new pieces of each year. Once you do, it becomes more and more apparent that you're looking at the same bloody thing. The pieces are pure distraction. It's a blur. It's all one big blur.
     
    Now that those contests are long over, I can tell you that I was just ecstatic when Roa's wreath won contest #39 and Shan's stone-Mata Nui won contest #40. It was proof that the public doesn't actually hate different concepts like those. They won't shun you for trying something new and different. They're not the obstacle here.
     
    Speaking of contests, why do you think we had #41 and #42? Rahi contests. Because even Rahi are so scarce. Heck, the typical vertebrate configuration, when you lay it out, is pretty dang close to the humanoid. It's just build and postured differently from animal to animal. Even this deviation seems to be too much. #41 and #42 were the biggest contests we've ever had, but good luck finding a Rahi from May on. Or before March.
     
    I already know what #46 is. It's not a question. The responses gathered by my 'Curiosity' entry only reaffirmed this and told me that no, I wasn't so crazy for thinking it up. Just so you all have a warning.
     
    The concept of 'fusion' is a big one. Mixing System parts in with Bionicle MOCs is regarded as one of the higher-end skills. It ends at the parts, though. It takes the parts and leaves behind everything else that is Lego. It leaves behind the very creative soul of Lego. Remember how you'd build all those ships and robots and animals and forts and what-have-you from your System when you were young, building the wildest things you could dream up, and you loved every minute of it?
     
    Go back and pick that up.
  7. Tufi Piyufi

    Curiosity

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    I moderate GD. As such, I often wind up reading the topics contained within that forum. Funny how that works out.
     
    While reading that topic in particular, I noticed something. The phrase 'haven't entered any (since) because there's no theme that interests me (yet)' or a variation thereof comes up a fair bit. I can't help it: as BBC Contest host, I tend to be interested in these sorts of things.
     
    So tell me, folks, off the record: what would be an interesting theme?
  8. Tufi Piyufi
    In order to break this horrific block of inactivity, I know I have to post some manner of entry. Thing is, I have no clue what to write about. This does not help things.
     
    Therefore, I'm gonna have to do one of those sorts of entries.
     
    You heard me. What you do is ask me questions, and what I do is answer them. Or not answer them, if it's something I'd really rather not discuss. Or smite inappropriate stuff.
     
    So? Go for it.
  9. Tufi Piyufi

    A Primal Scream

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    Because there's no way I can hold it in any longer.
     
    I have never hosted a Bionicle-Based Contest in my life.
     
    I have, however, hosted over a dozen of the 45 Bionicle-Based Creations Contests!
     
    You'll find nothing in official contest topics that calls them 'BBCs'. Nothing. You can stop telling others that that's what they're called. That that's what the acronym means. All that stuff.
     
    And gods help me if I see any of my minions, real or otherwise, keep this up... disownage will be the least of your worries.
  10. Tufi Piyufi

    Reassure Me

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    Tell me I'm not the only one who feels this way.
     
    Remind me I'm not the only one more miffed by the person flaming the spammer than the spammer themselves.
     
    Show me that people still see the value in using the report button.
     
    Let me know that someone out there sees that it's more use to the novice creative mind to kindly help them improve than to tear them down for thinking they're better than they really are.
     
    Reassure me of these things.
     
    I know you guys are out there. I know you're still out there. Sometimes, though, you get these feelings of doubt when you're looking at the opposite all the time. Just gimme a little poke and reminder, eh?
  11. Tufi Piyufi

    The Itemry

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    Below is a large chunk of the text from my post in the official Pokemon topic. The list is the same, but some of the 'buffer' text around it is cut or altered, just because it flows better that way.
     
    Understand that I love the Underground. Also understand that I have a ton of Combees. If you remember these two points, the rest of the post runs like the smoothest water in the sleekest stream.
     
    In my time in the Underground, I have uncovered many items. Stones of all hues, rocks in varying forms, Heart Scales... Oh cripes, the Heart Scales. I have a ton of them. You really don't want to know how many. Just know that I can hook you up.
     
    When not underground, I will also spend some of my time as a Pokemon breedeuse, as the French so wouldn't say. Why, there was this one time when I was trying to get a female Combee when I kept getting male after male after male... I wound up with almost twenty spare male Combees in the end. I really don't need that many. I can spare them.
     
    Therefore, I bring offerings.
     

    What I Have Pokemon:
     
    19 male Combees - all L. 1 - varying natures (if you really have any specific request, let me know)
    14 female Igglybuffs - all L. 1 - varying natures (specify if desired)
    -2 have Sing, Charm, Perish Song
    -9 have the above plus Water Pulse
    -3 have Sing, Charm, Water Pulse
    2 male Igglybuffs - both L. 1 - natures below:
    -Timid Igglybuff has Sing, Charm and Water Pulse
    -Gentle Igglybuff has the above plus Perish Song
    All Igglybuff are named 'Doompuff' - this is not negotiable!
     

    Items: (quantity ranges from 'very few' to 'Heart Scale')
     
    King's Rock - very few
    Leaf Stone - few
    Fire Stone - tons
    Thunder Stone - tons
    Water Stone - very few
    Sun Stone - a bunch
    Moon Stone - very few
    Dusk Stone - very few
    Dawn Stone - very few
    Shiny Stone - very few
    Smooth Rock (extends Sandstorm) - very few
    Damp Rock (extends Rain Dance) - very few
    Icy Rock (extends Hail) - few
    Heat Rock (extends Sunny Day) - few
    Claw Fossil - very few
    Skull Fossil - a bunch
    Helix Fossil - few
    Heart Scale - oh cripes do not ask me how many Heart Scales I have
     

    Stuff I Really, Really Wouldn't Mind Getting In Return Pokemon:
     
    Slowpoke
    Krabby
    Cyndaquil
    Totodile
    Lotad
    Sableye
    Seviper
    Bagon
    Turtwig
     

    Items: (not necessary, but they are nice) 
    Up-Grade
    Dubious Disk
     
    The way it works is you choose a Pokemon, and then you choose the item that you want. You PM me and tell me what you're willing to toss my way in exchange for this. At some point, we reach an accord, codes are exchanged if this is the first transaction, and at that point...
     
    ... oh, the caveat. Seeing as how my wireless access is not actually within my home, I can't just fire it up and start the trade right away. Therefore, not only will trading times be restricted to between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM Pacific, but we have to decide exactly when we go about the whole thing. This will be part of the barter banter, but just a heads up.
     
    Different Pokemon to come whenever I feel like breeding a whole bunch up. Well? Anything up there interesting enought to PM me about?
     
    Also, if you have anything in particular you'd like to see, just let me know. I'll see what can be done, but no guarantees.
  12. Tufi Piyufi
    Number ratings.
     
    Made you jump.
     
    THey're the most horrific insult to the artist or builder imaginable, right? Every time you use one, a baby seal dies or something like that. They're four, five, six, even seven (and they can go even higher) characters of pure, putrid horror. A stain on the Creative Outlet or some othersuch.
     
    I bring forth the most modest of proposals in dealing with them, and I can vouch for its efficency on even the smallest of scales:
     
    Ignore them.
     
    Don't post huge things in the first post stating how horrible they are. Don't verbally roll your eyes at every instance of them. Don't get on people's cases just for using them, even if the words in the post itself are perfectly fine. They're four, five, six, even seven (sometimes higher) characters. You can skip over them. Just act like they aren't there in the first place. It's really not that hard. Once you get in the habit, it's the easiest thing in the world.
     
    I started doing this myself many moons ago. I'd like to think I'm a happier denizen of the Creative Outlet for it. You guys call them 'irrelevant'. If they're really so irrelevant, why do you get so uptight about them?
  14. Tufi Piyufi
    I think I need to clear up something on what I said half a year ago.
     
    When I said that Nuva shoulder armour just didn't work for breasts and I went over the reasons why, I did not say 'but oh, Rahkshi heads are just superb for the job'.
     
    They're even worse, folks. They're not even remotely the same shape as the real things. They're never positioned (and can't be) in a way that reflects the way the things really work (I'll give you a hint: Roodaka got it backwards). You're not doing a favour if you use them. I can say with the utmost confidence that no, they do not work on your MOC.
     
    Cripes, Roodaka really didn't do anyone any favours this way. Thanks a lot, Lego. From an actual female in charge of looking at what you've wrought, thanks a million. Hats off to you.
  15. Tufi Piyufi

    On Footwear

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    So, after a recent round in heels, I got to thinking about some things.
     
    Not that this is the first time I've considered this specific thing, however: oh no, contest #30 and time in Artwork have made sure of that. I've contemplated this on many an occasion. Often, a sigh is part of the occasion. Folks, it goes like this...
     
    You do not go around sticking high heels on characters that need speed and agility, like, oh, say... Toa.
     
    Yeah, so maybe most of you have no experience whatsoever with heels. I don't see anything inherently wrong with everyone (everyone) trying them at least once, just to see what the heck's going on there. In fact, I wholeheartedly encourage it. If your ego can't stand the thought of wearing women's footwear for a trial run just once in your life, you're gonna want to toughen that thing up.
     
    But believe you me, folks, it becomes dead obvious who's never worn heels when you see who puts them on their Toa. You know, people who need stability, agility, and speed in order to stay alive. You don't exactly get those things from heels. Yet... on they go all the same.
     
    Characters like Roodaka, who don't really need to do a ton more than walk around, are fine with heels. They've got people to do their fighting for them. They've got things to ride around on. The thing is... heels are extremely out of place on Toa. Incredibly so, even.
     
    The point is... start thinking about the fact that your heeled Toa may actually need to do some fighting, alright?
  16. Tufi Piyufi
    Once upon a time, I drew this.
     
    It was a couple of years ago. The forum refused to show any signs of life. I was bored. I still had Photo-Paint. I believe there was some ridiculous-female nonsense in some forum or other at the time. There were no blogs, and I wasn't about to go posting it in the Artwork forum. At the time, however, there wasn't really anywhere else to put it. Oh, the dark days before blogs.
     
    I wasn't going to post a topic for it because I'm not so fussed on the pictures themselves. The point, yeah. The loose idea behind the pictures, yeah. But the execution... eh, I could do better. I might do a new one once I get everything back together.
     
    Anyhow, the point behind it. Note how the breasts on the left Nokama are angled out, not perfect circles, and actually look like they're subject to gravity. No, they aren't huge and obvious. No, there isn't any cleavage. You don't really get that naturally. They're kinda like a couple of same-polarity magnets that way. They sorta go out 45 degrees from the centre line, if you'd like that note.
     
    As for the one on the right... I hate to say that she's only a slight exaggeration of some figures/drawings I've seen. There is even a small group of people who would love nothing more than to see all females drawn/built this way. Please ignore them.
     
    So yeah. More learning from proper anatomy books, less 'studying' Liefeld and company. It isn't a case of 'go big or go home'. Sink and separate. Take off the hormone-coloured glasses first. All that stuff.
  17. Tufi Piyufi
    You know how in a play, you only ever see the action from one side of the stage (barring any weird performances, of course)? Film and TV work the same way. At least, in theory. When you have a scene, all the shots should be taken from the same side of the action. For example, if the scene is focusing on two people on a couch, you wouldn't suddenly have a shot from behind the couch (or, if you simply must, then at least don't confuse things further by adding in shots from the sides and so on). The imaginary line that marks the boundaries of where the camera can be placed is called the axis, and you do not ever cross it.

    It is especially important because it is related to the grand force of continuity. If you've got a guy hanging around on one side of the screen, it's just bad form to suddenly have him on the other side, though he hasn't physically moved at all. It's disorienting, especially if you don't have anything that could establish a need for the camera to move (seriously, you can forgive almost anything if you have some footage that allows for establishment).

    This I have learned from the film people I know and love.
  18. Tufi Piyufi

    The Empire Grows

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    Lookie here, I got myself a new minion this week. Yes.
     
    Maybe this one'll be different. Maybe she won't try to usurp me. Maybe she won't 'mingle' with any of my other minions. Maybe I won't get so much backtalk from her. I'm still holding out hope.
     
    In any case, I've got myself a genuine princess now. That means she's got a much, much bigger chance of becoming Empress should I ever kick off. Yeah, that's right, guys. You just moved down The List. Bigtime. No, Kex, getting yourself pranked won't help you now. Just before you ask, yeah?
     
    Ah, this is delightful indeed.
  19. Tufi Piyufi
    The contest #42 prelims are up now. All 32 of them, from A to Foxtrot. They end on Sunday, so you better get in there if you haven't already.
     
    The original 'live date' for the prelims was the 16th. This was before I knew that there would be 313 pollable entries. This would take a solid day's work, provided that I had absolutely nothing else to worry about. However, this was not the case at all.
     
    Life did not put itself on hold long enough for me to get the polls up by the 16th, nor did it do so for the other suggested date of the 17th. Face it, folks: I had more important stuff to do. Family birthdays, schoolwork, and all that other stuff kinda takes precedence over polls for an Internet Lego forum.
     
    I will now throw some numbers at you.
     
    I recieved seven PMs, noted at least three topics, and saw at least one blog entry all devoted to asking 'jeez, where are the polls?'. I recieved one PM from a member offering help with the polls.
     
    Does this seem a bit out-of-balance to you?
     
    I got the polls up, yeah. I got them up on my birthday of all days. I got them up even as the complaining got louder. Lemme tell you something: having to ward off all those people with the same, unchanging answer didn't exactly make the polls get done any faster.
     
    One PM against at least eleven instances, folks. I've got over thirteen years of math experience, and yet I'm still having trouble with that one.
  20. Tufi Piyufi
    I've been meaning to get around to this for a while, but here we are now. I've been sidetracked bigtime, folks. That's all you need to know.
     
    BR's already talked about this a bit in the Reference Desk topic. Yeah, contest #42 started off as a joke. That's why the introduction is especially silly. If it was serious from the start, I doubt I'd have done it up quite like that. Anyhow, I posted it as a joke. I was kinda entertaining notions of just keeping it going anyway (I mean, why waste a number like 42?), but nothing too committed yet.
     
    I go to sleep. The next day, when everyone's up and about and panicking way too much, I check out my little contest. The outcry, the riots, the flaming... where is it? Is that... is that... sincere approval of the theme? It can't be. No no.
     
    But it was. Oh, was it ever. A 200+ ever at this point, but that's not important at this stage. At that early stage, what I saw was a whole bunch of people who seemed to really enjoy the theme and who hoped it was for real. I saw people who never poke around in BBC taking interest in the theme. Do you realize how fantastic this was for me?
     
    So I put in a word with the admin-types that I was gonna take this one and run with it after all. My major reasons are as follows:

    A lot of you showed interest in it. And not even sarcastic interest either. Yeah, sure, there were some naysayers, but we get those every contest. I wouldn't dream of trying to please everyone: if I wind up doing that, then there's definitely something wrong. It hauled out people who don't usually poke around in BBC much. Bringing in fresh blood and ideas? Giving people a theme that's very friendly to the extremely casual/never-does-it builder? I'd be nuts to pass it up. You can't just slap a humanoid in here and call it your entry. You actually have to try building something different. You have to try something new: breaking out of your cozy little comfort zone and expanding as a builder is essential for many people in this contest. As well, in virtually all cases, you can't enter 'that MOC you're saving up for a contest that fits it'. 'Contest' means 'challenge', people. You're supposed to build to it, not have it fit you. It's fun and evil forcing a forum filled with guys to make 'cute' stuff. You know me and my evil. It's like a joke-turned-early-self-birthday-present. Except you can all get in on it. Enjoy, folks.
  21. Tufi Piyufi

    Wrap, And Print

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    Well, there goes my fifteenth BBC contest.
     
    There was a time (notably, the last half-hour of the entry period) where I wondered 'is it gonna be a full 300?'. With each entry added to the list, this developed into what one might call a curious fear. You see, prelims for approximately 150 entries is madness enough. Polls for twice that?...
     
    Then it capped out at 290, and there was relief. After the removal of DQed entries, entries without working entry pics at the time of pollmaking, and a doubled entry (honestly, I'm amazed I didn't make any more similar slipups given all the stuff there was to keep track of), the total was 284. This still worked out to 29 polls. Believe me, finding names for those last three polls was the least of my worries.
     
    Somehow, I got all that done. It was a flurry of copy/paste copy/paste copy/paste wait wait wait go back undo/copy/paste, and yet there were still a couple comments of 'pffft, rigged polls'. If there was s way to make all contest entrants site-wide make a set of prelim-like polls before they could enter, oh, how quickly I would jump on that. That accusation is a glaring sign that you don't really comprehend the kind of work and how much work goes into prelims, folks. It really is.
     
    Then semis. Then the final. Then the results topic. Then the unpinning of the entry-related topics. Then the blogging.
     
    And yet, I still feel like I can keep up the impression of sanity. Amazing.
  22. Tufi Piyufi

    Just Some Notion

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    In the first contest voting forum (the one set aside for the BBC contest), there are twenty-nine polls for two hundred and eighty-four entries. 284. That's a pretty big number. It pushes the boundaries of the English alphabet, in fact. This was the least of my problems today, but hey. So, I came up with a solution, and moved on to the more pressing things.
     
    Polls Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie. They've got a certain ring to them, don't they? I certainly like the sound.
     
    Maybe I should do a full set of polls that way one time. Perhaps not this time, but maybe for #42. Eh? Whaddya think?
  23. Tufi Piyufi

    Things To Be Said

    By Tufi Piyufi,

    or, A Numerical Listing
     
    1. You post a link to your entry picture in the post where you give me your entry info. You don't make me dig around for one in your gallery. You especially do not make me dig around for one in your topic. You are provided with a format for submitting your entry: it would be ever so nice if you did something even remotely similar to that.
     
    2. You do not just give me a link to your topic and run off. I will only acknowledge your topic as long as it takes me to get an entry pic out of it. You ignored the entry format: do not expect much more attention than that in return.
     
    3. If you want your entry to be named on the list, then you say what its name is in your entry post. This is like #1: the entry name is one of the fields of the oft-forgotten format.
     
    Okay, I might sound a teensy bit irked there. Maybe 3+ years of built-up irkedness coming out in a single night. It's possible.
     
    Seriously, folks, note this. And don't even try the 'lol noobs' comment. If only this was something commited solely by the inexperienced. If only.
  24. Tufi Piyufi
    So, some of you might pass through BBC on your journeys through the forums. Even if you don't, you should make a pass through there right now. There might be something interesting. Those of you who kick around in GD a lot might want to take a look. It's like a sweet blend of both my lands, this thing I'm hinting at.
     
    One request, though: if you want to discuss the thing it's based off of, please take it to the very well-established topics for such subjects in GD. The nameless topic in BBC tends to get big enough as it is. Please, for my sanity?
     
    Now to prime The Red Sharpie. And as for you guys... get looking already!
     
    Ah, it's been all too long...
  25. Tufi Piyufi
    So, one might say that the opinions on the sets shown at Toy Fair are a bit passionate. That's fine. Passion's fine. Looking at things as a whole is fine.
     
    But cripes. Take a look at the playsets, folks. Do you not notice those beautiful little things?
     
    Black whips.
     
    It is glorious.
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