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I never cared for romance in Bionicle; it seemed out of place and kind of detracted from the story's simplicity. :/

Zaktan because I felt like he was one of the best developed and most interesting characters in Bionicle's lifespan.Botar because no one really cared about him anyways and thus killing him off was just unnecessary. Not to mention that they just replaced him with someone who is pretty much an exact replica, and is called "Botar's replacement". Ancient because he was just really cool. http://www.bzpower.com/board/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.pngAnd pretty much everyone that died after 2007, excluding a few.

I'll get this one done after I finish Triggons' banner. -RezRemember, I also want an avatar. Just making sure you don't forget.

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Incorporating both would give people doing comedic comics a huge advantage, though. People doing humorous comics would be finished much earlier and would be able to have much more time revising, if what you say is true.Just a random suggestion I had at the time. I don't want it limited to serious and entirely plot based because the top notch ones would dominate. Leave it open for interpretation and give it a max and min for panels. Require that it has a plot and both serious and humorous parts to it. Etc.That's like saying that there should be a contest allowing poems and novels because people who are excellent writers of novels would dominate (just for example, not saying there's anything wrong with having a contest with poems and novels). The whole point would be that whoever is the best at creating a serious comic would win. But I don't know if you are suggesting a contest where the comic must be comedic as well as serious, or if you're proposing that the contest should allow humorous and serious entries, so forgive me if I'm misinterpreting. I'm totally for this. A death theme is a tad bit grim.

Incorporating both would give people doing comedic comics a huge advantage, though. People doing humorous comics would be finished much earlier and would be able to have much more time revising, if what you say is true.

It certainly is quite the idea, and with some tweaks I think it could work, as much as I think we are going to stick to the traditional contest structure this time. I am having difficulty imagining what the best way to set things up would be. When the authors are to create the continuation of the story, do they make a separate file, or add on to the original image? I think it would have to be the former, because if the final poll presented just one image for each comic, it would prompt voters to vote for the overall best comic, and not consider the theme of continuation, just like in a regular contest. Nor could you present only the second half of the comics in the final poll, for then it would turn into a game of "vote for the best second half."I am trying to think of possible issues, then, with the obvious solution to structure the final poll so that it shows both the first and second halves of the stories, side-by-side. If I reach, I could, probably, also find some theory about voter psychology, but I think that would just be silly. Well, anyway, I see your own theory is that "you can't really tell how good a comic author is based on one comic." I do see what you are getting at: you want to emphasize storytelling, which is a goal of mine, too. However, I think you can get authors to tell a compelling story just as satisfactorily using only one comic. This would also eliminate some confounding variables that inevitably pop up in your structure: how well an author can incorporate feedback, whether or not the author received any useful feedback, success in promoting the second half of the story, how well the author did in the first poll relative to the other finalists. You could offer this rebuttal, however: to eliminate the first three confounders, simply do not allow any entry topics (and pray the authors do not receive any CC in PMs). That would be quite the bold move on my part, to be sure. I'm not sure I and BZPower are ready for that!Now that I think about it, you're right in that someone could tell a compelling story in one comic, as compared to two. And if the comics are going to be serious, then that would be the emphasis anyways. So yeah, carry on with the idea of having the contest centered around having plot-based comics.That being said, I wouldn't include any topics that excessively limit someone's abilities, such as the idea of having to use specific characters. The idea of centering it around a character's death would be good, and so would the war theme. So yeah, that's my two cents.

I just ask my mom to buy them. She knows that I like Lego Bricks, so it isn't that big of a deal.

Then the theme wouldn't be about the punchline, it would just be about someone dying. If the comic is about a character dying, then odds are that the punchline would involve it, too.

Great work guys, good to see you're back and you've still got it. I retired, too, but that's because my bootlegged Photoshop was suspended or something.And it's sad to hear about Nid. :'(inb4 needs more andy reid

I have a bit of an outlandish idea, but hear me out. What if the contest was based around who could create the most entertaining story? To start out, the authors would create a (short) comic that introduces their story, and people would vote on their favorite comics (kind of like the idea you're presenting). However, after the first voting round, the remaining contestants would have to create another comic continuing the story. The people would then be able to vote less on how humorous a comic is or how good the author is at using Photoshop, and instead vote based on how good the author is at creating an entertaining story. This would cause some problems, I understand, but it's just another idea. Voting on a winner based on just one comic would be difficult, because you can't really tell how good a comic author is based on one comic.

I don't know if it was really an issue of effort as much as an issue of "we have this budget-- do we spend it on the old geezer or the super-awesome-bird-monster?" Exactly.

I voted 2006 for storyline, and 2001 for sets. However, I also liked 2006 in terms of sets, too. 2006 rocked. http://www.bzpower.com/board/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.png

I said Pohatu, but I also liked Onua, Lewa, and Kopaka. Lewa and Pohatu for being uplifting and funny (or at least attempting to be), Onua for being wise, and Kopaka for being a very interesting character.

I preferred Makuta. It sounded a lot more ominous, along with most of the elements in the first three years of the story.