confused piraka Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 I don't know about everyone else but I'm personally not happy about raffles being open to everyone. this is a bit of a hot take but I will explain it. To me raffles are supposed to be a reward for being active on bzp. many entrants into the raffles have minimal posts and haven't posted in a while. if you are fine with that, that's fine but shouldn't raffles be a reward for being active on the site. hopefully this would encourage more activity. I mean you don't have to change anything, but I would give it some thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato G Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 The community here is small enough as-is. Excluding people from taking part in giveaways if they don't meet some arbitrary post quota will just encourage spam, or drive people away altogether. 1 7 Quote Embers - A Bionicle Saga - Chapters/Review Class Is Out - A Farewell To Corpus Rahkshi - Chapters/Review BZPRPG Characters - Minnorak, Kain, T'harrak, Savis, Vazaria, Lash BZPRPG Mercenary Group - The Outsiders - Description - History - Base Ghosts Of Bara Magna - Ash Tribe - Precipere - Kehla, Somok, Skrall, Gayle, Avinus, Zha'ar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aderia Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Certainly a hot take you have here - I've always thought of the raffles as a way to give back a bit to the LEGO fans throughout the years. I think the reward for being active on BZP is a sense of community - you get out of it what you put in. Sure, it's declined over the years, but that's to be expected with the cancellations and time. I agree with Nato that a "post quota" would not incentivize any meaningful activity. 2 Quote (disclaimer: none of this banner art is original, I just smooshed it together in gimp. Torchic, Matau) Those pesky firespitters... Library | The Sculptors and the Smelters | The Ternion | Review Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taria Pakari Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Some of us lurk more than post. Doesn't mean we aren't active. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta Luroka Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Regardless of whether the raffles should be gatekept (they shouldn't, there's far from enough entrants to merit that idea), Even if they should, I don't think that's a decision for someone who's been using this site for one whole year to make. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Inika Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Sounds like that would just encourage spam. 1 Quote "You are an absolute in these uncertain times. Your past is forgotten, and your future is an empty book. You must find your own destiny, my brave adventurer." -- Turaga Nokama Click here to visit my library! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushy the Mushroom Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 I hugely appreciate that the raffles are kindly run each month after decades of this site existing. Thanks for still doing them, BZP! I adore that they're welcoming to all. I often lack energy to be active, and have always had little useful post-content...along with the feel of being somewhat of a "misfit member" due to my lack of BIONICLE/LEGO knowledge/lore/collecting, and most of my interest being artistic/visually focused. 3 Quote Member-Made Emote Topic Original Mush art thanks to @Bambi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tourmalinex Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) Seems kind of mean spirited, I could understand a contest being locked to the continental USA. However I think raffle should be free to everyone. I don't think a lot of members signup for them Edited October 30, 2023 by tourmalinex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 On 10/28/2023 at 1:32 PM, Taria Pakari said: Some of us lurk more than post. Doesn't mean we aren't active. Can confirm. I don't post very often, but I'm here multiple times a day. 2 Quote [my blog] [custom emotes] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valendale Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) I think one of the goals of the monthly raffles was to encourage more new users. This was from the time period before we just accepted the site wasn't as active as it used to be, and staff were throwing things at the wall. Raffles were one of the only ideas that stuck. Edited November 5, 2023 by Valendale 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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