ByteSlinger wrote:To clarify my position here, let me start by saying we're not talking about obvious blammable flashes (porn, hentai, abusive, blank screen, etc) vs. obvious passable flashes. We're talking about the gray area in the middle where one person might see a flash as a "1" and others may see it as a "2".
If a flash is not obviously blammable, and it requires a person's own feeling of "right" versus "wrong", I generally pass it with a 2 if some sort of effort was put into it (original artwork, some animation, not derogatory, etc.) I like to give "honest" noobs the benefit of the doubt.
On Clock Day, we see the whole range of flash, from decent animation to downright abuse. I vote on them as I usually do - and it has been my observation that there are quite a bit in that "gray" area of "1" vs. "2". It has also been my observation that about a third of the flashes are outright tripe, and they have been blammed accordingly. Some have been decent, worthy of 3 or 4. But the rest fall in that grey area - and as I said before, I personally tend to be lenient in my voting in that case. It is the way I look at life, so in my case, based on the mix of flashes submitted and what I've observed today, it seems that "voting as usual" and "probably let most pass" work out to be the same thing.
I will, however, fully agree with you on your very important point you made: Clock Day is not an excuse to change your voting habits. We should all vote fair, as we always should do.
No disrespect has been intended, Eagle - I just wanted you to know that I do understand your directives and I am still following them as I usually do.
*Salutes*
Thanks for that response. It certainly cleared things up. Let me clarify myself that the only thing I care about is that voting habits don't change on Clock Day. In the case of "gray area" flashes which are pretty much always up to interpretation, that's a different story. We all handle it in our own ways. Of course, depending on your voting habits, something I consider a "0" could be a "5", and vice-versa. I guess the poll options were misleading in that regard.
Also, I saw no form of disrespect whatsoever...I asked a question, and you answered. If you refused to answer,
that might have been disrespect.
Anyhoo, now that Clock Day has officially passed us (the sea of blue also stopped, lol), let's get some thoughts from the members. Here's mine:
This year's Clock Day was quite mundane in comparison to other years. For those that were around to see it, Clock Day '07 was the worst one I could remember. By 12:01 NST (Newgrounds Standard Time, lol), I saw at least 75 Flash UJ. It was necessary to use the "More Recent Submissions" page just to get a look at all of the UJ entries. Also, almost every single person instinctively voted 5 on each Flash, as every single Flash that came off the Portal was blue (and IIRC, all had scores over 4.5). Exciting? Sure. But, as you can imagine, a tad depressing.
That Clock Day saw something along the lines of 2,000 Flash submitted, and 0 blams. That was also the Clock Day that Slash performed a major 180 on his Flash policies. If you look back in the history of the EGB thread on that day, you'll see him get more and more irate during the day. By the 16th, he was Samuel L Jackson, and the mass 5-ers were snakes (lol). I'd say the worst part was the day after Clock Day, though.
On 8/16/07, the mass-5ing just didn't stop. I'd say it was until the 17th that Flash finally started to get blammed again and not every single Flash was green or blue. The real issue I had with the 16th was that people like Fleek started to take advantage of the mass-5ing and posted boatloads of crappy and malicious Flash using many alts that day. I remember that we would get a least 5-10 Flash a day from that group after the 16th.
Anyway, this Clock Day didn't see any of that. Most stuff got past, yes, but I didn't see a "sea of blue" like I did in previous years. Around 7PM NST it was getting to that point, but it curbed rather quickly afterwards. It think the NG Admins started to realize that Clock Day was doing more harm than good and that's why they didn't advertise it or overtly announce it. Instead, it wasn't until the afternoon or evening that most people remembered and started up the ol' tradition, but soon let it pass. We did, however, as in previous years, get some great CC submissions to look at, and i have a few fav's for it.
How about the rest of you. Impressions? Comparisons to other years? Let's hear it!
The worst part about it, though, was that the mass-5ing didn't stop