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Enter the Arena - Time for change?
Faolan:
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--- Quote from: CleanerWolf on 15.04.2016, 22:09:11 ---With nearly everybody having a smartphone nowadays would it be possible to setup a small website with a voting system, so that the audience could vote for their favorite dancer? This doesn't have to replace the judges completely, but it could be taken into account for the end result.
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Well, that means the one with the sexiest butt will always win, even if he doesn't move, and girls would have 0% chance to ever win :)
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I'm not a big fan of a voting system, even though I have the sexiest butt ;3 jk jk. It would be interesting to see whom the audience would've picked as their winners, but I don't think it would be really fair towards the dancers. I want to be judged by people who know what they're talking about, not by people who drool just at the sight of a sexy fursuit, no matter if that would be in my favour or not. ;3
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--- Quote ---Personally I think that voting is not so important anyways, the dance competition should be about fun in the first place, from what I've seen in the previous years, all dancers performed great, it's always exciting to see how much passion they put into it and that is what should be kept.
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It is, and always has been, a competition, which means voting/awarding points is important. The most important point of all is having fun, but that doesn't mean that it's not nice to be rewarded for your hard work. Besides, some of the dancers, me included, are doing their best to win this thing, which ensures that there will be phenomenal performances. If not for the chance to actually win something, we could just as well just add another open dance event, instead of the competition.
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--- Quote ---Something that would make Enter the Arena better in a way (to me) is to give information way beforehand. Information about the rules and how it all works. I want to join but there is no information online at this point.
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Nihil has a very valid point here. New dancers are pretty much thrown in the deep end here. Some information online on this event would be nice.
FreesTyler:
--- Quote from: Faolan on 18.04.2016, 18:52:50 ---
--- Quote from: Cheetah on 17.04.2016, 14:31:22 ---
--- Quote from: CleanerWolf on 15.04.2016, 22:09:11 ---With nearly everybody having a smartphone nowadays would it be possible to setup a small website with a voting system, so that the audience could vote for their favorite dancer? This doesn't have to replace the judges completely, but it could be taken into account for the end result.
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Well, that means the one with the sexiest butt will always win, even if he doesn't move, and girls would have 0% chance to ever win :)
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I'm not a big fan of a voting system, even though I have the sexiest butt ;3 jk jk. It would be interesting to see whom the audience would've picked as their winners, but I don't think it would be really fair towards the dancers. I want to be judged by people who know what they're talking about, not by people who drool just at the sight of a sexy fursuit, no matter if that would be in my favour or not. ;3
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Don't be delusional Fao, there is nothing sexier than a ratty butt in HD ;)
Being serious again, what could be done with a vote is to just have an extra placing as "crowd favorite", not necessarily with a price other than the title, though that might be a lot of effort for just that.
Faolan:
--- Quote ---Don't be delusional Fao, there is nothing sexier than a ratty butt in HD
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In your dreams, babe ;3
--- Quote ---Being serious again, what could be done with a vote is to just have an extra placing as "crowd favorite", not necessarily with a price other than the title, though that might be a lot of effort for just that.
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I think this is actually a very good idea!
Shay (Wolly):
I really like these ideas and suggestions.
Having dancers in the Jury is a nice touch to it, especially the winners from the previous year.
Issues might arise if the winner(s) won't attend the con the next year, or the first place winner doesn't speak English.
Just two things that popped up in the back of my mind.
Doable, for sure, just requires some planning and communication.
Not a particularly big fan of audience voting, because of fanboying, larger support/friend group and the works.
It might be nice as an audience favorite, but then again the above impact will make the result a bit wonky too.
I agree that it is very hard to find information online about the Dance Comp, the people that run it have busy lives and usually when the post goes live, the chance to ask questions comes with it. That said, I do see that it isn't the best way to deal with it, so I will see if I can write something about the competition and have it stickied somewhere appropriate in the forum.
To help out with the hosting and announcing of dancers or performers, I also would like to suggest a change in questions asked.
That might help too with preparing us and yourself.
I do like the fact you all speak out and help make Enter the Arena a better show for the audience, the organisers and the contestants.
Win, win, win situation!
Faolan:
--- Quote ---I agree that it is very hard to find information online about the Dance Comp, the people that run it have busy lives and usually when the post goes live, the chance to ask questions comes with it. That said, I do see that it isn't the best way to deal with it, so I will see if I can write something about the competition and have it stickied somewhere appropriate in the forum.
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Thank you so much for being willing to take the time to do this! I'm sure a lot of people will appreciate it!
--- Quote ---To help out with the hosting and announcing of dancers or performers, I also would like to suggest a change in questions asked.
That might help too with preparing us and yourself.
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Yes, please :P I've actually had this idea of short video intros for each dancer in the back of my head for a long time. It would require some planning and effort though, so I don't know if this is actually doable. Even just a short video of the camera circling the dancer while he/she is being introduced would be nice, I think.
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