IF U DONT LIKE IT TELL ME!

Ratcals

New member
Originally posted by supervike


Scores are important (more so to some than others) but I\'ve always felt the comments are among the most valuable part of this site.

Roger that, scores really aren\'t too important to me. Give me something solid like a comment that I can work from.

Can anyone explain the whole idea of why people would snipe anyway?
 

kittykat23uk

New member
Tony,

I know it can be frustrating, but the majority of comments tend to be left by people who really like the piece of work. If someone doesn\'t like it, or appreciates the technical skill, but its not their cup of tea, they are more likely to just vote and leave comments on something else that they feel drawn to. Hence, I tend to find that on my minis at least, the scores in the comments section are nearly always a point or two above the average score. ;)
 

petey

New member
Ignore the score, and look at the comment scores, if the overall score is being affected by snipers then you can\'t trust it anyway - so why look at it?
 

Einion

New member
Duuuuude, don\'t take it personally (i.e. don\'t feed the trolls). Don\'t you think others of us have stuff that has been sniped to death?

And the high-rated comments but lower-rated mini thing is perfectly natural - most people feel comfortable leaving positive commentary and may only take the time when it\'s something they really like so it\'s perfectly natural for the comments to be a little higher than the eventual score.

I\'ve voted 7 on submissions that others have voted 10 on and I\'m not sniping them! :)

Originally posted by Tony Manero
i dont want to be picky... but...
...
????????? same level ???????????????
No, the former is rated too high IMO.

Since you pretty much asked I wouldn\'t rate yours more than an 8 myself though (without half scoring). It\'s clearly a potential 9 but I deduct for flaws when giving a rating. Some of it is very nice but some looks a bit flat, which is all the more obvious because of how good other parts are. Also NMM is incompatible with a gloss finish on any part of the same mini - it\'s either painted illusions of reflections or real reflections, not both for me.

Einion
 

freakinacage

Well-known member
good point kat

i have to say regarding the two minis you are comparing:

yours in beautifully smooth, the nmm looks great. although as spacemunkie says, some of the nmm highlighting isn\'t correct according to the osl (ie on his left wrist guard). and the crest does look unfinished.

the ork is a conversion and although painted in a different style, looks nice. the finish is smooth (not as smooth as yours but that wouldn\'t look right) and there is some great weathering on it
 

EArkham

Necromancer
Wait a minute...

So Borg and Chern Ann went out of their way to help you get your gallery back, folks went back to your gallery to leave comments again, and then you freakin\' deleted it? And now you\'re complaining about snipers by saying your work is better than other people in the same score category? :eek:

Sorry, I\'m not going to let this slide without calling shenanigans. You\'re being a drama queen.

Snipers may piss you off, but when someone spits in the face of people who have tried to help them out, THAT pisses me off. Sure, I\'ve been known to give Borg and Chern Ann a hard time with things I think can be better on this site, but I\'ve never been such an ass about it.

This little stunt totally changed my opinion of you, Tony. Damn... I mean, just damn.

Kep
 
Ok, I\'ll start by saying that I think Tony has gotten a lot nicer recently. He seems to be genuinely trying not to piss people off, both on the forums and in posting comments on peoples’ minis. I will say that I think everyone deserves a 2nd chance, Tony included. I also think that he probably is being sniped more than usual, although any score over 8 is a really good score.

That being said, he pissed a lot of people off with his comments in the past, although he’s never commented on mine. I know some of you vote a lot and some of you barely at all. I vote a lot (about 22,000 minis right now, most in the past 6 months). I have seen many of the comments Tony has made in the past. Just reading some of his comment for other people pissed me off, I can only imagine the person who actually received it by email. Many of them were just rude. Not only that, but he would often vote about 4-5 points lower than a mini deserved. I have often seen Tony vote and comment a 1 or 2 on a mini that obviously deserves a 5 or 6, or at least a 4. By the way, to me giving a lowball score and rude comment is really not much better than sniping, especially when you have no minis posted yourself. It takes guts to do that if you have minis up yourself, but is cowardice if you don\'t. (at least one other regular forum goer does this all the time as well, you know who you are). For those of you who are going to say that constructive criticism, is helpful even if rude; I’d like to see how you’d feel if one of your 8-9 rated minis was given a score of 4 or 5 with a quip, under the guise of criticism; I think you’d sing a different tune.

I don’t really think there is anything Tony can do about this, except for live with it, and continue to do the right thing (not being purposefully mean). I think that he should continue to post his minis; they are very good after all. If he continues to act right, eventually all the people who he pissed off will be gone, or they will forget about it after sniping a few of his minis. He made his bed, and now has to lie in it, although it will probably get better later. It’s a shame if no one gets to see those minis, plus it’s a real punk move to dish it out if you can’t take it. I can at least respect him if he puts his minis back up, takes the scores he gets and learns from this, if he doesn’t, then he doesn’t deserve anyones’ respect anyway
 

marineboy

New member
Tony, be thick skinned. like the man says, it\'s only toy soldiers.

Repost your stuff and be happy with what you\'ve done. Your opinion is the one that matters most, as each our own is with us.

Don\'t worry, be happy.

Live and let live.

Sleep tight, don\'t let the.....oh, sorry, clichés running away with me again.
 

Tony Manero

New member
yeh... reflecting on it... it was just a rage rush sorry -_-\"

in fact it was a pretty immature act... now i reflect with fresh mind... oh... i\'ll post again and i\'ll live with it then ^^
 

Tony Manero

New member
if i can choose i want this pram



pram.6.a1.jpg



:wow:


hot summer --------> boiled baby?
 

Ogrebane

Active member
Its a shame that you pulled your stuff of Toni but you get that.

Dont get hung on the score tho the comments are the only important thing really. I know some people hang on it and I am one of them (I mean how else do you know if your improving)

I would like to see you with 5 minis in your gallery (I know you have at least that many cause of the Marine army your painting) Cause I think you would be up close to the top 100.

Also you have to be a bit kinder when commenting on other peoples minis. SOme people look up to people like you and take it very hard when you talk down to them. I like your style Toni and I know what having a temper can be like but sometimes you have to take a breath before acting.

Hope you repost ALL of your minis.

Oh yer Drink

I think maybe only registered members should vote and also if you dont like a mini you should say why. Its the only way to improve. I would rather a comment than a score.
 

BringerOfStorms

New member
So sorry you got sniped Tony, but keep your chin up, and revel in the fact that some of us have never gotten a nine or ten vote even from our selves! ;)
 

funnymouth

Active member
Originally posted by EricJ
wait!!? this DOESN\'T get you girls?!!!!

ok, I quit :D
lmfao
ahhh, to the matter at hand. i have been sniped a time or two myself tony, and i have freaked out too ( some of these posters can bare witness). NoSuchAgency had some great advice for me - paint a mini! its very....\"cathartic\" as he said. it works, really.
2nd - your minis are rated fairly high as it is! dont complain about a good thing. i only have a single mini thats hit the 7 mark (another is soooooooo close though :)).
3rd - guests snipe based upon what their immediate reaction is. they dont want to seean old ork, or a rat :mad:
they want to see flashy space marines and t**s.

they will never stop guest from voting either, why? because that who bids on the auctions for the most part (im guessing), and it continues to promote the site without forcing browsers to \"jump in.\" thats how it was for me leastwise.

4th. i seem to remember getting angry with you for leaving a \"snipe\" comment on someone elses mini.

5th. dont drop the gallery. i leave minis up that have crappy scores because i love them, and i want to share. someone might see my goofy mini and be inspired - whereas 99% of everyone else who sees it will think \"dated - 5.\"

6th. bottom line _________ CMON is for YOU to express yourself.

i gave it a 9 or a 10, i cant recall exactly
 

DrEvilmonki

Active member
Well I still luv ya Tony even if you are a freaky Italian!

I didn\'t mean you actually snipe by the way (although some may disagree with me) I just didn\'t like you attacking someone elses work like that.

And my BeLakor just went from 8.5 to 8.4 - you damn snipers!:flame: lol
 
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