ME20 - Miniature Exchange #20 \"the coup d\'etat\" - FINAL list pg4
- Thread starter Undave
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tidoco2222
Active member
tidoco2222 UK anywhere,
cucaiothegreat
Curse you Red Baron
I\'m in!
cucaiothegreat - Italy - Europe
cucaiothegreat - Italy - Europe
JesterzUSMC
Recovering Megalomaniac
I say leave it as is.
Speaking from the perspective of having missed six of these, I think that some of the influx is from the same group of people that have either missed several, or never participated.
The popularity of the exchange is understandable, and you can only expect it to get bigger.
Shoot, if anyone is willing to take the mantle permanently, building a website and regular program along these lines and allowing it to be promoted on other miniature/hobby sites wouldn\'t be a bad idea.
Speaking from the perspective of having missed six of these, I think that some of the influx is from the same group of people that have either missed several, or never participated.
The popularity of the exchange is understandable, and you can only expect it to get bigger.
Shoot, if anyone is willing to take the mantle permanently, building a website and regular program along these lines and allowing it to be promoted on other miniature/hobby sites wouldn\'t be a bad idea.
Not that I want to put them off but it seems to be the people who only check in once a month that tend to end up causing most of the problems because they aren\'t there to answer PMs or see any important announcements. If you\'re going to be part of ME you really need to be on CMoN more often than that.
We have more than enough people to go with now but in the interest of fairness I\'ll take the middle ground and bring it forward by one and a half weeks. That way if people have it on their calendar to check in on the start date they won\'t have missed much. Don\'t forget that there\'s still a one week grace period for list adjustment so if people are still desperate to join in during that period then they can.
The provisional list will be made available on the 25th and exchanging will now commence on the 1st of June instead of the 5th. Four days is not much of a change but it does mean less time to wait for those who can\'t and it still leaves plenty of time for those who want to sign up but haven\'t. Hell, knowing my luck something will go wrong and we\'ll end up starting later anyway lol
I know this is messing about a bit but like I said before, this is the first time I\'ve run it and there are bound to be issues that need addressing. In this case I was just concious of the fact that the longer you leave something the more people\'s interest begins to wane.
We have more than enough people to go with now but in the interest of fairness I\'ll take the middle ground and bring it forward by one and a half weeks. That way if people have it on their calendar to check in on the start date they won\'t have missed much. Don\'t forget that there\'s still a one week grace period for list adjustment so if people are still desperate to join in during that period then they can.
The provisional list will be made available on the 25th and exchanging will now commence on the 1st of June instead of the 5th. Four days is not much of a change but it does mean less time to wait for those who can\'t and it still leaves plenty of time for those who want to sign up but haven\'t. Hell, knowing my luck something will go wrong and we\'ll end up starting later anyway lol
I know this is messing about a bit but like I said before, this is the first time I\'ve run it and there are bound to be issues that need addressing. In this case I was just concious of the fact that the longer you leave something the more people\'s interest begins to wane.
BarstoolProphet
New member
Works for me.
I\'ve got my package ready to send, already. All I need is to know who my unfortunate victim... errr... sendee is.
I\'ve got my package ready to send, already. All I need is to know who my unfortunate victim... errr... sendee is.
JojoTheFlamingMonkey
New member
If it\'s still possible, I\'d like to sign up. I\'m new to this, so flag me as such.
Jojotheflamingmonkey - US - US
Jojotheflamingmonkey - US - US
ScottRadom
Shogun of Saskatchewan
ScottRadom From Canada will ship to anywhere. Except UnDave\'s house. \'Cause that was a fiasco!
I agree; and I\'d much rather have a faster turnaround on MEs than a larger slower ME (though there\'s such a thing as too fast as well...). It makes it more likely that people will miss one due to being distracted by shiny things, but it also makes missing one less of a big deal, since another one will be along shortly.
JesterzUSMC
Recovering Megalomaniac
too true!
Missing one wouldn\'t be so devastating if they happened fairly often.
I wonder if it wouldn\'t b a bad idea to make it a website on its own?
Missing one wouldn\'t be so devastating if they happened fairly often.
I wonder if it wouldn\'t b a bad idea to make it a website on its own?
Well if all goes according to plan the signups for ME21 will begin on the official end date of ME20 and follow roughly the same format incorporating the tweaks.
That would mean signups start on 31st July, provisional list two weeks after, exchange one week after that and a roughly six week exchange period. That would make the ME duration about two months in total allowing for 5 ME per year with a Dec/Jan break for Christmas.
How does that sound? Even with the crappy Canadian post it shouldn\'t take more than six weeks right? lol
That would mean signups start on 31st July, provisional list two weeks after, exchange one week after that and a roughly six week exchange period. That would make the ME duration about two months in total allowing for 5 ME per year with a Dec/Jan break for Christmas.
How does that sound? Even with the crappy Canadian post it shouldn\'t take more than six weeks right? lol
Dragonscale Studios
New member
Sounds great Undave! Thanks for putting this on and I look forward to the next one, and the next one and so on.
No Such Agency
New member
Bump!
I cast a vote for keeping the time frame of ME\'s as it has always been. I think I\'m one of the slower painters here and I have always painted at least ONE of the things I receive in time for the next one Don\'t force me to stay up too many nights in a row painting (pretty much the only time I have lately)
I cast a vote for keeping the time frame of ME\'s as it has always been. I think I\'m one of the slower painters here and I have always painted at least ONE of the things I receive in time for the next one
Don\'t force me to stay up too many nights in a row painting (pretty much the only time I have lately)
mattsterbenz
New member
I like the quicker ME\'s better, personally. If I miss one, it\'s not that much longer \'till the next one starts up. Long live Mini Exchange! Thanks again Undave for taking the burden.
A web site sounds like a great idea, but I don\'t know who would want to tackle that... If I actually knew anything about computers... lol
And whoever I ship to will get a few cactus spines with their models as a little flavor of the Arizona desert. Heck, they might even make cool basing material! lol
-Matt
Thanks again Undave for taking the burden.A web site sounds like a great idea, but I don\'t know who would want to tackle that... If I actually knew anything about computers... lol
And whoever I ship to will get a few cactus spines with their models as a little flavor of the Arizona desert. Heck, they might even make cool basing material! lol
-Matt
Just depends where you got them from.
As long as there\'s no mattsterbenz circulatory fluid on em they\'ll be reet.
