Hello GUNners! Hello Graphical Effects Specialists of GUNetwork!
This topic is for G.FX. Specialists Administration purposes only.
Only moderators of this section can, may and should post here.
This is why it is locked.
For GFX Specialists, they will have to UNLOCK, POST, and then LOCK the topic back. If any regular members post here by accident, their post will be removed.
Most of these features/regulations here are open
to eventual change/adjustment/improvement.T (for Team)
T1: Our current, active GFX Specialist crew is:
Team Leader:
@Cruz011Team Deputy:
@AdvancedTerrorTeam:
@Suddenly Psychotic@MadBoy@SixShooterT2: Our currently inactive Specialists are:
@OlgaK @linorodarte10 @The New Skynet@Drayce128@xzisted@OakshieldDreamP (for Planning)
Further, any Graphics related plans/projects/ideas (like banner contests, new color designs, holiday skins, a major emoticon organizing/categorizing overhaul, etc.) or administration of the Graphic Design section should be presented by GFX Specialists here. Please don't half-ass your responsibilities here. We need to keep the site pleasant, fresh and interesting.
P1. Site design suggestions:
Should any GFX Specs show initiative with a new idea, bring it up here for open discussion. Should any regular members have ideas to submit in this endeavor, they must communicate them to a GFX Specialist who they will trust to filter it through their own reasoning and then present it in any form here.
GFX Specs are not obligated to forward any ideas if they don't find them interesting enough or appropriate.
P2. Graphic Administration suggestions:
Any administrative decisions concerning the GFX crew or the Graphic Design subforum may also be discussed here and voted on.
Introducing any new aspect to the GFX Spec system, or even rehashing old mechanisms, including anything established or presented in this post and these guidelines here, shouldn't be a rare occurrence.
P3. Keeping track of related input:
A calculation of the votes (YES/NO) and other suggestions made on a certain idea proposed under this section will be listed and updated by the Group Moderator until the matter finds its solution (or dissolution)
S (for Scoreboard)
Finally, and probably most importantly, we will have nominations of prospect G.FX. Specialists here in this topic.
This is a preview of how our Promotion system works for the other Ranks for exclusive access, but on a smaller scale (also a bit simplified... I'm serious
).
I'd like you to take into account a member's quality of submissions and feedback given to other submissions, before voting for him or her.
S1. Responsibilities:
Each member of the GFX team may nominate new members to it, and must vote on nominations made by others.
Personal, real life issues may prevent one or more of the Specialists to vote immediately, and we understand that.
However, repeated, unjustified oversight is inexcusable.
This comes with the title. Either respect your duties or step off.
Prolonged absence from this topic may justify demotion.
S2. Other types of Nominations:Typically, we will vote for who should join the GFX Specialist team.
We may also, rarely, nominate and vote for
Demotions from the group. If either of the team members are unjustifiably inactive, for a long period of time, or if they're still active on the forums but have stopped contributing to the graphics aspects of the site, and to this subforum specifically, then he or she can be nominated for demotion. For example, we could bring up Undeadsewer at this point, for his unexplained absence and apparent abandonment.
We may also vote for a
Group Moderator (team-leader)Currently I'm occupying the spot by default, but we've had OlgaK on it before she went offline with real life issues, and was later on inducted in the Purple Hearts. This position may be dynamically occupied by different people, depending on who's the most active, talented and/or capable to run the team efficiently.
Responsibilities of this title range from updating the Scoreboard, making sure this topic is locked, and pushing for votes on any project/idea/nomination left unresolved in it.
Any GFX specialist member may self-nominate for the Leading spot.
A few links to their most recent work would help their candidature.
Only merit and availability must count for this position.
No ass-kissing, no favors and no bribing.
S3. General instances of Votes:If the nominee would be a good match for the team responsible with the visual improvement of GUNetwork, then the vote should be
YES.
If their activity is insufficient or if it's too soon to tell, but the nominee has potential further down the line, or, simpler, if they should take some time to slightly improve on their skills and hone the craft, vote
Wait.
If their work is inappropriate or hopeless, if they've stolen, butchered or otherwise not done anything significant to their submitted material, as well as other similar reasons I can't foresee, then vote
NO.
S4. Argumentation, Reasoning of Votes:On a nomination, you may vote YES, NO or Wait
but, considering this topic can still be read by everyone,
and in order to avoid feelings of nominees being hurt,
I'd like a well argumented reason for each vote given.
This also serves to prove that each Spec who votes
has taken the time to review the nominee's activity.
"because his nickname is funny"
"because he's a friend of mine"or
"because I don't like his face"are not valid votes.
Consider the time and effort they've invested in the Graphics section, and the quality of their work and feedback given, before nominating or voting.
Any nomination, as well as any arguments for or against the promotion in the voting process, should withstand scrutiny and must be confronted if it turns out to be false/misleading.
Also, do not base your vote on someone else's votes or arguments.
"because my colleague trusts him"
"because of reasons said before"are not valid votes either.
Make your own appreciation of the nominee, independently, and explain your reasoning behind your own vote choice. Do not vote for X because you trust the person who voted for X, but because you trust X yourself. You may say "I agree that..." or "I also took into consideration that...", but it can't be the basis of your decision. Your own analysis should be at your vote's core.
S5. Layout of the ScoreboardNominations must be introduced under "OnGoing"
Once a nominee earns at least 3 YES votes (and less than 3 NO or Wait votes), he/she enters a 48 hour Pending period, in which any and all objections to the Promotions must be expressed. Should these 2 days expire without any objection, the promotion will be applied under the category "Promoted"
If there is a tie, of or above 3 votes, between YES and NO votes, or if the member receives at least 3 Wait votes, then the member will be placed under the "Waiting" Category until things change.
With 3 NO votes (and less than 3 Wait or YES votes), they will be removed from the Scoreboard under the "Removed" category.
Demotions and Team Leader nominations will be listed under their own categories.
S6. Updating the ScoreboardFor the immediate future I will update the Scoreboard every time new votes are expressed here. Once we choose a different Team Leader, he/she will be responsible with updating the Scoreboard.
The reasons for NO and Wait votes will be carried onto the Scoreboard, in short, in parenthesis, because not everyone might pick up on some of them, and they may be important, if not even critical. However, they must be verified before being taken into consideration.
The reasons for YES votes, although expressed with each vote given, will not be carried onto the scoreboard, because each voter must find these by themselves, in their own discovery.
Demotion nominations will carry its argumentation in short, in a parenthesis.
S7. Procedures
All the above instructions are not for the sake of being overly complicated/cryptic/bureaucratic, but for efficiency, fairness and order. Lacking rules, we're left with chaos, and we all see what the youtube comments sections or reddit discussion boards look like without rules.
Personally I dislike all this procedure, but it's necessary if we want nice things in a nice environment. Also, it is not absolute or totalitarian. Any improvement suggestions and changes are welcomed under the P2. subsection. They will be heard, supported, confronted and voted on, each step of the way.
Also, some exceptions to these norms are possible, within reason and/or by majority vote (if everyone agrees they're appropriate). One-sided bias or favoritism will not be well received, so try to be objective and fair.
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To start the scoreboard off, I will make two nominations:
Promotion for @The New Skynet as she has submitted at least 10 banners in the Graphical Challenge topic, and most importantly, has provided great feedback to the other submissions, something I expect more of you GFX Specialists will start doing.
Demotion for @Undeadsewer. I often see him playing games on Steam, but he doesn't respond to my messages. He hasn't checked his PMs here in several months and hasn't updated his "achievements" bars with the forum's name change, so they are outdated/unusable now.
Perhaps he lost interest. Perhaps he forgot about us.
Some of his achievement bars are still widely used by our members, though, so you may hold that, alongside a hope of an eventual return, to vote against his demotion.Now, you guys vote YES (for promotion or demotion), NO (against promotion or demotion) or Wait (as in "maybe later"), with arguments (short one-liners or detailed paragraphs, as long as they're on point) to explain why you chose to vote that way.
Any questions are welcomed.
Let's get it started!
S C O R E B O A R DWaiting:
-OnGoing:@The New Skynet - 1 YES
Demotions:@Undeadsewer - 1 YES (inactive for several months. ignores messages. previous work outdated)
Team Leader:
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Pending:
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Promoted:
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Removed:
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