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Post by the light works on May 23, 2014 14:20:57 GMT
just a thought, but shouldn't the Bellechi award involve unintentional personal injury?  |
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on May 23, 2014 15:28:13 GMT
just a thought, but shouldn't the Bellechi award involve unintentional personal injury? Maybe we need to add another award: The Order of the Crash Test Dummy. |
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Post by the light works on May 23, 2014 15:34:39 GMT
just a thought, but shouldn't the Bellechi award involve unintentional personal injury? Maybe we need to add another award: The Order of the Crash Test Dummy. abbreviation OCD? |
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Post by OziRiS on May 23, 2014 15:36:21 GMT
Maybe we need to add another award: The Order of the Crash Test Dummy. abbreviation OCD? Seems appropriate  |
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on May 23, 2014 15:45:37 GMT
Maybe we need to add another award: The Order of the Crash Test Dummy. abbreviation OCD? ROTFLMAO!!!!!!  Good one TLW!  |
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Post by silverdragon on May 24, 2014 8:57:00 GMT
....... Erm......... Can we change that to Dont Try This At Home?.....
Unintentional Injury may just attract a you-toob explosion of fail video?....
[edit, this is not an e4lf-and-safe-tea whine, its just me bein' "Sensible", and even I see the irony in that....]
I am thinking anything that warrants personal injury should be dissuaded.
As one person who is liable to resemble Buster with the number of personal injuries sustained, some injuries stay with you for life, and for me, the art of being successful is avoiding (further)injury...
Whereas I applaud anyone who does risk it all for science, I applaud louder the one who surrounds themselves in Nomex and blast screen......
Just saying is all..
And as ever you all have the right to ignore safety advice?....
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Post by the light works on May 24, 2014 9:17:47 GMT
....... Erm......... Can we change that to Dont Try This At Home?..... Unintentional Injury may just attract a you-toob explosion of fail video?.... [edit, this is not an e4lf-and-safe-tea whine, its just me bein' "Sensible", and even I see the irony in that....]I am thinking anything that warrants personal injury should be dissuaded. As one person who is liable to resemble Buster with the number of personal injuries sustained, some injuries stay with you for life, and for me, the art of being successful is avoiding (further)injury... Whereas I applaud anyone who does risk it all for science, I applaud louder the one who surrounds themselves in Nomex and blast screen...... Just saying is all.. And as ever you all have the right to ignore safety advice?.... well, OCD is more a badge of shame... not something to strive for. getting hurt on purpose disqualifies. |
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Post by Cybermortis on May 24, 2014 10:14:11 GMT
That is an award that is much more suitable for Adam and Tory than members of TC.
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Post by OziRiS on May 24, 2014 12:42:36 GMT
....... Erm......... Can we change that to Dont Try This At Home?..... Unintentional Injury may just attract a you-toob explosion of fail video?.... [edit, this is not an e4lf-and-safe-tea whine, its just me bein' "Sensible", and even I see the irony in that....]I am thinking anything that warrants personal injury should be dissuaded. As one person who is liable to resemble Buster with the number of personal injuries sustained, some injuries stay with you for life, and for me, the art of being successful is avoiding (further)injury... Whereas I applaud anyone who does risk it all for science, I applaud louder the one who surrounds themselves in Nomex and blast screen...... Just saying is all.. And as ever you all have the right to ignore safety advice?.... well, OCD is more a badge of shame... not something to strive for. getting hurt on purpose disqualifies. Like a Darwin Award, but without the dying |
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Post by the light works on May 24, 2014 13:54:07 GMT
well, OCD is more a badge of shame... not something to strive for. getting hurt on purpose disqualifies. Like a Darwin Award, but without the dying Right |
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Post by silverdragon on May 25, 2014 9:11:53 GMT
If its something that happens despite all reasonable precautions......?
Maybe?....
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Post by Cybermortis on May 25, 2014 9:57:24 GMT
I don't want to promote the idea of members doing things at home. Yes, several of you have decided to do your own testing for one reason or another - and such testing has proved interesting and occasionally might prove invaluable should MB look at that specific idea at some point. But I'd rather members not be given an incentive to do potentially dangerous home testing, let alone 'reward' them for inflicting injury on themselves.
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Post by silverdragon on May 25, 2014 10:11:01 GMT
"Deity" hath spoken....
And just for a change of scenery, I agree.
Yes there are things we can do at home, but injury stays for life, and as someone who has one of those injuries, I wouldnt wish it on anyone.
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Post by the light works on May 25, 2014 14:32:53 GMT
of course, the original suggestion was a joke about Tory's propensity for hurting himself. and I certainly agree that stupidity and recklessness should not be encouraged.
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Post by memeengine on May 26, 2014 9:56:22 GMT
I'm sure you don't care but I'll throw in my tuppence anyway...while reading through this list of potential awards has been amusing, I do think it's risking reinforcing the 'boys club' feel of these boards.
I'd be willing to bet than the vast majority of these awards would be shared among the twenty or so regular posters on the boards. The same ones with the large post totals and the custom titles. As such they would be regarded by newcomers not as signs of individual worth but as signs of popularity. So you're then faced with the same problem that bedevils any merit-based reputation system in an internet community - making it mean anything.
Rather than back-slapping the existing members, I think you should be putting more effort into attracting new members. A quick glance down the membership list shows that all of the regular posters joined in 2012 (when the disco boards closed). Of the new members that joined since (who weren't disco boardies), none have stayed to become regulars here...that really should be worrying if you want the show to take these boards seriously. It's difficult to claim to be a voice of the mythbuster fan community when there's such a small group here. It's also difficult to get genuinely 'new' ideas when the community is so static.
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Post by Cybermortis on May 26, 2014 10:26:40 GMT
Its a fair point, and another reason I wanted the awards to be hard to get. I was also thinking of having a starting date from which awards could be considered - that is they would not apply to posts made prior to that except in exceptional situations. For example the time between an idea being posted and being aired can often be measured in years, so both the Savage and Hyneman awards (which relate to getting ideas on the show) would have to apply to posts/threads started before that date.
Advertising for new members is a concern, as I outlined in another thread.
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Post by OziRiS on May 26, 2014 11:18:26 GMT
I'm sure you don't care but I'll throw in my tuppence anyway...while reading through this list of potential awards has been amusing, I do think it's risking reinforcing the 'boys club' feel of these boards. I'd be willing to bet than the vast majority of these awards would be shared among the twenty or so regular posters on the boards. The same ones with the large post totals and the custom titles. As such they would be regarded by newcomers not as signs of individual worth but as signs of popularity. So you're then faced with the same problem that bedevils any merit-based reputation system in an internet community - making it mean anything. Rather than back-slapping the existing members, I think you should be putting more effort into attracting new members. A quick glance down the membership list shows that all of the regular posters joined in 2012 (when the disco boards closed). Of the new members that joined since (who weren't disco boardies), none have stayed to become regulars here...that really should be worrying if you want the show to take these boards seriously. It's difficult to claim to be a voice of the mythbuster fan community when there's such a small group here. It's also difficult to get genuinely 'new' ideas when the community is so static. Good point. Especially about the new members. |
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Post by the light works on May 26, 2014 13:37:22 GMT
I'm sure you don't care but I'll throw in my tuppence anyway...while reading through this list of potential awards has been amusing, I do think it's risking reinforcing the 'boys club' feel of these boards. I'd be willing to bet than the vast majority of these awards would be shared among the twenty or so regular posters on the boards. The same ones with the large post totals and the custom titles. As such they would be regarded by newcomers not as signs of individual worth but as signs of popularity. So you're then faced with the same problem that bedevils any merit-based reputation system in an internet community - making it mean anything. Rather than back-slapping the existing members, I think you should be putting more effort into attracting new members. A quick glance down the membership list shows that all of the regular posters joined in 2012 (when the disco boards closed). Of the new members that joined since (who weren't disco boardies), none have stayed to become regulars here...that really should be worrying if you want the show to take these boards seriously. It's difficult to claim to be a voice of the mythbuster fan community when there's such a small group here. It's also difficult to get genuinely 'new' ideas when the community is so static. Good point. Especially about the new members. but at the same time, there is also the consideration of how to broaden our member base without the board devolving to "I just saw this on the TeeVee, so it must be true," "9/11 was faked, and you're all in on the conspiracy," "go to www.spambot.com to become a millionaire without working, cure cancer, and marry/become a supermodel," and (not even going to type the typical DFB post). addendum: "do this and make a asplosion" |
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Post by Cybermortis on May 26, 2014 13:53:38 GMT
Check the board rules, they were written specifically with the latter two situations in mind. The first is dealt with in the advice/guidelines for posting ideas.
'I saw this on TV, is it true?' isn't in and of itself a bad start for ideas, and sometimes trying to expand such ideas in the OP isn't needed because the idea is fairly simple and straightforward. Further discussions may point out flaws ect, but they might also throw up related ideas or a different take as well as possibly ways that such an idea could be tested in an interesting manner.
This in any case is a conversation better held in the 'Advertising the Board' thread elsewhere.
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Post by the light works on May 26, 2014 14:03:31 GMT
Check the board rules, they were written specifically with the latter two situations in mind. The first is dealt with in the advice/guidelines for posting ideas. 'I saw this on TV, is it true?' isn't in and of itself a bad start for ideas, and sometimes trying to expand such ideas in the OP isn't needed because the idea is fairly simple and straightforward. Further discussions may point out flaws ect, but they might also throw up related ideas or a different take as well as possibly ways that such an idea could be tested in an interesting manner. This in any case is a conversation better held in the 'Advertising the Board' thread elsewhere. now you are bringing up the myth that fanboys read instructions. [/tangent] I think the problem with awards giving the appearance of an inside club is inherent in having a board with an inside club. and face it, we have an inside club - it is all the charter members of the board. that's why I am inclined to think MiD should be a relatively easy award to get - like Mentioned in Despatches was relatively easy to get in the military. it gives newer members an award that they CAN get relatively easily, just by being conscientious and thinking things through. |
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Good one TLW! 
