BIONICLE G1 Canon Contests Discussion & Questions

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Thank you. I understand your perspective better now. However you haven’t quite dislodged this thorn from your side.

@Mesonak

Does the community want to see contests to depict important G1 characters who lack official visuals? It was very general, and that was intentional. The idea was what we sought to gather feedback on, because as far as we are concerned, any logic that applies to Artakha applies equally to Orde and to Lariska.

Thank you for explaining your logic. By that reasoning, yes, I understand why you feel comfortable hosting all of these contests at the moment.

However, that is not Greg’s logic. Here is what Greg said to start it all:

@RealGregF

If the community was okay with this, I would be willing to do it.

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You haven’t shown that the community is okay with canonizing the appearances of these 15 characters. Therefore, even if he’s approved the characters, you can’t host these contests yet. I don’t see how someone reading Greg’s quote in good faith can see it any other way.

Your poll is clear evidence that the community wants contests. (I want them!) There’s also evidence that the community doesn’t want all of these contests. A quick scan of the original topic shows that many community members disagree with TTV and don’t feel that, say, Helryx and Marendar are equally deserving. If you ran a poll, maybe you’d find that most people want a Marendar contest. But there’s been enough argument that we can’t reasonably conclude anything from the feedback so far. We need more data.

There are a few ways forward to quell my concerns. It’s clear others share them; my original post is the most-liked reply to this topic. So these suggestions will help a lot of the community, not just me.

1. As others have suggested, host a poll so people can vote yes/no for each contest at once. Even just the clearly controversial ones like Marendar. We have a month and a half before the first contest, so there’s time. As Greg said, his approval is conditional on community approval. The poll wouldn’t be redundant because it’d provide missing evidence that the community wants each contest. And again, the community wanting a specific contest is very different from the community wanting contests in general.

2. If you feel comfortable, publicly post your correspondence with Greg. (No need to include his side of the conservation. You haven’t gotten his consent.) That would clarify what he knows and what he expects from TTV and the community.

Thanks for digesting this all. I believe these requests are reasonable given the circumstances, and I think the contests will be better off as a result.