=YCM= An Interview

[Guest JoshIcy]

Same Goal, Im sure. Most are.

Mine is just... A nicer, calmer more relaxed way of doing it.

 

I simply refuse to have someone who forces every god damn thing down peoples throats to get something done. Internet and real life, its still a method.

[♥Łövëły-Ċħän♥]

[My first post has been Edited. Apologies for taking up space to say this, just wanted to make sure it was noticed. All editing from me is done in bold.]

[Dark Mousy]

I agree with you. Partly.

 

Also, may I mention slower?

 

Some places it is required to hurry, I'm afraid. If the entire world could only be as unhurried..., but that's not the case.

 

I don't post here, neither do many people. There is simply no point to make cards anymore. You get virtually no feedback, and it gets flooded in a few hours, and all your work finding a picture, thinking out the effect, balance, creativity, etc... Take that into your calculations. If this keeps on continuing..., you will simply lose members.

[♥Łövëły-Ċħän♥]

I agree with Icy. This site is for the enjoyment of all not just individuals with oversized egos thinking that all must go their way or the highway.

 

Night all

[Guest JoshIcy]

I don't post here' date=' neither do many people. There is simply no point to make cards anymore. You get virtually no feedback, and it gets flooded in a few hours, and all your work finding a picture, thinking out the effect, balance, creativity, etc... Take that into your calculations.

[/quote']

 

So step up and make a difference. You're at fault too. Not just me.

[Sploda]

The only way to get your cards seen really is to use them in contests. I know that this isn't a bad thing but when cards are valued more in contests and seen more than in the RC thats kinda bad Icy.

 

I'm not saying we need to do everything at once, but over time it would be nice.

Realistic Cards

1) A card making school' date=' honestly we need one.

[/quote']

For example if the LCM were to be in charge of such a thread then people could learn from them and know why they are considered "Legendary" and thus Cardmakers will also be able to keep up with OCG and recieve help form some of the best.

[Dark Mousy]

I do give lengthy critiques, albeit only to people who deserve it, or when I am obliged to. I am not a hypocrite, I do not give simple rating / comments.

 

However, there is little incentive to review either.

 

They go unappreciated, and they themselves get flooded within a few hours too. I will tell you another thing I learned from that test.

 

It takes about 6-8 hours for a thread to be flooded. The testing thread, I've posted at Smogon, still wouldn't have been flooded out, and this is in it's most active forum, they show half as many topics on 1 page. On top of that, Smogon has about 1/10th of what YCM has in posts, however, if you were to take all the text and compare it with YCM, it totals to about the same number of characters.

---

Mind you Icy, this is a forum that is very much the same in terms of audience!

[Guest JoshIcy]

Le Createur, I'll think about it.

 

Dark Mousy, I want this thread to get back to the interviews. And your incentive AS IT STANDS is hoping that how you review will at least promote better card reviews.

[Phantom Roxas]

Realistic Cards

The section itself is fine. The problems I do have shall be addressed later on. I recently saw a thread where someone unwittingly used a picture of a Digimon. To prevent confusion with other members, cards with a Pop Culture image should be moved to that section to prevent arguments over the image. A mod simply saying "Since the image is (character) from (media), this is more suitable for Pop Culture."

 

Oh, I had just noticed that ♥Łövëły Ċ.Ċ♥ has made a lot of threads. I personally think that we must enforce a limit on the number of threads one may post in a given amount of time.

 

Pop Culture Cards

I think that there's been way to many Naruto sets in this section, which may push Pop Culture cards of less commonly used media to the second page. Now, outright implementing a rule stating that "No Naruto threads" will undoubtedly be unwise.

 

Any Other Cards

I prefer to stay away from this section, since I really see little purpose in it. I suggest making it a Sub-Section of either Realistic or Pop Culture, though I'm leaning more towards the former. It's the simplest solution in my opinion.

 

Custom Cards in general

• No criticizing for choice of cards. If someone posts a Vanilla, just deal with it. If someone posts a set based on a series you don't like or is an "unnecessary remake" of a card, just deal with it.

• Posters must post lore with their cards. While the cards may contain legible text, it is much easier for others to fix OCG.

[LinkElfice510]

Realistic Cards

The section itself is fine. The problems I do have shall be addressed later on. I recently saw a thread where someone unwittingly used a picture of a Digimon. To prevent confusion with other members' date=' cards with a Pop Culture image should be moved to that section to prevent arguments over the image. A mod simply saying "Since the image is (character) from (media), this is more suitable for Pop Culture."

 

[i']Oh, I had just noticed that ♥Łövëły Ċ.Ċ♥ has made a lot of threads. I personally think that we must enforce a limit on the number of threads one may post in a given amount of time.[/i]

 

Pop Culture Cards

I think that there's been way to many Naruto sets in this section, which may push Pop Culture cards of less commonly used media to the second page. Now, outright implementing a rule stating that "No Naruto threads" will undoubtedly be unwise.

 

 

 

About the italics: Yeah I thought there was a rule like there where you aren't supposed to make a new thread for like every new card you make; you should update a thread already existing

 

And I totally agree with your PC comment. It's so obnoxious to see over half of the threads on the first page all about Naruto (yes that's hyperbole but you get the picture). But yeah...implementing a No-Naruto rule would be a very bad move...it would be nice if there was just some way to limit things like that =P

 

 

Just wanted to comment. Sorry for interrupting xP

[Guest JoshIcy]

Come on people... I want more =3

[Sploda]

May I ask exactly how many pages of interviews do you want/need?

[Guest JoshIcy]

May I ask exactly how many pages of interviews do you want/need?

 

About 30+ different users?

[Sploda]

Well I'm not counting how many we have so far but that sounds reasonable.

Ok I'll let you get back to work.

[♥Łövëły-Ċħän♥]

[Edited. Editing is in bold. If you want me to stop informing you Icy just give me the say so and I'll stop. I dont want to clog-up this thread.]

[Guest JoshIcy]

And yet all everyone seems to care about is presentation.

Saddening really.

[♥Łövëły-Ċħän♥]

I dont really care I just say in the interview post that you said no Discussions please

 

I thought you didnt want any constant chit chat here

[Guest JoshIcy]

Im the one who has to read it and figure out what to do. So my snippets are important.

What the usage won't be revealed, but it will weigh heavy on what happens to CC.

[♥Łövëły-Ċħän♥]

Oh, alright well, I hope it's a success then and my perspectives help some.

[Sorrow.]

Realistic Cards

 

In this section creativity is where its at and OCG along with balancing, it is a great place to make cards and be serious about them and you get to become popular with your sets and what not because if you post good cards there daily your well likely to get a mass view in a long and hard set. This is where it's at, this is how you can become famous in any other sections.

 

Pop Culture Cards

 

In Pop Culture cards it confuses Joke cards into them. People putting stuff that could be jokes against things in Pop Culture. But the sets do communicate properly. But some people stray off and make cards that are irrelevant to the set. I like to see the cards in this section that effects that base around the character not just a random Effect.

 

Any Other Cards

 

Mmmph it's pretty much a place to joke around and a place to throw the New Members in instead of Realistic Cards. I could make a Fake Type and a Vanilla without getting flammed here so its ok. Also you could throw in a Pop Culture and Realistic Cards in there.

 

 

Written Cards

 

I have never seen this section so I think I will pass. But my fellow members of YCM say its great so I'm guessing this is a good Section.

 

Card Contests

 

Well what can I say, the Card Contest is one of the places where I never really go. Some contest get old and they just die when the voting is still in place which leads to a waste of time because you make a really good card and try to win but people dont care they want to see more famous people. But it is a pretty good way to test yourself and what your up against in the Realistic Cards Section.

 

 

In conclusion, I belive that theese Sections back each other up, and this is 1 reason of many that I stayed true to this Forum.

[Kuri]

maybe just post a sets section because doesn't it tire you to move finished sets to the sets section maybe make 3 sections (a subforum) Any Other Sets,Realistic Sets,Pop Culture Sets

a little suggestion is all

[Phantom Roxas]

Another thing that should apply to all CC sections: Sets must be placed in spoilers. This should not be enforced in Written Cards as strictly in the other sections, however.

[Guest JoshIcy]

Another thing that should apply to all CC sections: Sets must be placed in spoilers. This should not be enforced in Written Cards as strictly in the other sections' date=' however.

[/quote']

 

Granted they don't decide to spoiler whore. And it must exceed... How many cards before spoilering is applicable?

[Sploda]

I would say 6, anymore makes the post to long.

However at the most it should be 10 before spoilers are forced. 6-10 is my range.

[DL]

Realistic Cards:

 

All cards should have serial numbers, because if they don't, they are not realistic. There should only be 1 thread per set. If the set/card has fake types, then it needs to be in the Any Other Cards, not Realistic. Decent OCG (not perfect) is necessary to make it easier to understand card effects. Pictures should not be Pop Culture, as that would make the card unrealistic. Finally, Cards shouldn't have any grammar errors (like, English grammar) unless the maker of the card has a decent reason.

 

Pop Culture:

 

My view are, again, decent (at the very least understandable) OCG should be kept. Grammar should also be perfect, unless there's a reason for it not to be. Serial numbers should be included in every card. Also, there should only be one thread per set. Finally, there should be effort put into the cards, as in, no joke cards, as I tend to see in pop culture more than realistic.

 

Any Other Cards:

 

Any fake types should go here. Even though it's any other cards, intelligeble OCG is needed to understand the effect. Not really anything else to add but at least some effort should be required to keep the cards from being joke cards.

 

Written Cards:

 

I don't visit this section often, but I believe it to be Realistic Section without pictures, thus the same principles should apply, minus the serial number.

 

Contests:

 

Contest once started should be finished. Having unbiased judges is better than having people vote, as it will ensure an end to the contest. Rules, as well as requirements should be posted and easy to see. Prizes should be clear and concise.

 

OCG and Creativity:

 

My views on OCG is that it should be good enough to at least be understandable. Creativity is good, because it's what makes card-making so interesting. If someone copies off someone's card, that is not showing creativity. If, however, someone were to come up with a different effect than say, any other effect out there, I'd be impressed.