all i see in the advantage queue are awesome sources for the next month or so! get to work bunch of pansies! yes! you too rey

Then they won't be forced to really use their creative minds.
Anybody can make pancakes from a package but if you teach them the ingredients they can make their own any time and start adding their own special touches. Once they learn what tastes good together they can make a meal out of anything in the house. Know what I mean.

I was asked if it is the lack of good sources that is the reason for the decline in numbers. (now here is where I piss everyone off.)
I relied:
Good choppers can chop anything.
It's a lack of cutting edge ideas. Images that make you think and feel something. Not just how they did it but how they came up with such a genius idea and translated in an image. I gotta be honest. I find myself just voting on which image sucks the least instead of having a hard choice over which image is more awesome. Maybe I'm a prick and not politically correct but if a baseball team doesn't have at least one great player on it, the stadium seats will be empty.
There are some star players but they don't play consistantly enough to keep the people coming back for more.
I am also not saying that I am one of the greats. And I am not looking for the good ole days, just better new ones.
If I was a new visitor now, I don't think I would see anything that would make me want to join. (unless I hit it on a good day.) There should always be at least 2 kick ass images in the contest. JMHO
I find myself glancing over contests and not wanting to vote at all. I don't want to have to zoom in to see if someone did a lot of work. I want something to grab my interest and then I will take a closer look.
Maybe there have been some great images lately, but not on the days I looked. It should be consistant. You can't have a successful restaurant if the food is great one day and not the other.

I, personally, wasn't insulted by Rey's comments.

I, personally, wasn't insulted by Rey's comments.

You have had submitted 12 original images.
You have had 10 original images accepted and 0 rejected.
2 of your submitted images are currently in the voting queue.

I wasn't saying anyone else was insulted, just me.....

He's right!

Actually I find this really insulting! People who spend alot of time on their chops (and I'm not just talking about myself) are not worth a second glance, let alone a comment on how to improve!
and new visitors seeing our work wouldn't want to join becuase we're not at your standard. Why do we even bother!
Maybe instead of advertising this site for all levels and a great place to learn and improve, it should be on for people of a certain standard, maybe u could be the one to decide!
As much as I admire your work, I find yr attitude sucks, perhaps u forgot that u had to start at the beginning at some point.
well, whatever, thats me done

SOURCES SUCK - big cow - ASS

Again, who would want to chop a picture of a plant? Stop submitting your shitty quality images too, DAMN this get's me so mad, it's like beating babies. Why is it so hard to explain that good sources are easier to get the juices flowing? there are people here who don't see a damn Leonardo Da Vinci work of art in everything. Stop with the boring sources.



2 since like a year ago... I wonder if they got lost

SOURCES SUCK - big cow - ASS

Because you think the sources sucks does not mean every one does, I still say its the source that is part of the contest. Oscar no offence but if you dont have the creativity to come up with some thing it is not the sources fault, look at the h2h some shit sources in that lot and then look at the images that were created.

So stop blaming the source and start using your mind and your skills. Just a small point, its your fellow members that are voting for the sources so its even a popularity contest there as well.