I must admit SOT that you have great debating skills. In debating it's a must that you summarize what the others say and than alter it to your own point. THAT is what you are doing. Although the merrit of your opinion is legitimate, you refuse to come with a solution. And although you think you're entiteled to your opinion ( and yes you are), you refuse others to state theirs if they don't compell to yours.

Cause you're not alone here, you have to adept to other people here. There are people here with thin skins, childish behavior, anger and so on. But aint it the same in real life. How do you deal with that. Do you tutor your neighbours on how to behave and if so, do you tell them yourself or through somebody else ( your alias). If there is a majority of people that thinks that it is going well here, then it is going well. You have the right to setup a discussion and so has anyone the right to answer in their own way.

So instead of starting an endless discussion without giving a solution, try to be constructive for once. It's easy to start a riot here ( and you've been around here long enough to now how to do that), but it is better to give some solutions to try.

So to help you I will start with one possible solution and than you ( and others) can come up with some more possibilities.

Let's ask JMH132 to cut back the votes to 3 for each contest for at least a month. That way we can see if that brings a positive change.

Hope this contributes to a fair discussion.


Ps: I still think that it is strange that you hide behind an alias. People only do that if they have got something to lose or they are afraid. I'll say it once again; it's contradicting most of what you are saying here.

Look, I'm not interested in getting into a whole thing here, just taking a moment to respond to the comments that have been directed at me...

This site is an exchange. Input is just as important as output. Just because I don't have the time to post images all the time doesn't mean I have nothing useful to contribute.

I do leave comments sometimes. And when I vote I try to leave comments that say what I like about it. You're also ignoring the fact that I've exchanged PMs with people discussing their entries... some people are sensitive to open critiques, so I try to respect that. But how would you know that? You didn't bother to ask.

I haven't. I don't vote that way. That's my right. I'll leave an "effort" comment instead.

Votes (given and received) mean different things to everyone. I feel mine mean more when given out with thought, not thrown around just 'cause I've got them. But that's just me!

Not sure if this is directed at me, but for what it's worth I've never set foot in the chatroom. I've developed a bad enough case of ADD in the forums, thank you

Next time I'm in NYC.....we should have coffee.

Make it a strong drink and you've got a deal

....twist my arm!

Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'ni' at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.

I think there's a good point here. It's easy to find an image that's already conceptual or clever, but a bit more challenging to build your own. I try to envision my final piece first, before I even begin searching for images. That way, I know exactly what I'm looking for.

I'll even offer up this post of mine as an example...
http://www.photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/68676/display.html

When I started out, I wanted to try to use all of the (kinda random) elements of the original PSC pic. So I came up with the idea for my entry, and sketched out the composition on a piece of paper. Then I set about searching for the photo sources I'd need: photo of stripper's spread legs from behind (preferably in a strip club setting), an enamoured onlooker, and bar accessories.

The only part of the psc image I didn't find a place for was the crayons, but if I'd spent more time, I probably could have worked them in.

And just for the hell of it, I included a link to my sources so people could see what went into it. As you can see, the original strip club image which is the setting of my post has a different guy in it. That would have served the purpose (I could have stuck the dollar bills in his hand), but it didn't have the humor I was going for. So I found the tourist guy and worked him in instead.

Not saying this is a great piece of art or anything, nor a revolutionary idea. Just an example...

Dear Mr. Panda

You are not SO polite, me thinks!

Here... have some of MY meds!

Well.. what's in a name anyway? Holly9000 should change it to: "slimyasskissingbastardthatpmsyouwithnoreasonjusttosuckyourballs"

p.s.: thanks for the meds, but i don't believe in them. fruit and veggies are fine

No Meds!? (*shudder*)

Not trying to change the way you are, but you MIGHT wanna cut down on the bambooooo shoooots ?
They can give you Mucho Gas and cause one to become GRUMPY and IRRITABLE
(NOT that there is ANYTHING WRONG with that!)

Panda bears are notoriosly irritable. Don't you know the famous story?

BWAH AH AHAHA (*cough*) ahah HHA HA HAHH! FUNNY!

Shoots and leaves!

Just like I did as a teenage boy!!

BWAHHA HAHAHHAH AHHAHHAHH AH (*choke*) (*cough*) ha ha

I think I'll only get a lot of gas when I eat holly for breakfast. Or maybe it's better to get rid of his bowels before consuming him.

that's a classic, Cynn (good one)

*EDIT*

never mind - the last post was cancelled or somethin!