Results are in -- but are they legitimate?
Frustrated, annoyed, furious — you name it.
It’s 4am, couple of hours since some FaceOff results have gotten in, and I’m still seething with anger and I won’t keep quiet about it.
We call ourselves a design democracy, yet something the TIS staff had feared actually happened: someone tried to get away with gaining the system (i.e. cheat) just to come out the winner. There are certain measures the TIS staff uses to determine these things, but — in all honesty — it’s a situation that’s virtually impossible to detect even by the smartest program codes. At least this incidence is keeping us on our toes. More research and stricter measures will be done to avoid these occurrences.
I hate to make political references, but it feels like how elections go in the Philippines: dirty and absolute bullcrap. We complain at how our society’s crumbling? Here’s a small sampling of why we’re going down the drain.
Votes have been cast and a winner will be pronounced. We (TIS staff or any FaceOff hosts) will not break promises we make according to any contest mechanics. However, suffice it to say that whomever we feel deserved to win will win.
I wanna acknowledge everyone who joined the FaceOffs and kept their call for votes clean and ethical. You guys are BRILLIANT. Don’t think your works aren’t good, despite vote turn-out. This is, after all, a community where we all push each other to grow and better our art.
We all need to lose some and win some in this race, but it can be done in good fun.
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Let’s keep this civilized: I don’t want you guys to post your guesses (as to who or what FaceOff it is). If it’s obvious, then let it be. Don’t give any leads, don’t stoop to immature levels. What I do want you guys to do, is post your personal thoughts on this. Give us feedback, tips/recommendations on how you think the staff or the community can avoid these things. As always, we want and need your input for this community to work. Comment away people.
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almost 2 years ago, trina said...
@alphachino: That’s because production on that (and the latest designs) are on hold for now. BUT!…Thanks for loving it ;)
almost 2 years ago, alphachino said...
excuse me, why am i not authorized to see the inked design “bitter” by bulan? i’m in love with that design. :’(
almost 2 years ago, miyawtala said...
the result was really a dissappointment. but oh well, votes lang yun and ang may final say ay ang admin.
cheating is not good and a cheater artist is not really an artist at all. goodluck na lang sa kanya.
miyaw!
almost 2 years ago, ejl said...
@trina and csj89: i’ve checked those sites and whew they are awesome! i hope our community would be as BIG or BIGGER than they are now. and the designs, wow! sana we could attract more people and more arists.
@isip: hehehe…
almost 2 years ago, alanis said...
hehe may dagdag bawas pati dito?!? Sana nga un yung dahilan baket kulelat ako…este 2nd to the last naman pala , saklap!hehe… so may napili na ba sa TOP 5 Vote-Getting subs?…
almost 2 years ago, isip said...
i like kappaw’s idea of removing “not my type” on face-offs.
and i envy eleber’s PAGONG coz i lost mine. haha
almost 2 years ago, trina said...
@ eleber: Hahahaha! Most definitely. You’ll get points if you’re a TIS shopaholic. Dapat may Hall of Fame pa nga ;)
almost 2 years ago, trina said...
@ csj89: Awesome input. One that I wasn’t too aware of, actually. Regular TIS entries and FaceOffs go through screening, which is Step 1 of our “meddling”. The diff is, our regular TIS subs win via “point quota” while FaceOffs usually end up with the host’s winner-decision. I like what you said and we’ll definitely take that under our wing.
almost 2 years ago, ejl said...
@trina: hmm, reputation system eh?? hopefully it’ll include shop-only members… hehehe…
almost 2 years ago, csj89 said...
Don’t rely solely on votes. With Threadless, DBH, laFraise, and almost all shirt competitions online, votes are not a big factor in their daily contests. Of course they print high scoring submissions (with discretion), but Threadless actually occasionally prints low scoring submissions, controversial subs that have a lot of zero scores and a lot of fives – it keeps their catalog fresh. They have final decision on everything they print and they have a firm grasp of their own brand & the styles they like (quirky, artsy, puns), so in turn they dictate the kind of submissions they receive and eventually match the audience’s taste to their own.
Democracy usually works, but not in online tee competitions.