Kernies Master Designer Invitational

[ctaulbee]

QUOTE (Kernie @ Jul 9 2020, 09:08 AM) Since Bazzah has bestowed such huge responsibility upon me, I will use said responsibility to point out to Bazzah that he needs to edit his original post for typographical and grammatical errors. There should be an apostrophe in “Kernie’s.” It’s a possessive noun. Proofread, boss!

:cow_laughing:

[M0vieM0nster]

QUOTE (Bazzah @ Jul 9 2020, 03:16 PM) You're welcome Kernie

With regard to the texts, if English is not your native language then please feel free to contact me and I will help you with any English spelling etc.

And if there is anyone that can help me to help you, seeing as Kernie has pointed out my huge grammatical error, it would be greatly appreciated

Happy to help out but would much rather be able to enter

[bazzah]

QUOTE (ctaulbee @ Jul 9 2020, 04:41 PM) :cow_laughing:

You can stop laughing

QUOTE (M0vieM0nster @ Jul 9 2020, 05:42 PM) Happy to help out but would much rather be able to enter

Sorry buddy, it is just for Cover and Advanced designers

[Kernie]

QUOTE (Bazzah @ Jul 9 2020, 03:28 PM) Sorry buddy, it is just for Cover and Advanced designers

When this competition is over, perhaps a second contest to fill the Cover Designer seat that was vacated in the MD promotion? Maybe that could be open to everyone? And let another seasoned MD judge that one?

MovieMonster, an MD promotion from a non-designer rank might be a bit too much of a jump in the line. Weren’t you higher up on the ladder at one point? I’d certainly support the possibility of a contest to restore a demoted contributor to their former status, but that’s a conversation for a later time.

[bazzah]

We do have a couple of other contests that we have been discussing. But any contest that we run with a promotion as a prize, would have to have contribution points taken into account.

[xshoty]

QUOTE (Kernie @ Jul 9 2020, 12:52 PM) When this competition is over, perhaps a second contest to fill the Cover Designer seat that was vacated in the MD promotion? Maybe that could be open to everyone? And let another seasoned MD judge that one?

MovieMonster, an MD promotion from a non-designer rank might be a bit too much of a jump in the line. Weren’t you higher up on the ladder at one point? I’d certainly support the possibility of a contest to restore a demoted contributor to their former status, but that’s a conversation for a later time.

The fact is MovieMonster have the talented to be part of this competition, to be honest and maybe people will not love what i'll said but i never like it the way of number of upload sometimes is more important than talented to be a master designer. I was master designer before so because im only a simple member now i cant participate but clearly i have the talented to be part of this competition cause i was master designer. (To be honest i dont care about enter to the competition it was only an example.)

This is only what i have to say good competition to everyone, have fun and good luck !

[bazzah]

I understand what you are saying xshoty, but we cannot have a Master Designer who does not upload any covers. The same as designers and contributors. Otherwise we could have ten times of the amount of designers we have now

[Kernie]

QUOTE (xshoty @ Jul 10 2020, 08:09 AM) The fact is MovieMonster have the talented to be part of this competition, to be honest and maybe people will not love what i'll said but i never like it the way of number of upload sometimes is more important than talented to be a master designer. I was master designer before so because im only a simple member now i cant participate but clearly i have the talented to be part of this competition cause i was master designer. (To be honest i dont care about enter to the competition it was only an example.)

This is only what i have to say good competition to everyone, have fun and good luck !

I am not disputing MovieMonster's talents, nor am I questioning your talent. I am not sure what circumstances led to your current status, or MovieMonster's current status. I have no part in the decision to demote someone to a lesser rank.

I can't think of a single Designer who was ever promoted simply because of their "number of uploads." A balance between quantity, quality, and site activity must exist. We have longtime contributors here who have huge Gallery Counts, but never achieve the level of MD for one reason or another. I've also seen incredibly talented people get fast-tracked promotions to various Designer levels, and then disappear.

Some Master Designers, like yourself, have moved on to other things and have stopped uploading new covers regularly. You have made a huge name for yourself on Instagram and are generating more praise and popularity than any Master Designer at HiResCovers has ever seen, and for that I applaud you. Your talent is phenomenal and the world at large is taking notice. I completely respect the name and reputation that you have created for yourself. However, while you're focusing your attention on more fruitful ventures elsewhere, we have other talented, up-and-coming designers (likely inspired by your work) making regular contributions to our cover community.

This current competition is about giving active designers an opportunity to achieve a Master Designer spot. And like I said in the post that you quoted, I am more than willing to support future competition ideas that allow contributors to climb the ladder and for retired designers to reclaim their titles, so long as they demonstrate a renewed level of activity in our HiResCovers community.

[bazzah]

[Bunny Dojo]

QUOTE (Kernie @ Jul 10 2020, 09:31 AM) so long as they demonstrate a renewed level of activity in our HiResCovers community.

True, that's the most important part.

If Xshoty uploads 1 new cover and says "I want Master Designer status again," it will happen instantly, and everyone will be thrilled.

M0vieM0nster still needs ~3 covers before March 2021, but when that happens it will be the easiest vote this site has ever seen to award him Cover Designer status (on the immediate path to Advanced Designer and Master Designer, if he wants).

The current number of ~6 covers/labels per year, with a minimum of 1 upload every 5 months, is not perfect -- Paris and M0vieM0nster come to mind as two very vital contributors who have been hurt by it -- but in general it seems like a reasonable expectation for an active designer.