Forum talk:Smash Arena/Archive 1

A 0 vote rule

If they post something below or above the <-DO NOT blah blah blah-> when it tells them not to, make it a 0 count. I'm sick of it. Who can't read that? If you're blind, you can't find this place, let alone vote.--MegaTron1XD 22:18, 14 November 2010 (EST)

If things continue to be bad after a few rounds of the half-vote rule, then I'll consider it. Toomai Glittershine 23:46, 14 November 2010 (EST)

A 1/2 vote rule

I like Mega's idea somewhat, but feel a 0 vote is a little too harsh. Perhaps we can make a rule, just like his guidelines, but instead it will count as half a vote.-Ivy73 20:56, 16 November 2010 (EST)

Umm, Ivy, can you read? That's happening NEXT round and I'm aware of that :/--MegaTron1XD 21:05, 16 November 2010 (EST)

Sorry. I guess that's what Toomai said. Why do I always make an *** out of myself? -Ivy73 21:09, 16 November 2010 (EST)

Half vote section?

What are you talking about?--MegaTron1XD 18:50, 19 November 2010 (EST)

The first time a vote has to be made into a half-vote, a section labelled "Half-Votes" will be added to the coloured block in the same way as the Anonymous Votes sections in old fights (have a look at the first few archive pages). Toomai Glittershine 18:56, 19 November 2010 (EST)

Change?

Can we change our vote? I didn't, nor do I want to, but I'm just wondering. --Landfish7 21:41, 21 November 2010 (EST)

People have changed their votes before (I think); there's nothing wrong with it. Toomai Glittershine 22:34, 21 November 2010 (EST)

Irritation

Do people just not respect votes that break rules, or is there an invisible consensus going around that an hour of a fix period is too long? Toomai Glittershine 09:44, 12 December 2010 (EST)

I gave about a half hour for Zero to fix it, and when that time came, I noticed he wasn't online anymore, so I moved it to the half vote section without having to wait another half hour when the user in question was likely to not show back up. And my intuition proved correct as I have not seen him since.

As for the length of time, a half hour to an hour is good enough. After a half hour has passed, and the user in question isn't online, I think it's alright to move the vote to the half vote section, as them leaving after misplacing their vote shows they really didn't care about it.

So overall, I don't think an hour is too long to wait, but a half hour should be enough time for someone to fix their vote if they really care to do so. Omega Tyrant 09:55, 12 December 2010 (EST)

I'm mostly talking about people who only give ten minutes or so, but I agree with your general sentiment. Toomai Glittershine 13:00, 12 December 2010 (EST)

Comments

Could we perhaps have in the rules a guideline for what isn't acceptable to post in the comments section? Such as, some users seem to take the SA too seriously, and try to argue with someone on the other side for something they said. And with the SA being something for fun (and really nothing more), this detracts from it and has the potential to disrupt others. The Mario and Dr. Mario matchup experienced the beginning of an argument that had the potential to grow rapidly, but it was ended before it could escalate. The last matchup had argumentative statements aimed at other users, though they fortunately failed to cause anything more than a minor defensive response. And once again in this matchup, Doc King made an accusative claim towards an opposing side that could elicit a response and cause an unnecessary argument in the comments (or judging by the nature of the comment, a response from someone who doesn't even participate in the Smash Arena).

So basically, I suggest a guideline recommending people to not post argumentative or accusative claims towards someone else/the opposing side in the comments section. While arguments in the Smash Arena have been uncommon in the past, the surging popularity of the Smash Arena has led to, among many things, an increase in argumentative statements in the comments sections, and I wouldn't be surprised if two people who took the Smash Arena seriously started wall of texting against each other on the Smash Arena. Which of course, I doubt any of us would want here, and it would disrupt the Smash Arena, as well as the Wiki. While a guideline recommended this may not stop people from posting such (as we see the other rules broken often), it would allow someone else to step in and stop the potential argument with something in the rules backing them up (therefore, the one who posted the argumentative statement can't claim they can do such because nothing says they can't).

So, is this idea feasible? Does this recommendation not have enough historical backing to be put in the rules? Or is this recommendation simply too restrictive on the users who participate in the Smash Arena? Omega Tyrant 11:51, 12 December 2010 (EST)

I was thinking about a sort of "don't post comments if it might start an argument" rule; maybe I'll have a more solid idea later. Toomai Glittershine 13:00, 12 December 2010 (EST)