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You certainly are entitled to your opinion of things Karolina! I respect your opinion.

@ Scott (ECH): I would submit that all opinions are and should be welcomed here for discussion. Your opinion certainly isn't "out of bounds". On the contrary, your opinion offers some good points for consideration. I (and I can only speak for myself) certainly take no offense to your input!

To address your first point about these suggestions to improve the contest being about "disgruntled, greedy modellers"...well, at least in my case, not true at all. I'm sure it's not the case with others either. I absolutely knew, when I broached this subject that someone would say it was just sour grapes. Let me assure you Scott (since you were the person who brought it up) that it is not! I'm wanting to suggest some possibilities to IMHO improve future contests. Perhaps the majority of folks feel that the contest is fine and dandy the way it is presently. That's great. I feel it could use some new policies. The reason I suggest that entrants have a certain amount of posts, or time in at SMA, is simply to eliminate people who have contributed nothing to the forum from swooping in at the last minute to claim victory in the contest. I'm not OK with that. Again, some folks may be OK with that, and that's fine. Also, following Quaralanes suggestion a few posts back, no one would be excluded from entering the contest. If the same people place 1st, 2nd and 3rd in every category so be it. The change would come in the presentation of prizes not titles.

As far as feeling ashamed Scott...Not at all necessary. No one is trying to "manipulate the rules". Simply suggesting a few new policies that may or may not be beneficial to future contests and the overall health of the forum.

I'd be interested to know how you feel about professional model builders entering Scott? You bring up some good points and food for thought here Scott...I'd love to hear your opinion on that question (and everyone elses for that matter)!

Great dialogue Guys!!

<blockquote data-quote="fumblethumbs" data-source="post: 72701" data-attributes="member: 8942">You certainly are entitled to your opinion of things Karolina!&nbsp; I respect your opinion.&nbsp; @ Scott (ECH):&nbsp; I would submit that all opinions are and should be welcomed here for discussion.&nbsp; Your opinion certainly isn&#039;t &quot;out of bounds&quot;.&nbsp; On the contrary, your opinion offers some good points for consideration.&nbsp; I (and I can only speak for myself) certainly take no offense to your input!&nbsp; &nbsp; To address your first point about these suggestions to improve the contest being about &quot;disgruntled, greedy modellers&quot;...well, at least in my case, not true at all.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure it&#039;s not the case with others either.&nbsp; I absolutely knew, when I broached this subject that someone would say it was just sour grapes.&nbsp; Let me assure you Scott (since you were the person who brought it up) that it is not!&nbsp; I&#039;m wanting to suggest some possibilities to IMHO improve future contests.&nbsp; Perhaps the majority of folks feel that the contest is fine and dandy the way it is presently.&nbsp; That&#039;s great.&nbsp; I feel it could use some new policies. The reason I suggest that entrants have a certain amount of posts, or time in at SMA, is simply to eliminate people who have contributed nothing to the forum from swooping in at the last minute to claim victory in the contest.&nbsp; I&#039;m not OK with that.&nbsp; Again, some folks may be OK with that, and that&#039;s fine.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also, following Quaralanes suggestion a few posts back, no one would be excluded from entering the contest.&nbsp; If the same people place 1st, 2nd and 3rd in every category so be it.&nbsp; The change would come in the presentation of prizes not titles. &nbsp;&nbsp;As far as feeling ashamed Scott...Not at all necessary.&nbsp; No one is trying to &quot;manipulate the rules&quot;.&nbsp; Simply suggesting a few new policies that may or may not be beneficial to future contests and the overall health of the forum.&nbsp; I&#039;d be interested to know how you feel about professional model builders entering Scott?&nbsp; You bring up some good points and food for thought here Scott...I&#039;d love to hear your opinion on that question (and everyone elses for that matter)!&nbsp; Great dialogue Guys!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fumblethumbs, post: 72701, member: 8942"] You certainly are entitled to your opinion of things Karolina! I respect your opinion. @ Scott (ECH): I would submit that all opinions are and should be welcomed here for discussion. Your opinion certainly isn't "out of bounds". On the contrary, your opinion offers some good points for consideration. I (and I can only speak for myself) certainly take no offense to your input! To address your first point about these suggestions to improve the contest being about "disgruntled, greedy modellers"...well, at least in my case, not true at all. I'm sure it's not the case with others either. I absolutely knew, when I broached this subject that someone would say it was just sour grapes. Let me assure you Scott (since you were the person who brought it up) that it is not! I'm wanting to suggest some possibilities to IMHO improve future contests. Perhaps the majority of folks feel that the contest is fine and dandy the way it is presently. That's great. I feel it could use some new policies. The reason I suggest that entrants have a certain amount of posts, or time in at SMA, is simply to eliminate people who have contributed nothing to the forum from swooping in at the last minute to claim victory in the contest. I'm not OK with that. Again, some folks may be OK with that, and that's fine. Also, following Quaralanes suggestion a few posts back, no one would be excluded from entering the contest. If the same people place 1st, 2nd and 3rd in every category so be it. The change would come in the presentation of prizes not titles. As far as feeling ashamed Scott...Not at all necessary. No one is trying to "manipulate the rules". Simply suggesting a few new policies that may or may not be beneficial to future contests and the overall health of the forum. I'd be interested to know how you feel about professional model builders entering Scott? You bring up some good points and food for thought here Scott...I'd love to hear your opinion on that question (and everyone elses for that matter)! Great dialogue Guys!! [/QUOTE]

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