Poll
Question:
What theme would you like to see?
Option 1: Anime Week
votes: 5
Option 2: Animation Week
votes: 6
Option 3: Movie Week
votes: 1
Option 4: Band Week
votes: 7
Option 5: Shakespeare Week
votes: 7
Option 6: Other (post idea)
votes: 3
The five options above are suggestions I've pulled from different users. Anime week would be to go with March's board of the month, but Animation week is broader, and can include CGI. Mack wants a Shakespeare week, and others are just generic options.
This poll by no means will be the definite choice for theme week, but it will certainly help.
If you have an idea other than the ones above, feel free to post.
Theme Week begins March 14th.
My birthday is the start of the week. So I have divine corrupt right. Bitches.
But seriously shakespeare for the win.
Other: Regular screenname week
Quote from: Customrobo13 on March 08, 2010, 12:00:45 AM
Other: Regular screenname week
We just had that.
Animation week
Shakespeare Week? Sounds bland and uninteresting.
Just like your life! :o
Anime Week.
Quote from: SkyMyl on March 08, 2010, 12:06:12 AM
Shakespeare Week? Sounds bland and uninteresting.
Just like your life! :o
Anime Week.
if we do anime week can i pick someone from an h-anime and then just post porn all over nsfcd
Quote from: Customrobo13 on March 08, 2010, 12:07:05 AM
if we do anime week can i pick someone from an h-anime and then just post porn all over nsfcd
Dibs on Minase.
Again?
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
How about... HISTORICAL FIGURE MONTH!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I'm a fan of movie week. It would make sense too, what with the Oscars just ending.
Xbox Live week.
Think about it, we have names like xXPuRexGrEaTnEsSXx and cuss at the other users for hacking.
Shakespeare week. It's always anime week/month/day here. This place is stock-intercourse ing-full of anime. Let's pick something that isn't already in half of the sigs and avatars.
I don't have anything against anime, but a theme should be divergent from normal behaviors.
Band week, faggots. >:(
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on March 08, 2010, 10:48:30 AM
Band week, faggots. >:(
Hard mode: no /mu/ poop.
I want animation week, but Shakespeare week would be fun.
Quote from: BOREDFANBOY on March 08, 2010, 08:04:12 AM
Shakespeare week. It's always anime week/month/day here. This place is stock-intercourse ing-full of anime. Let's pick something that isn't already in half of the sigs and avatars.
I don't have anything against anime, but a theme should be divergent from normal behaviors.
I agree. There's plenty of anime to go around, let's take a break from that and do Shakespeare.
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on March 08, 2010, 10:48:30 AM
Band week, faggots. >:(
If you go through with it, i'll pick Devourment.
This is why I love BFB.
Shakespeare week.
I wish anime had been from its mother`s womb untimely rip`d.
Thanks to never having a real literature class, Shakespeare is like another world to me, except for the obvious things like Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. Anime would make me cringe...how about Pokémon week, to fit the other theme of the month?
Shakespeare Week
I kind of like Historic Figure week.
Quote from: Not Doodle on March 08, 2010, 09:18:27 PM
I kind of like Historic Figure week.
I kind of wish Totla would have banned you. :(
Quote from: Not Doodle on March 08, 2010, 09:20:44 PM
Sux4u.
Change your name/icon/sig.
Doodle wouldn't let you use his poop and he never took your forum poop.
This is going to be interesting. I'd rather have Shakespeare week than anime week, but I don't know how many of Shakespeare's characters have high quality enough pictures to use as an avatar.
Quote from: Cornwad on March 08, 2010, 09:37:17 PM
This is going to be interesting. I'd rather have Shakespeare week than anime week, but I don't know how many of Shakespeare's characters have high quality enough pictures to use as an avatar.
Most have had an actor play them. I've found pics of Richard II, Iago, Antonio, etc. And I doubt many people are into those characters as is. I'd expect to see Macbeth, Hamlet, Lear, Caesar, Brutus, Romeo, Prospero, etc. as the bulk.
Animation week or movie week plox.
Some avatar pics: [spoiler]
(http://www.havecoffeewillwrite.com/wp-content/iago.jpg) Iago
(http://www.moviemaker.com/images/uploads/othello.jpg) Othello
(http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/vm8054/labs/Lab28/IMAGES/macbeth.jpg) MacBeth
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k_MySp2fR8c/SKWeUcKwurI/AAAAAAAABKg/OET8rgMs9G8/S600/Elena+Baramova+-+Lady+Macbeth+2007.jpg) Lady MacBeth
(http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/arts/gallery/2007/sep/11/hamlets/gallgibson-1544.jpg) Hamlet
(http://thinkingwithshakespeare.org/Shakespeare/tarbut/Helena-Bonham-Carter.jpg) Ophelia
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f209/LyriqueTragedy/Reality%20101/Richard-1.jpg) Richard III
(http://www.ultimasurf.net/images/celebrities/Claire-Danes.jpg) Juliet
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Five minute internet search for those. Also, for those who have never read, Shakespeare Online (http://shakespeare.mit.edu/) has the complete works. I suggest MacBeth, Othello, Richard III, or Romeo & Juliet to start.
Well...good night...
*shades*
...sweet prince.
YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
If it ties, I think that the tie breaker should be a 'Learder and Admin/Mod' decision.
Rob (the one who started this) and maybe someone else he chooses and the mods/admins vote. Because it looks like Shakespeare and Band is tied.
Quote from: Magnum on March 09, 2010, 03:36:25 PM
If it ties, I think that the tie breaker should be a 'Learder and Admin/Mod' decision.
Rob (the one who started this) and maybe someone else he chooses and the mods/admins vote. Because it looks like Shakespeare and Band is tied.
QuoteThis poll by no means will be the definite choice for theme week, but it will certainly help.
I'll pay umlats to those who vote Shakespeare.
Quote from: mackormoses on March 09, 2010, 04:16:16 PM
I'll pay umlats to those who vote Shakespeare.
I voted shakespeare <3
also, Shakespeare and other were tied. band had 1 vote.
Anime was winning, with band not even being thought about, now it band is tied for first while Anime is lagging?
Just felt like pointing that out in question form.
For God's sake, Band week.
Quote from: Kilroy on March 09, 2010, 05:30:41 PM
For God's sake, Band week.
God has nothing to do with this.
Quote from: mackormoses on March 09, 2010, 05:33:10 PM
God has nothing to do with this.
He does if you pick a christian rock band or something
I didn't vote in the poll because I can't see it in Core and I don't feel like changing my skin.
But I still support Shakespeare.
Wait, there's a poll?
Shakespeare win.
CLOSE THE POLL, WE NEED TO DO CASTLEVANIA WEEK
I support the above post.
That might make it less stupid.
Castlevania is too specific.
Maybe Vampire Week, but I'm not feeling it.
But with Vampire Week we'd be able to do anything from Nosferatu to Dracula to Castlevania to Twilight (olol).
Theme week is supposed to be a broad topic.
Creatures of the Night Week
Horror Week?
I eventually want a Horror Week. But I'm still for Shakespeare this time around.
We should do Shakespeare so I can steal Macbeth from Mack
Quote from: Riddler_Rob on March 10, 2010, 08:52:04 PM
Castlevania is too specific.
Maybe Vampire Week, but I'm not feeling it.
But with Vampire Week we'd be able to do anything from Nosferatu to Dracula to Castlevania to Twilight (olol).
Theme week is supposed to be a broad topic.
NO THIS IS A GAME FORUM
WE CAN DO CASTLEVANIA
EVERYONE WILL BE FORCED TO LIKE IT
Quote from: Customrobo13 on March 10, 2010, 11:34:41 PM
NO THIS IS A GAME FORUM
WE CAN DO CASTLEVANIA
EVERYONE WILL BE FORCED TO LIKE IT
Or we could do 8-bit theme and you'd already be ready...
Quote from: Magnum on March 10, 2010, 11:38:42 PM
Or we could do 8-bit theme and you'd already be ready...
I also support 8-bit.
Quote from: Magnum on March 10, 2010, 11:38:42 PM
Or we could do 8-bit theme and you'd already be ready...
Liking this.
NES Week.
Hmm...
Quote from: Riddler_Rob on March 10, 2010, 11:40:08 PM
Liking this.
NES Week.
Hmm...
I could go with it. We would (partially) be doing what Custom said and it would be cool
I also like NES week. :o
How bout an RPG week at some point?
And hell yes to NES week. These ideas I'm liking far more than the ones in the poll. No lie.
Shakespeare first. Then NES.
Quote from: Mystic on March 11, 2010, 07:24:50 AM
Shakespeare first. Then NES.
Then horror. We'll have three theme weeks lined up, ready to go.
Screw Shakespeare, NES go.
By the way, when does this start, next Monday? :U
WHAT ABOUT BAND DAMMIT
(ﾉ `Д´)ﾉ ~┻━┻
I like the support for Shakespeare Week, but I still can't picture how it'd work.
The point of Theme Week is to boost activity and discussion, and I can only see Shakespeare discussion going so far...
Maybe if we include Star Fox since all the planets are named for Shakespeare's work? Nah...
I don't know, I just don't see it being too big.
NES Week would work well, as would Band/Musician Week... World War NSFCD will be huge if it works out right... but I just can't see Shakespeare working.
Prove me wrong.
Quote from: Riddler_Rob on March 11, 2010, 02:19:06 PM
Prove me wrong.
Nope. Instead I'll ask you what you think about my unnoticed idea. (RPG Week)
But truthfully I do agree with you; NES Week sounds like it'd promote more discussion.
Quote from: Third K on March 11, 2010, 02:24:35 PM
Nope. Instead I'll ask you what you think about my unnoticed idea. (RPG Week)
But truthfully I do agree with you; NES Week sounds like it'd promote more discussion.
Sorry I missed that. It could work, but some of our users aren't into RPGs. Granted, that could be said for any theme I throw at them, some people don't like NES; some people don't like Horror stuff, etc, but whatever.
I'll keep it in mind for a future theme week. :)
I know this is a video game forum, but I'd like it if not too many of these themes were video game centric. It's a way to promote discussion but also a way to break from the norm for a week.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK
:|
Fowl Language Week. Half the people would incorporate swearing into their names, the other half would name themselves after birds.
Quote from: So_So_Man on March 11, 2010, 03:24:25 PM
Fowl Language Week. Half the people would incorporate swearing into their names, the other half would name themselves after birds.
Why did the chicken cross the basketball court?
'Cause he heard the Ref was blowing fowls.
I lol'd.
Quote from: Riddler_Rob on March 11, 2010, 02:27:33 PM
I know this is a video game forum, but I'd like it if not too many of these themes were video game centric. It's a way to promote discussion but also a way to break from the norm for a week.
If you want something to break away then I advise something topical which we'll all discuss anyways. It's kind of why my vote went to band - I mean come on, who here
doesn't listen to music?
It's also an under discussed topic here.
Quote from: Third K on March 12, 2010, 05:47:09 AM
If you want something to break away then I advise something topical which we'll all discuss anyways. It's kind of why my vote went to band - I mean come on, who here doesn't listen to music?
It's also an under discussed topic here.
It seems every other time I pop into IRC, there is a band discussion, and a floated thread called WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO. How often do we discuss Shakespeare. Huh? How often, Tk? HUH? ANSWER ME!
Quote from: BOREDFANBOY on March 12, 2010, 08:01:43 AM
It seems every other time I pop into IRC, there is a band discussion
well I don't go on IRC but I don't see it much on the forums.
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and a floated thread called WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO.
...That's on almost every forum in existance. (Overstretch but you get the idea)
Through If we're going as broad as having something plain called "Band Week" I'd be fine with a Book Week. None of you would ever guess who I'd be ;3
TK you have showed me how to make Shakespeare week work.
Literature Week.
Let's the Shakespearean users have their wish, and leaves it broad enough for the rest of us to join in.
So, to me it's between NES Week and Literature Week... Hmm...
I say Literature Week, NES Week, Horror Week, then Music Week.
We'll have four themes ready to go.
But I still like Shakespeare week better than Literature week. Broad topics make it harder for me to decide on something to be.
Quote from: Riddler_Rob on March 13, 2010, 01:07:45 AM
TK you have showed me how to make Shakespeare week work.
Literature Week.
Let's the Shakespearean users have their wish, and leaves it broad enough for the rest of us to join in.
So, to me it's between NES Week and Literature Week... Hmm...
I actually like the idea of Literature Week.
Shakespeare has such a wide catalogue to work on its own that it isn't funny. In terms of discussion, there is...
favorite piece
shakespeare crossover (Macbeth meets Othello. What next?!)
And of course, any analysis on pieces...is hamlet a mysoginist? Yes or no?
How about a Serious Discussion about Hamlet or Macbeth's innocence/guilt? Movie adaptation discussion.
There is a ton to go with.
Quote from: mackormoses on March 13, 2010, 04:25:42 PM
Shakespeare
Literature has more and will have more people generally discussing books instead of books most people here probably read due to being forced in school. (I KNOW I DID) + You all would get to see who I pick.
Literature is for sure a topic not supported as much as Bands around here; And Literature is equally as broad. So count 1 down for band and 1 up for other/literature for me.
Quote from: Third K on March 13, 2010, 04:33:02 PM
Literature has more and will have more people generally discussing books instead of books most people here probably read due to being forced in school. (I KNOW I DID) + You all would get to see who I pick.
Literature is for sure a topic not supported as much as Bands around here; And Literature is equally as broad. So count 1 down for band and 1 up for other/literature for me.
The thing is, it's
too broad. All of the Shakespeare discussion won't happen because only a couple of people will have it. You won't get, say, Redwall discussion because again, one person. You'll get a bunch of splinters of people that won't make for a cohesive discussion. With Shakespeare, you have common ties that allow the discussion to just flow. Heroes worked primarily because there are only two factions - DC and Marvel (with a HEAVY emphasis on Marvel).
NES will likely work because most of us are fickle gamers that play the same things. Musically, most of us are rock/house making for something that's not terribly broad (how many country artists will there be? Opera? Pop?)
Shakespeare is broad enough to allow everyone a different character and support a wide variety of discussion. It's narrow enough to give itself up to great discussion.
Quote from: mackormoses on March 13, 2010, 04:37:20 PM
The thing is, it's too broad. All of the Shakespeare discussion won't happen because only a couple of people will have it. You won't get, say, Redwall discussion because again, one person. You'll get a bunch of splinters of people that won't make for a cohesive discussion. With Shakespeare, you have common ties that allow the discussion to just flow.
QuoteYou'll get a bunch of splinters of people that won't make for a cohesive discussion.
I picked that part out of your post. It caught my eye more than any of your other sentences by far.
Why do we suddenly have to keep our discussion so serious instead of a flow of discussion? With literature we get into things like Role-Playing, which can be fun to just joke around with on this forum. With Literature you can discuss your favorite pieces of literature (Or least favorite). With Literature you can discuss how you got into a book or why you read it. With Literature you get to...Well actually discuss anything with books in general. It's kind of like how NES would turn into general discussion on it or Band week. Sure It's a bit more broad but as long as it works then it works. It's not just for having discussion on one thing. People who aren't as into Shakespeare (Like myself) can participate.
Besides, you all would never guess what I would pick without it. I can let you have 100 guesses and you'd never guess.
And like hell even If It just turned into just mainly fun or so then what would be the hurt in that? Nothing would be lost. It's at least experimentation.
Quote from: Third K on March 13, 2010, 04:55:30 PM
I picked that part out of your post. It caught my eye more than any of your other sentences by far.
Why do we suddenly have to keep our discussion so serious instead of a flow of discussion? With literature we get into things like Role-Playing, which can be fun to just joke around with on this forum. With Literature you can discuss your favorite pieces of literature (Or least favorite). With Literature you can discuss how you got into a book or why you read it. With Literature you get to...Well actually discuss anything with books in general. It's kind of like how NES would turn into general discussion on it or Band week. Sure It's a bit more broad but as long as it works then it works. It's not just for having discussion on one thing. People who aren't as into Shakespeare (Like myself) can participate.
Besides, you all would never guess what I would pick without it. I can let you have 100 guesses and you'd never guess.
And like hell even If It just turned into just mainly fun or so then what would be the hurt in that? Nothing would be lost. It's at least experimentation.
You clearly didn't read the post. Where do I say it has to be serious? I said cohesive...which is a flow of discussion. Please, I'm very particular with my words. The only part of it that isn't mentioned is that it ties together - that's not serious.
Moving on, those general and boring threads don't need a week to be discussed or even promote discussion. In fact, those threads are likely still on the first page of the Arts board. It's uninspired and boring. And again, far too broad in how it goes.
And if you read my post, you'd see why I said Band/NES week would work. I don't feel the need to repost that, as it is right up there.
And how isn't Shakespeare experimentation? You don't think you can have fun with it? Several users have said they would...so I don't see how fun is part of this.
Finally, people who aren't into comic books or heroes didn't participate. Just like how people who aren't into anime don't participate in the board of the month. You can't make everyone happy. Does everyone here read books? Not likely out of enjoyment.
Quote from: mackormoses on March 13, 2010, 05:09:18 PM
You clearly didn't read the post. Where do I say it has to be serious? I said cohesive...which is a flow of discussion. Please, I'm very particular with my words. The only part of it that isn't mentioned is that it ties together - that's not serious.
Pet peeve: "You didn't read my post". Uh, yes I did. In the recent years I've never given a "I stopped reading when you said" And also that's the part that came across that I mainly disagree/want to discuss on. Why does it have to be cohesive all that much? Why are splinters so bad? Which was what I was trying to get at.
I'm curious to know. I quite find these so called splinters amusing on this site myself.
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And if you read my post, you'd see why I said Band/NES week would work. I don't feel the need to repost that, as it is right up there.
You don't.
...Okay; I admit Literature would be more splintery than Band/NES Week. But this is an assumption that it would be all too splintery rather than looking at what we could discuss with literature in general. (Like the examples I posted)
QuoteAnd how isn't Shakespeare experimentation?
Oh; I wasn't very clear on myself then. I'm a bit biased due to the one where I had to read one Shakespeare book that linked to a certain class I hated last year. I think you remember that "Certain Class". ^___^
I'd still also be fine with a shakespeare week. A shakespeare week would also do the contrary effect of a Literature week - It shows how Broad or how thin we can go. In a technical sense, everything is just experimentation in a way. We might as well just have rob pick a week at this rate soon and goes what he thinks - What's the worst that could happen? Even If any week chosen failed it shows a general preference anyways.
It's just that literature for me comes as more interesting to experiment out; Maybe because it's so broad and discussed.
QuoteYou can't make everyone happy.
You can't but you
can go for more users than we would have participating regularly. Literature week would at the very least have more people under that.
Quote from: Third K on March 13, 2010, 05:26:58 PM
You don't.
...Okay; I admit Literature would be more splintery than Band/NES Week. But this is an assumption that it would be all too splintery rather than looking at what we could discuss with literature in general. (Like the examples I posted)
He does explain why it would work. To simplify what he said, Band/NES Week would work well because most people here have similar interests in those regards, while for literature week there would be
maybe 2-3 series that everyone has read, or enough people have read to make the posts discussions rather than something along the lines of "Eragon? WTF is that?" (though that series is probably a bad choice for that example), while with Bands you can post a link to youtube, and with NES games the main demographic of the forum makes it likely that everyone will have played the same games (or at least enough people to make discussions work).
Quote from: So_So_Man on March 13, 2010, 07:18:49 PM
obvious stuff
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...Okay; I admit Literature would be more splintery than Band/NES Week.
Already summed up what I was well aware about.
When is Theme Week supposed to begin?
Tomorrow.
have we decided, or do we need to remake this and re-vote?
Seriously, it should just be Shakespeare week.