EDIT Dec 12
Strike line to indicate that Devs have handled the issue or acknowledged it. Also made some additional comments and corrected spelling errors.
Arena Main
Hope this isn't coming off as harsh.
Instead of having a random Entry from whatever arena- present on the Arena Main.
Have there be a Splash page instead, with what the Arenas are and with the links to the Rules in plain view. It should also mention the time the Weeks end, a lot of people are STILL ASKING when voting starts, why is their entry set for next week instead of this week etc.
The fact that there are now two Avatar arenas has not been mentioned on the Arena Main.
If I click the Arena Main - I don't want to end up loading a House entry, when I can just search for that on my own.
I also do not understand removing Devs from a feature that is clearly in need of repairs.
I know you guys must be frustrated, and want to move on to other projects, but the Arena does require attention.
Considered Additions:
+ Larger Reference Image box
+ Ability to recast your vote if you mis-click.
+ Edit your Desc and Title. Was this ability removed? It's quite frustrating for Gaians who want to edit or explain something, and they can't do it.
+ Perhaps explain how the 5 Stars work... some people think a 3 is "bad" when it really isn't. A 3 is like saying "Average".
+ Give the Submitter the ability to lock and unlock the comments features at anytime. Especially after wins. In the old arena, the comments would lock right after the winner placed.
A lot of people have been leaving really hurtful comments on the previous winners of 48 and 49, it is not the top 10s fault that the avatar arena is glitching.
- If people are bothered by repetitive avatar entries. Perhaps hint that voters like to see variety in the arena.
But certainly don't force people to dress their avatar a certain way because of disgruntled voters.
- Change "My Stuff" to something a bit more fitting for the Arena.
Like "My Page" "My Gallery" or "My Section" ?
Pros:
+ Keep 5 Star rating.
+ Love the fact that I can see what I searched for.
+ Keep both Original and Cosplay arena. I actually like this.
+ Keep winners - 10 Original and 10 Cosplay
+ Being able to view Galleries with the drop down menu.
+ I like the Arena set up, it's plain and simple.
+ (Feb 18 ) Thanks for the "Delete" feature, this way people can delete entries that they have reentered, but don't want to see the repeat on their MyStuff section.
Cons:
- When clicking the Avatar Arena, I get sent to the House Arena.
- Sometimes when I vote, I get sent to another Arena or I get sent to the "View all page".
- Correct me if I am wrong. You can't click "Next" past 24 pages. I believe there are more entries in there, and I just can't get to them. I have to make an addition of 21 to the current link, to get to a new page. Thanks for correcting this
- Being informed of comment deletion. Do you realize that this is a cause for backlash?
Some people who felt that they made a balanced review on an entry, only to be informed of it's deletion, don't handle that too well.
There is no need to inform us of comment deletion, that is the Gaians' (submitter of the entry) own decision.
- MyGaia feeds, I am constantly getting alerts on what was voted on. I have this set to the lowest setting, and I am still getting them.
- Searching. I love the thing, but when I search for something I want to vote on what is Current in the arena I do not understand why I am shown entries that were from months ago. Shouldn't those be archived? They should not blend with a new Week, In my opinion.
Although some of the searches line up with the current date first, sometimes the current date will end up behind a previous date/month. Thank you for the Archive Feature ^_^b
- I don't understand why "My Gallery" loads everything from my Profile... shouldn't we just be able to edit our Gallery the way we want?
Avatar Arena
It seems to be the only arena that has been hit with Weeks of troubles.
It glitches, Avatars are not random, they are one after the other, the same as if I were to check the "View all page". And when it tries to go random, it goes back to the previous avatar I just voted or viewed. This seems to be worked on, thank you.
Winners are Still missing from previous weeks!
Would like to see more Background colors.
Though I Thank you for adding the Gray and White. ^_^
Ability to resize your Avatar. If it is possible to implement. Since a lot people don't like having their Avatar blown up to see every pixel. There are Gaians that depend on the pixels blending, and you only get that when the Avatar is small.
What constitutes as Original, and what is Cosplay. If you need help with this, I can do that and so can others who have been in the AvA forum since the Avatar Arena's creation.
The points that can be made for both are rather simple.
Art / Writing Arena
Why is this called an Arena? People can rate your images / writing, yet the only thing you get is ranking and compliments. What happened to the medals?
Though some people do enjoy that others are seeing their work. I just don't see a reason for voting on something that doesn't particularly lead to someone getting gift for their efforts. Perhaps I am being greedy that way, even though I never entered a piece in these two arenas.
How about replacing Medals with Ribbons?
If someones position is held for a 2 weeks or (longest) 1 month, they get a prize.
House Arena
Please let there be a prize for people who win. I think the ones that spent gold and time creating their houses theme deserve a prize. I have seen some great entries.
Browsing the House Arena was better when I didn't have to load the houses individual items.
Why was this the final decision? It's very discouraging, it's slow, and just doesn't make sense. The only reason I can think of is that you don't want to archive entries.
But to me the screenshot of the Houses worked a lot better.
I have mentioned this before. Loading 10 winners , let alone a "View all page" when it comes to the House arena is just ridiculous. I hardly browse or vote, because of all the loading.
If there is an explanation to this new style, I will stop mentioning the issues I have with it and just not use the House arena.
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