2nd Committee: Judges Voting

[deleryn]

Voting has ceased!

I intend to start a second CAU Certification Committee in the same spirit as the first. It will harbor intellectual discussion, a CAU "Hall of Fame" for those who care to peruse it, and a number of Judges to select which nominated CAU units will be honored.

Click here if you're interested in perusing the original first committee's thread (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16946)

Click here to see what's we've already got going (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showpost.php?p=938491&postcount=60)

Click here to see the results of the vote--so far. (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showpost.php?p=945857&postcount=110)

Some minor details are still being worked out, as some of you might have already guessed. However, I intend for this Committee to be rooted into the CAU community more deeply than the first. To that end, Judges should not be selected but instead elected by the people of CAU.

Here is how the voting process works:

To qualify for voting, you must:
a. have positive reputation (the green boxes)
b. have a total of 10 posts in CAU
c. follow these procedures

Each qualifying voter may vote for as many Community members as he or she pleases. To do so, the voter must post their vote in this thread like this:

My Judge Votes:
foobar
deleryn
Mithrandir
sausage
etc.

After doing so, the votes will be tallied and a top percentage of the members most voted for will be proclaimed 2nd CAU Committee Judges.

Please note that I'm not a moron. Your vote will not count if you do not qualify. However, because of the nature of the tallying review, your votes will count if you qualify by August 18th (GMT 12:00... I think. That's 7:00pm in California, right?). Also, if a new member presents himself and appears competent, you may edit your vote to include him or her. Hopefully, this will bring many more desirable members to CAU. It might also inspire a neg-fest, but politics are supposed to be interesting. :bigsmile:

Also note that you can vote for me too. If I'm not elected to be a judge, I'm sure administrative duties will be enough work and I'll stick with it until the Judges don't need me anymore. That's enough self-advertisement I guess.

Also, this thread may be used to discuss what "competence" means in a CAU Judge.

[shatterstar]

All Hail Elder Rotting Demonic Qulythug Lord, Deleryn!!

maybe its too early for this, but i wuz wondering how a CAUer would get to get his unit considered for certificationization.

i'll edit in my ideas on judging competence when i get back from work.

[Sodamoeba]

My Votes:

Forest_Archer (obviously)

JesusCraig (obviously)

Deleryn (obviously)

Sodamoeba (>.> hehehe. I took from your post that we can vote for ourselves. However, if that is untrue, then think of this vote as me nominating myself. :))

shatterstar (He seems to be contributing a lot to both new creations and replies to other people's units)

Cross_Punisher (obviously)

Kyir (He may not want to)

Toledo 13 (He's been contributing for a LONG time)

Now, I don't know him much, so I'm not making a vote for him, but I might in the future. Bloodreign has made something like 20 units in 130 posts. :confused: However, I am going to have to look at a few of them to see if they are any good; if he put some serious thought into their strategy and creativity. I can't imagine they could be too creative. In my whole time as a CAU contributer and judge, I came up with something like 8 or 10 units. I know it isn't easy to come up with new applications, and many of mine were unbalanced. I wonder if his are really innovative?

[deleryn]

maybe its too early for this, but i wuz wondering how a CAUer would get to get his unit considered for certificationization.

I'm open to suggestions in that matter, but I figured the unit's creator would ask one of the judges and he'd spread the word around to disscuss and vote on it. It wouldn't be kind to barge the committee into the author's thread, invitation first. And if I'm overthrown, then whoever takes my place can do something about it.

Sodamoeba (>.> hehehe. I took from your post that we can vote for ourselves. However, if that is untrue, then think of this vote as me nominating myself. )Of course you can vote for yourself! But you can only vote for yourself once. ;)

[Smiley_Girl]

How many votes do we get?
EDIT- Never mind :p

My votes:

Forest_Archer :cool2:
Shatterstar :cool:
Legacy67 :notworth:
Kyir :cool:
Deleyrn ;)
Me :)
Sodamoeba :notworth:
Toledo13 :notworth:

[The Coder]

pssst... Smiley. ill vote for you if you vote for me ...

[bobdagangsta]

No votes for me. :(

[Kyir]

I swear, If you noobs vote me in, I will hunt you down and kill you.

anyway, Mith quit (for any of you planning on voting for him), I talk to him on AIM and such, he's trying to stop his CAU addiction apperently : /

@Smiley :cool: > :cool2:, right?

[Cross Punisher]

@Smiley :cool: > :cool2:, right?
No Kyir how could "cool>cool2" that is unless we're playing golf.

[Forest_Archer]

No, kyir, no. :cool2:

[deleryn]

F_A made me think of this:

As of now, there aren't any judges. This thread is here to get some going. Anything in the CAU Certification Monarchy is unofficial. Most of the first part is a joke, too. But this means that you can and should vote if you want to participate in the committee I create, forest, along with anyone else I might have made a "consul" in the nature of the joke.

[Cuathon]

hehe. that was a fun joke.
notably, with this system i will never be made a judge but, i shall vote anyway.

smiley_girl
deleryn
forest archer
cross punisher
shatterstar
sodamoeba
legacy(not really active)

[Forest_Archer]

Just me. :happy: Muahaha I'm so egotistical.

[Kyir]

Just me. :happy: Muahaha I'm so egotistical.

You also have some hella bad units, gg?

[Forest_Archer]

gg :(

[Cross Punisher]

Some judges I'm afraid are not competent to be judges. Such individuals include @#$#, @#@, #&$#$#%$#, and @#$@# *&!#!@. Plus I really don't think 10 posts in CAU is that hard to do even if we're talking competent posts.

[Forest_Archer]

######_###### is the best judge nominated so far I think.

Good thing I censored it!

[Cross Punisher]

######_###### is the best judge nominated so far I think.

Good thing I censored it!
... stop trying to post more than me...

[Cross Punisher]

Double Post -

actually I'm confused, I see we're voting for judges but what will the judges do in this new committee.

P.S. This is actually the fourth Committee.

[Forest_Archer]

If not fif.

[Cuathon]

no one loves me :*(

[Cross Punisher]

apparently but don't worry we'll find you someone Cua

[Cuathon]

lol

[mantis33]

You also have some hella bad units, gg?
Omg, owned. :cool:

[shatterstar]

my votes:
deleryn (he payed me ;) )
forest_archer (empirically proved to be cool. almost as cool as rampaging radioactive emus)
smiley_girl (the one, the only..)
shatterstar (**massages ego**)
sodamoeba (former judge, and active, so duh)
jesuscraig (imho, the best)
toledo13

[kholmes]

my votes

Forest Archer
Shatterstar

[deleryn]

Some judges I'm afraid are not competent to be judges. Such individuals include @#$#, @#@, #&$#$#%$#, and @#$@# *&!#!@. Plus I really don't think 10 posts in CAU is that hard to do even if we're talking competent posts.

Well, everyone who's a citizen votes. I figure that 10 competent posts with positive rep is enough to prove "citizenry", or in other words, that the person is true CAU. I'll use search to make sure they actually have posts in CAU too. Of course 10 posts isn't competent enough to be a judge, but competent enough to influence who is chosen, in my mind.

The first three were practically the same with different leaders. I saw Mith's, LT's and Legacy. I think the difference is enough to make it "new", but judges will still vote on units and discuss them like they did under the first three. Plus, I never got legacy's approval to take over or anything, I just want to do something.

Any more questions? I'm not too eloquent, maybe I should edit the first post.

[Forest_Archer]

Guys, stop voting for me. I'm tired of it!

My votes:

Forest_Archer :happy:

[deleryn]

Guys, stop voting for me. I'm tired of it!

Nothing prevents you from refusing if you're offered the position.

[shatterstar]

Guys, stop voting for me. I'm tired of it!

My votes:

Forest_Archer :happy:

you know its all your fault. ;)

[Kyir]

my votes:
deleryn (he payed me ;) )
forest_archer (empirically proved to be cool. almost as cool as rampaging radioactive emus)
smiley_girl (the one, the only..)
shatterstar (**massages ego**)
sodamoeba (former judge, and active, so duh)
jesuscraig (imho, the best)

pending higher levels of activity by the deadline, whenever that is, as well as me reading their archives:
cross_punisher
toledo13
hellblazer

Hellblazer is t3h suckz, kthx.

(so is everyone else)

[The Coder]

No one wants to conduct "unproffesional negotiations" with me :(

My votes...


The Coder
deleryn

[Smiley_Girl]

######_###### is the best judge nominated so far I think.

Good thing I censored it!
:huh: Why did you add 2 #'s to the end? :p :cool:

[Forest_Archer]

haha

[Forest_Archer]

No one wants to conduct "unproffesional negotiations" with me :(

My votes...


The Coder
deleryn


You posted in CAU?

[deleryn]

You posted in CAU?
According to my advanced and sensitive instruments, 238 of his posts are in CAU. That's about half as many as you, forest.

[Forest_Archer]

Oh. :)

[Kyir]

Oh. :)

I R HAVE MORE!!?!/1?!

[deleryn]

I R HAVE MORE!!?!/1?!
You might not have done it intentionally, Kyir, but you made me notice something: searching for posts in CAU only yields 500 of them. The First time I checked Forest, he had five hundred. I was suspicious when Kyir had exactly five hundred too. Forest must have posted a number of times since I first checked, and still has five hundred.

So, no. You both have aproximately the same number of posts and no amount of spamming is going to get one of you ahead of the other. :rolleyes:

This means that CAU post based limitations have to be 500 or less, too. I doubt that anything will ever get that high, except some kind of administration position. Comparing the three of us, I find it obvious that such a lofty position shouldn't be based on post count anyways. :p

[Cross Punisher]

You might not have done it intentionally, Kyir, but you made me notice something: searching for posts in CAU only yields 500 of them. The First time I checked Forest, he had five hundred. I was suspicious when Kyir had exactly five hundred too. Forest must have posted a number of times since I first checked, and still has five hundred. So, no. You both have aproximately the same number of posts and no amount of spamming is going to get one of you ahead of the other. :rolleyes: This means that CAU post based limitations have to be 500 or less, too. I doubt that anything will ever get that high, except some kind of administration position. Comparing the three of us, I find it obvious that such a lofty position shouldn't be based on post count anyways. :psay waht?

[deleryn]

say waht?
Just like how you can search for units in CAU with a name or concept, you can find out how many times a person has posted in CAU and only CAU, but it doesn't go any further than 500.

Simple enough?

[Cross Punisher]

Ah yes only 500 at a time. You could also make it search for posts made a year ago and older which should give you about 10 new pages of posts. Also if each individual user will go to their user cp and look at all subscribed threads you should find lots of older threads you were a part of

[deleryn]

But I wouldn't want to look through multiple boring pages just to find out if people fulfill a certain requirement. Especially if it's just a 10 post one. ;)

Kudos to you, though. I didn't know how to go back. :dry:

[Cross Punisher]

Kudos on the effort put forth by you. "Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it." Congrats on waking up, I should wake up too and stop being lazy.

And del just so you know I don't really do the voting thing

[deleryn]

I remember something now! The Coder wanted unprofessional negotiations so bad I said I'd vote for him if he voted for me. I wasn't planning on voting, but I guess I qualify too and I'd hate to break a promise, so:

My Judges Votes:

The Coder

There. :cool:

And del just so you know I don't really do the voting thingThat's fine, I guess. Way to make it seem like it isn't really important for the newbies. :dry:

Just to keep everyone informed:
So few people are voting that I'll have to adjust the percentages I had in mind for qualifying judges. Instead of tallying the percent based on number of voters vs number of votes recieved, they'll be based on most votes recieved by a member vs number of votes recieved. That means nobody gets in trouble because I voted for The Coder and Forest_Archer voted for someone who's unpopular. :cool:

[Cross Punisher]

That's fine, I guess. Way to make it seem like it isn't really important for the newbies.just kidding

My Votes:

*Note I'm only including people still active in this forum*

Kyir (Go ahead and kill me)
Forest_Archer
xerent
JesusCraig
Serge
Sodamoeba
deleryn
ironhorse123
Toledo13
Cuathon
shatterstar
smiley_girl
uniquinous
Can't believe that's all I can think of most of the greats just aren't active anymore...

And I don't think the "newbies" have been around long enough to know anything more than the first couple of pages of CAU.

[deleryn]

I think ironhorse only came back for the challenge :(
Thanks for voting though! Maybe I'll summon the will to get more than just The Coder on that list of mine :)

Any particular reason for the boldening? I'm still thinking about if there could be some kind of distinction between the judges.

[Forest_Archer]

Woot.

[Cross Punisher]

The bolding is for people that quickly came to mind and I'm sure they would make good judges, the others I actually had to do some thinking about and I feel they could be pretty good judges of units (of course no disrespect intended). To tell you the truth FA could go somewhere in the middle like Forest_Archer. Plus I just have more experience with the bolded ones.

[deleryn]

The bolding is for people that quickly came to mind and I'm sure they would make good judges, the others I actually had to do some thinking about and I feel they could be pretty good judges of units (of course no disrespect intended). To tell you the truth FA could go somewhere in the middle like Forest_Archer. Plus I just have more experience with the bolded ones.
Of course I'm not offended. I'm still putting off thinking about how the actual judging is going to happen until the end of the month. Plus, I know exactly how much I dig descriptive floweryness over crude concepts like balance and simplicity. ;)

[JesusCraig]

Then ditch the process and offer me a judge position, floweryness gets nowhere with me :P

On a serious note, my judge votes are:

JesusCraig (Cause I don't think I have enough votes with or without, at least this way I'm closer)

Sodamoeba - A solid judge in his time already, his experience with the workload will allow him to cope easiest.

Deleryn - Willingness to put the committee together shows dedication, plus you've been giving good unit reviews for eons now.

Shatterstar - The person I seen putting the most thought into both units and advice when I returned.

Heartagram - Successfully gave some of the most effective advice to new creators I've yet to see.

Cross Punisher - even though he's stopped doing the whole judging thing, as he was one of the people I modelled my own judging behaviour from.

Ironhorse - Consistently helpful and consistently creating.

Forest Archer - The best unit creator and a far above average advisor, Forest Archer has remained consistently helpful and consistently creative, his dedication and hardwork make him a role model for us all.


Tentative considerations go out to a few people, hedging on how there recent behaviour is, however I'll leave them unnamed for now as to not influence things.

[Forest_Archer]

Oh noes! Craig didn't vote for me! Tear!

[Kyir]

Just like how you can search for units in CAU with a name or concept, you can find out how many times a person has posted in CAU and only CAU, but it doesn't go any further than 500.

Simple enough?

I knew I had more then 500

[deleryn]

I knew I had more then 500

I bet at least 5,000 CAU troll-posts. :rolleyes:

Oh noes! Craig didn't vote for me! Tear!

Maybe he figured that you voting exclusively for yourself was good enough for you? idk :D

[Kyir]

and 896 other posts? Sounds about right.

[Toledo 13]

My votes

Sodamoeba
Jesuscraig
Forest_archer
Cross Punisher
Shatterstar
Toledo13

[JesusCraig]

Sorry F_A from the messages I sent you concerning my idea to reinstate the committee, and your telling people to stop voting for you in this thread, I had assumed you didn't want the position. If i'm mistaken please correct me, you were one of the best judges and probably the best unit creator in CAU history, so if I'm wrong in my assessment correct me and I'll correct my list to reflect my actual thoughts on the matter.

[Toledo 13]

I'm glad this committee is starting, it is just very unorganized.
Here are some questions I have:


How many judges will there be?
Is the voting process the same as the old committee?
Will previously certified units be automatically certified in this committee?
Who will be the leader of this committee?

[Forest_Archer]

Sorry F_A from the messages I sent you concerning my idea to reinstate the committee, and your telling people to stop voting for you in this thread, I had assumed you didn't want the position. If i'm mistaken please correct me, you were one of the best judges and probably the best unit creator in CAU history, so if I'm wrong in my assessment correct me and I'll correct my list to reflect my actual thoughts on the matter.

Haha, I was just kidding. I'm fine with being a judge. :)

Forest_Archer's Real Votes:

Kyir: A very simple unit-maker and critique. He's humorous, and we need him on the committee.

Cross Punisher: Probably my favorite unit maker. The layout of his units are incredible, and his units even more so.

JesusCraig: In my humble opinion, the best critique we have in CAU.

deleryn: Of course, deleryn is another good unit maker, and I respect his opinion. Kudos to him for making the thread!

Duffman: All of his units are extremely original and well thought-out. It'd be a pleasure to have him on the committee.

xerent: The one and only. Definitely. His units are so fun to read, and he expresses a great opinion too.

Uniquinous: An in-game moderator, and chosen well at that, he is wise and could definitely lend a hand in CAU.

Ironhorse123: Iron is a great unit-maker, and I'm sure that his input on today's CAUs could be of great assistance.

Forest_Archer: Yours truly. ;)

[deleryn]

Here are some questions I've gotten:


How many judges will there be?
Is the voting process the same as the old committee?
Will previously certified units be automatically certified in this committee?
Who will be the leader of this committee?

Here's what I'm figuring so far:

How many judges will there be?
I figured more newbies would jump in to vote. If any judge got a free frost golem drop, I bet there would be more voters. I think that less than 15 names have been mentioned Right now, I'm figuring that the top 50% to 70% of the people who've been voted for get a judge position. With this committee, more judges are better I think.

Will the voting process be the same as the old committee?
I'm figuring that judging will be a simple yes/no vote. I don't plan to modify Mithrandir's original voting scheme much more than necessary.

Units under consideration will be judged in the following areas:

Originality
Balance
Abuse potential
Creativity
Tactical usage
Understandability (how well it’s explained)

The judges will score units based on that criteria from 1 to 10 to make the explanation more understandable. Those scores don’t determine whether or not a unit will be certified (because of this, scoring units is optional, if judges don’t feel like giving scores they don’t have to; I will personally probably only score units I vote no to).

First, a unit must be certified "Bronze". At least 3 judges must make the bronze vote and all judges participating must unanimously decide that the unit has enough creativity (possibly a new feature, tactic, or a spin on the old ones) to make its view by the majority worthwhile. They are recorded for a month in the 2nd committee's thread for judges to find and to encourage viewing and voting.

Silver certification can be obtained if a majority of the judges who vote on it would appreciate its addition to the game. At least 3 judges must give a unit their "yes" votes before it may become silver. Silver units would be recorded in the main thread unless the votes no longer show that the majority of judges like it. Upon losing the majority, an ex-silver unit will be degraded to the bronze section until the end of the month.

Gold certification only comes to units that get unanimous yes votes by all active judges. It is the highest honor that this committee would offer. They'll be forever displayed in the main thread as gold units. Platinum doesn't really fit into that scheme of things. I don't really think that there should be any stage between silver and gold. Feel free to try and change my mind.

Will units certified by the other committee automatically be certified in this one?
I don't want to encroach on the other committee's territory. I'll put a link to it somewhere and leave it at that, I think. Some of the units are excellent material but I don't think that many would appreciate bumping them and examining them with new eyes. Plus, we probably won't get the author's permission to examine them critically.

Who is going to be the leader
The judes will decide who the leader will be. But before that happens, they'll decide how it happens. Voting, drawing straws, whatever. Because being a "judge" means a lot less than it did in the previous committee, I'm also considering making a spot somewhere between "judge" and "leader".

[Toledo 13]

I realize that I've been very unprofessional. I've got big shoes to fill. ;) It'll be a while before this committee seems to even rival the power that the other one had wielded off-handedly. I'm just too meek to bust in there and decide to take over CAU.

The real deal hasn't been decided on yet. Once we get some solid judges going, we'll figure out what works and what doesn't.

Here's what I'm figuring so far:

I figured more newbies would jump in to vote. If any judge got a free frost golem drop, I bet there would be more voters. I think that less than 15 names have been mentioned Right now, I'm figuring that the top 50% to 70% of the people who've been voted for get a judge position. With this committee, more is better I think.


I'm figuring that judging will be a simple yes/no vote. I'll quote something about mithrandir's voting criteria here.

If a unit gets a yes votes by any judges who choose to vote on it, they're certified "bronze". Basically, a bronze unit is anything worth looking at. Decently presented with an interesting concept or a twist that's somewhat new or refreshing. Bronze units will be recorded at the top the main thread for a month to attract more judges for voting and upgrade consideration.

Silver certification can be obtained if a majority of the judges who vote on it would appreciate its addition to the game. Silver units would be recorded in the main thread unless the votes no longer show that the majority of judges like it. Upon losing the majority, an ex-silver unit will be degraded to the bronze section until the end of the month.

Gold certification only comes to units that get unanimous yes votes by all active judges. It is the highest honor that this committee would offer. They'll be forever displayed in the main thread as gold units. Platinum doesn't really fit into that scheme of things. I don't really think that there should be any stage between silver and gold. Feel free to try and change my mind.

I don't want to encroach on the other committee's territory. I'll put a link to it somewhere and leave it at that, I think. Some of the units are excellent material but I don't think that many would appreciate bumping them and examining them with new eyes. Plus, we probably won't get the author's permission to examine them critically.

The judes will decide who the leader will be. But before that happens, they'll decide how it happens. Voting, drawing straws, whatever. Because being a "judge" means a lot less than it did in the previous committee, I'm also considering making a spot somewhere between "judge" and "leader".

Gee, if F_A seriously voted, I might have to also. Since I sponsored the poll, though, it just wouldn't feel right.

I like the way this is working out. Thought I disagree with a few things:

The way units are certified should be, if they have a majority vote, they get bronzed. And once bronzed, they can re-enter to become gold. Because... you can't base the voting on a normal unit, for an elite unit. But, this is just one nit-picky detail, I think this committee will be excellent from the list of names I've seen, And I hope that this committee can be better than the past ones, and stay active. :p

[deleryn]

I like the way this is working out. Thought I disagree with a few things:

The way units are certified should be, if they have a majority vote, they get bronzed. And once bronzed, they can re-enter to become gold. Because... you can't base the voting on a normal unit, for an elite unit. But, this is just one nit-picky detail, I think this committee will be excellent from the list of names I've seen, And I hope that this committee can be better than the past ones, and stay active. :p

Yeah, voting for bronze should be separate. I like the nit-picky details; they keep me on edge.

But I do like the bronze/silver/gold system. There are bound to be arguments and I wouldn't vote for a perfectly balanced unit that deserves to be more than bronze if it doesn't feel like it would fit into things.

Speaking of what I wouldn't vote for, I should edit in the specifications on voting.

[Toledo 13]

I think a way to keep CAU more active is to have more judges than the previous committees, not a massive amount, but enough for there to always be active judges, even if a few are on vacation, or are busy with real life situations.

[deleryn]

I guess I should be keeping in mind that CAU's size has shrunk lately. There aren't as many unit-authors as before and sometimes it seems like its all just the same old lukewarmness.

Of course, it might just be that a person appointed as a judge would feel more responsible and explain things better to newbies.

[ironhorse123]

I think ironhorse only came back for the challenge :(


No, I'm still here. :) Craig was talking to me earlier about re-creating the committee. I said I'd be interested. I was waiting until then to come back and make some more units. I'm still here and with a committee back, I'll be more active.


My current list of people who I think should be judges. (May change):

- Jesus Craig

- Forest_Archer

- Shatterstar

- Deleryn

- Ironhorse

- Kyir (If he is willing)

- Cross Punisher

That is in no specific order. Of course there are older people who would be good for the committee, but I don't think they're active enough.

[Cross Punisher]

I'm afraid to say but this is really weird. Theres like a mini-circle involving me, JC, FA, deleryn, toledo, and sodamoeba

[Toledo 13]

I'm afraid to say but this is really weird. Theres like a mini-circle involving me, JC, FA, deleryn, toledo, and sodamoeba

I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at here.... :huh:

[deleryn]

I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at here.... :huh:

I guess he's saying that we're the only ones who post in this thread anymore.
I was really hoping more people would vote. Perhaps I should've made a separate thread for discussion? That would've kept the voting one open for everyone.

[Forest_Archer]

I put this thread's link in my sig.

[deleryn]

I put this thread's link in my sig.

schweet! That's a good idea, forest.

[ironhorse123]

Hopefully we can get some more votes! :) The more people, the better and more accurate the results.

[Cross Punisher]

Actually I meant it's weird that my votes include JC, FA, deleryn, toledo, and sodamoeba, and FA's includes me, JC, deleryn, toledo, and sodamoeba, and JC's incluseds me, FA, deleryn, toledo, and sodamoeba, etc...

[Toledo 13]

Actually... neither F_A nor JC voted for me... :huh:

[JesusCraig]

I apologize, I don't have enough experience with you, I'm sure after some time back in the swing of things I'll get to know you, at which time I'm sure if your not currently a judge, I'll petition for you to become one if what these people express is true. They are people who's word I'd more than consider, however on voting matters I've always been my own person so my lack of experience seems to be detrimental to you, sorry.

As promised F_A, I've added you to my choices, apparently your humor was too subtle for me. (My polite way of saying that if it was a joke, it was poorly made :P)

[† Bubacik †]

My votes are coming !!!


|---|----------------|----------|
|No.| Name |CAU Skills|
|---|----------------|----------|
|1. |Forest_Archer | Excelent |
|---|----------------|----------|
|2. |Legacy67 | Perfecto |
|---|----------------|----------|
|3. |Kyir |SuperDuper|
|---|----------------|----------|
|4. |Deleryn |It's no. 1|
|---|----------------|----------|
|5. |Me ( † Bubo † ) |PrettyCool|
|---|----------------|----------|
|6. |Xerent | He r0ckz |
|---|----------------|----------|
|7. |Mithandir | t3h b3st |
|---|----------------|----------|


;) ;) ;)

[Forest_Archer]

Bubs, you should make some units too! And the only person who didn't vote for me was The Coder. :happy:

[TAO_Chaos1]

Bubs, you should make some units too! And the only person who didn't vote for me was The Coder. :happy:
I vote for:
Forest_Archer
Cross Punisher
Shatterstar
Cuathon
Deleryn

[Kyir]

My votes are coming !!!


|---|----------------|----------|
|No.| Name |CAU Skills|
|---|----------------|----------|
|1. |Forest_Archer | Excelent |
|---|----------------|----------|
|2. |Legacy67 | Perfecto |
|---|----------------|----------|
|3. |Kyir |SuperDuper|
|---|----------------|----------|
|4. |Deleryn |It's no. 1|
|---|----------------|----------|
|5. |Me ( † Bubo † ) |PrettyCool|
|---|----------------|----------|
|6. |Xerent | He r0ckz |
|---|----------------|----------|
|7. |Mithandir | t3h b3st |
|---|----------------|----------|


;) ;) ;)

if that's in order of crazy l33tness it;s everyone > you and FA

[bloodreign]

Wow, i say good job on getting this CAU certification commity moving.
I say those who show competence and enthusiasm should be admited.

XERENT(like a rock) solid like mith,tylenol,forrest_arch.
KYIR (unabashedly truthful ...even if it hurts :(
TOLEDO 13 ( developers! developers! developers! developers! WHOOO!)
CROSS PUNISHER (great at analyzing units, up there with the best)
DELERYN "shows great promise this one does...yoda 3:16
SOdaMoeBA (cool, cause he mentioned me.. heh ..and anyone that says good things about me gets a vote :P)

Smiley_Girl (girls suck.....:p ........no vote 4 you)

[Forest_Archer]

if that's in order of crazy l33tness it;s everyone > you and FA

:happy:

oh.. that's bad?

[Cross Punisher]

I miss Kyir's avatar of a brown lizard thingy

[deleryn]

If you just want to chat, find a chat room. ;)

This thread still has purpose. :p
Bloodreign just proved it.

[bloodreign]

edited to retain the validity,purpose and topic of the post.

[deleryn]

You can either edit that out, or say hello to my perma-neg list. :)

Much better :D

[Cross Punisher]

his edit isn't much better huh :p

[deleryn]

his edit isn't much better huh :p

Too true...

I despise bathroom-related jokes. :mad:

[Smiley_Girl]

Wow, i say good job on getting this CAU certification commity moving.
I say those who show competence and enthusiasm should be admited.

XERENT(like a rock) solid like mith,tylenol,forrest_arch.
KYIR (unabashedly truthful ...even if it hurts :(
TOLEDO 13 ( developers! developers! developers! developers! WHOOO!)
CROSS PUNISHER (great at analyzing units, up there with the best)
DELERYN "shows great promise this one does...yoda 3:16
SOdaMoeBA (cool, cause he mentioned me.. heh ..and anyone that says good things about me gets a vote :P)

Smiley_Girl (girls suck.....:p ........no vote 4 you)

:crybaby: Now I'm sad :( :p

[deleryn]

Even if Smiley's in emotional pain,

*There's only one day left to vote!*

So step aside and give newbies a chance, eh? :)

[Cross Punisher]

So do I have to do anything on the 18th cause that's my move-in day to college... so I'll probably be busy.

EDIT: dang I tried to get my post in BEFORE deleryn

[ironhorse123]

I think I need some more votes to get in. :p :(

[Forest_Archer]

I add ironhorse123 to my votes. :D

[Smiley_Girl]

I think I need some more votes to get in. :p :(

Same here :p

[Cross Punisher]

Yeah I don't really think it should be that exclusive

More votes :) :
Cuathon
shatterstar
smiley_girl
uniquinous

[deleryn]

So do I have to do anything on the 18th cause that's my move-in day to college... so I'll probably be busy.

EDIT: dang I tried to get my post in BEFORE deleryn

No, nothing important happening then. I'll just pm all the people who win the votes and ask if they want to be judges or not. If one refuses, that spot goes down the list.

Interesting stuff should be happening soon! Showing up once a week wouldn't be so bad, though.

And if you want to change your votes, edit your original, voting post. :mad:

[Kyir]

I miss Kyir's avatar of a brown lizard thingy

brown... lizard?

[Cross Punisher]

Actually I think it's a Mud Golem (http://www.digisonline.com/tactics/gallery/furyart_002_t.gif)

[Toledo 13]

So it's the 18th now. What's the verdict?

[Kyir]

Actually I think it's a Mud Golem (http://www.digisonline.com/tactics/gallery/furyart_002_t.gif)

yeah... duh?

[deleryn]

So it's the 18th now. What's the verdict?

voting ends at 12:00 central today. There's still about a good three hours. :)

[Toledo 13]

voting ends at 12:00 central today. There's still about a good three hours. :)

Sounds good.

How many judges will there be again?

[Forest_Archer]

Toledo meet me in rev in 15 minutes for the PSST game.

And I can't wait to see if I'm going to be a judge! :D

[deleryn]

How many judges will there be again?

I was hoping for somewhere around 15. It'll probably be more like 8. But with a reasonable layer of fantasy, there'll be 11 judges. :)

Depends on a lot of things:

Because I'm not sure how much some of the people who were voted for more will be active, I'd like to have quite a few extras. Plus, people tend to have natural CAU "lapses" where they're inactive for a while. This committee was structured around not needing everyone to be around. I had the votes because, frankly, I don't want to stick around with it forever and it has more staying power if something comes from the CAU members themselves.

Now I'm tempted to call it the "People's Committee". :D
I'd rather not create an allusion to communism, though, really. That would just be too dastardly.

I think I will stick the number at the top 11 people voted for. Much simpler than fancy percentages. If there's a tie for 11th, I could deal with a few extras. But if anyone refuses their position as a judge, it falls to the next-in-line.

[Forest_Archer]

I was thinking around 5ish... if we have like 15, more people will have to come to CAU to fill in spaces. >.>

[bobdagangsta]

I wanna be a judge but I doubt any one nominated me.

Oh well.

:(

[shatterstar]

i would suggest 7 + 3 reserve judges who judge when one of the main judges arent around or if a judge wants 1 of their own units critiqued and naturally would have to step down for the duration.

[Toledo 13]

i would suggest 7 + 3 reserve judges who judge when one of the main judges arent around or if a judge wants 1 of their own units critiqued and naturally would have to step down for the duration.

Agreed.

[deleryn]

I was thinking around 5ish... if we have like 15, more people will have to come to CAU to fill in spaces. >.>

Of course you were thinking 5ish, that was about the same as the last committee. Then again, there aren't many people around CAU these days so we probably need less.

i would suggest 7 + 3 reserve judges who judge when one of the main judges arent around or if a judge wants 1 of their own units critiqued and naturally would have to step down for the duration.

I think a judge can't critique his own unit, that doesn't mean that he can't critique others while its going on. "Reserve judges" sounds corney, but I like it. I think I probably will go with that suggestion, actually.

There's a lot to think about, but I'd like the diversification that comes with having more people.

[Toledo 13]

Of course you were thinking 5ish, that was about the same as the last committee. Then again, there aren't many people around CAU these days so we probably need less.



I think a judge can't critique his own unit, that doesn't mean that he can't critique others while its going on. "Reserve judges" sounds corney, but I like it. I think I probably will go with that suggestion, actually.

There's a lot to think about, but I'd like the diversification that comes with having more people.

Shouldn't it be up to all of us? ;)

[shatterstar]

I think a judge can't critique his own unit, that doesn't mean that he can't critique others while its going on.

thats what i meant actually. i wasnt articulating.

[deleryn]

Shouldn't it be up to all of us? ;)

How would you suggest figuring out how "all of us" want things done?

BTW, here are the current standings on voting: (votes recieved)

1. Deleryn (12)
2. Forest_Archer (11)
3. Shatterstar (10)
4. Cross Punisher (9)
5. Sodameoba (8)
6. Kyir (7)
7. Three way tie! JesusCraig, Toledo 13, and Smiley_Girl (6)
8. Tie! Xerent and Ironhorse123 (4)
9. Three way tie! Uniquious, Cuathon, and Legacy67 (3)
10. The Coder (2)

Each of the following recieved one vote:
Serge
Heartagram
Duffman
Buabik

# 9 is ludicrous. :dry: Plus, only 19 people got any votes at all.

Edit: There's an hour left in voting, but I think I'll stop pretending there's still voting going on in this thread. If anyone wants to vote more, feel free to post it in the next hour.

All voting posts after an hour from now will be disregarded.

[Toledo 13]

I swear, If you noobs vote me in, I will hunt you down and kill you.

Was he kidding? Or what? :huh:



P.s. Nvm dele, you're right... everyone deciding on the judging situation would be difficult.

[ThorinH]

heheheh. Sounds like a mess too me.

[deleryn]

Was he kidding? Or what? :huh:



P.s. Nvm dele, you're right... everyone deciding on the judging situation would be difficult.

Reverse psychology. ;)

[Toledo 13]

Reverse psychology. ;)

Oh he's good...

[Smiley_Girl]

And at the last second, 2 amazing individuals will swoop down and vote for the Smi, to the ley, to the, what? what? what? what? Girl! Bam! :)
Hey, always good to have a female judge. :cool:

[ThorinH]

I'm all for equality. Though my time here is substantually shorter than most, I have confidence that whoever becomes judges will do the job well.

[deleryn]

And at the last second, 2 amazing individuals will swoop down and vote for the Smi, to the ley, to the, what? what? what? what? Girl! Bam! :)
Hey, always good to have a female judge. :cool:

If JesusCraig refuses because he has college and Kyir refuses because he was serious about not wanting to be involved, then you're practically in, Smiley.

You think JC will go for money or just settle for a few reputation points?

[Smiley_Girl]

If JesusCraig refuses because he has college and Kyir refuses because he was serious about not wanting to be involved, then you're practically in, Smiley.

You think JC will go for money or just settle for a few reputation points?

hmmm :rolleyes:
I did have a good time with him last night *attention perverts-not in that way*

[Toledo 13]

hmmm :rolleyes:
I did have a good time with him last night *attention perverts-not in that way*



:shocked:

[ThorinH]

You think JC will go for money or just settle for a few reputation points?

Now THAT'S just mean. Or funny one. Probobly both though.

[Smiley_Girl]

:shocked:

He was doing the suicide challenge thing in general strategy, he did it too :cool:

[deleryn]

hmmm :rolleyes:
I did have a good time with him last night *attention perverts-not in that way*

Whoa! Think this through really quick, okay?

I'm bribable too. ;)

[Toledo 13]

Whoa! Think this through really quick, okay?

I'm bribable too. ;)


:dry:

[Smiley_Girl]

Whoa! Think this through really quick, okay?

I'm bribable too. ;)

o.0 :blush2: :kiss:

[deleryn]

o.0 :blush2: :kiss:

Yowza! :fire:

On a serious note, it wouldn't be so bad raising the number of judges to 8 regardless.
That would include smiley either way.

[Toledo 13]

Yowza! :fire:

On a serious note, it wouldn't be so bad raising the number of judges to 8 regardless.

Not 8. Then voting could tie 4-4. 7 or 9, and nine is a bit too many... especially with 3 reserves.

[Smiley_Girl]

Not 8. Then voting could tie 4-4. 7 or 9, and nine is a bit too many... especially with 3 reserves.

but..but..... :(

[deleryn]

Not 8. Then voting could tie 4-4. 7 or 9, and nine is a bit too many... especially with 3 reserves.

But not everyone has to vote on every unit, plus someone's likely to be away, especially if JC is one of the judges. I'm having second thoughts about the "reserves" idea. They would just sit there and get rusty without much to do.

In my mind, Smiley's proved that she knows CAU pretty well. I also think she represents part of the diverse CAU community. But it really depends on how the rest of the judges respond I guess.

[ThorinH]

well if voting doesn't truelly end for 20 more mins....I will give Smiley a vote. There, I have done my good deed for the day. Ask no more of me. :lazy2:

[deleryn]

well if voting doesn't truelly end for 20 more mins....I will give Smiley a vote. There, I have done my good deed for the day. Ask no more of me. :lazy2:

I'm sure the smiley kiss will surely follow :rolleyes:

[Smiley_Girl]

well if voting doesn't truelly end for 20 more mins....I will give Smiley a vote. There, I have done my good deed for the day. Ask no more of me. :lazy2:

You are on my good side for life man :kiss:

[Toledo 13]

But not everyone has to vote on every unit, plus someone's likely to be away, especially if JC is one of the judges. I'm having second thoughts about the "reserves" idea. They would just sit there and get rusty without much to do.

In my mind, Smiley's proved that she knows CAU pretty well. I also think she represents part of the diverse CAU community. But it really depends on how the rest of the judges respond I guess.


They won't get rusty because they will still critique units... just not vote for them. And if they aren't critiquing units... then they probably shouldn't be a reserve. *shrug* I think it's a good idea, up to you I guess.

[ThorinH]

Meh, if she feels badly enough that she should be included, and noone has said anything con, in fact said pozzies... then so be it. :good:

[deleryn]

They won't get rusty because they will still critique units... just not vote for them. And if they aren't critiquing units... then they probably shouldn't be a reserve. *shrug* I think it's a good idea, up to you I guess.

For some I don't think its going to be as interesting if they're not a part of the judging process. Plus, they're already getting the same updates anyways and it'd be nice if there's experience with them working together.

If CAU ever expands, then we'll have to figure out more about improving our numbers anyways.

[ThorinH]

I think I am creative if I do say so myself. And I have been cooking up some goodies too. Gives me a leg up. I like creating units, even if I know they will not be used. It shows a person's deminsions to actually come up with something that is yours, and not just carbon coppies of everyone else. (AKA formation copiers)

[Toledo 13]

My only concern is... with 9 judges... who's units will we judge other than other judge's units...?

[shatterstar]

i can make a new account, hash together 3-4 units and vote smiley in.
question is, whats in it for me? ;)

[ThorinH]

Got to spread the word.... get it out there that anyone who has a real interest to give it a shot. Besides, I'm not a judge, so everyone vote for me then. :victory:

[Toledo 13]

Well... voting is officially over.

[Smiley_Girl]

i can make a new account, hash together 3-4 units and vote smiley in.
question is, whats in it for me? ;)

lol, I think me and toledo will be in for JC and Kyir anyway

[Toledo 13]

lol, I think me and toledo will be in for JC and Kyir anyway

JC isn't judging?

[Smiley_Girl]

JC isn't judging?

I don't know, he has college and stuff, we'll see if he posts.

[Toledo 13]

Oh. Gotchya.

[Smiley_Girl]

Why is your avatar a purple hippo? :p

[Toledo 13]

Why is your avatar a purple hippo? :p

Actually it's a spanking purple hippo and it says, "I'd hit it!!". But gifs don't work on TAO forums anymore.

[Smiley_Girl]

Actually it's a spanking purple hippo and it says, "I'd hit it!!". But gifs don't work on TAO forums anymore.

Oh, lol

[shatterstar]

don't they? ive seen some moving avvys. most recent that comes to mind was mantit's orang and the cheats raining agent smith thing.

[Toledo 13]

don't they? ive seen some moving avvys. most recent that comes to mind was mantit's orang and the cheats raining agent smith thing.

You used to be able to. But they stopped a while back, but if you still had one you could keep it. I had one, but got rid of it.

[shatterstar]

Oh. Gotchya.

recycling.

[deleryn]

If there were only 5 judges there'd still be judges making units. Often times it feels like we're tripping over each other when its just me and Forest_Archer. If there were 7 judges then smiley would still probably be one of them. I think we can afford to extend the offer to 9 people.

I don't know when JesusCraig is going to be on next so I wonder if its even worth it to send him a pm. I will, of course, but I'd also like to know if any of you can contact him via AIM of e-mail about this. I want to know if he should be listed as a judge.

Apologies for everyone who didn't make it.

More on the whole judge thing tomorrow.

[JesusCraig]

I'm on now, I'm not inactive, I work two jobs and will soon be going to university though, so surely you can give my position away to a more active judge. I'll still be around to critique units if it's necessary, but I think the prestige and responsibility would better fit smiley girl or toledo, I've been a judge already, I have a firmly based reputation, and I'm sure when there is a controversial unit I'll recieve a PM about it like I usually do.

So take that as my abdication of the position. However I'd appreciate future consideration or maybe seasonal consideration if possible, and PM's on anything people really want my critique on, I'm not going to withhold anything merely because I wasn't assigned a role.

[Smiley_Girl]

Well, I'm staying at my Grandma's tonight, and won't be back until probobly tomarrow, afternoonish.

[Toledo 13]

I'm on now, I'm not inactive, I work two jobs and will soon be going to university though, so surely you can give my position away to a more active judge. I'll still be around to critique units if it's necessary, but I think the prestige and responsibility would better fit smiley girl or toledo, I've been a judge already, I have a firmly based reputation, and I'm sure when there is a controversial unit I'll recieve a PM about it like I usually do.

So take that as my abdication of the position. However I'd appreciate future consideration or maybe seasonal consideration if possible, and PM's on anything people really want my critique on, I'm not going to withhold anything merely because I wasn't assigned a role.

I think we should definately make him a reserve judge or something. Anyway, I'm glad you'll still be critiquing.

[deleryn]

First of all, I'd like to say that nobody in CAU is going to pay attention to members just because they're judges in some committee and they can get your unit "immortalized" in a hall of fame.

I think we should definately make him a reserve judge or something. Anyway, I'm glad you'll still be critiquing.

He could have whatever kind of position he wants as far as I care. I don't plan on increasing support for the newest committee by sticking his name to it though.

PMs have gone out. Maybe I'll make a charter thread with more feedback.
I don't plan on stickying the charter thread, just a "certified units" thread. People can search for the rules later if they want after looking at the shiny stuff in the uncluttered thread. :)

Edit: Kyir did not wish to be a judge :(
Oh, well

[Toledo 13]

First of all, I'd like to say that nobody in CAU is going to pay attention to members just because they're judges in some committee and they can get your unit "immortalized" in a hall of fame.



He could have whatever kind of position he wants as far as I care. I don't plan on increasing support for the newest committee by sticking his name to it though.

PMs have gone out. Maybe I'll make a charter thread with more feedback.
I don't plan on stickying the charter thread, just a "certified units" thread. People can search for the rules later if they want after looking at the shiny stuff in the uncluttered thread. :)

Edit: Kyir did not wish to be a judge :(
Oh, well


I didn't want JC a judge to increase our popularity, he gives excellent advice to created units.

[Kyir]

I didn't want JC a judge to increase our popularity, he gives excellent advice to created units.

Anything like this never works, no matter who the judges are.

PS. Ever
PPS. Seriously
PPPS. ya wai.

[Toledo 13]

Anything like this never works, no matter who the judges are.

PS. Ever
PPS. Seriously
PPPS. ya wai.

What the crap are you talking about?

[Kyir]

Committees don't work, Lrn2understandenglish?

[Toledo 13]

Committees don't work, Lrn2understandenglish?

lol oh. I thought you were talking about JC.

[deleryn]

Committees don't work, Lrn2understandenglish?

trolling CAU is lame. gg?

[Kyir]

I troll everywhere, gfg? :D

[deleryn]

I troll everywhere, gfg?


gfg is new.

[Kyir]

yup.

[ironhorse123]

1. Deleryn (12)
2. Forest_Archer (11)
3. Shatterstar (10)
4. Cross Punisher (9)
5. Sodameoba (8)
6. Kyir (7)
7. Three way tie! JesusCraig, Toledo 13, and Smiley_Girl (6)
8. Tie! Xerent and Ironhorse123 (4)
9. Three way tie! Uniquious, Cuathon, and Legacy67 (3)
10. The Coder (2)


I'm tied for 9th right now because Kyir doesn't want to do it, but I didn't get a PM. Did I not make it?

[Kyir]

I'm tied for 9th right now because Kyir doesn't want to do it, but I didn't get a PM. Did I not make it?

I would of been first if I didn't say i'd kill people who voted for me.

[deleryn]

I'm tied for 9th right now because Kyir doesn't want to do it, but I didn't get a PM. Did I not make it?

So far I've recieved word that Forest_Archer, Toledo13, and Shatterstar would appreciate the position. I was thinking that 7 or 8 judges would be plenty with the amount of activity CAU gets lately, but I'm really open for suggestions on that matter. There aren't any personal reasons why I haven't pmed you about being a judge, its just that the higher votes get the chance first. I pmed the top five (err, the other four) right off the bat for that reason.

As it is, the judges are mostly the only ones who make units in CAU anymore, which is dissapointing. The committee would be retarded if it was all inclusive.

Xerent didn't respond to the 2 pms I've ever sent him. I doubt he would care to get a judge position in our new committee. But I'll ask anyways and make a fool of myself if I think it needs it.

I said I'd take a month to organize, didn't I? :cool:

[shatterstar]

a few thoughts:

1. i dont think we should go past 7 since we'll then get unwieldy.
2. considering that the judges are the most prolific and conssitent designers active, i think we'll need 2 reserve judges in addition to the 7 full-timers. we all have outside lives and a sub would help keep it running even in someone's absence.

I think we need to generate some kind of incentive for people to come and try and get their unit certified. there are a good number of unit makers, however most havent managed any conssitency. perhaps something like some cool logo akin to the TAL-certified logo tourneys get would hopefully get people interested in getting certified.

[Duffman]

I'm tied for 16th. How come I didn't get a PM?

[ironhorse123]

I'm tied for 16th. How come I didn't get a PM?

Funny. I only asked because I thought I read Top 9 would get a PM. I figured that changed so I was asking. As for what shatterstar suggested, I'd be a reserve judge if it's needed.

[Toledo 13]

a few thoughts:

1. i dont think we should go past 7 since we'll then get unwieldy.
2. considering that the judges are the most prolific and conssitent designers active, i think we'll need 2 reserve judges in addition to the 7 full-timers. we all have outside lives and a sub would help keep it running even in someone's absence.

I think we need to generate some kind of incentive for people to come and try and get their unit certified. there are a good number of unit makers, however most havent managed any conssitency. perhaps something like some cool logo akin to the TAL-certified logo tourneys get would hopefully get people interested in getting certified.

What reward could we possibly give for making a unit?

[Cross Punisher]

whew I wasn't sure I was going to get enough votes to get in. ;)

[Forest_Archer]

And without further ado...

[Smiley_Girl]

Is Kyir in or out? :huh:

[deleryn]

whew I wasn't sure I was going to get enough votes to get in. ;)

Well, since Cross said he was going to be pretty busy, he can basically be one of the "reserve" judges. Whenever he wants to come back there'll be room I'm sure. That probably just means I'll send him different PMs so he doesn't have a swarm to read when he's back from wherever.

I'm going off to college too so I'm thinking about handing some of my ideas over to one of the other judges. I'm just a little worried about what's going to drive the community along so I'll stick around a little though.

Kyir and JesusCraig are out.

[Smiley_Girl]

Well, since Cross said he was going to be pretty busy, he can basically be one of the "reserve" judges. Whenever he wants to come back there'll be room I'm sure. That probably just means I'll send him different PMs so he doesn't have a swarm to read when he's back from wherever.

I'm going off to college too so I'm thinking about handing some of my ideas over to one of the other judges. I'm just a little worried about what's going to drive the community along so I'll stick around a little though.

Kyir and JesusCraig are out.

Than I'm in :)

[deleryn]

Than I'm in :)

yeah, and maybe ironhorse and xerent too (but only if he wants in).

[ironhorse123]

yeah, and maybe ironhorse and xerent too (but only if he wants in).

I'm up for it if you need me.

[bobdagangsta]

Damn I got no votes. :p

[deleryn]

Xerent has made some singularly fascinating suggestions on how a CAU committee should be handled. Also, I've been considering for a long time that I'm not really going to be around to manage CAU as much as other members will be for this committee.

I know I already did this once with Forest, but... All bets are off; I'm taking this in a new direction.

Xerent's suggestions involved keeping judges based on involvement, not necessarily quality or prolification. His idea was that 3 main "judges" would be involved in rating member's units. If a member had managed to craft an excellent unit, he or she would find membership for a while on a panel of 4 temporary judges. These panel judges would rotate and criteria for being a "judge" involved being skilled as a unit creator. I would like to see this suggestion happen. It might just bring back some interesting times in CAU. Unfortunately, like I said above, I'm not going to be around for as long as I like.

I'm sorry Toledo13, Sodamoeba, and Ironhorse123, but there's not enough room on the permanent judging staff for you. You're all excellent unit creators and I'm sure you can find your way onto the panel of unit judgers. Smiley_Girl said she'd love to take my place in sorting this out as it starts (and indeed, it'll be more of a task than a pleasure), and other than her, Forest_Archer and Shatterstar have been contributing to CAU consistantly for a long time. I'm thinking that these main judges will simply choose their successors from any members in the CAU section. You might say I chose smiley, even though she's a blond. :p

The voting process wasn't necessary, but it has confirmed what we already know. I think that everyone who was voted for in this thread is a great CAU contributor in their own right. Hopefully you'll all have a chance to become panel judges and maybe even permanent ones. :)

I'd like to see this thing get rolling, so I'll stick around and maybe help a little when yall need it.

[ironhorse123]

Sweet, good luck everyone. Deleryn, how are main judges replaced? I think I missed that in your post.

[deleryn]

Sweet, good luck everyone. Deleryn, how are main judges replaced? I think I missed that in your post.

I thought they would just pick a new member, like what I'm doing with smiley. The main judges don't necessarily have to be the best CAU authors out there, just people who are reliable and consistently involved. I'm sure they're smart enough to figure out something on their own.

[bobdagangsta]

shatterstar?

Sodamobea is much better,

[deleryn]

shatterstar?

Sodamobea is much better,

Sodamoeba hasn't been on in forever. The main judges are just the most dedicated ones, not the best.

[Forest_Archer]

When will you make the actual voting thread? Time to stop putting this off, deli (that's your new nickname, deleryn. I like it).

[deleryn]

When will you make the actual voting thread? Time to stop putting this off, deli (that's your new nickname, deleryn. I like it).

No more voting threads required. I'm just waiting for smiley, she's going to make all the threads.

[Forest_Archer]

Okay, deli.

[Smiley_Girl]

I'll begin now. :)