Featured Ride Options

[Random_Stranger]

What's going on with that? Why isn't Pipes on there (Or why not updated since then)? I was just thinking about if anyone came a long say since the last and Pipes came to mind.

This post has been edited by Random_Stranger: Feb 5, 2010 - 10:46 PM

[Bigblock]

Hey Random_Stranger
I have wondered about updated rides also...
So I just dismissed it for a few reasons ( which I know you can claer up ).

IDK what it takes to be a feature so I thought:
What has been done that is unique?
Who has a 6GC that is 100% factory and still looks " New "?
Who has a 6GC with the most mods?
Is this one of the items that is beyond current Moderator Controll?
How would 1 be featured with no " sibbling rivalry " over another?

These are the kind of things that cross my mind from time to time.
With so many quality 6GCs, I too would like to see some sort of up date.

Sorry for blah blah blah

Thanks

[GriffGirl]

Uh, good luck getting the featured ride thing to even happen. That's Coomer's domain.

[presure2]

once chris allows me to manage things, the featured ride will change. (somthing i have been asking him to change for a LONNNNGGG time.)
i've actually been thinking about how we want to do that.

im thinking that we will change the featured ride once every 3 months.
4 cars a year.
keeps it a privlage to be there, but not so few that noone has a chance.
once a month is too often, and not long enough to feature a car, IMO.

what are your thoughts?

[95CelicaST]

I agree that once a month is too much.


Perhaps we can do a quarterly featured ride, and maybe a "Celica Of The Month" sort of thing in the Multimedia forum. People submit pics and a little background info on their Celica, then the mods make a poll, and we all vote. Much like the Top Scoob on nasioc. It can be stickied at the top of the forum and have links back to all previous winners.

[pipes]

Thanks for even thinking I should be a featured ride! Means alot

[SlvrCelica09]

I think it would be tight if its once a month.. and people can vote who should be there.. but you cant vote for yourself.. maybe the person with the most featured ride awards a year can get more pics to add or something.. just a little suggestion

[azian_advanced]

i think it should be once every 6 months

[Spider77]

While I like the once a month idea, I dont think that there are that many "rides" that would qualify to do it that often. I kind of like once every three months, or every other month. I do like the idea of the end of year winner getting something extra (more pics is a great idea, cover of the calender...although im not sure whats involved in that other than voting). Not that I'd ever make it either way, that's just my opinion.

[SwissFerdi]

I agree that once a month is too much.


Perhaps we can do a quarterly featured ride, and maybe a "Celica Of The Month" sort of thing in the Multimedia forum. People submit pics and a little background info on their Celica, then the mods make a poll, and we all vote. Much like the Top Scoob on nasioc. It can be stickied at the top of the forum and have links back to all previous winners.

Yes, I like this (WTF, I'm agreeing with you?). There are many, many good pictures posted in the 'Post a pic of your 6GC thread' and some don't get recognition. The Featured Ride will remain a pretty exclusive honor if done four times a year, and those that might not make the cut for that can get some recognition with CotM.

[GriffGirl]

I think quarterly is perfect.

If we wanted to do a monthly "voted car of the month" in the multimedia section, that would be cool too, because it would be the "car of the month" but not take away from a quarterly Featured Ride which IMHO is higher recognition.

And yeah, Pipes' car should DEFINITELY be the next Featured Ride

[Rusty]

I vote for mr under_over (trdgt4) thats some serious amount of... everthing gone into that gt4

[SlvrCelica09]

I think quarterly is perfect.

If we wanted to do a monthly "voted car of the month" in the multimedia section, that would be cool too, because it would be the "car of the month" but not take away from a quarterly Featured Ride which IMHO is higher recognition.

And yeah, Pipes' car should DEFINITELY be the next Featured Ride

that would be cool, now all we gotta do is find a way to finalize this lol

[presure2]

quarterly is what it will be.
featured ride will continue to be the mods decision.
if someone wants to set up a celica of the month thread in the multimedia forum, that'd be great as well.
i can sticky it and what not.

[SwissFerdi]

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=72147

Here you go folks. Let me know if any amendments need to be made.

[presure2]

quarterly is what it will be.
featured ride will continue to be the mods decision.
if someone wants to set up a celica of the month thread in the multimedia forum, that'd be great as well.
i can sticky it and what not.

also, i think we should appoint someone to create the thread each month so that everyone can submit theyre pics, then have that person create the poll for everyone to vote on.
once the 6gc of the month is chosen, i will edit theyre pics and whatever into the sticky.

[SwissFerdi]

also, i think we should appoint someone to create the thread each month so that everyone can submit theyre pics, then have that person create the poll for everyone to vote on.
once the 6gc of the month is chosen, i will edit theyre pics and whatever into the sticky.

So do you want a thread each month? I thought this would be ongoing in one thread, with all the submissions posted and then one final post by you or Luke stating the winner, with the winning picture(s) and car specifications. The poll can be wiped each month, and then the selection will start again after each post by you or Luke. Know what I mean?

[presure2]

also, i think we should appoint someone to create the thread each month so that everyone can submit theyre pics, then have that person create the poll for everyone to vote on.
once the 6gc of the month is chosen, i will edit theyre pics and whatever into the sticky.

So do you want a thread each month? I thought this would be ongoing in one thread, with all the submissions posted and then one final post by you or Luke stating the winner, with the winning picture(s) and car specifications. The poll can be wiped each month, and then the selection will start again after each post by you or Luke. Know what I mean?

yea, whatever is fine with me. no biggie either way.

[Rusty]

I like the idea of a new thread each month, then lock and archive/save the old for reference

[joehernandez]

i was thinking of featuring a ride of the year also....
and the main page needs to change in a hurry, its been like that
since i don't know when...
and also the forums code or software needs to be updated so
that we can have more features on the forum

[Random_Stranger]

once chris allows me to manage things, the featured ride will change. (somthing i have been asking him to change for a LONNNNGGG time.)
i've actually been thinking about how we want to do that.

im thinking that we will change the featured ride once every 3 months.
4 cars a year.
keeps it a privlage to be there, but not so few that noone has a chance.
once a month is too often, and not long enough to feature a car, IMO.

what are your thoughts?

I like that idea and I would love to see you handle this site, you have done an excellent job and with all due respect to all staff, you're the man for the job. Please hound him so that this site can continue to move forward at a better rate. But yeah, I really like that idea, 4 cars per year. Sorry, I had forgot I posted this thread for a second there. LOL

quarterly is what it will be.
featured ride will continue to be the mods decision.
if someone wants to set up a celica of the month thread in the multimedia forum, that'd be great as well.
i can sticky it and what not.

also, i think we should appoint someone to create the thread each month so that everyone can submit theyre pics, then have that person create the poll for everyone to vote on.
once the 6gc of the month is chosen, i will edit theyre pics and whatever into the sticky.

This might even help for future calendars, unless we are fine with how it has been.

[SlvrCelica09]

quarterly is what it will be.
featured ride will continue to be the mods decision.
if someone wants to set up a celica of the month thread in the multimedia forum, that'd be great as well.
i can sticky it and what not.

also, i think we should appoint someone to create the thread each month so that everyone can submit theyre pics, then have that person create the poll for everyone to vote on.
once the 6gc of the month is chosen, i will edit theyre pics and whatever into the sticky.

thats gna be nice for the multimedia section

[richee3]

Can a previously featured ride make the Celica of the Month? Like Lagos or presure2? I get the feeling that we definitely don't have enough cars on this site to keep a monthly thread going. We'll run out of nice cars in no time and have to put cars with different color fenders and busted windows in there.

[Spider77]

I kinda think that after two years there might be some cycling of the same cars. But since its from a multimedia standpoint (I think) then there should be some good choices!

[presure2]

to those that think there isnt enough cars, i disagree. its up to all of YOU to post your cars, and to let others know about the COTM thread.
i think you guys are taking this a bit to seriously. swissferdi's wording is a bit off in the first post of the COTM thread, because it makes it sound like this is another version of featured ride.
this isnt "featured ride", its just a way to get people involved, like a better version of the post a pic of your car thread.
IMO it isnt about who has the most mods, or longest build list. for me, i just wanna see clean celicas. modded, stock, it dont matter. clean is clean. IMO its as much about the picture itself as it is about the celica thats in it.
pics of a 100% stock celica with a nice background looks great IMO and is just as worthy as malpaso for instance, or anyone else on the site.

[lagos]

Call it something like Celica Photo of the Month. That way it will avoid confusion and if people want to put in the effort, they could win more than once or whatever.

[SlvrCelica09]

Call it something like Celica Photo of the Month. That way it will avoid confusion and if people want to put in the effort, they could win more than once or whatever.

I think that would take away from the "celica" itself. If I was a winner, I want to be awarded for my ride, not a picture. There is certainly enough cars for this, I think the COTM thread will encourage people to keep their rides clean. Like Manny said, even a 100% stock celica looks good, its just about which car is cleanest and most deserving.

[malpaso]

Call it something like Celica Photo of the Month. That way it will avoid confusion and if people want to put in the effort, they could win more than once or whatever.

IMO this is really good idea! Since (if I get it right) Featured ride and Celica (photo) of the month are separated things so why mix it together? For me always Featured ride was the biggest honor when "God him self" () choose one Celica/member (because I believe it was not just about Celica it self but about member's enthusiasm on site as well) who became famous for many months on homepage . However Celica (photo) of the month is based on votes of members and criteria "how good photo is" does not exclude anyone and is easy and perfet! And (like a bonus) it may support people to make good picture during whole year (not just few weeks before "picture for 6gc calendar submission" deadline ).

[Supersprynt]

Having a Featured Ride and a Celica of the Month seems redundant. Creating a Photo of the Month is an idea that is better because then people with cars that have less money poured into them can get some "airtime".

[presure2]

Having a Featured Ride and a Celica of the Month seems redundant. Creating a Photo of the Month is an idea that is better because then people with cars that have less money poured into them can get some "airtime".

i agree, although its just semantics.
"celica of the month" or "celica photo of the month"...whatever you call it, its a way for everyone to get involved and show off theyre celicas, be it 100% stock, or 100% custom.

[x_itchy_b_x]

I've never been featured hint hint. jk i know if it was gunna happen it would of happened in the long long ago. I still love you 6gc guys

[snapshotgt]

quarterly is what it will be.
featured ride will continue to be the mods decision.

Quarterly sounds good.
Just enough time but not too long.
I've been up for over a year now (and I love my car), but we should have things rotating -- there are a lot of badass cars here. A lot of people deserve to be featured.

[boosted185]

Welp. I saw that there is already a poll up for March's Car of the Month. However, I'd like to nominate Brent's Tangerine to be considered for the following Month/Quarter (whichever was decided) Most of the active members on here know him and know his car and somewhat of the story behind it. Manny, Jim, Shannon, Stevenson and myself, all know the turmoil he and I went through to build his little moster. but PLEASE, I don't want this to sound like I'm being biased just beacuse I helped him out with his build. I honestly think his story, and his car would be a great candidate.

[presure2]

Welp. I saw that there is already a poll up for March's Car of the Month. However, I'd like to nominate Brent's Tangerine to be considered for the following Month/Quarter (whichever was decided) Most of the active members on here know him and know his car and somewhat of the story behind it. Manny, Jim, Shannon, Stevenson and myself, all know the turmoil he and I went through to build his little moster. but PLEASE, I don't want this to sound like I'm being biased just beacuse I helped him out with his build. I honestly think his story, and his car would be a great candidate.

thing is, COTM isnt a "By nomination"..he has to actually post a pic.

[boosted185]

Welp. I saw that there is already a poll up for March's Car of the Month. However, I'd like to nominate Brent's Tangerine to be considered for the following Month/Quarter (whichever was decided) Most of the active members on here know him and know his car and somewhat of the story behind it. Manny, Jim, Shannon, Stevenson and myself, all know the turmoil he and I went through to build his little moster. but PLEASE, I don't want this to sound like I'm being biased just beacuse I helped him out with his build. I honestly think his story, and his car would be a great candidate.

thing is, COTM isnt a "By nomination"..he has to actually post a pic.

haha, Good to know Manny. Thanks!

[eggman40]

So where would one post a picture up for nomination? is there a particular thread for the Featured Ride nominations? or are you just picked at random?

[presure2]

So where would one post a picture up for nomination? is there a particular thread for the Featured Ride nominations? or are you just picked at random?

there is a celica of the month thread in the multimedia section of the site.

[OOBE]

Gosh, is the concept really that hard for you people to grasp? Just STFU and start posting pics.

Manny, once my car is done, you will get tired of seeing pictures of it posted. I just want to make sure I get it done right...and in a pretty way.

[richee3]

Thread revival!

I'm thinking I'd like to see Czwalga's car as the next featured ride. He's put a crazy amount of work into that car and takes it placed none of the rest of us would dare. And it's not like he's just put the work into it once, he's had to repair and rebuild it several times.

[cheela]

YES PLEASE!
and also, maybe we should think about interviewing them via the podcasts.