Frank Wyatt Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I've been on this forum for a little over a year (this being my first post O.o). Love this virtual truck show. Really enjoyed writing up a quick blurb on my frankentruck and then reading and voting on all the entries. 10/10 definitely appreciate the work Gary put in to this! Yes I agree this must have been a lot of work on Gary's end and I really appreciate ll he has done for us all with this site. I am hopeful that the votes will increase over the weekend as I still remember the lack of time I had when I was still working before my forced retirement by semi-truck. Thanks Gary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Yes I agree this must have been a lot of work on Gary's end and I really appreciate ll he has done for us all with this site. I am hopeful that the votes will increase over the weekend as I still remember the lack of time I had when I was still working before my forced retirement by semi-truck. Thanks Gary! Thanks, guys. It has been a lot of work, but even with the low vote count it has been worth it. To see all of the trucks entered as well as the write-ups, that's been truly amazing! Is there any reason to extend the voting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86 12 Brutus Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Thanks, guys. It has been a lot of work, but even with the low vote count it has been worth it. To see all of the trucks entered as well as the write-ups, that's been truly amazing! Is there any reason to extend the voting? Still the same number since yesterday afternoon. hard to say whats going on, it looks like only 29 people have voted. Hopefully people will vote today. I have to say, getting an ugly truck vote really stings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Still the same number since yesterday afternoon. hard to say whats going on, it looks like only 29 people have voted. Hopefully people will vote today. I have to say, getting an ugly truck vote really stings. Yes, I'm hoping that more vote today. But Sundays are typically kind of slow. As for the Ugliest Truck vote, think how Bill is feeling - Darth has 7 votes to your 1. Maybe this category wasn't a good idea? I hate hurting people's feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86 12 Brutus Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Yes, I'm hoping that more vote today. But Sundays are typically kind of slow. As for the Ugliest Truck vote, think how Bill is feeling - Darth has 7 votes to your 1. Maybe this category wasn't a good idea? I hate hurting people's feelings. It's ok reallly, it just kind of hurts. I could imagine how Bill is feeling right now. I really didn't like the catagory. But in the end, it is what it is. No worries here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsai Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 It's ok reallly, it just kind of hurts. I could imagine how Bill is feeling right now. I really didn't like the catagory. But in the end, it is what it is. No worries here That's just weird, your truck is perfectly nice looking. Maybe in the future one should have to self-nominate for this category? There are plenty of people who take pride in how awful their trucks look, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86 12 Brutus Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 It's ok reallly, it just kind of hurts. I could imagine how Bill is feeling right now. I really didn't like the catagory. But in the end, it is what it is. No worries here That's just weird, your truck is perfectly nice looking. Maybe in the future one should have to self-nominate for this category? There are plenty of people who take pride in how awful their trucks look, after all. its really hard to say why somebody would call my truck ugly, maybe they dont like the color, maybe jelous, who knows. i guess beauty is left to the eye of the beholder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac79 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 It's ok reallly, it just kind of hurts. I could imagine how Bill is feeling right now. I really didn't like the catagory. But in the end, it is what it is. No worries here That's just weird, your truck is perfectly nice looking. Maybe in the future one should have to self-nominate for this category? There are plenty of people who take pride in how awful their trucks look, after all. Maybe having to nominate your truck for any category is a good idea... Most entrants seemed to write up there entries 'aiming' for a certain category anyway, emphasizing originality, upgrades etc. Discussion for another day I think. I'll just echo everyone else, THANK YOU GARY! Glad you're not too upset about the voting turnout. The number of entries was at least high, right? Maybe our members just aren't fans of the democratic process... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 It's ok reallly, it just kind of hurts. I could imagine how Bill is feeling right now. I really didn't like the catagory. But in the end, it is what it is. No worries here I wouldn’t take that vote too seriously. There are a few nominations for ugly truck there that are off base. Probably pranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliftonK Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Yes, I'm hoping that more vote today. But Sundays are typically kind of slow. As for the Ugliest Truck vote, think how Bill is feeling - Darth has 7 votes to your 1. Maybe this category wasn't a good idea? I hate hurting people's feelings. I knew Darth was going to give me some trouble, but I got some votes it looks like :) I only entered because I had a shot at ugly lol Gary, I noticed a few things during this virtual truck show I wanted to point out that might make the next one a bit smoother. Had you not extended the voting I wouldn't have gotten to vote. I got real busy of late. I put in a long night reading through all the entries and dozed off a couple of times before I made it though them all. The best engine category gave me a lot of trouble. I didn't know what criteria to vote on. Some entrants had massive write-ups describing their engine build, but never took a photo of the engine bay at all, so those weren't even considered. I think it would help if the format was more standard. I'm thinking a list of what to photograph(with an example) would make it easier to judge. I don't mind the ugly truck category, I think its all in good fun. One thing I might change is to allow entrants to pick what categories they want to be voted in. I think for the technical categories it wouldn't hurt to have a handful of forum members selected beforehand to be judges for those categories and have open voting on categories like best story and peoples favorite. More time wouldn't upset me either. I got in late, barely before the first deadline. But I've been absent for awhile so not sure how much advance notice I would have had if I hadn't been. I could also go for a thread format on entrants so you can ask questions about the stuff you can't easily see. I feel like you can't get near as good of an idea about a truck from a photo as you could from meeting the owner and sticking your head under the hood. On that note, I thought everyone had to take a photo with their truck? Seems like that would disqualify most of the entries. This show has been fun so far, and with a little work I could see this being a regular thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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