Your opinion on ....

[Mimmsicle]

[FONT=Tahoma]I'm going to go out on a limb and create what looks like a very silly thread .... and most likely is just that. If the [I]Moderators that Be[/I] see absolutely no chance of this going anywhere but N00bville within the first 10 replies and don't want to do the old "Told you so, thread closed" routine, please, shut it down =)

Ok! The idea is to [B]ask a specific person about their opinion on a specific subject[/B], although to prevent this from being a "friends only" thread I'd encourage posters to pick someone randomly (check Who's Online, for instance and choose someone from there). If the selected person does not respond within a week, the last man/woman to have stated their opinion will ask someone new.

(In other words, no cutting in line in this thread. It will earn you 2 tsk-points.)

There are no fixed subjects, so just because I'm intending to go with "[I]Television[/I]" doesn't mean the next poster has to stick with that field. I do ask you to [B]state what 'genre' you'd like the person after you to respond within[/B]. "What do you think about hamburgers?" is a rather broad question, so narrowing it down to something slightly more specific would make it easier to answer it just a little bit more concise (not that I have anything against long-winded replies ... I'm having troubles myself keeping my own stuff short ¬¬).

Using the subject "[B]Health[/B]" indicates that the poster wants to know your opinion of what you think about hamburgers role in health matters. Feel free to answer silly ("Hamburgers taste nice and make me happy, therefore I think they're good for your/my health") or in a more serious manner ("Got arteries?" .... Ok, that's still a bit silly but you get my point).

Hopefully my own post will not confuse you any more than the introduction already has. Send me a PM if you're unsure on how to go about things, I'd be more than happy to straighten things out (even if, technically, the introduction is supposed to make everything clear). Let's do this!


[B]Opinionater:[/B] Charles

[B]Subject:[/B] "[I]Television[/I]"

[B]Question:[/B] What is your opinion on the show [URL=http://www.tv.com/mr.-romance/show/32961/summary.html]"[U]Mr Romance[/U]"?[/URL][/FONT]

[The13thMan]

[COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]I like the idea of this thread, i simply have a problem with the "opinionator" aspect of it. I'd love to post my opinion on tv or whatev, but now i can't because i'm not said dude. Oh well, whatev man.

Oh, and if you consider this cutting then i accept my tsk points willingly...or do i?! ::i throw dirt in your eyes and run:: ^L^


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[John]

I'm also sorry if I'm sorta jabbing in, but can we perhaps discuss the person's opinion after they state it, or something like that (perhaps even the question as a whole)? Otherwise, a thread which might often have week-long pauses would seem kinda quiet and disconnected. But great idea nonetheless. =)

[quote name='The13thMan][color=DarkOrange][font=Century Gothic]::i throw dirt in your eyes and run:: ^L^[/font'][/color][/quote] If you ever throw dirt in Mimmeh's eyes again, I will murder you in the most creative way I can think of.

[The13thMan]

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If you ever throw dirt in Mimmeh's eyes again, I will murder you in the most creative way I can think of.[/QUOTE]
[COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]I sugges' you bes' start thinkin' up ways to kill me then, foo'. And i'm expecting something really f-ing imaginative...and throw in some unicorns too, i like those. ^L^


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[Mimmsicle]

[FONT=Tahoma][QUOTE=The13thMan][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]I like the idea of this thread, i simply have a problem with the "opinionator" aspect of it. I'd love to post my opinion on tv or whatev, but now i can't because i'm not said dude. Oh well, whatev man.

Oh, and if you consider this cutting then i accept my tsk points willingly...or do i?! ::i throw dirt in your eyes and run:: ^L^[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]Your post has got me doing cartwheels. Well, not really. My hopes with including more restriction was to prevent it from totally disintegrating into chaos, which is the case in most instances when you leave things too open. Usually when threads like this are created and you leave the torch to 'whoever posts first' you end up with multiple people posting at the same time, which leads to confusion as to which question to answer. Sooner or later the whole thing turns into dissaray with that lineup.

Sara posted [URL=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=53499][U]this wonderful thread[/U][/URL] in the Art Studio and even though she gave very clear guidelines it still got sidetracked to the point where the fun was almost lost. Luckily she managed to keep it going, with some compromises. I was hoping to inspire the same type of fun - only within a tighter frame because the Opinionater chooses its successor - minus confusion.

The fact that you ended your post in that fashion doesn't help your case at all. Instead of taking your two cents seriously I almost completely disregarded them. In the end I decided to donate said two cents to some frat boys playing a beer game. That way they'll come to [I]some [/I]use.

[QUOTE=John]I'm also sorry if I'm sorta jabbing in, but can we perhaps discuss the person's opinion after they state it, or something like that (perhaps even the question as a whole)? Otherwise, a thread which might often have week-long pauses would seem kinda quiet and disconnected. But great idea nonetheless. =)
[quote name='The13thMan][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]Oh, and if you consider this cutting then i accept my tsk points willingly...or do i?! ::i throw dirt in your eyes and run:: ^L^[/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote]
If you ever throw dirt in Mimmeh's eyes again, I will murder you in the most creative way I can think of.[/QUOTE]First off, let me buff that shining armour of yours :3

Good input, but I wonder how long said discussion should go on? Will it stop right after the next Opinionater kicks in or will people discuss the first one as well as the new one, and so on. It could easily turn into a 'meh, I didn't make it in time to say what I wanted to say so I'll just butt in and maybe answer the latest one too .... if I feel like it'.

:animesigh Granted, my idea has flaws but I tried to minimize them to make a thread that'd work. Next time I should just go organize some paperwork :][/FONT]

[Horendithas]

[COLOR=DeepSkyBlue][QUOTE=Mimminx][FONT=Tahoma]Ok! The idea is to [B]ask a specific person about their opinion on a specific subject[/B], although to prevent this from being a "friends only" thread I'd encourage posters to pick someone randomly (check Who's Online, for instance and choose someone from there). If the selected person does not respond within a week, the last man/woman to have stated their opinion will ask someone new.

(In other words, no cutting in line in this thread. It will earn you 2 tsk-points.)[/FONT][/QUOTE]I see one major flaw with this idea and that is what if the person asked to give their opinion on a subject doesn?t read the thread? Or what if they haven?t logged in for several days? Or they might not even be interested in discussing the topic you've chosen. Perhaps a way to help get around that problem would be for the person requesting someone to give their opinion to pm the person in question and ask them to respond back if they are not interested so you can then edit your post and change it to someone else and pm the new choice. You could even give it say a two day limit to respond and then if you don't hear from them you automatically chose another person.

That way you would know if they are going to respond or not and potentially keep the thread running longer. Then that person once they give their opinion would in turn choose the next topic and pm the person they want to respond. Sure that might be a bit of a hassle, but it might be worth trying. [/COLOR]

[Mimmsicle]

[quote name='indifference][COLOR=DeepSkyBlue']Perhaps a way to help get around that problem would be for the person requesting someone to give their opinion to pm the person in question and ask them to respond back if they are not interested so you can then edit your post and change it to someone else and pm the new choice. [/COLOR][/quote][FONT=Tahoma]Excellent! The more I've thought about this the more I've wondered how to improve it and that is what it needs. That'd help reduce the time-limit thingy-mabob, too.

I owe you! *runs off to pester Charles* >_____>[/FONT]

[Charles]

[quote name='Mimminx][FONT=Tahoma][B]Question:[/B] What is your opinion on the show [URL=http://www.tv.com/mr.-romance/show/32961/summary.html]"[U]Mr Romance[/U]"?[/URL'][/FONT][/quote]

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Edit: I read the rules but sometimes when you convolute a thread with a bunch of stupid rules, it's easy to forget.

[Mimmsicle]

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