Whether to punish people for constantly submitting crappy movies, or let them keep on doing it.
I am trying to figure out WHY we need to ban people who constantly submit blammed movies.
**Here are some reasons I am for this ban:
#1. The NG community wants to have an increase in quality submissions. (Sometimes I want to come to NG and see great movies)
#2. We all want people to learn from their mistakes. (If I constantly submit shit and get banned, then I know to improve my skills)
#3. Crap eats bandwidth. (We all want NG to perform as fast as possible)
#4. Reduces the risk of people submitting free blam flashes. (This is good I guess...but really doesn't matter to me.)
**Here are some reasons I am against this ban:
#1. We come here to enjoy everyone's creativity. Regardless of how bad or good it is. This might discourage some people from ever submitting again, even when their flash and creative skills improve.
#2. I agree with people learning from their mistakes...but, some people submit a few flashes to see how the crowd reacts first. But seriously, there is no harm in submitting a total waste of time flash...is there?
#3. If NG is concerned about bandwidth, then they should delete entries that dip below 2.00 no matter how old they are.
#4. Free blam flashes are deemed "bad", and are usually intended to either get attention (however short lived) or give their friends a blam/protect boost. But in reality, any user can vote on that flash, and since I dont see too many of those anyway, I don't think this is the reason for the ban.
I think this ban has it good points and bad points...but I think 15 days is a little harsh. I would either shorten the punishment to 5 days, or make it 5 blams in a 30 day period.
The people that get their movies blammed are usually just people trying to get attention. But aren't all people who submit movies here trying to get attention in some form or another?
---mike