Probably not, but who knows.

GUI Olympics 2006!!!!

I can't wait. I am training as we speak to represent all of NYC and especially Brooklyn.

BoXXi thinks he's for the high jump........

I'm currently in training for the skin shot putt.
At present, I am able to lob a Winamp 3 skin over a bus.

I don't why

if it is done again, the old process will probably change drasticaly from what I gathered when this was asked about three months ago....

If it is done again, still some hard feelings about some peoples actions and such from the last one, and can't say I blame them any either....

Just imagine the phrase 'looking a gift-horse in the mouth'....that was the Gui Olympics...

I want to add a new olympics game: lets see how far we can throw our computers out a window in favor of buying macs.

Just kidding.

There were cash prizes, OD renewals T-Shirts and things. The problem arose because everyone wanted to make the rules and have the most say. To much competetion from the judges from other sites. It was a bunch of back stabbing one upmanship crap that brought the eventual downfall of more GUI Olympics.

'Cost' isn't/wasn't a problem....lack of appreciation of/for the expense was...

i believe once Frogboy said that Stardock would consider funding another GUI Olympics, but someone outside of the company would have to do all of the running / organising.

given the pain and grief he seemed to go through last time, that was quite an amazing offer, presuming i am remembering it correctly. however, i don't recall anyone offering to take up the offer.

Lame!! Aqua, remember that was a year ago and a few version of WB ago. The problem wasn't the blinds, it was everyone trying to put there 2 cents into runnung it.

maybe this time around keep others out of the internal working of it, but opening display the leaders on a link?

Kind of like they used to do when I was into Fooseball tourneys, they had a board for each level of heats, am, pro am, pro, teams the same, who is facing who and the results, double elimination. I don't know how much of that could work into a GUI O, but the basic idea of keeping things right out in the open on a link to it's won page on the site, one that could be linked to from other sites... It could and would be done with an unbiased group of judges, just wouldn't get it all mixed up with all the other sites being in the middle of it. If people had a problem with it, then they wouldn't have to take part in it, all personal choice...

dunno, just an idea...

I am sure others have many, and also Brad and the others from the first time around have loads of understanding of what went BURP before and have ideas on how to avoid it the next time around. But by not being connected to the judging, it would leave old issues out of the picture, and anyone attempting to pull it in could opt not to take part...

Their choice really...

like the saying goes, too many Chiefs ruin the meal and you can not run something like that by consensus or it takes on a nightmarish existence all of it's own...

maybe even do it with double elimination, where just because a skin facing off with another as far as moving up the ladder does not make that cut, it has a chance to make it's way back through the remainder of skins again with the possibility of gaining ground.?.

I dunno, probably screwy thoughts... But there has to be someone(s) with all of your help who could put that end ( the voting ) together, as far a prizes go... that would be a SD issue over all... but for, say 10th - 5th the same prize, 4th and 3rd same same, 2nd something and 1st something else... ?

anyway, I'll be quiet and lurk and learn in this one now

I was never around for the first GUI Olympics so I don't know what the story is...but a new GUI Olympics seems like a great idea! All you need is a panel of set judges who base each submission using the same critique and scale. If there will be too many submissions, you simply break it down into categories like the way you categorize them in the WB Library. I would love to see a new GUI Olympics once WB4 is released. It seems to me skinning is becoming more and more mainstream each and every day. I bought ODNT in January, and just up until now, it seems so much bigger than it was then.