As always, I’m glad to see support for me or the site … that is always welcome. I am also always interested in hearing what those have to say that may not be as supportive. If there is a problem then many times the only way we know how to fix it is to get feedback from the people having the problems.
Another advantage to having the people who play our games be forums members, is that it is much easier to catch a cheater, which again increases the odds for those who play by the rules.
I don’t want to dismiss CC’s idea and it’s something that will be consider for future contests, but I don’t think there will be any changes made to any of the current contests we have that would reflect CC’s wishes. Like I think I said before, there is an idea for a plan that will help those, who contribute more to the site, win or have access to “things” or prizes that the average visitor, who does not really make contributions, doesn’t. This won’t happen overnight and it’s something that we have been tossing around for the last 6 months.
Our goal is to cover all of the bases, but it can be very difficult to do that sometimes.
It’s important to remember that this is all just for fun and I hope no one gets discouraged or disappointed by the way our games turn out. If we get the feeling that the games and contest are causing more problems than they are worth then we will scale them back and go a different direction. I like the games, I have fun getting them set up and watching their progress and I think people like to play them. We try to give a variety so that you’re not getting the same thing over and over and we try and have prizes that would interest the majority of our visitors.
If it was in my power, I would have a silver fett for every member of our forums but we have to work within our own limitations and I hope that everyone understands that and knows that we have the best interest of our visitors in mind with everything that we do.