my rant about ROTY

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2jzmk3

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The point is this basically, if you plan on doing such a thing, then make it so everyone feels involved, and everyone gets a chance. if you limit it to just ROTY, then it will basically come down to the same few cars every year..
which if you look at it.. will probably be either duane or Ron.

its hard to put a 89 supra with 20k in mods, against a 89 supra with 80k in mods, its obvious whos going to win, no matter how clean, or how well put together the other is...

sorry if i offended anyone or anyones car, i actually love them all.. BUT you need to either have classes to make it fair or something along those lines..
maybe

best NA
best interior
best exterior
cleanest engine bay

Then like a overall type award

because that is unfair for Duane to win every year.

not just one award..because besides Ron, Duane, and Me.. i don't know of to many other mk3 guys spending $80,000+ on a 23 year old car.

have an award so some of the other guys, who don't have disposable income like us a chance to win, because when i was busting my ass making $8 a hour, i spent every dime to modify my car, and iwould of loved to get some kind of recognition...
Again i dont want it to seem like i am making me or duane stand out from the rest of everyone...
im just saying some of us, has alot more money into our cars, and if it comes down to it, it will be the same 3-4 people..


some people that i think should be in that weren't in

Tissmo
polobi
hamsmkii
turbodrifter
dr. jonez
reign maker (when he actually get that piece working)


there is alot more i cant think of right now, but deserve to be recognized, i exclude myself, because i dont think my car is anywhere nears duanes or Rons..

i hope you guys see my point, and try to fix this for next years awards..
 

suprahero

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I love Duane's car, but I don't think he's going to win every year. He hasn't won this year yet and you've already crowned him.................There's nine of us left and we ain't going down without a fight....................:stickpoke
 

BorHor

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ride of the year will be based on ROTM winners i think. it started late this year so i am going to guess they threw in people that entered.
 

MK3Brent

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You shouldn't let stuff like this bother you, but I'm not going to tell you how to feel.

I'm sure there will be many to choose from, however it's not one person's decision. The community votes.

So the community potentially has the capability of choosing any car they want.
If the community wanted Duanes car <for example>, then are you saying that people who vote for him against anyone else of a lesser valued car isn't fair?
 

jimi87-t

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IMO....it's ride (mkiii) of the year, nuf said. The way I look at it is who has been the biggest hitter this year for the MKIII community. If just some random clean mkiii wins but hasn't been influential on the community or pushed the envelope forward I would be pissed. ROTM is better suited for the random mkiii IMO.

Edit: but like MK3Brent said, its a community vote, so I really don't see the problem here......
 

6o4turbo

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MK3Brent said:
So the community potentially has the capability of choosing any car they want.
If the community wanted Duanes car <for example>, then are you saying that people who vote for him against anyone else of a lesser valued car isn't fair?

Exactly what I was going to say!

The winner is selected by the mass of the community, the best car wins, end of story!
 

BorHor

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nooooooooo 2 tone FTW!!!!! your car is hot. you know it. just get it running with the 2UZ- FE. Can i get it now??? I need to go slower.
 

Reign_Maker

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2jzmk3 said:
reign maker (when he actually get that piece working)
One day man, one day...

Well, a few things in deffense of this system...

1: it's the first year we've done this, so, Im sure it'll evolve into something bigger...

2: the ROTY is comprised of all the ROTM winners and some close seconds...

3: Every month, everyone is intived to enter, not many do, believe it or not...

4: its a public vote on the ROTY... Not a staff vote... So what it really boils down to is who ever the community votes for, will win... Whether its Duane, or Ron, or Nate or Jay, or whoever... There's no rigging goin on, the votes are public, so everyone can see who is getting the numbers...

I like your idea of having classes... And I also agree that there are alot of guys out there bustin ass to build a nice car... I take a look in the build/gallery forum and there is some incredible stuff goin on in there... And alot of those guys deserve recognition... We just only have so many slots to fill, and cant raise every one of them up to the pedistal they deserve to be on... Then you have some guys, like me, who arent building for recognition, I just do it because I want it, always have wanted it... But on the other hand, I knwo I'll get the recognition, not because Im cocky and flaunting, but because a car like this, built like this, naturally will get the recognition it deserves... I dont have to do anything, the car speaks for itself... To be honest, I almost feel bad/embarrassed when I meet someone who is impressed with my car and they ask me to talk about it... Then I hear the common phrase: "Man I wish I could afford to do that!"
 

Toyota h8r

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suprahero said:
I love Duane's car, but I don't think he's going to win every year. He hasn't won this year yet and you've already crowned him.................There's nine of us left and we ain't going down without a fight....................:stickpoke
dont worry sh i voted for ya, even if ya are sportin the 1j. Hahaha, i love the color. I might paint my firebird that color. Hehehe