[S] Colorist Choice Customs

[lilmissy4205]

I had mentioned this once to Felmino and she has said at the time (back in May) that it was being considered but never put into action.  

[Ririka]

I believe it was not put in to action, yet, because the last month long CC custom, though a lot of soq were produced, did not go well in certain terms.

Some people, whether staff, regs, newbies, what have you, felt like the list being taken advantage of in one form or another. Thus, it had some feeling like another would only produce the same problems.

But that is just how a lot of CC based stuff goes. People will always feel it is unfair in one way or another. They will always feel as if they will never be chosen unless they buddy up to a higher person. They will always feel like it is going to be taken advantage of and they have no hope in it.

Some may say it is a preference to colorist taste. Others say it is all a matter of where you stand and who you know.

Ultimately, all or most can agree CC just isn't something "fair", unless you are chosen, then you can be happy happy. XD

Whatever the case, if it is brought back, hopefully the problems and views of the past can be ignored and it can start with a clean slate.

 

[Haisyn Fierra]

I absolutely agree that it sounds like a good idea, at least as good an idea as the MCCL breedings, if it is treated in the same fashion and simply an extra picked up here and there after the colorists have fulfilled their other duties for the month.

It also gives the colorists the option to just pick doing the one Soq if they have the extra time for that, instead of only having the breeding thread to pick from.

And if the junior colorists would be allowed to do any of the unedit ones or something, all the better for people who've been questing color-themed ponies or whatnot for ages, right? Even if they aren't it still at least gives people that much more of a chance to get customs they've been questing for so long.

I know I've seen a lot of people who've been trying to get a particular custom for at least half a year, or even more than a year.  

[Andranis]

I gotta agree with the idea, but with a bit of a tweak - The colorists could randomize what page they pick from. That way, there's not as much issue of a colorist appearing to beeline to a favorite person to color the custom(s) of. It at least makes it a LITTLE fairer for everybody, because there's no telling what page the randomizer will land on. It could also serve as a good start for the new colorists, where they can pick out some non-edited Soquili to start, and if they feel up to a challenge, an edited Soquili or two.  

[Ktns]

I would like to add in that Im not sure the current issues from before would happen. I know that favortisim from colorists isnt taken lightly anymore or ignored.

I believe if they show blatant favoring of someone, they have a lot more answering to do, if not downright punishment of some sort.

I have a friend or two on staff, and I'm almost never CC'd for anything, and haven't been for over a year.  

[StarieMichie]

As long as the customers on the list update when they have the funds or not, I think it'd work. I know some people can be flaky and have the gold at one point, but then would be apt to spend it if they weren't picked right away. I just wouldn't want to see colorists pick one, and then have to pick another that they didn't like as much a couple days later because someone impulsively spent their gold.

((and I had no idea there was a month long CC custom list... I so would have been all over that had I seen it))  

[Sirenz]

I like the idea of them picking from a randomized page a lot. That way no one would be accused of the favoritism that colorist choice threads bring about sometimes. The colorist couldn't take on customs whenever they wanted because they would have to be finished with things owed first of course. I could see this happening for an event when everyone is caught up.  

[Dragain]

If this is put into action - do what the colorists are currently doing with breedings. After they roll their slots in their custom thread and had confirmed the orders, instead of choosing CC from those who had entered in their customs, they go to the master list and pick from there.

Although... I can imagine how much pain they must go through, to look at each and every page. xD Its a decent idea, but I don't think customs should have an ongoing list. Let there be regular customs first before thinking about a CC thread!

If this is open as a month-long thing, however, I'm all for it! Still, let there be limits this time... Like "Every person can only be CC'ed by the same colorist once". So if your ideas are really that good, another colorist can pick it up as long as that colorist had not CCed you before during that event. This will prevent the 'multiple Soquili forms of person-X picked up by same colorist' thing from happening again. However, in the case of twins, its treated as "one" form.

At the end of the event, rolls can decide more winners from a list of peeps who had not yet won, just like before. :3  

[darknightcavalier]

One question remains for me is that there is going to be some form of idea hijacking IMO. That's one thing to be afraid of is to know someone looks over the list, sees a cosplay based custom, and then decides to make a similar cosplay based custom. So technically, its also like calling dibs which I guess the staff doesn't want because of the implications of having stolen ideas. Alsox there is the usual favoritism speculation there is abound. :/  

[Andranis]

Well, I suppose an easy solution for a MCCL for customs would be "No cosplays!", for fairness issues. If you REALLY want that cosplay, try in the regular/bribe/RL customs like everybody else. And as to the issue about the junior colorists landing on pages that lack non- or low-edited customs, maybe some sort of incentive for people to submit at least one form of those? I don't know what, but something.