Ok, some of you have noticed the "unofficial" FOTM entry list and poll that popped up over the weekend. Bulldog took it upon himself to start the new one. Not sure what his hurry was, but props to him for making the effort. The kid does put in the time for MR... But anyways...
I've deleted Bulldogs underground FOTM, and started a new ENTRY list. (bulldog closed entries sometime late in the afternoon of the 1st of the month....Tad premature possibly...)
as we all know, FOTM is something that is done by mods, and as Hillz pointed out, being as 50's brotherhood puts up the prizepack, it should be seen as an "officially run and sanctioned" MR poll... Not something chucked together by a junior member, hastily closed, and within a day had some VERY dodgy voting...
My opinion is that we try and instill some sort of "quality control" or "minimum standard" of bike that is entered... every month there are quite a few standout bikes, plus a couple of stockers to make up the numbers, who's only votes come from the owner, and any friends they have on MR. Unless of course you are MitchAustralia, and your standard shitpro 140 gets the majority of the votes in the space of Hillz lunchbreak... something shifty went on there, and none of the mods could actually see the voting results...
Hillz made a good point that in the beginning with FOTM, MR did not discriminate against any sort of bike entering, and it didnt matter if it was a $15k CRF Limited, or a $500 egay shitbox....
I'm not suggesting there should be a minimum $$$$ limit before you are allowed to enter, but i dont think bikes that are clearly stock standard, should be put in the same ring as a bike that has had a lot of time, money, effort and thought put into it... it's kinda insulting to the owners of those bikes, and in cases like Mitchaustralias, voting can be rigged so that a stock standard pitpro 140 can walk away the clear winner over something like No_CRF_here's bike...
so what does everyone reckon? Minimum standards, or first-in-best-dressed-run-what-ya-brung-any-shit-box will do? I'm not fussed either way, just thought it might take a few of the "Pointless" entries out of FOTM...
I turn the forum over to you, gentlemens...
I've deleted Bulldogs underground FOTM, and started a new ENTRY list. (bulldog closed entries sometime late in the afternoon of the 1st of the month....Tad premature possibly...)
as we all know, FOTM is something that is done by mods, and as Hillz pointed out, being as 50's brotherhood puts up the prizepack, it should be seen as an "officially run and sanctioned" MR poll... Not something chucked together by a junior member, hastily closed, and within a day had some VERY dodgy voting...
My opinion is that we try and instill some sort of "quality control" or "minimum standard" of bike that is entered... every month there are quite a few standout bikes, plus a couple of stockers to make up the numbers, who's only votes come from the owner, and any friends they have on MR. Unless of course you are MitchAustralia, and your standard shitpro 140 gets the majority of the votes in the space of Hillz lunchbreak... something shifty went on there, and none of the mods could actually see the voting results...
Hillz made a good point that in the beginning with FOTM, MR did not discriminate against any sort of bike entering, and it didnt matter if it was a $15k CRF Limited, or a $500 egay shitbox....
I'm not suggesting there should be a minimum $$$$ limit before you are allowed to enter, but i dont think bikes that are clearly stock standard, should be put in the same ring as a bike that has had a lot of time, money, effort and thought put into it... it's kinda insulting to the owners of those bikes, and in cases like Mitchaustralias, voting can be rigged so that a stock standard pitpro 140 can walk away the clear winner over something like No_CRF_here's bike...
so what does everyone reckon? Minimum standards, or first-in-best-dressed-run-what-ya-brung-any-shit-box will do? I'm not fussed either way, just thought it might take a few of the "Pointless" entries out of FOTM...
I turn the forum over to you, gentlemens...
