Skelaturi wrote:TheBrain wrote:Skelaturi wrote:I disagree on posting it here. Seems to me that the nominations for the Erins are aif-central / yahoo archive only, so feel that the voters should be too.
These are awards for AIF. AIF is a type of sexy game, and this forum is about sexy games. Totally in the right place if you ask me.
Picked this one out, and while i agree on people disagreeing with me. My point is that there are certain AIF games not nominated which came out last year for the Erin's who should be there. But cause they were not released on the central yahoo archive, i feel it should be as well the other way around. Why raise Erin attention here, if they themselves put them on exclusive.
It's advertisement. Google has no say in what shows up here in the lagoon, and yet one can find the lagoon through google. Other forums also often reference the lagoon. Most people find the lagoon because somewhere else pointed them here. To argue that the Erin's can't be discussed here because it isn't controlled by the lagoon doesn't make much sense.
As a matter of fact, the majority of games discussed here are not controlled by shark. Should we ban Tlaero's games, Leonizer, and others? Just because the makers of those games happen to view these forums, they are no more owned or controlled here than the Erin's.
Not really wanting to be argumentative. I just don't see why someone can't say, "Hey, we're doing this thing. Come check it out." Besides, if anyone feels like the Erin's didn't take enough people's viewpoints into perspective, the only way those perspectives will have a chance to be included in future years is to have a link and discussion to other sources (i.e. threads like this one).
A while ago Yahoo changed their policies and made supplying them a valid cell phone number a prerequisite to creating an account there. Ever since then I haven't visited it and have no interest in supplying them with said number. It's only when conversations bleed over into other forums such as this one that I hear about things discussed there. I'm more than happy for any such bleed over.
And in case it wasn't clear, I can completely respect you having an opinion that maybe the Erin's slighted some games you thought should be included. Feel free to discuss how they decide on nominees. I have no problem if you want to voice displeasure in their design, or refuse to participate in their voting. Just saying you can't offer such opinions if threads on the idea aren't allowed to exist.