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People losing interest in duels?

Posted: 10 Sep 2005, 10:30
by vellu
There are plenty of duels going on, but very few people seem to be voting on them. I've had several duels myself with 5 or less total votes. That doesn't say much about which car is better...

Don't know how awareness could be raised though. There already is the random duel posted on the main page. Maybe something similar on the garage page (without pictures, just a ticker perhaps)? Wait time for duel to start seems to have gotten smaller; less duels going on all together?

Posted: 10 Sep 2005, 16:51
by enzo.ph
i don't usually challenge others i just accept them, and believe me i recieve a lot!
As of now i'm no longer active in duels coz i got pissed off when people started cheating... or lets just say do unethical things just to win.

i'm not surprise if people lost interest, somehow duels lost its credibility... 8)

Posted: 10 Sep 2005, 16:59
by Tyrant
I had one duel with only 1 vote! LOL.

Posted: 11 Sep 2005, 22:10
by YamahaATV
hey enzo.ph did you decline my challenge or did you just not get on for a week?

Posted: 12 Sep 2005, 06:54
by corvyz6
speaking of cheating Rolly{ROM} vs Calibra_14 Won by: Rolly{ROM}
Rolly{ROM} vs Calibra_14 Won by: Rolly{ROM}
Rolly{ROM} vs Calibra_14 Won by: Rolly{ROM}
Rolly{ROM} vs Calibra_14 Won by: Rolly{ROM}
Rolly{ROM} vs Calibra_14 Won by: Rolly{ROM}
Rolly{ROM} vs Calibra_14 Won by: Rolly{ROM}
those duels were like 5 minutes one after another . wtf ?

Posted: 12 Sep 2005, 12:29
by Pabl0z
well rolly got banned already because of upvoting.

Posted: 12 Sep 2005, 15:09
by corvyz6
yes, but he's back now!

Posted: 12 Sep 2005, 15:23
by Morty
It was a misunderstanding, which has been cleared up. Those duels were before he was banned tho, but the only one losing on this is Calibra... And it was Calibra who challenged to the duels, not Rolly.

Posted: 13 Sep 2005, 08:36
by bashderq
i've stopped duelling...i'm not a sore loser, but when u see u'rself wiped 15 to 2 in a duel when our opponent's car is pretty average, u start to loose interest...

Posted: 13 Sep 2005, 19:56
by WhereIsTheNsx
nobody wants to duel me period, i mean i send challenges bu t no response, no one even challenges me, nobody loves me, :cry:

Posted: 13 Sep 2005, 20:25
by Tyrant
I think that's because your in that tuner group XTF, where all the member upvote each other. Such members I won't duel :P.

Posted: 13 Sep 2005, 20:51
by Pabl0z
Yeah i usually try not to challenge people from xtf.

Posted: 13 Sep 2005, 21:24
by Tyrant
I always wandered why 50% of those were/are banned.. :roll:

Posted: 14 Sep 2005, 05:36
by WhereIsTheNsx
really wow, i hope that's not the reason i've won my duels, can a moderator check that, bout to start my own club any1 want jump on?

Posted: 14 Sep 2005, 11:02
by vellu
woo....1/1 tie on my latest.

Posted: 14 Sep 2005, 16:45
by Felixkissa
vellu wrote:woo....1/1 tie on my latest.
Did you both vote your own rides :lol:

My last one was a 2 - 1 loss, so ppl seem to be REALLY interested in the duels :?

Posted: 14 Sep 2005, 17:12
by BaTrR
agree with enzo.ph
and also the team voting makes me sick. I like the challenges more, that's where the real best car wins and not the name...

Posted: 14 Sep 2005, 20:38
by Tyrant
Yeah, also GFX are very misleading. Even I are early liking cars made on a high-tec computer then an old one. If you see a lot of chrome and nice colors, you can easily give it 1 or 2 more points! Same story with the presentations.

Posted: 14 Sep 2005, 21:06
by TheStig
WhereIsTheNsx wrote:really wow, i hope that's not the reason i've won my duels, can a moderator check that, bout to start my own club any1 want jump on?
if you want a challenge... go ahead and challenge me 8)

Posted: 15 Sep 2005, 00:25
by enzo.ph
yeah, stig doesn't backout on anything just make sure you don't make some foolishness or else you'll suffer the consequence... 8)

Posted: 15 Sep 2005, 16:01
by Pigbenis
Even I have won a challenge against stig, then it can't be that much of a challenge :lol:

Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 02:21
by SpeedC
Well, since i reached #2 spot, i'm being a good pal and i am leaving the #1 spot just for enzo, i think he really deserves it more than me. So i stopped dueling, but i also lost somehow the fun of dueling, does not show anything truly, ppl cheat through other ways. Lately, duels are so few that there are more votes and less cheating coz there is not much interest really.

Posted: 12 Nov 2005, 03:31
by stylez.2j
yes, i agree with speed on the cheating part.. Im not saying if your known thats bad and you suck.. it's just there are so much people that have bros on the site that vote for them cuz there "bros".. i feel you can have bros thats cool, makin new friends on a site, but keep it cool and vote fairly.. not just cuz one guys your boy for life!

Posted: 13 Nov 2005, 22:10
by SpeedC
he said it all!! ^ 8)

Posted: 13 Nov 2005, 23:43
by silencestorm
I think a lot of ppl lost interest in duels because of the buddies cheating and pohtoshop battles that were going on.A lot of ppl cheated by sending pms to their buddies asking to vote for them in particular duels, specially when they knew they wouldn`t win.

others,relied just on their photoshops skills.In orders to get more point,in sr and duels,they made fancy pres to get more points in duels from 'pres-voters' which affect opponents that made simple pres. Lot of ppl fall in lust with the beauty of the pres instead of rating the qulity of the cars,which in several cases pissed off
a lot of tuners causing them to lose interst in duels and rating others as well.

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