what a joke!!?? this is ridiculous!!!

[Rodnik]

Zaph,
I feel for ya. Every piece I\'ve ever had hit the top 10 was subsequently sniped off the bottom....*relentlessly*. Granted, if Robius\' work is genuine, it\'s not bad.....but it doesn\'t deserve the standing it currently has. By my experience with CMON standards, anyway. The law of averages seems to speak for itself.

...back to lurking....

 

[finn17]

Very true....

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
As for the question of the IP\'s anyone with a modicum of knowledge of how the internet works can easily create a spurious email address from which to vote. And the IP number can be forced to change from your ISP quite easily, without losing your connection. Plus if you have a number of people in an Internet Cafe all it takes is one with the knowledge to cascade it out.

If you were indulging in some form of sophisticated web scam. However, if you were stupid enough to try and pad your score on a painted toy soldier site, I am guessing you wouldn\'t be playing with a full deck in the first place and might not bother to cover up your tracks...???

 

[supervike]

Originally posted by Herb the bitter

Originally posted by supervike

to Herb the Bitter....I\'d make a snide comment about your Packers if it wasn\'t for last nights game....:flame:lol

Can you imagine Culpepper and Ahman Green in the same backfield? They\'d have 600 yards offense a game, but lose on account of 7 fumbles.lol

I\'d laugh if it wasn\'t soooo true!

 

[supervike]

it would be interesting...

to know if some of the \'commentors\' have also voted/and or commented on anything OTHER than Robius\' work.

 

[borg]

ROBIUS\'s account has been \"audited\" so to say, and I can assure you that the unusual number of high score does not fit the bell curve regardless of how good the pieces look. All his scores have been modified accordingly. I consider this case closed

 

[Wappellious]

Packer whackers

Gee, just 2 games into the \"Lovie\" era, and the Packers take a nosedive

I don\'t think we\'ve seen the end of the Bad News Bears, however.

 

[torifile]

Originally posted by ZaPhOd
I wish *every* painter in the world had internet and digital cameras, and excellent lighting... I would love to see who really is \"the best\"...

Hmmm, excellent point!

Sioux

 

[Herb the bitter]

Originally posted by Wappellious
Gee, just 2 games into the \"Lovie\" era, and the Packers take a nosedive

I don\'t think we\'ve seen the end of the Bad News Bears, however.

Yeah, I think your team just got it\'s 2004 Year in Review highlight. Now that I know where you stand, I\'ve got some sniping to do:innocent:
(Just kidding of course.)

 

[Wappellious]

the naysayer

Rex Grossman was great at Florida, but this is the Bears we are talking about The run, run, pass, punt playcalling system will still be the cornerstone of thier offense.

They are as sad as the Bears of the 70\'s... just without Walter Payton

Now if only the Cubs could lose a few more games... (a dying Sox fan\'s last request)lol

 

[Herb the bitter]

Originally posted by Wappellious
Rex Grossman was great at Florida...

Now if only the Cubs could lose a few more games... (a dying Sox fan\'s last request)lol

I think Rex will have as much success as his old coach Spurrier did in the NFL.

I grew up a White Sox fan, but pretty much gave up baseball after the last strike. Those Cub fans never got over 1906. At least we have that over them. I was glad back in 1983 when the plague known as Harry Carey moved over to the North side.

Don\'t worry, the Cubs are like the Vikings of baseball. Let\'s face it, the Steve Bartman incident was a lot more heartwrenching than if they hadn\'t made the playoffs at all

 

[darthfoley]

Originally posted by Rodnik
Zaph,
I feel for ya. Every piece I\'ve ever had hit the top 10 was subsequently sniped off the bottom....*relentlessly*. Granted, if Robius\' work is genuine, it\'s not bad.....but it doesn\'t deserve the standing it currently has. By my experience with CMON standards, anyway. The law of averages seems to speak for itself.

...back to lurking....

Hey, the fact that you made it should make you very proud!

I\'m still scratching for that eight........

 

[Godlikebuthumble]

Finally it\'s over

*radio superhero serial voice on*
ANOTHER EVIL SCHEME THWARTED BY THE AD-MEN AND HIS FAITHFUL CREW OF MODERETTES!!!
\"Don\'t thank us; thank the community!\"
*radio superhero end theme*

So, after all is said and done, he\'s back on 6... Damn, I wish my stuff would beat that lousy 6,1... Guess I need some new pics up... coming soon...
As to the above question: well, I rated Rob\'s work a 6 a couple days ago... Actually I didn\'t care whether he had sculpted it or it was kitbashing or scratchbuilt... the idea seemed nice, but the transitions were sooo lousy... so a 6 it was... and to think I was wondering how that mini got a 9+

 

[Smoth]

hmm, I am not sure it is over... robius was quick to jump on his \"minis\" and post a reply... funny he knew how many votes and the average.

 

[Wappellious]

poor Ozzie

Glad to hear that someone else believes that good guys wear black

Actually, Ozzie Guillen was treated by my brother for a knee injury back when he was a player at Palos Hospital (physical therapy).

Unfortunately, Ozzie may need some other kind of therapy after this season:wow:

Ok.. sorry for the sports related posts! For repentance, I promise I will post pics of some very tiny baseball stadiums I sculpted years agolol

It was in the days before I discovered sculpey. Imagine painting modeling clay with acrylic paints

 

[Valander]

Originally posted by borg
ROBIUS\'s account has been \"audited\" so to say, and I can assure you that the unusual number of high score does not fit the bell curve regardless of how good the pieces look. All his scores have been modified accordingly. I consider this case closed

Interesting. Of course, he\'s posted comments blasting his sudden decline in ratings...

I assume, by Borg\'s statement, that his votes were basically a bunch of highs and a bunch of lows, with little in between. I wonder how long it will take for him and/or his fanboys to reinflate it...

 

[Ebonbuddha]

I didn\'t say anything negetive to Seiya. But I would like to thank him/her/ whatever for pointing this out.

Originally posted by supervike

Originally posted by Seiya
please can someone explain to me why this piece has a 9,4 score??..i cannot believe..this user has a very strange marks in their minis..maybe a lot of friends here or maybe people have lost their taste and sense...???..
my god..

look at it please http://www.coolminiornot.com/67239

I do apologize if we here at the forum came across as a little unbelieving. Of couse I can only speak for myself, but most of us are here in GOOD FAITH and tend to trust that other submitters follow the same high standards of scruples...

I originally said that I think calling this work ridiculous or a joke was a little harsh. And I also said that \'the voters\' have spoken and ranked it that high.

Now I am of the mind that actually the \"voter\" (it mostly being the same person) has spoken and the score is artificially inflated. I could be wrong. And if that is the case, I will dutifully apologize to those folks as well.

 

[Primeval]

Originally posted by finn17

Originally posted by ZaPhOd
....I personally was about ready to cancel my membership and remove everything...

...I\'d have three pounds...:flip:

Well, even worse was that kevd82 guy who actually did leave the site lol

 

[darthfoley]

Especially when he was starting to get really good....

 

[Trevor]

Nice to see things settling back to normal, a thread that takes until the 4th page to get hijacked is just not on!

 

[Rodnik]

So, here\'s the million dollar question....

How many of you/us were sniped last night?