Retro Rides Awards 2011, a minor Rant.

personally, i feel with the big influx of 'new' people over the last year, the sense of community on here has been diluted somewhat, which would go a long way to explaining the apathy you describe.

theres lots of new people(as in people i don't know) with newer cars, that to be quite honest i have absolutely no interest in cos they're just too new/unmodifed/straightforward restoration/bolt on mods for me, so i don't even bother clicking on the build threads.
the cars that were my favourites last year are still my favourites this year because of this. cars like seths hunter or B8Ds viva- the cars and people that are retro rides. but theyve already been nominated and some even taken awards, so i kinda feel i shouldnt really nom them again.

the people voting and being voted for are all regulars/the old guard/the hard-core(not hardcore, but he is one of em! ), those members whove been around for ages and are on here pretty much every day. ive been nominated a few times, so i feel obliged to male the effort and take the time to also nominate because of this.
but, i didnt go to any shows this year, i don't buy magazines, i don't do the whole 'blogging' thing, i know squat about photography, and arent vain enough to nominate myself, so that precludes a lot of the categories for me.

ive just had a look through the first 3 pages of readers rides, and stuggled to find much that interests me tbh, maybe 6 threads, and 4 ive put aside for later cos they're 20 pages long, full of photos, and I'm on a dongle, so it would take months to read through them. when does nominations close? I'm off to add to my nominations now though.......

Then you have distance. I'm way up north, and the community doesnt sem as strong here. There are NO people on here i know personally, so its not like i can be accused of favouritism.

I agree with Dez, the are a lot of newer cars in the RR section, but considering my 2 project threads which are retro go unnoticed on every update and fall to the back in favour of the newer stuff, that must be what the community wants as a whole. Having looked at the amount of regularly updated readers rides threads, it would take me days to go through it impartially and pick out a favourite. Its a big community as you know. If i picked one off the first few pages, its hardly fair.

Lastly, i don't think the south realise just how difficult the distance factor for Scots really is. I'd LOVE to go to A52, meet folk, hit the gathering and such, but its a lot of planning and hope on a retro car making it there. The ace cafe, with that in mind, isnt an option.

All the same, i will go through and hit a few nominations...

protip: look at your bookmarks, it makes the selection process easier. If you've bookmarked something, there's probably a good reason. Helps me out at any rate.

I did read the thread earlier and haven't submitted any votes, I haven't for years.

The reason for this is I only skim the content here now, RR is so huge I probably only take in 10%, and my net browsing habits these days mean I only take in 10% of that. My worry is voting for something I've seen without having seen the spectrum of what's out there.

Funnily enough I did think it all looked a bit 'Eurovision' too, but at least those people have taken the time to vote so perhaps wrong to complain about that.

It seems to me RR is becoming a victim of its own success, I log on most days and just recently I have found myself staring at the screen wondering what the hell to look at first!

Guilty I realised I haven't logged on for a month. Time is limited these days, and as most of my surfing is done on a mobile now its difficult to read too much. I will endeavour to get on more often and to sort some nominations out.

As for the current nominations, I think people are missing the point a bit. You may want to nominate a particular member/car/blog/magazine, but if 10 people have already put that name down in that category then adding yet another for them/it doesn't achieve much. Surely its better to pick a different person or to add, as some are doing, a 1st 2nd 3rd nomination.

Just my 2ps worth.

I can kind of understand the need for a rant, the thread doesn't seem to be as popular and sinks quickly without much contribution.

However there are several things that are inevitable in terms of nominations:
Dbizzle has posted up a massive variety of threads this year, far and away the biggest starter of threads (26 since 7th December)

A52 and Bruce, for those who visit once or even every month there is and appreciation of what Bruce does and how selfless and generous he is.

Retro Cars - it is aimed and almost runs alongside this forum it seems.

I will add some others in to my noms though.....

Whinge Bin.

Live by the sword.


p.s.

Salt flat racers.
















End of my input.

peace.