Bluesecrets wrote:I debated saying this. I am not one to hurt others feelings, but maybe sometimes things need to be said to honor other people's feelings.
Bronx and I tried to create fun with this.
Closed mouths don't get fed.
I did not try and create fun, though. This was your idea. I was here to police people. I suppose I tried to create an entertaining element by suggesting a second box, to alleviate the issue of the last person waiting months on months on months until they see anything.
Lil_Curt wrote:The biggest issue I saw with this one is it kinda fizzled with me because it was announced that we would be starting last October, then real life happened and it had a start that drug out and I think the time between sign up and start dropped intrest by some.
Please read the following with far more levity than it reads, because I am cracking up.
But seriously? Your interest fizzled? By how much? If your interest was at 96 with the Jambalaya announcement, did it "fizzle" to a 43? Zero? I guess statements like this really confuse me.
It's like when the movie studios announced a Suicide Squad movie, I was interested. As I saw trailers, and the inclusion of Will Smith, my interest fizzled. When the movie released, I essentially refused to see it. I was not going to pay for a movie that did not interest me. Not only did I not see it, but I did not see it
twice. See what I did there? Your interest fizzled, but you essentially participated twice? [url=https
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Oh, the Jam was announced to start in mid-to-late November. Not October.
ludzik wrote:Blue, without taking it personally I do feel like you're aiming that post a bit towards me....
Lil_Curt wrote:... And when you finnaly have a chance to put the effort in there have been people being impatient and pushing for updates. And for me that takes some of the fun out cause then there is the inevitable nagging to be had.
Was this not aimed at you too? I thought it was aimed at you as much as the comments from Blue might have been.
Lil_Curt wrote:As much as I love doing these I am probably going to be pulling out in future participation, because of people who are either impatient, non communication, and some participants not being understanding of real life.
I approve this decision.
I will admit that I do not understand civilian life and first-world problems, considering I worked seven days out of seven for every hour of the day, often taking "power" naps in dilapidated structures for consecutive years in a war zone, and still, I do not think I ever managed a trade/exchange as long as yours regularly are. We have an international member with more twins than the Olsen family, Tia/Tamara, and an awful Schwarzenegger/Devito movie combined, and I would expect his items first.
When someone sees asking for an update after more than a week of physically having the box as nagging, the problem is not the inquirer ...
Lil_Curt wrote:It just took to long to start and I think that delay of momentum has carried over into the overall motion of this jambalaya. So as soon as this is done I think we all need to have an open discussion of what happened to this jam as to why it drug out, what dropped the participation, why it lost the fun factor, etc. And do it in an open manor, and not via pm, or behind closed doors. We need to be open of the criticism, an any ideas presented and embrace change, and hopefully make some headway on future events.
I just cannot buy that first bit in its entirety.
The November start was so delayed, we essentially called this a completely new Jambalaya with the added bonus of a second box of goodies. You were essentially rewarded for impatience and fizzling. And I would say that whatever momentum was lost from my winter demise and management of this was very quickly resurrected in February, indicated by the ubiquitous smileys and exclamation points employed by you and others. Once I did return, within two weeks (making sure everyone else was still alive), both boxes were en route. And in less than two months, with ten people exchanging, and all of life's interventions, my boxed was returned to me. So, no, the "overall" motion was not delayed.
Setting that to the side, I completely agree with the latter point. The community, and all of its members, should feel comfortable discussing ideas or ways to improve involvement and/or events, as well as discussing reasons for how other events may have failed or at what points they failed, etc. When pertaining to certain events, they should be covered in their own separate, individual threads.
AK_Brickster wrote:We've tweaked the Jambalaya over at Merlin's Beard to only involve minifigs (we call it "Fig Jam"
). Cheaper/easier to ship and more likely to have something in there you can be excited about. The value you're swapping for 3 figs is probably $10-$15 and only $2-$3 to ship. To me, that's a much better ROI than a standard Jam.
Like Curt, I'd rather engage in a 1
:1 trade for parts, since I can negotiate the gives and takes until I'm happy with it - no more hurt feelings over someone taking all of the good stuff and putting in junk (or better still, just hit up BL).
I think whenever another Jam happens, it should try this idea out, and stick to minifigs and accessories.
The way you shop there, I'm not sure there is much inventory left for anyone else. But solid advice.