Announcing a KILLER Concept! The Spearboard Best Trip Report Challenge!

[ApneaAddict]

Originally Posted by Kraken

I hate nominating myself but I also think its nice to share stories and memories from great days on the water. And I was always taught that if you want something, you gotta go get it! And I could really use that mako 140!!!
Author:Kraken
Location:Gulf Coast (Clearwater)
Thread:http://spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=125124
Description: An epic day on the water with great friends and monster fish!
Reason: What I feel every report should look like on here. Sure shooting fish is fun but at the end of the day what do you usually have to show for it? Sometimes its worth it to take the extra time to enjoy the memories. This was a day ill never forget simply because of the guys I was with.

I will absolutely second that thread! You've got some fantastic photography.

Tony, is there a limit to how many threads we can "second" .

[SpearMax]

Originally Posted by ApneaAddict

I will absolutely second that thread! You've got some fantastic photography.

Tony, is there a limit to how many threads we can "second" .

Since we are just getting started and navigating the rules, I will answer this here. You get three seconds per region.

I just clarified the rule as follows:

Members with over 50 posts may second up to a maximum of 3 nominated trip reports per region for a total of 9.

[speargunhunter]

[ralphthehalibut]

Originally Posted by ApneaAddict

I realize that these posts are liable to get pulled because they violate the policy about this thread only being for nominations and seconds, BUT:

I think that we should be able to nominate other peoples' posts so long as the original poster seconds it. I would personally feel kinda lame and very awkward nominating something that I wrote as the "Best Report". True watermen should have more humility than that, IMO...

Well, screw humility

You and your bro should self nominate your reports from the trip you took to 'lupe/cedros/benitos.

That's gotta be the best vid I've seen on here.

[ralphthehalibut]

one other suggestion: Make a sticky in each region for nominations..

[Bill McIntyre]

I nominate Chris Oak for

http://www.spearboard.com/showthread...96#post1456196

This is the sort of report that I treasure. Its well written, humble, makes me feel like I was there, and even has family values (just married).

[SpearMax]

Originally Posted by Bill McIntyre

I nominate Chris Oak for

http://www.spearboard.com/showthread...96#post1456196

This is the sort of report that I treasure. Its well written, humble, makes me feel like I was there, and even has family values (just married).

Bill, that is a great trip report Chris wrote, but it qualifies for the next challenge starting July 1, 2011. I would second it myself.

Please find one for the time period listed above:

 Trip report thread origination – From January 1 to March 31

Thanks!

[Bill McIntyre]

Oh well. I should have known it would be too complicated for me.

[SpearMax]

Originally Posted by Bill McIntyre

Oh well. I should have known it would be too complicated for me.

LOL - Wait 20 days to nominate that one by Chris and find another one that was posted in the first quarter of this year.

Writing the rules was a "challenge" in itself. It can't be harder than trying to understand fishing regulations. But, I think like most things in life, once people figure it out, the fun will start. BTW, you were so right about the push-back on self-nomination. The compromise of allowing both types of nominations is workable I think. I may nominate some other people's reports myself.

[Bill McIntyre]

Originally Posted by SpearMax

LOL - Wait 20 days to nominate that one by Chris and find another one that was posted in the first quarter of this year.

Writing the rules was a "challenge" in itself.

I'm sure it was.

But in all seriousness, I can see a problem for those of us with short memories. If we have to wait for the end of the quarter, we won't even remember some of the best trip reports. How can we easily scan the entire quarter to refresh ourselves and decide who to nominate?

I suppose there could be a sub-forum in each geographical forum where all the trip reports should go, but then half of us would forget we were supposed to put them there.

[SpearMax]

Originally Posted by Bill McIntyre

I'm sure it was.

But in all seriousness, I can see a problem for those of us with short memories. If we have to wait for the end of the quarter, we won't even remember some of the best trip reports. How can we easily scan the entire quarter to refresh ourselves and decide who to nominate?

I suppose there could be a sub-forum in each geographical forum where all the trip reports should go, but then half of us would forget we were supposed to put them there.

For those of us with short memories, I may have a solution.

(Ahhh - I love the creative process)

How about this Bill (and others)?

I found in my Admin Control the ability to implement Thread Prefixes on a Forum by Forum Basis. As a test, I set up a prefix called "Trip Report" that is chosen by the thread originator when they start a new thread.

I applied this to the Texas Gulf Coast forum to test it out and to show everyone. I applied it retroactively to just two trip reports. check it out here:

http://www.spearboard.com/forumdisplay.php?f=115

Note that you can go to the bottom of the page and use the filter control to display only the Trip Reports.

Let me know if that works, and I will go back and implement it in only the regional spearfishing reporting forums.

[Bill McIntyre]

OK, it worked.

[speargunhunter]

Originally Posted by Bill McIntyre

I can see a problem for those of us with short memories. If we have to wait for the end of the quarter, we won't even remember some of the best trip reports..

Bill our memories arent that bad. im sure we can remember................. sorry i must have dozed off. Hey Bill............. what are you doing here?

[headhunter561]

Cool concept! I hope it inspires some of the talent on this board that haven't posted reports lately to bring the cameras and share the stories.

[ApneaSpearo]

Cool idea Tony, it's otherwise quite hard to separate the wheat from the chaff.