Originally Posted by mr dave

hi guy,

i'm gonna lay this out flat for you, this is a nice idea but really... it's going to fail.

first off it's too much work, on both sides, as a poster i don't care to peruse through a huge list to rank arbitrary qualities i really don't know or care much about. did Kim Thayil really have great songwriting skills? dunno. do sales matter? not in my world. on the other hand, you're lining yourself up for a mess trying to organize and maintain something of this scope. what's to say you won't get bored of the idea after only 4 people give honest replies? or what happens if you leave it in the preliminary mode forever while waiting for enough replies and the original people who started playing along move on?

every music forum has one of these type of threads pop up once a year or so and they all end up the same way. i mean really, arbitrary numerical rankings for various criteria, for a list of over 100?

i've been playing guitar for over 17 years now and i'd have a hard time making a list of 20 guitarists i honestly still give a crap about. there are maybe another dozen or so full on guitarists who are regular posters who could list off a few as well but ultimately, most people are going to look at that list and the only 20 people they're going to grab are the only 20 names they recognize.

and NO! posting a pile of youtube clips for every musician listed is not the solution.

it's nice that you want to leave a mark on the forum, but maybe you should try relaxing a bit first and seeing how it flows before trying to implement bigger things. maybe if you were on a forum specific to guitarists it could fly but this place is a bit too varied and laid back.

if you really want to make an epic activity thread check out the classic rock band competition threads (i think Comus used to run them). there was one initial thread to show the pairings and then weekly polls. clear and concise. best of all, it didn't force long term participation. if you checked the forum that week you could vote in the pairings for that week. if Comus got busy with reality for a while anyone else could theoretically step in and make the next week's poll.

a situation like this requires dedication. you've been here 5 days. you're still in the OMG! everything is new and awesome phase.

sincerely,

the thread crusher.