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Portrait Submissions.

Posted by Shannara
Morgan Coldsoul
member, 293 posts
29+ years RP experience
I'll forget again later
Thu 23 Jan 2020
at 18:38
  • msg #252

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Any offers of assistance are appreciated, though I'm not the one to whom you should address them, unfortunately. I'm perfectly willing to accept aid from another volunteer, and something like what Xenoviel suggests might be a workable system for the reasons listed.

If you want to help out with portraits, rMail the mods or jase and let them know! I haven't seen the particulars of the uploading process, but I believe it just involves running a simple script.
ladysharlyne
subscriber, 2516 posts
In Games you get out what
effort you put into it!
Thu 23 Jan 2020
at 19:42
  • msg #253

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Xen is offering a good suggestion.  Split the submissions in two groups to help get the backlog caught up once and for all.  Thanks for giving an example.

Also I meant that there were pics to use until the proper one someone submits is actually uploaded.

Does anyone have any contact with Warrax to see what is happening with them?  Knowing what completely is going on would be a help to everyone wouldn't it?  Again I agree with Xen there should be a second, at the least, doing the final uploads.
Warrax
subscriber, 235 posts
Mon 27 Jan 2020
at 16:13
  • msg #254

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Brief update from my phone but an update had actually been done. I'm troubleshooting why it has not appeared in the galleries.
evileeyore
member, 282 posts
GURPS GM and Player
Mon 27 Jan 2020
at 22:24
  • msg #255

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Warrax:
Brief update from my phone but an update had actually been done. I'm troubleshooting why it has not appeared in the galleries.

/thumbsup.gif
Morgan Coldsoul
member, 294 posts
29+ years RP experience
I'll forget again later
Tue 28 Jan 2020
at 15:52
  • msg #256

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

The upload issue seems to have been dealt with. I'm currently out and can't compare every single gallery against the submissions in the folder, but the galleries I know for sure should be updated appear to have been. Those last few that were meant to make it into the original October backlog upload are definitely there for me, when I look, and I'm seeing lots of others in male/modern/rugged and female/modern/gangster, etc., that are recent submissions.

I'll double-check to make absolutely sure they all got in, later today, but at a glance that should take care of the Oct-Nov '19, Nov-Dec '19, and Dec '19-Jan '20 submission batches. Hopefully this means there will be no delays or problems with the Jan-Feb cycle, but we'll keep you posted and try to get out a Shannara-esque announcement for you of how many new portraits were added to each gallery.
SunRuanEr
subscriber, 193 posts
Tue 28 Jan 2020
at 16:10
  • msg #257

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Morgan Coldsoul:
Those last few that were meant to make it into the original October backlog upload are definitely there for me, when I look, and I'm seeing lots of others in male/modern/rugged and female/modern/gangster, etc., that are recent submissions.

Just to clarify for anyone else looking for portraits, the new portraits for (edit: modern) females are all in female modern casual, with perhaps the last two in female modern business. Nothing new was added to the female rugged, gangster, or soldier since the October update. (Or at least the final images in the galleries that I can see are the same ones that have been the last image since October.) Male modern rugged might have one or two new, but it's definitely less than four because the fourth one from the end has been up there at least since the October update. There are a few new at the end of male modern gangster, and modern casual, but I'm not sure how many.

I don't know how many portraits there were in total, but I can verify that the portrait I know was sent in prior to October 15th *IS* now uploaded. The total number of new portraits that I'm seeing feels a little light to be four months' worth, but I don't really have any idea what the average number of submissions per month are, so that's just a feeling. Someone else that knows an image that was specifically sent in during the November/December/January update cycles will have to verify those... but it does look like October at least is definitely finally uploaded.

Thanks for finally getting those in, gents.
This message was last edited by the user at 17:35, Tue 28 Jan 2020.
Warrax
subscriber, 236 posts
Tue 28 Jan 2020
at 17:20
  • msg #258

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

As far as particulars, here's a rough go of it.

November update was pretty small.

Neutral demihuman and around a half-dozen in the Alien category.

1 male demihuman and spellcaster, three gangster, 2 rugged.

female 19th century, 3 casual, 1 alien.

somewhere in there, the 3 backlogged ones from October got in there, but I forget what they were.

December

neutral air, 4 neutral monster, 8 neutral demihuman, 1 neutral rogue, 1 business, 2 casual, 5 alien.

2 male casual, 1 rugged

1 female demihuman, 1 spellcaster, 1 business, 2 casual
Warrax
subscriber, 237 posts
Tue 28 Jan 2020
at 17:36
  • msg #259

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

There are still ten portraits for January pending. They are mostly female portraits and should be up in a few minutes, now that I'm finished with the backlog.

Submissions per month vary, and honestly, we don't have good data on that for various reasons. January has 10 portraits. November had about 13, December had 30. I'm tracking them from October forward, obviously, so we'll have a better idea in a few months. Even that, though, I expect to change. Posters have known for what, 3+ years that portrait submissions have been a little wonky? That's around when Shannara first suspended them.  So I suspect that as the updates get done more regularly and reliably, we'll see the average number rise at least somewhat.  I'd expect more of the 30-portrait months than those with 10 or 12.
SunRuanEr
subscriber, 194 posts
Tue 28 Jan 2020
at 17:38
  • msg #260

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Thanks for the list, Warrax.

Those two Neutral Casuals appear to have broken links in the gallery, though.
Warrax
subscriber, 238 posts
Tue 28 Jan 2020
at 17:42
  • msg #261

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

2 more male rugged. 1 female rugged, 1 female spellcaster and 6 female casual just uploaded.

Neutral casuals should be fixed now. Let me know.
SunRuanEr
subscriber, 195 posts
Tue 28 Jan 2020
at 17:43
  • msg #262

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Links are fixed now, aye sir.
Warrax
subscriber, 239 posts
Tue 28 Jan 2020
at 17:45
  • msg #263

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

All right, good stuff, thanks for checking.


So yes, we are fully up to date at this point, and should be on track for February once the submission window closes in two weeks (ish).

Thanks for bearing with us, folks.
Mahatatain
member, 223 posts
Tue 28 Jan 2020
at 17:53
  • msg #264

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

The two portraits I submitted over the last couple of months are there.

Thanks to the whole team for uploading all the portraits.
tibiotarsus
member, 120 posts
Hopepunk with a shovel
Tue 28 Jan 2020
at 19:56
  • msg #265

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Warrax:
female 19th century, 3 casual, 1 alien.


Huzzah! Thank you! Good to hear submissions may be working smoothly soon, too.
This message was last edited by the user at 19:57, Tue 28 Jan 2020.
Visceri22
member, 473 posts
Wed 29 Jan 2020
at 07:01
  • msg #266

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Glad to see things got uploaded. Sad to see mine that I submitted on two different occasions didn't. Just sent it again hoping third time's the charm.
Morgan Coldsoul
member, 295 posts
29+ years RP experience
I'll forget again later
Wed 29 Jan 2020
at 07:35
  • msg #267

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Just checked for your email and actually don't recall seeing that one, before. I know you said it was a lizardfolk person and we got several of those, but it seems this one didn't get through somehow. Not sure why, if you sent it to the same email address, because it worked this time and it's definitely got your name on it.
MythZarya
member, 34 posts
Wed 29 Jan 2020
at 19:44
  • msg #268

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

In reply to Visceri22 (msg # 266):

Same. I submitted one on 11/10/2019 and resubmitted it on 01/09/2020. It hasn't made it to the gallery yet.
Morgan Coldsoul
member, 296 posts
29+ years RP experience
I'll forget again later
Wed 29 Jan 2020
at 20:17
  • msg #269

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Double-check your email and make absolutely certain you provided your RPoL username. That's always the first thing I suggest, because if you don't include that, it's an automatic rejection. If you still have your submission email in your sent folder, take a look and make sure that's on there; if it is, resend it or forward it back to the submissions email so I can take a look and see what happened. If it's not, put that in there and send it again, and it'll be part of the Jan-Feb batch if you get it in before the 14th.

I'll keep an eye out, considering this is not the first time that's happened.
facemaker329
member, 7155 posts
Gaming for over 30
years, and counting!
Wed 29 Jan 2020
at 20:43
  • msg #270

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Might also be advisable, if you haven't already done so, to check and make sure that your submission isn't too similar to something that's already in the gallery...
Morgan Coldsoul
member, 297 posts
29+ years RP experience
I'll forget again later
Wed 29 Jan 2020
at 20:47
  • msg #271

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

Yes, please check for duplicates, too!
MythZarya
member, 35 posts
Thu 30 Jan 2020
at 00:39
  • msg #272

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

In reply to Morgan Coldsoul (msg # 269):

I just resent it. Thank you. I provided my RPoL Username both times previously. I used to help with portrait editing a few years ago, so the image I submitted was already sized at 100x100 and under 5kb. It wasn't a duplicate either.
Warrax
subscriber, 240 posts
Thu 30 Jan 2020
at 01:43
  • msg #273

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

We will double check. Morgan is pretty awesome. If he decides it needs to go, I'll get it done this weekend.
Morgan Coldsoul
member, 298 posts
29+ years RP experience
I'll forget again later
Thu 30 Jan 2020
at 03:41
  • msg #274

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

In reply to MythZarya (msg # 272):

Checked for your email and we do have that submission. It was okay'd back in November and looks like it just didn't make it into the gallery with the upload, so we'll try and get that taken care of and do a double-check to make certain no others were missed.

Unrelated but also advisable: Anyone sending in submissions via link, please remember we don't accept portraits that way, per policy. Your file needs to be embedded directly into your email or attached as a file. If you've sent a submission as a link to an external file somewhere else on the web, please review your email and resend it as an attachment or embed instead!
MythZarya
member, 36 posts
Thu 30 Jan 2020
at 08:18
  • msg #275

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

In reply to Morgan Coldsoul (msg # 274):

Thank you!
Visceri22
member, 474 posts
Thu 30 Jan 2020
at 08:57
  • msg #276

Re: Portrait Submissions - On Hold Until Further Notice

I remember sending it in when I made the character in question the portrait was meant to represent. It was about the time I clarified with you about the username issue, so it was definitely in there. Chalk it up to the web eating it somehow. Oh well, I've waited a couple of months already, a little longer isn't going to make or break it for me. Long as it makes it up there at some point. Appreciate you looking into it.
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