Cleberry

Hey Lisa! The /roomrescue link becomes redirected each week, so it will always go to the latest room. I am not sure that people would appreciate us moving their rooms about, but on each page there is usually a mixture of newer member's less advanced rooms, and older and more talented member's (like the chosen winners and your own) rooms, so I wouldn't worry about what it all looks like to new people. I think it's good to show a selection so they don't get scared off, and they might even think 'I can do better than that!' Cx

Clare, if they are serious about wanting mydeco to look better to the outside world then did you read my comment above about the link to the competition from the telegraph? If that is the first thing people see when the come onto the site then it really isn't great publicity to see half finished and badly rendered rooms. I honestly think mydeco should take awaw the option of entering competitions as soon as the room is saved. I know you've commented on that before but if people really want to enter the competitions then they will take the time to go back and select which ones they want to enter afterwards.

Hey - it's OK Sylvia, I know using mydeco is very important to you so I should give you extensive answers to all your questions.

I did however answer your direct question didn't I? Yes, they super rendered her room for the homepage!?

What else do you need to know and I will happily help.

Cleberry x

Clare, I appreciate your continued trying to explain the Telegraph's actions, however you are dodging my direct questions here as well as in the Forum about mydeco and their actions.

Did they super render Ellen's room for the feature on the homepage? And if the room was in such poor shape, why in the world would it be picked for the home page to begin with.

And I am totally not believing the garbage that you needed a new and an old members room because both were "old" members. Compared to them I am a brand spanking new babe.

And I am tired of the ongoing implications that "quiet" members are better than vocal ones.

Finally (until I think of more things to say) since mydeco is so interested in promoting quiet and basically inactive members, you had better get busy----You only have 69,765 more to promote!

[And no this is not personal, Clare, I understand you only can repeat the garbage they give you.]

To be honest I really had not noticed - but I am just happy they picked someone from the community at all, as I was worried they would just create their own to suit what they were looking for!

I spoke to the designers here and they say that Ellen's room was given a 'super render' because the light was so bad. Maybe during this they zoomed in to avoid the distracting black light, in the hope that Kelly Hoppen would be kinder to this quiet member of ours!

This also means mydeco looks 'better' to the 'outside' world, hopefully bringing in positive publicity and new members to build and grow our wonderful, creative and friendly community.

It'll only be good for us all in the end and all that..

Let's hope 2nd week is more straight forward! xx

Leaving all of the Telegraph complaints aside for the moment, I still want to know who AT MYDECO altered Ellen's room before it was featured on mydeco's homepage last Thursday.

I understand that mydeco is not responsible for what the Telegraph does, but surely mydeco is responsible for its own actions!

No idea who created the other room but seeing the constructive critisim maybe it's a good job ours are not on there ;-)
Clare, the link at the bottom of the article on the telegraph page goes to Jo's living room competition. The way it looks at the moment, it really can't be a good advert having all those half finished and empty rooms on there.

Having looked at the Telegraph rescue room on line,do we know who designed the other room that is featured?

Clare I know none of this is your fault and you're just trying to keep the peace but the room is definitley a lot different to the original, that angle was much closer. Also you can't enter "private" rooms into competitions that would defeat the whole object of it. I do feel bad that Ellen has been caught up in this debate but considering all the discussions on this topic lately and even making the rules clearer it just seems unfair. Maybe someone could pass our views on to the paper so that they understand our frustrations!

Well done to Ellen,(I'm sure she doesn't choose her design to be the subject of this debate.)But & its a big but,Sylvia is right.I had a problem finding the room in all that entered, as there was a marked difference from the original, to the end result.
All I can say is please alter & render my rooms like this!F

(and they pick the winners, NOT us). Cleberry x

Hey! Wow a lot of anger here - but yes Ellen probably won't notice as she isn't as vocal, she just prefers designing I think. I hadn't even noticed the difference - I am not unobservant, I just didn't have time to inspect the designs, and you are right, there are differences! I have no idea how that happened - maybe she had a private version? Noone at mydeco told me anything, but it is a bit spooky.

What else were you complaining about let me see... ah the camera angle, yes when I look at the original photo I see exactly the same angle, so not sure what you're saying here. I guess it is zoomed in more? The rooms have the same angle, please see photo of week 1 for evidence. So I do not see any rules that are broken..

But yes, it is hard running a competition with a national paper who unfortunately have more to worry about than unhappy community members, and more worried about huge deadlines.

It's their competition.

Cx

Sorry I hadnt read the other comments and observations.Its all very strange.

Congratulations Ellen - well done!

regards KK

Well done to Ellen for the idea but as Sylvia said the room has been altered practically beyond recognition. It really does seem pointless in trying to keep within the rules ourselves if whoever decides the winner can just make what ever changes they want. Some of us spend hours, days even (with the rendering problems lately!) going back over rooms trying to get them just how we want them, what's the point if someone else can then come along and change them!

I further find it interesting that whomever it was that altered Ellen's room did not like the plant she chose and replaced it with another.

(Note to self: Place deer head on a brick wall, add a pig table and a cow hide rug on the floor in order to win next comp.)

But most interesting of all is that THE ALTERED ROOM WHICH WON THE TELEGRAPH COMPETITION IS ALSO ALTERED ON THE MYDECO HOMEPAGE THAT WAS RELEASED LAST THURSDAY.

Now how could it be that Ellen's original room was "accidentally" altered twice in the exact same manner and then featured on the homepage one week and as the "winner" of a completely separate competition the following week?

Gee, anyone got any ideas on how that could have happened?

I also find it interesting that the photo above of Ellen's room is altered from the room shown if you click on the above link "winning design."

The black ceiling lamp has been removed as well as items on the nearest table beside the sofa. And the camera angle has been adjusted even further from the original angle.

Its like the "spot the differences" game on the comics page of the newspaper.

So congratulations not just to Ellen, but to EVERYONE that altered this room also.

Perhaps we should all enter empty rooms into this competition so they can more easily be altered to fit the rules of and/or the judge of the day.

Congratulation Ellen.well done

Well done Ellen!

P.S.
Sorry Clare, but you probably wont hear from Ellen, as she has been here 17 months, but only has created 3 rooms and 2 mood boards. Clearly she does not spend much time contributing to mydeco.

But I understand, it is your responsibility to notice the least of the contributors too.

:)

Congratulations to Ellen!

But how could an entry that clearly changed the camera angle and displayed an alternate view of the room be the winner?

Dear oh dear, what happened to those rules and terms and conditions? Guess they were a farce (like much of mydeco) and went out the window once again!

Or perhaps no one bothered to let Miss Hoppen know the rules of the competition?

I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHICH IS WHY I STARTED COMPLAINING 2 MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE LACK OF CLARITY IN THE COMPETITIONS! FAT LOT OF GOOD IT DID ME THOUGH!

Warmest Regards,
Sylvia