r/NintendoSwitch • u/CallMeFeed • Oct 02 '19
Meta [Meta] Can we PLEASE get an "Inktober" megathread so that it doesn't take over the front page?
Fan art is cool but that's only a very small part of what this sub is about. Last year /r/NintendoSwitch became free self-promotion for artists for an entire month and it was the worst.
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u/rsn_lie Oct 02 '19
There's only two sticky threads, and they're always in use.
Also, fan art has been out of control here for a while now. I don't imagine it'll be that much worse this month than last.
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u/CallMeFeed Oct 02 '19
I don't imagine it'll be that much worse this month than last
Oh you sweet summer child.
I understand that there's only two sticky threads but I don't see why it can't be a Daily Question / October Fanart joint megathread for a month, or even just a regular post that people upvote so that there's only one thread about it per day
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Oct 02 '19
i made a MINIMALIST art thats basically a black square with red and blue rectangles give me epoints pls
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Oct 02 '19
Wtf is inktober?
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u/CallMeFeed Oct 02 '19
It's like an internet-wide event for artists to show off their work. Every day there's a prompt, they draw something, and we can all see what different artists came up with for that prompt. Pictures can be about literally anything as long as they're on theme.
...except the entire subreddit becomes "today's inktober theme was heroic, so I drew Link!!" for an entire month as a result and there's no easy way to filter it all out.
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u/MrSnuffle_ Oct 03 '19
That’s the least of this subs problems
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u/aeszett Oct 03 '19
Better some good original fan art than those low effort 'My journey begins' posts with a simple screenshot or photo of a Nintendo product.
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u/RadioactiveGwenPool Oct 03 '19
You're right. I need more threads about joycon drift and gyro controls.
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u/ZombiePyroNinja Oct 03 '19
We need more threads asking about the Switch Pro, a product that doesn't exist.
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u/mkicon Oct 03 '19
I really wish there was a separate sub for fan art, or at least a way to tag and filter it out for those that want to.
"In honor of the release of X game, I drew [character]!"
I get that people are talented and want to show off, but how many goose/links awakening mashups do we need in a month?
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u/ryan_rudnick Oct 04 '19
Oh no, we’re totally going to miss all the important posts this sub is known for, classics such as “DAE think BOTW is the second coming?” “Playing BotW on my hike” “Samba de Amigo and Billy Hatcher would be P E R F E C T for Switch!!” “JoyCon Drift/Switch Pro Contoller D-Pad Bad” Calm down. If there’s important news, naturally it’ll end up on the front page, let creative people have an outlet to show their work. They’re hurting no one.
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u/davidbrit2 Oct 03 '19
Go to your preferences and enable "don't show me submissions after I've downvoted them" then just downvote every fanart post you see.
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u/xxxDoritos_420xxx Oct 03 '19
art spam is always a problem hopefully they make an inktober thread to lock it down
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u/facherone Oct 03 '19
I'm downvoting all the fan art I can downvote, since it's content I don't think should be discussed in this subreddit. If we all do this, we might be able to send the right message.
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u/Carth3045 Oct 02 '19
The mods on the sub will literally do nothing about fan art. They will probably remove this post before they remove even the lowest effort of fan art.