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All of you guys know how hard it is to get MM Picked. 3 levels every 3 days out of 4,000,000,000 levels? Insane.. But, if you've noticed, Move levels are getting picked! So maybe if you make a Move level you have a better chance? Or am I just stupid:rolleyes:
Discuss.
Yes, MM is looking for Move levels, but that hasn't stopped them from picking regular levels.
As for MM Picks, seems to be feast or famine.
Yes they were after move levels in recent times but I think it's died down now. They got a few to highlight what can be done. I guess move levels have an equal chance to be picked as everything else does now. Of course it's probably easier to do something new with Move stuff and hence get noticed.
Considering how many Halloween levels they picked recently I think it's fair to assume they'll be looking for Christmas levels later in the year. At least if I had to place bets it'd be there for an "easier" Mm pick. The levels still have to be great and stuff.. so yeah. I imagine there would be a fair bit of competition too.
Twitter is a major advantage in getting their attention to play your level also.
The Move Pack just came out, right about now, the first cluster of great community Move levels show up, MM wants to showcase how the pack can be effectively used by the community. All seems fairly standard and predictable, really. So I hope this isn't some sort of jab at MM, here.
TBH, though, I half expected this thread to read;
"Easier way to get an MM Pick?"
'Be on talking terms with the staff?'
I pretty doubt that it's only being in talking term with the stuff.
And not only about twitter.
I doubt that MM picks a level because a creator just twit it, but surely if lots of people rave on twitter about a level, they surely do spark MM curiosity.
I often twit levels to MM/Spaff, but it's only for level that truly amae me, often they were from people I didn't even know.
When the Move pack came out I was wondering if they were going to focus on a few Move based levels. I could see Sony "encouraging" the picking of them to maybe increase their Move sales and Mm too so that more people would want to get the pack.
I noticed something funny.. They changed the comments in LBP.me to have the top 3 highest rated comments right? Well if you were to look at Spaff's top rated comments.. They weren't exactly positive. Also UrbanDevill created an uproar within the community with his new and 4th Mm pick after being gone for months and the top comments weren't in his favor either.
It seems a bit coincidental that recently the comments were changed back to be organised by date by default removing those 3 highest rated comments from the top. Then they go a pick more levels in a small amount of time than they ever had? Hmmmm... lol.
I think it's great though. I haven't played all of them but I saw a few gem's that I am so happy got picked as well as some creators like Riki and Foto who are, in my oppinion, overdue for getting a pick because they are so skilled. They also had the support of well know creators and Mm picks usually do follow a pattern such as that. Although... sometimes it seems like they pick from cool pages XD because most of the time the levels are fairly new.
Break into their office and fill their fridge with cake.
But..Ayneh, how will they know it was me?! They might give you the credit!
Like all professional criminals in comic books you need a mysterious calling card...
I shall make thier cake a lie!Quote:
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My name is... de Killer.
*cough* Had to do that. *cough*
Anyways to the OP: I'm pretty sure the MM Picking hype was to fish out any good Move levels and say, Look! This is what you can potentially do! or the sort.
I tried getting a twittah to tweet MM but I was too much of an idiot to even know how to tweet... xD
Of course move levels are being picked, it's what amazes Mm with the tools given is the key right?
But I disagree on the notion to base a level that's what is most likely to be picked. I mean, where is the fun in that? Are you in it for creating or for bragging?
Mm picks are pretty much useless for plays unless you're fortunate enough (Mm should add levels in moderation so they have fair play time) to be on top of the list, and man that is one awesome wave to surf :P.
Mm picks are like a magnet for trolls.
Unless you welcome the thought of thousands of punk kids flocking like turds on a pilgrimage to leave their juvenile insults on your comments pages then you should thank yourself lucky when your level doesn't get picked.
People recommend levels for mmpick on twitter to @thespaff and @mmpicks, ofcorse not there own :p usally undiscovered great levels tend to be recommanded this is why some levels popup that you didnt know about them and theny been published mouths ago
Yeah, twitting spaff to play your level is a bit lame-ish imho.
I kinda frown that up since I consider it egohistic and not close to the community spirit and I won't ever support that.
You could also try bribery, i mean i'm quite corrupt it would be easy. ;)
Well, its no fun if you tell everyone! Sheesh, you really need to work on your villainy. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Spaff_Molecule
How easy would it be to do so? :boo:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spaff_Molecule
-Gets notepad and pen-
Hmmm.... Dignity.. Mm pick.. Dignity.. Mm pick..Dignity...Mm pick!
So terrible :p
I'm trying to resist this thread... I have been since it was first posted but... ah heck with it.
Move levels aren't being picked for the fact that they are move levels. They're getting picked for the fact that MM like them. End of.
I didn't go out there with the aim of getting an MM Pick. Sure, I'm thrilled to bits that I have, but I didn't spend two months in create mode thinking - must get a pick, must get a pick, must get a pick.
I thought - Must tell Printz's story, must get that level done, must FINALLY get level 1 published (It's the fourth version - three completed levels were abandoned). I was simply lucky enough that friends went crazy about it on twitter and hounded spaff into playing the level, and double lucky that he apparently enjoyed it. (and following directly from that, unlucky enough to be triple hounded by the anti-move trolls)
So, to answer the OP, no, a move level will not automatically get a pick. Just like, as OEB says, a halloween level or christmas level won't. 'Great' is in the eyes of the beholder, and in this case, the beholder is MM. If they think it's great, they pick it.
Now getting them to play it - that's the trick. I think we need to find out if Spaff has a paypal account that we can bribe him on....
Oh Mr Spaffordshire????? :p