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You're welcome to start a suggestion thread and see what the admins say, but the contest as it is will not be changing, even if there are some who don't like that their favorite banners didn't make it to the top. The possibility is always on the table that future banners (and the contests to drive the creation of them) could be done in a different way.
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2009-03-19, 12:09 | Link #223 | |
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but a holiday banner sounds good - how about christmas? or even, it'd be nice if banners changed every season - so there'd be a spring contest, a summer one, an autumn one and a winter one every year
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2009-03-19, 13:27 | Link #224 | |
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2009-03-19, 15:14 | Link #225 | |
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The following is a compilation of all the rules in other contests. Skip to Description
Description <tl;dr wall of text about the banner contest history> Timeline
end example I've formatted with practical use in mind, as a example; you are free to ignore all the order and formatting. Note that text has been altered for clarity. Recommandations:
Hope this helps with your future planning, Good Luck ps. The gradient we are using is a large version of the one of the old contests. Do you want to forever use it from now on? __________________ Contest list: 1 (2003-12) Christmas Theme 2 (2004-01) New Spring Banner Contest!! 3 (2004-09) Autumn 2004 Banner Contest!!!! 4 (2004-12) Winter 2004 Banner Contest!!!! 5 (2006-07) The Autumn 2006 Banner Contest ** Starring Kairin ** 6 (2006-09) The Halloween 2006 Banner Contest! (Surprise! A new banner contest already!) 7 (2006-11) The Winter 2006-07 Banner Contest! 8 (2007-07) AnimeSuki Banner Contest - July 2007 - "Sky" 9 (2009-02) Banner Contest Entry Collection Thread AnimeSuki Banner Contest 2009 - Entry Thread Red Provisions that have been ommited last time. Purple Provisions that have been altered or conflict with new ones. Green Template text. |
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2009-03-19, 15:26 | Link #226 | |
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I do agree with regards to Thanksgiving, though. I for once, would prefer something else as a banner theme. >_<!
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2009-03-19, 15:35 | Link #227 | |
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still, I don't think it should be used as a theme - I don't know how it was when there was the halloween competition but, isn't the festive period short? I mean, after November, halloween banners don't really have much meaning anymore meaning there would be another contest right away or it'd feel a bit out of time... well, that's just what I think but I have no idea how it was back then so I can be totally wrong...
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2009-03-19, 15:45 | Link #229 | |
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Back in FC, I actually suggested to bring back the old set (if only for a week or so) and then return to the regular ones. Though, I did missed the date last year, so I'll try to remember a bit sooner comes Halloween to suggest the idea again.
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2009-03-19, 16:31 | Link #230 |
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i'm in for limiting people to one entry period. if you can't choose the best one of your 3 entries why should we. also this should make things easier, not having to count votes for hundred+ banners, when 30ish is good enough. and hopefully with only having one entry, quality will go up due to focusing your time/efforts into one great piece instead of 3 good ones.
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2009-03-19, 16:38 | Link #231 |
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yeah, true... it is hard to choose only one entry to submit but it helps to narrowing down the number of entries and increasing quality which is always a great thing
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2009-03-19, 18:13 | Link #232 | |
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Likewise, you can choose to nominate and later vote for the one entry that pleases you. I personally prefer to have several entries, if only for the sake of variety.
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PM's work too. I merely suggested this thread for public discussion. It's nice to have a condensed thread rather than six different threads on the topic, which tends to happen after people begin feeling that the current banners should be updated.
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2009-03-19, 18:30 | Link #234 |
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No, they are talking about quality over quantity.
For example why is the number 3 ideal for quality? Why would not 2 or 4 be better or just 1. Variety is quantity most of the time. It is obvious everyone want quality not quantity. It is important since if the limit was 6 you would be encouragin people to make 6 banners. The question also has to be asked: if its all in the members choice why even have such a low limit.
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2009-03-19, 18:38 | Link #235 |
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never said it was required to have 3, but as long as we are getting more entries than we could possibly use then limiting it to one isn't a problem. now if during future contest have a lack of entries you can up amounts to help provide variety. but judging by this last one it won't be a problem. having 25-40 is easier on those running the contest.
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2009-03-19, 18:46 | Link #239 | |
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Many people can produce great entries in a short amount of time, whereas someone new to photoshop can have problems even if they go full time on a single banner. More than the number of entries, this is all about the skill and the amount of time a banner maker is willing to invest in his/her creations. A case by case scenario probably. If a good amount of people feel like making more than three entries, the mods will likely take that into consideration.
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2009-03-19, 19:19 | Link #240 | |
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The only way to view who has voted in a private poll as far as I know is though Admin CP / Threads & Posts / Who voted , however this will only show the names attached to the option (with a link to their profile), no ip check, no how many votes per option. You could have a option with 0 voters but 20 votes and it will not show up at all or generate a warning. I know the admins could create a small db query to search for fraud, such as accounts who have been active only at the time of the contest, are from the same ip, voted and never posted (anywhere). They could, its in the end just reading the database... doubt they actually did any such thing. But how can you check as I see no opions available to you by making it private?!
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