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| Sira | Apr 8 2010, 10:15 PM Post #1 |
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Contests have been few and far between lately, and the results have been less than satisfactory. For a while now I have been contemplating creating a Contest Thread, and have it run by and participated in by the Community. Chek brought up his idea of running a contest as well. So here we are, I guess. I will post a few of my ideas here, and hopefully get the contribution needed to actually put such a plan into effect. First off, we would need a set group of initial Judges who would score and advance participants. Adding Chek's idea of a Community Vote in their, the Judges would separate possible candidates from "No-ways" and provide feedback. I also think it would be entertaining to split it into rounds; a different Genre for each. We would also need advertising, more than likely through the active Guilds, Stories Discussions, and The Word. As for prizes, we may only be able to offer such things as "Free Reader" or something In-game. Well, these are just some ideas of mine for a new Contest. Waddaya think? |
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| Capt | Apr 8 2010, 10:24 PM Post #2 |
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Hm. What I'm thinking is (don't hit me) something similar to American Idol? For the first two rounds, people submit pieces by a certain deadline. The first can be a broad genre and in the second round the contestants would have to work off of their first entry, or something. From those it would take 3/4 of the "official" judges to pass the contestants into the third or fourth round. By whichever round we choose, we can have a top twenty. One more round and it would be a top ten. Then it would be a top five. Then we would have a popular vote to decide the winner. Eh? |
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| Sira | Apr 8 2010, 10:25 PM Post #3 |
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Yeah, that's sort of what I was thinking. I just didn't think of the American Idol Analogy. There are other roadblocks before anything can officially be done, though.
Edited by Sira, Apr 8 2010, 10:26 PM.
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| Capt | Apr 8 2010, 10:29 PM Post #4 |
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Oh? Such as? I know participation would be one. |
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| Sira | Apr 8 2010, 10:31 PM Post #5 |
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Participation, Advertisement, Prizes, and Judges. Off the top of my head I cannot think of anything else, but those are definitely some, more or less. |
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| Capt | Apr 8 2010, 10:33 PM Post #6 |
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Participation: I think that this is the biggest issue, but it would probably be weeded out in the early rounds. As long as we don't make it dreadfully long, it should be okay. Advertisement: Not so much a problem as we need to get out and do it. I can recruit a good number of people, being a mod, and maybe we can get your guild involved with it directly. Prizes: Yeah...dunno. Judges: I can be one, as I've experience. We could probably get a few other experienced members. |
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| Sira | Apr 8 2010, 10:35 PM Post #7 |
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Prizes is definitely the biggest issue, and I could be one of the Judges as well. Judging isn't as much an obstacle as something we just need to do gather before-hand. |
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| Capt | Apr 8 2010, 10:38 PM Post #8 |
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Very true. Hm. I wonder what a prize could be? Maybe see if we can get ACE to give away his front-page SD advertisement spot? And for judges, we should have something like this: - A "guest" judge, from outside the RSB. (DMX) - A "senior" judge, from the past. (Me) - A "newcomer" judge, from...now. - An "established" judge, of about a year. |
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| Sira | Apr 8 2010, 10:41 PM Post #9 |
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Areno3 may be qualified as a Newcomer. He is a good writer, and he seems responsible. That's up for debate, though. And I've been in the Forums for a long time... I could take the spot of "established". Ranks in The Word, In-game rewards, or Guild-Ranks may be the only thing we really can offer. |
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| Capt | Apr 8 2010, 10:43 PM Post #10 |
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You are currently running the most active guild on the forums; there's no real debate that you should be a judge. Me, You, DMX, and one other. Maybe Areno. Maybe Level. I'm leaning towards Level in our first attempt at this, to keep the core group intact. And, yeah...those rewards, though, could be nice. |
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