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Frihost contests: suggestions & admin sign-up
So, here's the idea: Every two months, there will be a semi-official Frihost contest.
Each contest will be different. One might be an image-editing contest, the next might be a short-story contest, and the one after that might be a contest for the best joke, and the next? Who knows? Hopefully, with the attention the featured discussion link brings, this series of contests can actually be successful in the long term.
Prizes:
Frih$ may or may not be offered as a prize, but one prize will be that the winner of one contest will get to decide the theme for the next. (For example, the winner might give the theme topic of a short-story contest, or might say that the image-editing contest should edit a screenshot from the matrix.)
There may also be a super-grand prize. In order to win this prize, you'd have to win, say, 5 individual contests. This prize will have real cash value, such as a gift certificate or a domain name.
The Contest Admin Team:
Members of the contest admin team will take turns administrating the contests. This would entail making the thread for that contest (all the parts of it, including the announcement of winners, the poll for the next winner, and the description of the current contest). The current admin would also be in charge of making sure that the winner announced in the current thread gets his/her prize(s), and asking for the new contest's thread to be put into the featured discussions. I'm hoping to find 5 or more people to do this, so that they'd only have to do it once every 10 months. (That doesn't sound so hard, now does it?) I'm not sure if the contest admin for the current contest should be allowed to participate in the current contest. The current contest admin would also be in charge of deciding what kind of contest the current one should be. (Following certain guidelines, such as it has to be something that you can vote for the best in, and it shouldn't be the same as the last one.)
Deciding a winner:
Each contest's thread will include a poll to decide the winner of the previous one. You'll have 6 weeks to decide the winner by voting: this means that there will be 2 weeks left for the winner to give the next contest admin the theme for the next contest.
Who can play?
Any Frihost member, except the current contest admin might be excluded, to make sure that it is fair.
Who can be a contest admin?
Again, any Frihost member can. (It would be good, however, to have admins who are very active here, so that they can be counted on to be available when it is their turn.) If you want to be a contest admin, please post a reply here, and tell us!
Who is volunteering to be a contest admin so far?
-ocalhoun
-deanhills
-truespeed
-Parkour_Jarrod
-speeDemon
-Arseniy
-redslazers
-you?
(updated 25th March)
(Spots filled: 7 out of a maximum of 12)
I think it could be better a different way:
Please give your suggestions as replies here! It will be much easier to change the rules of the contest now, before it gets started.
Last edited by ocalhoun on Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:09 pm; edited 5 times in total
Each contest will be different. One might be an image-editing contest, the next might be a short-story contest, and the one after that might be a contest for the best joke, and the next? Who knows? Hopefully, with the attention the featured discussion link brings, this series of contests can actually be successful in the long term.
Prizes:
Frih$ may or may not be offered as a prize, but one prize will be that the winner of one contest will get to decide the theme for the next. (For example, the winner might give the theme topic of a short-story contest, or might say that the image-editing contest should edit a screenshot from the matrix.)
There may also be a super-grand prize. In order to win this prize, you'd have to win, say, 5 individual contests. This prize will have real cash value, such as a gift certificate or a domain name.
The Contest Admin Team:
Members of the contest admin team will take turns administrating the contests. This would entail making the thread for that contest (all the parts of it, including the announcement of winners, the poll for the next winner, and the description of the current contest). The current admin would also be in charge of making sure that the winner announced in the current thread gets his/her prize(s), and asking for the new contest's thread to be put into the featured discussions. I'm hoping to find 5 or more people to do this, so that they'd only have to do it once every 10 months. (That doesn't sound so hard, now does it?) I'm not sure if the contest admin for the current contest should be allowed to participate in the current contest. The current contest admin would also be in charge of deciding what kind of contest the current one should be. (Following certain guidelines, such as it has to be something that you can vote for the best in, and it shouldn't be the same as the last one.)
Deciding a winner:
Each contest's thread will include a poll to decide the winner of the previous one. You'll have 6 weeks to decide the winner by voting: this means that there will be 2 weeks left for the winner to give the next contest admin the theme for the next contest.
Who can play?
Any Frihost member, except the current contest admin might be excluded, to make sure that it is fair.
Who can be a contest admin?
Again, any Frihost member can. (It would be good, however, to have admins who are very active here, so that they can be counted on to be available when it is their turn.) If you want to be a contest admin, please post a reply here, and tell us!
Who is volunteering to be a contest admin so far?
-ocalhoun
-deanhills
-truespeed
-Parkour_Jarrod
-speeDemon
-Arseniy
-redslazers
-you?
(updated 25th March)
(Spots filled: 7 out of a maximum of 12)
I think it could be better a different way:
Please give your suggestions as replies here! It will be much easier to change the rules of the contest now, before it gets started.
Last edited by ocalhoun on Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:09 pm; edited 5 times in total
I would participate in almost all the contests
I don't know how realistic this is, but since all Frihost members have PHP support and this all happens in the web, how does a PHP programming contest sound. I think it would be interesting, since most contests are usually image contests. Just a thought.
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Who is volunteering to be a contest admin so far? -you? (updated 19th March) |
Thanks for the perfect proposal. Count me in as a volunteer contest admin
I'd participate in certain contests, depending on whether I have time and whether I think I can do decently in that particular contest.
This would be fun!
I would go with one contest a month,my short story contest ran for two months,mainly because it clashed with xmas and new year,and also because it took 2 weeks to get it made into a featured discussion.
Every 2 months,means only 6 contests a year,so i would go with 1 a month,make sure they are instantly and properly advertised,and monthly winners announced,so it becomes a regular feature of the forums.
I like the idea of having ever changing contests,and not set ones that everybody over time becomes bored of.
ps: I don't mind running one of the contests.
Every 2 months,means only 6 contests a year,so i would go with 1 a month,make sure they are instantly and properly advertised,and monthly winners announced,so it becomes a regular feature of the forums.
I like the idea of having ever changing contests,and not set ones that everybody over time becomes bored of.
ps: I don't mind running one of the contests.
Sure i would do all of it, it gives me a chance to grasp my skills as what ever the contest entails.
I would love to be a Contest Admin but i doubt that you would call me a large enough contributor to the frihost forums at the moment
But ill do all i can
I would love to be a Contest Admin but i doubt that you would call me a large enough contributor to the frihost forums at the moment
But ill do all i can
That could be interesting to join the contest. good lock to everyone.
It seems the writing contest is going to be a separate,hopefully regular thing. See Here
One idea i would add here is ,a comic strip,you could maybe choose a theme for it, Or you could just leave it open to anything.
There are even comic strip generators like this one to help.
I made one as an example.
One idea i would add here is ,a comic strip,you could maybe choose a theme for it, Or you could just leave it open to anything.
There are even comic strip generators like this one to help.
I made one as an example.
| truespeed wrote: |
| It seems the writing contest is going to be a separate,hopefully regular thing. See Here
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That would be good: I'm thinking that relatively long stories would be too much reading for people to vote on easily.
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One idea i would add here is ,a comic strip,you could maybe choose a theme for it, Or you could just leave it open to anything. There are even comic strip generators like this one to help. I made one as an example. |
A great idea for a contest type, and one I hadn't thought of... Just save it for your turn as contest admin. That's another benefit of having a team of people for contest admins: a larger variety of creative contest types!
| truespeed wrote: |
| I would go with one contest a month, |
I was leaning towards that now too...
I was thinking that waiting almost 6 months from the time you posted an entry to the time you were announced the winner was far too long.
Some new updates:
-Awards figured out:
Super-Prize (win 5 rounds): ???????
First Place: 500 frih$ and decision of the next round's theme.
Runner Up: 250 frih$
Speed Demon (first un-edited entry): 70 frih$ (Rewards people who watch for the next contest to start, and get it done in a hurry.)
Procrastinator (last entry): $30 frih$ (Provides incentive to add another entry, even though the deadline is close.)
King of the Losers (last place): 150 frih$ (Provides incentive to add an entry, even if you're sure you can't beat the ones already posted.)
(Comes up to a total of 1000 frih$ per month)
-Should be once a month, not every 2 months
-Thought of a name: 'the Frihost Games' (Using a theme resembling the Olympic games.) (Feel free to suggest a better name!)
-Thinking of starting the first round in mid-April
A couple of things I could use some help with:
-What should the Super-Prize be?
-What should be the type and theme of the first round?
-Would admins/mods be willing to provide prize frih$, especially to contest admins who don't have enough?
| ocalhoun wrote: |
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Some new updates: -Awards figured out: Super-Prize (win 5 rounds): ??????? First Place: 500 frih$ and decision of the next round's theme. Runner Up: 250 frih$ Speed Demon (first un-edited entry): 70 frih$ (Rewards people who watch for the next contest to start, and get it done in a hurry.) Procrastinator (last entry): $30 frih$ (Provides incentive to add another entry, even though the deadline is close.) King of the Losers (last place): 150 frih$ (Provides incentive to add an entry, even if you're sure you can't beat the ones already posted.) (Comes up to a total of 1000 frih$ per month) |
I would do it like this:
Winner: 650frih$
Second: 150frih$
Speed Demon: 75frih$
Procrastinator: 75frih$
King of the Losers: 50frih$
I wouldn't give to much to the "Loser" because this would give some people the idea to just write or draw something and send it in without having done too much effort.
Adri
Almost missed Truespeed's comic strip, sort of hidden, but really awesome, 
You really have a "good eye" for a discussion Truespeed, hilarious !
You really have a "good eye" for a discussion Truespeed, hilarious !
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I would do it like this: Winner: 650frih$ Second: 150frih$ Speed Demon: 75frih$ Procrastinator: 75frih$ King of the Losers: 50frih$ I wouldn't give to much to the "Loser" because this would give some people the idea to just write or draw something and send it in without having done too much effort. Adri |
How about:
Winner: 550
Second: 250 (figured winner and 2nd should be closer together.)
Speed Demon: 75
Procrastinator: 25 (wanted speed demon to be better than procrastinator.)
King of the Losers: 100 (wanted loser prize to still be significant, because maximum participation is important... Really, it comes down to wondering how often someone will intentionally try for that prize... Mainly, I'm also thinking that the frih$ isn't a big incentive. I'd figure on the recognition of winning, getting to decide the theme of the next round, and the hope of getting the super-prize would be the real reasons people participate.)
I guess that's another thing I could use some opinions about: how big should the loser prize be?
A couple of things to keep in mind about the loser prize:
-If it becomes a problem, we can make a rule that one person can't win the loser prize two rounds in a row.
-The loser prize will be the most prone to being split up by a tie: it's more likely for two entries to both get 2 votes each for the lose than it is for two entries to both get 31 votes each for the win.
-Even junk participation is better than none, as long as it isn't excessive.
I like the idea.
I would take part in some if I felt I could do well.
I would certainly take part in a PHP coding one as suggested if that ever came to anything!
I liked the comic strip
I would take part in some if I felt I could do well.
I would certainly take part in a PHP coding one as suggested if that ever came to anything!
I liked the comic strip
I would participate in almost all the contests
I think this an awesome idea. Sounds like a lot of fun. I should be able to find time on the weekends to participate. Even if I don't win anything I think it will be a fun community event. Great Idea, can't wait to see it get started.
I think this an awesome idea. Sounds like a lot of fun. I should be able to find time on the weekends to participate. Even if I don't win anything I think it will be a fun community event. Great Idea, can't wait to see it get started.
Count mee in, in the admin volunteering list!!
just a question... from where will the admins get frih$ to give to the winners? cuz I'm kindda poor right now!!
And ya, how do you figure out the speed demon??
my username is "speeDemom" !!
just a question... from where will the admins get frih$ to give to the winners? cuz I'm kindda poor right now!!
And ya, how do you figure out the speed demon??
my username is "speeDemom" !!
Count me everywhere
If I should not get lazy in the time of the contest, I'm in as a volunteer for any functions!
If I should not get lazy in the time of the contest, I'm in as a volunteer for any functions!
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And ya, how do you figure out the speed demon?? my username is "speeDemom" !! |
Entirely a coincidence. ^.^
You're going to have to try for that prize in one of the rounds... it would just be poetic.
Changes
-Made maximum number of contest admins 12.
-Decided that contest admins with less than 1000 frih$ can still be on the team, but can't run contests until they get 1000 frih$... (unless frihost mods/admins say they would provide prize frih$)
-Made a logo, as well as some other images to use with the contest:
-Made a template for each round's first post:
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[url={ (url of previous contest's thread, page 1) }]Previous Contest[/url] | List of Winners | Contest Admin's Templates & Checklist
Welcome to the Frihost Games Round { }! The admin for this round is { (your name) }. These contests last one month each, and will continue as long as there is good participation in them. The contest admin will describe this round's contest, then you can make an entry and post it as a reply here. Then, your fellow Frihosters will vote for the winner, and if it is you, you'll get fabulous prizes! Everyone can play, and even if you don't think you're good enough, try anyway: the more entries the better, and sometimes the voters can surprise you with their decisions. Even if you don't expect to win, play! The fabulous prizes up for grabs: 1st place: 550frih$ and Decide the theme for the next round! Runner Up: 250frih$ Speed Demon (first un-edited entry): 75frih$ Procrastinator (last entry): 25frih$ King of the Loosers (last place): 150frih$ Super-Prize (win 5 rounds): ??????????????????????????????????????? { (If somebody just won the Super-Prize, say so here, and add that a new, different, super-prize will be offered soon, then put a '?' there instead.) } 
Congratulations to the winner of round { }: { (winner's name) }: { (how many he/she has won: examples: first win, third win) } The winning entry: { (whatever that winner submitted in order to win.) } Runner Up: { (2nd place winner's name) } King of the Loosers: { (name of person who came in last place) } 
A: { (contestant A's name) } -The Speed Demon!
B: { (contestant B's name) }
{ }: { (last contestant's name) } -The Procrastinator!
{ (Continue on with all the contestants who entered the previous round (excluding disqualified ones). Enter them in the order that they submitted their entries. } 
{ (description of the current contest, it should include some input from the winner from two rounds ago!) } { (When making a contest remember: It should be relatively easy. Submitted entries should be easy to vote on (no epic novel contests!) The winner should be decided by a vote (no 'the first to ______' type contests.) It should allow them to use their creativity.) } { (acceptable contest type examples: edit-the-image, write-a-haiku, photography, write-a-very-short-story, funniest-short-joke, invent-a-_____, write-a-gravestone, best-quote-found-on-Frihost, best-new-use-for-a-______, best-quote, et cetera... feel free to think of a new one) } { (You get to choose which type of contest, the winner from two rounds ago chooses the subject: what image to edit, what to write about, et cetera. Be sure to tell that person what he/she is deciding the theme of.) } 
1: { (a rule that applies to this round only) } 2: { (another rule that applies only to this round) } 3: { (and so on for as many or as few rules as you need for this round) } 
One Entry Per Person: You can only submit one entry per contest. If you submit two, only the older one will be voted on. If you want to change your entry, EDIT YOUR POST! No Copying: Do not copy another person's work! If the contest admin decides that you copied anther entry, you'll be disqualified from this round. Disputes: If you have a problem, such as someone else copying you, PM the contest admin for this round, NOT the Frihost staff. Time Limit: You have 30 days from the date (and time) of this post to submit an entry. Late entries cannot be added in: no exceptions. Voting: Your entry will be voted on for 15 days from the date of the next contest's first post. You may vote if you entered, but vote for the best, even if it isn't your own. Ties: If two entries are tied for an award, they split the frih$ prize and the earlier entry gets any prize that cannot be split up. No Admin Entries: The contest admin for this round may not participate because his/her role in choosing the type and settling disputes could be abused. Image Size: If your entry includes an image larger than 600x800, post a link (or thumbnail link) to it, not the image itself. Smaller images should always be posted in-line. Rule Breaking: Failure to follow the above rules might disqualify you from this round of the contest. 
Questions about how to participate? Post 'em, or PM this round's contest admin. Comments about the entries of the previous round? Post them, too. Entries for this round? They get posted in this thread, too. Want to be on the contest admin team? PM this round's admin. Good luck, contestants! |
Good work ocalhoun, thanks!
I have two enquiries:
Jsarnold is running a short story contest in the "contest forum":
http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-104637.html
The deadline for his contest is 27 April.
How will it fit in, or will we have contests that may run separately from what we are planning right now?
Also, how will we work the prize money. Will this be coming from the moderators as per rvec's explanation?
I have two enquiries:
Jsarnold is running a short story contest in the "contest forum":
http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-104637.html
The deadline for his contest is 27 April.
How will it fit in, or will we have contests that may run separately from what we are planning right now?
Also, how will we work the prize money. Will this be coming from the moderators as per rvec's explanation?
^It'll be completely separate from the short story contest.
If any prize money will be coming from Mods or not? I don't know... waiting on word from them!
If any prize money will be coming from Mods or not? I don't know... waiting on word from them!
I'll donate $500 frih to start with.
| ocalhoun wrote: |
| ^It'll be completely separate from the short story contest.
If any prize money will be coming from Mods or not? I don't know... waiting on word from them! |
With the short story contest we agreed with the mods to fund the contests,so i see no reason why they wouldn't fund this contest to.
soo, when do we start?
I'd really love to see some admins start off things, so that I get a goood idea of how to run them myself...
so, are there any other mods.. who are generous enough??!!
I'd really love to see some admins start off things, so that I get a goood idea of how to run them myself...
| mathiaus wrote: |
| I'll donate $500 frih to start with. |
so, are there any other mods.. who are generous enough??!!
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With the short story contest we agreed with the mods to fund the contests,so i see no reason why they wouldn't fund this contest to. |
Exactly, maywe we can ask rvec. Perhaps it is just a technical detail anyways. Since we are agreed on everything. Perhaps we can get going on the first contest?
I guess our next step is to decide who gets to make the first suggestion for the contest.
Who gets to make the first suggestion for the contest?
I vote for Ocalhoun as Ocalhoun has done a lot of hard work to put the suggestion together.
I think as well as a list of contest organizers in the first post,there should also be a list of contest types,so if people start suggesting a few,ocalhoun can add them to the list,that way if the suggestion is that someone who wins a contest gets to choose the next one,at least if he/she can't think of one,he/she has a selected list to choose from.
| truespeed wrote: |
| I think as well as a list of contest organizers in the first post,there should also be a list of contest types,so if people start suggesting a few,ocalhoun can add them to the list,that way if the suggestion is that someone who wins a contest gets to choose the next one,at least if he/she can't think of one,he/she has a selected list to choose from. |
yaa the list would help a lot, and no confusion will be created..
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And ya, there should be a rule that no consecutive contests can have the same theme..
So can I publicly ask the mods for the donation stuff? I mean, can I be counted in, in the admin team, and start off some duties by arranging the prize money? (1000 frih$)
I won't take them, i'll just ask if they would be happy to provide it.. to the first admin...
or maybe we can have some money manager.. who can get the frih$ in every competition, and give it to the respective admin..
he'll get the money each time... just a stupid Idea though!
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| truespeed wrote: |
| I think as well as a list of contest organizers in the first post,there should also be a list of contest types,so if people start suggesting a few,ocalhoun can add them to the list,that way if the suggestion is that someone who wins a contest gets to choose the next one,at least if he/she can't think of one,he/she has a selected list to choose from. |
Right on, how should we go about it, just come up with suggestions?
You and Ocalhoun (and I am sure many others) are creative with ideas, I will come up with ones that have probably already been mentioned:
1. Contest for Logo for Frihost - there should be specifications for it as to size etc.
2. Most innovative Website design - it has to be a Frihost Website, again there should be specifications for it.
3. Contest for the nicest Frihost Avatar
That's it for now. I'm sure there must be others with much better suggestions
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Right on, how should we go about it, just come up with suggestions? You and Ocalhoun (and I am sure many others) are creative with ideas, I will come up with ones that have probably already been mentioned: 1. Contest for Logo for Frihost - there should be specifications for it as to size etc. 2. Most innovative Website design - it has to be a Frihost Website, again there should be specifications for it. 3. Contest for the nicest Frihost Avatar That's it for now. I'm sure there must be others with much better suggestions |
I like the idea of the "Contest for Logo for Frihost" and the "Contest for the nicest Frihost Avatar"!
the "Most innovative Website design" doesn't really appeal to me, it seems to be a bit complex... I mean the rules and all...
We can also have a contest for the best caption... we can give a picture, and asj the contestants for the best caption... small and sweet.. its not even difficult to judge!
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And yaa, how do we decide the deadline time... I mean, I live in India, and the time is about GMT+5.5 Hours..
and other people living in other places will have different times.. so the end time(deadline) will be different.. so choosing the procrastinator.. will be even more difficult... or maybe we can choose the GMT to be the standard time... or maybe we can choose the GMT + 4 hours(Frihost's time) to be the general time..
I think there's also an argument for,instead of posting entries into the contest thread,all entries should be sent to the contest admin,then posted all together when the contest ends to be voted upon.
This would stop people being put off entering if they see an entry of high quality,and think what's the point.
Also they may have an idea,but see something similar has already been done and again not submit an entry.
So my idea is that they all get sent to the contest admin,so nobody knows who has done what till the contest is over.
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Idea's for contests.
1: photoshop (Ocalhoun's old contest revamped)
2: comic strip
3: php (seems a popular idea,though i am not sure how this would work)
4: A webpage,as in a template,index page for a make believe site,obviously you would have to choose a different theme each time. (Examples could be american idol fan site,world war 2,atheists homepage... anything really.
5: t-shirt design (Maybe theme it or leave it open,though probably themed would be better,you could even start with a frihost t-shirt design.
I am sure others can come up with more and better ideas.
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This would stop people being put off entering if they see an entry of high quality,and think what's the point.
Also they may have an idea,but see something similar has already been done and again not submit an entry.
So my idea is that they all get sent to the contest admin,so nobody knows who has done what till the contest is over.
............................
Idea's for contests.
1: photoshop (Ocalhoun's old contest revamped)
2: comic strip
3: php (seems a popular idea,though i am not sure how this would work)
4: A webpage,as in a template,index page for a make believe site,obviously you would have to choose a different theme each time. (Examples could be american idol fan site,world war 2,atheists homepage... anything really.
5: t-shirt design (Maybe theme it or leave it open,though probably themed would be better,you could even start with a frihost t-shirt design.
I am sure others can come up with more and better ideas.
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| truespeed wrote: |
| 4: A webpage,as in a template,index page for a make believe site,obviously you would have to choose a different theme each time. (Examples could be american idol fan site,world war 2,atheists homepage... anything really. |
With this it would have to be a more global approach because an "American Idol" one is a very bad idea, as most of the people that use frihost are from India or Europe and myself im from Australia, so i wouldn't know what the latest stuff is happening on the American TV screen, it would be better to be a film review site or a film fan page over a TV show, but otherwise great idea.
^^ I just threw in American Idol as a random suggestion,but the type wasn't important,the suggestion was more about the idea of designing a web page than the web page type suggestion.
Another idea would be a....
6: photography contest,everyone has a digital camera these days,if not a stand alone one,they usually have one on their phones,so a photography contest would be good,i guess again it would have to be themed,to keep it fair and to make each entry more comparable.
Another idea would be a....
6: photography contest,everyone has a digital camera these days,if not a stand alone one,they usually have one on their phones,so a photography contest would be good,i guess again it would have to be themed,to keep it fair and to make each entry more comparable.
Another one that i think would be good is a short film contest revolving around a certain theme:
for example a couple of years ago LostOverThere and i were in the same media class (we go to same school, best of mates) and we had to make a short film around the theme of "Film Noir" now i cant remember the full description of the theme but basically it had to be like Paul Newman's film "The Hustler" with using the shadows to emphasize mood; so we made a film called "The Last Eagle" it was a 12 minute long film along the lines of Pearl Harbor, a Pilot goes off to war leaving his Girlfriend behind as he fights in the war only to be killed in his last mission before being honorarily discharged.
And yet again another good one could be: A contest for the next contest's theme. That's what i think the first one should be.
for example a couple of years ago LostOverThere and i were in the same media class (we go to same school, best of mates) and we had to make a short film around the theme of "Film Noir" now i cant remember the full description of the theme but basically it had to be like Paul Newman's film "The Hustler" with using the shadows to emphasize mood; so we made a film called "The Last Eagle" it was a 12 minute long film along the lines of Pearl Harbor, a Pilot goes off to war leaving his Girlfriend behind as he fights in the war only to be killed in his last mission before being honorarily discharged.
And yet again another good one could be: A contest for the next contest's theme. That's what i think the first one should be.
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| Another idea would be a....
6: photography contest,everyone has a digital camera these days,if not a stand alone one,they usually have one on their phones,so a photography contest would be good,i guess again it would have to be themed,to keep it fair and to make each entry more comparable. |
a photography competition would be a great idea!
| Parkour_Jarrod wrote: |
| Another one that i think would be good is a short film contest revolving around a certain theme:
for example a couple of years ago LostOverThere and i were in the same media class (we go to same school, best of mates) and we had to make a short film around the theme of "Film Noir" now i cant remember the full description of the theme but basically it had to be like Paul Newman's film "The Hustler" with using the shadows to emphasize mood; so we made a film called "The Last Eagle" it was a 12 minute long film along the lines of Pearl Harbor, a Pilot goes off to war leaving his Girlfriend behind as he fights in the war only to be killed in his last mission before being honorarily discharged. And yet again another good one could be: A contest for the next contest's theme. That's what i think the first one should be. |
A short film is a good idea,maybe 12 minutes is a little long,but perhaps 3-5 minutes would be good.
An animated short film would also work.
On the subject of animated,why not an animated gif contest,one that everyone should be able to do.
| truespeed wrote: |
| I think as well as a list of contest organizers in the first post,there should also be a list of contest types,so if people start suggesting a few,ocalhoun can add them to the list,that way if the suggestion is that someone who wins a contest gets to choose the next one,at least if he/she can't think of one,he/she has a selected list to choose from. |
Already somewhat done... This is in the first post template, but won't show up in the actual post.
| ocalhoun wrote: |
|
{ (acceptable contest type examples: edit-the-image, write-a-haiku, photography, write-a-very-short-story, funniest-short-joke, invent-a-_____, write-a-gravestone, best-quote-found-on-Frihost, best-new-use-for-a-______, best-quote, et cetera... feel free to think of a new one) } |
| speeDemon wrote: |
|
edit: And yaa, how do we decide the deadline time... I mean, I live in India, and the time is about GMT+5.5 Hours.. and other people living in other places will have different times.. so the end time(deadline) will be different.. so choosing the procrastinator.. will be even more difficult... or maybe we can choose the GMT to be the standard time... or maybe we can choose the GMT + 4 hours(Frihost's time) to be the general time.. |
I was just going to make each round's deadline be exactly 30 days, 0 hours, and 0 minutes from the date and time of the first post (which started the round). That will probably be inconvenient for some people, but that will be true no matter what time it is set for, and at least this way it is easy to figure out exactly when it is. Deliberately trying for the procrastinator prize would be risky anyway: what if there was a server error and Frihost was down for the last 5 minutes of the contest (or a power failure at your house, or your internet connection cuts out)? If you had waited until then, you'd miss the deadline.
| truespeed wrote: |
|
6: photography contest,everyone has a digital camera these days,if not a stand alone one,they usually have one on their phones,so a photography contest would be good,i guess again it would have to be themed,to keep it fair and to make each entry more comparable. |
| ocalhoun wrote: |
|
{ (acceptable contest type examples: edit-the-image, write-a-haiku, photography, write-a-very-short-story, funniest-short-joke, invent-a-_____, write-a-gravestone, best-quote-found-on-Frihost, best-new-use-for-a-______, best-quote, et cetera... feel free to think of a new one) } |
I thought it was a good idea too... ^.^
| speeDemon wrote: |
| soo, when do we start?
|
I think April 2nd would be about right.
Some updates:
-The first two rounds should be run by some of the admins who don't have much frih$. The first admin won't need any, and the second will only need 100. That's because there are no previous winners to give prizes to.
-Tentative start date: April 2nd
-People who volunteer to be contest admins later than this post will be added to the end of the schedule, so that we can start getting the ones who already volunteered ready.
-Made a simple php script to keep track of the winners, and a page to give templates and checklists for the admins.
-Made contest admin schedule
-Made images to go with each of the different prizes; these will be included in the PM's that go out to tell people that they won:
Made the winner first:
Stamped metal text! ^.^
Fun font + layer blending options = coolness:
Really like the way the text turned out on this one:
Nothing special, but it works:
Had to do some photo editing on this one; made it simpler by taking out ads and microphones:
Contest Admin Schedule (Proposed)
-April: Parkour_Jarrod
-May: speeDemon
-June: ocalhoun
-July: deanhills
-August: Arseniy
-September: truespeed
-October: redslazers
-November: To be announced
(First two contests go to those who can afford to run those, but not others. (contest admins can ask Frihost staff for frih$ on an individual basis if they need it.) After that, arranged by most frih$ first.)
| ocalhoun wrote: |
| -May: speeDemon |
hey sorry, but actaully I have my summer vaccations in May, and I am going to Jammu and Kashmir.. so, I guess maybe you'll have to re-schedule the thing.. maybe just make it for june.. and you can take the may slot.. if that suits you..
edit:
1 more thing.. shouldn't you make some password for the "add winner" thing? I mean like a common password.. all the admins know about... and they can enter it when adding a winner...
otherwise people may add, just about anyone!! even though we'll know that it is a false entry, it will create some problems... and the script can be really simple... i'll post one here... (see, even I know a script for this, soo its veryyy easy!)
you probably already know this, but still, I was excited to tell this!
well here goes...
you need 2 pages.. on i.e. the add.php page.. and 1 is a login.php page.. login.php comes up when you press the link on the winners page..
login.php:
<?php
//Just making sure that no session data is already being used...;
session_unset();
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Admin Login</title>
</head>
<body>
Please enter the admin password, before adding any winners..
<form method="post" action="add.php"><?php //in this case, add.php will be the page where the script for adding is given...?>
<p>Password:
<input type="password" name="pass" value="*****">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go!">
</p>
</form>
<?php
//Thats all, if anything will be added, then the upper lines;
//can be utilised...;
?>
</body>
</html>
add.php:
<?php
//I have started a session here and given variables values... ;;
session_start();
$_SESSION['upass'] = $_POST['pass'];
$uauth = "0";
if (($_SESSION['upass'] == "admin_password")){ //admin_password will be edited..
$uauth = "1";
} else {
echo "<b>You are not an authorized personnel</b><br>";
echo "Leave at once!<br>";
echo "<a href='http://www.onet.frih.net/FG/winners.php'>Click here</a> to go to the winners page";
exit();
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Adding page</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "the other stuff, which you already made.. will just be pasted here..."
//after all that, you just have to paste the php script you made for the whole adding thing..
?>
</body>
</html>
here are the pages in action.. the password is admin_password..
http://adizone.frihost.net/login.php
A special thanks to Ocalhoun for all the hard work, and particularly the brilliant template. I read through it and it is almost effortless as everything is given, including the script, this is so much appreciated. All we need to do is print it out, and follow it step by step.
Only question I have is one about timing. Does it have to be 15 days before, or can it be a little earlier? I would like it about 21 days? Depending on the contest of course. But some may need more work than others?
I'm very happy with the schedule, thanks Ocalhoun, and at this time you can put me in any month if it does not suit other Frihosters as I am quite flexible.
Only question I have is one about timing. Does it have to be 15 days before, or can it be a little earlier? I would like it about 21 days? Depending on the contest of course. But some may need more work than others?
I'm very happy with the schedule, thanks Ocalhoun, and at this time you can put me in any month if it does not suit other Frihosters as I am quite flexible.
| deanhills wrote: |
|
Only question I have is one about timing. Does it have to be 15 days before, or can it be a little earlier? I would like it about 21 days? Depending on the contest of course. But some may need more work than others? |
Well, you can decide which kind of contest to run as soon as you want, but the reason for waiting until the 15 day mark to ask the previous winner what the theme should be is that before then, the winner won't be decided yet. Even if the poll looks like on person is surely going to win, it would be good to wait until the voting closes, or you might be asking the wrong person if there is a sudden come-back by one of the other contestants.
| speeDemon wrote: | ||
hey sorry, but actaully I have my summer vaccations in May, and I am going to Jammu and Kashmir.. so, I guess maybe you'll have to re-schedule the thing.. maybe just make it for june.. and you can take the may slot.. if that suits you.. |
If you can get the full 1000 frih$ needed (from the Frihost staff, perhaps?), you could do June, but otherwise I'd have to move you all the way to November or July. One Mod has already offered 500, so it shouldn't be hard to get enough.
| speeDemon wrote: |
|
edit: 1 more thing.. shouldn't you make some password for the "add winner" thing? I mean like a common password.. all the admins know about... and they can enter it when adding a winner... |
Already did, just much simpler.
If you try to do it now, you'll notice that you'll be asked for a password when you submit the changes (all on the same form). I meant to give that password along with the PM I sent, but I must have forgotten to.
Thanks for all the effort Ocalhoun. Let's see how we go with the first ones, looks as though Parkour_Jarrod is first on the list. Has a decision been made what the first contest is going to be?
I read through the "template" again and was wondering what the rationale would be for the next contest admin to be responsible for the prizes of the previous contest. Would it not be better for the contest admin of the same contest to be responsible for everything to do with his/her contest from beginning to end? I imagine a kind'a ownership here, also practical situation as the interaction between winners and the contest admin would be consistent?
I read through the "template" again and was wondering what the rationale would be for the next contest admin to be responsible for the prizes of the previous contest. Would it not be better for the contest admin of the same contest to be responsible for everything to do with his/her contest from beginning to end? I imagine a kind'a ownership here, also practical situation as the interaction between winners and the contest admin would be consistent?
ok, I'll try to arrange the Frih, and I'll tell you my status by 15th april-15th may... I think I can get it arranged..
| truespeed wrote: |
| I think there's also an argument for,instead of posting entries into the contest thread,all entries should be sent to the contest admin,then posted all together when the contest ends to be voted upon.
This would stop people being put off entering if they see an entry of high quality,and think what's the point. Also they may have an idea,but see something similar has already been done and again not submit an entry. So my idea is that they all get sent to the contest admin,so nobody knows who has done what till the contest is over. |
Has this been decided on yet or are you leaving this to the individual admins discretion? Also i think when voting,the entries should be labelled ABCD etc ,rather than by username,that way, nobody is influenced by who submitted what,and votes purely based on the entry itself.
| truespeed wrote: | ||
Has this been decided on yet or are you leaving this to the individual admins discretion? Also i think when voting,the entries should be labelled ABCD etc ,rather than by username,that way, nobody is influenced by who submitted what,and votes purely based on the entry itself. |
I think the ABCD method is good, username may influence friends and all, any way, because of the generousity of 'nameless' I got 1000 frih$.. so I guess I'm ready for june..
| truespeed wrote: |
| 1: photoshop (Ocalhoun's old contest revamped)
2: comic strip 3: php (seems a popular idea,though i am not sure how this would work) 4: A webpage,as in a template,index page for a make believe site,obviously you would have to choose a different theme each time. (Examples could be american idol fan site,world war 2,atheists homepage... anything really. 5: t-shirt design (Maybe theme it or leave it open,though probably themed would be better,you could even start with a frihost t-shirt design. |
These are excellent ideas!
Further subejcts could be:
1. 1-page essay on a political/world news/economic subject - perhaps one that is already popular on Frihost
2. 1-page essay on a religious subject - perhaps one that is already popular on Frihost
3. 1-page essay on people's experiences in posting with Frihost, along the lines of "My life with Frihost" (probably needs some fine-tuning)
4. Design of a Frihost Banner - specifications to be given of size, etc.
So what's the status? is Parkour_Jarrod ready? what's the topic..?
I'll take part for sure! maybe the topic should remain secret, otherwise people can check the topic here 4 days before the actauly competiton...
I'll take part for sure! maybe the topic should remain secret, otherwise people can check the topic here 4 days before the actauly competiton...
| speeDemon wrote: |
| So what's the status? is Parkour_Jarrod ready? what's the topic..?
I'll take part for sure! maybe the topic should remain secret, otherwise people can check the topic here 4 days before the actauly competiton... |
Its ready loaded and secret to be released on the 2nd of April (4 days before my bday
)I like the idea. I don't think I would have the time to be an admin though, and would only participate in the contests I'm good at
Hey, will there be a minimum number of posts before someone can post an entrie or we may have people creating accounts just for the reason of submitting extra entries and then they can donate the $fri to there real account
Just wondering?
Just wondering?
| redslazers wrote: |
| Hey, will there be a minimum number of posts before someone can post an entrie or we may have people creating accounts just for the reason of submitting extra entries and then they can donate the $fri to there real account
Just wondering? |
I don't really think that someone would take the time to make 'extra entries' with new accounts..
and any way, its not about the frih$. because if a person wants the grand prize, then well, he'll have to win all the 5 with the same account... so even if he/she does make fake accounts, then to win the main prize, they'll have to use the fake account... why wouldn't they rather use their original account?
I guess every person would submit the best they can.. I don't really think that a person would make multiple posts... And if he/she thinks that the entry is not so good, then it can always be edited..
Putting a 'limitation' to the competition may be a bit 'undemocratic'
Edit:
and in case something similar is happening.. then maybe the admin can be more attentive.. though it would be quite difficult to recognize a fake, and real entry, but still if something similar is encountered, then the person can be disqualified..
I'm also sure that it must be against frihost's policies.. so the person may even get banned, just to get 550 frih$ !! I don't think anyone would buy that..
well you never know, ill just be real vigilant when im admining one of the contests of people with less than 10 posts.
| redslazers wrote: |
| well you never know, ill just be real vigilant when im admining one of the contests of people with less than 10 posts. |
yaa, I guess thats a good idea,
speeDemon did you get the admins to sponser the contests or not?
and i agree with an earlier post that all entries should be submitted to the admin for the contest and then voted apon without the name of the person who submitted it!
and i agree with an earlier post that all entries should be submitted to the admin for the contest and then voted apon without the name of the person who submitted it!
| redslazers wrote: |
| speeDemon did you get the admins to sponser the contests or not?
and i agree with an earlier post that all entries should be submitted to the admin for the contest and then voted apon without the name of the person who submitted it! |
where do you think I got 1295 frih$ from?!!
Well,
| ocalhoun wrote: |
| If you can get the full 1000 frih$ needed (from the Frihost staff, perhaps?), you could do June, but otherwise I'd have to move you all the way to November or July |
It wasn't my duty to get sponsors... ocalhoun said that all I needed to do was to get 1000 frih$ myself
otherwise I couldn't get the june slot... and as you can see, due to the generousity of 'nameless' (really, that was his name!) I got a 1000 frih$...
actually he gave me all the money he had!! but I returned the rest, xept for the 1000 frih$...
though I'm still searching for a sponsor for a small competition that I may run...
and ya, about the whole 'sending the posts by pm' thing.. well, I guess we'll have to contact our parent organisation
I meant ocalhoun
where is ocalhoun?
| deanhills wrote: |
|
I read through the "template" again and was wondering what the rationale would be for the next contest admin to be responsible for the prizes of the previous contest. Would it not be better for the contest admin of the same contest to be responsible for everything to do with his/her contest from beginning to end? I imagine a kind'a ownership here, also practical situation as the interaction between winners and the contest admin would be consistent? |
True there is benefit to doing it that way, but this way your admin duties are all done within 15 days. If you had to give the prizes for the one you started, you'd have things to do for 75 days.
| speeDemon wrote: | ||||
I think the ABCD method is good, username may influence friends and all, |
It might be better, but I would hope that the people voting could summon up at least a little bit of impartiality... Though perhaps I'm giving them too much credit...
There are a few issues with doing it that way though, it makes the contest admin's job more complicated (making mistakes more likely), and when announcing the speed demon and procrastinator prizes, you'd have to award them to 'contestant A' and 'contestant G' instead of the names of the people who won them.
Perhaps we could just change the template a little to make the entry listing for the poll look like this:
| Quote: |
|
A: (contestant A's entry) From (name) B: ... |
And then make the poll at the top have only A, B, C ...
Luckily we won't have to worry about this for the first one, because the first one won't have a poll.
| deanhills wrote: |
|
Further subejcts could be: 1. 1-page essay on |
Remember though, people have to vote on it, and asking people to read 1 page per contestant before voting is asking a lot. Supposing that 10 people entered, you'd have to read 10 pages of essays (some of them bad, some boring, some good) before you could honestly vote.
| speeDemon wrote: |
|
Edit: and in case something similar is happening.. then maybe the admin can be more attentive.. though it would be quite difficult to recognize a fake, and real entry, but still if something similar is encountered, then the person can be disqualified.. I'm also sure that it must be against frihost's policies.. so the person may even get banned, just to get 550 frih$ !! I don't think anyone would buy that.. |
I don't think many people will do this either, but if it does become a problem, we can always add in a new rule to prevent it.
| speeDemon wrote: |
|
and ya, about the whole 'sending the posts by pm' thing.. well, I guess we'll have to contact our parent organisation I meant ocalhoun
where is ocalhoun? |
Traveling ^.^
I'm not sure about submitting by PM or post either, really.
I guess each contest admin can decide how to do it for their own round, and we'll see how it goes.
I do kind of lean towards posting the entries because
1: It is simpler for the admin (admins don't have to keep track of which letter goes with which contestant.)
2: Some people will post instead of PM'ing their entries no matter how well you write the instructions (though, to a lesser degree, that does go both ways: sometimes people will PM their entry rather than post it.)
| ocalhoun wrote: | ||||||||
It might be better, but I would hope that the people voting could summon up at least a little bit of impartiality... Though perhaps I'm giving them too much credit... There are a few issues with doing it that way though, it makes the contest admin's job more complicated (making mistakes more likely), and when announcing the speed demon and procrastinator prizes, you'd have to award them to 'contestant A' and 'contestant G' instead of the names of the people who won them. Perhaps we could just change the template a little to make the entry listing for the poll look like this:
|
Its not just about people who vote remaining impartial,its about the amount of entries you will get through pm,as opposed to the amount you would get when they are posted.
If a high quality entry is posted,how many people would be put off entering because they think they can't better it?
Someone may come up with an idea,and see somebody else has already done something similar,and again be put off entering.
As for confusion for the admin,i don't think there should be any,we ran the story contest that way without any problems.
But if theres disagreement on which way to go,like you say,maybe leaving up to the individual admins discretion is the best option.
I would really like to be a contest admin, in all cases, I will also participate in as many as I can, but due to posting new material on my website(coming soon) I may not have a lot of creativity to spare.
So I would like to help out in any way possible, running a competition at some point would be great, I have an idea or two.
Cheers.
So I would like to help out in any way possible, running a competition at some point would be great, I have an idea or two.
Cheers.
Well, it doesn't seem to be going very well so far... Without being put on the featured topics list, there may not be many more rounds.
i would participate in the current one but i cant really think of a good picture to take for a sporting things becuase im on holiday and i dont do sport in holidays for some reason. So ya that sucks, but why arnt we in the features posts section?
| redslazers wrote: |
| i would participate in the current one but i cant really think of a good picture to take for a sporting things becuase im on holiday and i dont do sport in holidays for some reason. So ya that sucks, but why arnt we in the features posts section? |
Dunno i contacted admin and there's 2 posts on teh suggest featured topic, but nothing...
| Parkour_Jarrod wrote: | ||
Dunno i contacted admin and there's 2 posts on teh suggest featured topic, but nothing... |
Yeah, without that, it's doomed to failure. Nobody notices just a thread in the contests section, even if it is stickied... (I even suspect that less people look at it because it's stickied.)
| ocalhoun wrote: |
| .. (I even suspect that less people look at it because it's stickied.) |
That is true,i am less likely to click on a sticky thread than i am a normal one,as i assume that the sticky is an old thread.
Its a shame the mods/admins haven't taken this up and made sure this contest was advertised as much as is possible. Maybe they just don't read/moderate threads anymore,maybe they only read/react to the reported posts.
| truespeed wrote: | ||
That is true,i am less likely to click on a sticky thread than i am a normal one,as i assume that the sticky is an old thread. Its a shame the mods/admins haven't taken this up and made sure this contest was advertised as much as is possible. Maybe they just don't read/moderate threads anymore,maybe they only read/react to the reported posts. |
Also agreed. I rarely read stickies. Think the only one I've read was the one by Chris in the science forum and a couple in the Philosophy and Religion Forum. Stickies are almost like something you glance past when you click on the postings.
sounds like a good idea. looking forward to it.
| hamza1122 wrote: |
| sounds like a good idea. looking forward to it. |
Its already started click my top sig
| truespeed wrote: | ||
That is true,i am less likely to click on a sticky thread than i am a normal one,as i assume that the sticky is an old thread. Its a shame the mods/admins haven't taken this up and made sure this contest was advertised as much as is possible. Maybe they just don't read/moderate threads anymore,maybe they only read/react to the reported posts. |
maybe we should all keep reporting the thread and they may take some notice?
Maybe one of the options in the report function should be to alert an admin/mod to a post.
Though it shouldn't be necessary as this contest has been discussed extensively for a while,i can't believe no mod or admin as seen it.
Though it shouldn't be necessary as this contest has been discussed extensively for a while,i can't believe no mod or admin as seen it.
I think that perhaps we should extend the current comp for another month, kos we have 2 entrants so yeah..
| Parkour_Jarrod wrote: |
| I think that perhaps we should extend the current comp for another month, kos we have 2 entrants so yeah.. |
I am not sure if that's a good idea,maybe we should just bite the bullet on this first round,and move onto the next one,even if there are only 2 entries,and we should still do the vote.
Some months will get more entries than others,you shouldn't just extend because one month doesn't get as many as expected.
| truespeed wrote: | ||
I am not sure if that's a good idea,maybe we should just bite the bullet on this first round,and move onto the next one,even if there are only 2 entries,and we should still do the vote. Some months will get more entries than others,you shouldn't just extend because one month doesn't get as many as expected. |
Lol well ones gonna get first one gonna get second speeDemon gonna get speeddemons Ocalhoun gonna get procrastinator and ones gonna get last prize
| Parkour_Jarrod wrote: |
| I think that perhaps we should extend the current comp for another month, kos we have 2 entrants so yeah.. |
If bondings and the admins dont care that the user are doing something, we hsould boycot since frihost is a succses becuase of its community and if they try to get more people to particpate but are ignored then that is unfair.
CALL TO REVOLT
CALL TO REVOLT
| redslazers wrote: |
| If bondings and the admins dont care that the user are doing something, we hsould boycot since frihost is a succses becuase of its community and if they try to get more people to particpate but are ignored then that is unfair.
CALL TO REVOLT |
That's why I think we should give Parker_Jarrod's contest a longer time to run. And then maybe skip a month or two and then someone can come up with a good idea for the next contest and we take it from there? We could use Ocalhoun's template for running the contests. Probably one of the best I've seen.
| Parkour_Jarrod wrote: | ||||
Lol well ones gonna get first one gonna get second speeDemon gonna get speeddemons Ocalhoun gonna get procrastinator and ones gonna get last prize |
Parkour-Jarrod, do you have a script for the contest logo? I would like to put it into my signature. Perhaps that can be helpful for getting more entries?
Use this dean.
| Code: |
| [url=http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-105074.html][img]http://www.onet.frih.net/FG/img/logo.jpg[/img][/url] |
| truespeed wrote: | ||
Use this dean.
|
Thanks Truespeed. It's up and running now.
Photography: Take A Photo Of A Sport Related Item
^^^
You may get more people clicking the banner if you tell them what this round is about,the code is below.
^^^
You may get more people clicking the banner if you tell them what this round is about,the code is below.
| Code: |
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[b]Photography: [/b][url=http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-105074.html]Take A Photo Of A Sport Related Item[/url] [url=http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-105074.html][img]http://www.onet.frih.net/FG/img/logo.jpg[/img][/url] |
| truespeed wrote: | ||
| Photography: Take A Photo Of A Sport Related Item
^^^ You may get more people clicking the banner if you tell them what this round is about,the code is below.
|
Brilliant idea, thanks man!
I like idea of contests. If I have time I would definitely take a part in some programming contest, writing some useful script, creating css or something similar... It would also be a great way to learn new thing if there would be some possibility to work in some small groups or, from time to time, to show small partition of code that would give us an idea how to develop our project even more.
Contests should be advertised a little better... Or there might be a mailing list that interested people could join, so that you could maybe send some information of contest’s type... That sound like a good idea to me!
It would also be a great way to learn new thing if there would be some possibility to work in some small groups or, from time to time, to show small partition of code that would give us an idea how to develop our project even more.
Contests should be advertised a little better... Or there might be a mailing list that interested people could join, so that you could maybe send some information of contest’s type... That sound like a good idea to me!
| ocalhoun wrote: |
| Contest Admin Schedule (Proposed)
-April: Parkour_Jarrod -May: speeDemon -June: ocalhoun -July: deanhills -August: Arseniy -September: truespeed -October: redslazers -November: To be announced (First two contests go to those who can afford to run those, but not others. (contest admins can ask Frihost staff for frih$ on an individual basis if they need it.) After that, arranged by most frih$ first.) |
Great idea guys!! 
Let me know if I can help.
Let me know if I can help.
| Vrythramax wrote: |
| Great idea guys!!
Let me know if I can help. |
Woudl be awesome if you could make the current one (in my sig) a featured discussion so we have more than the 2 entries
| Parkour_Jarrod wrote: |
| Woudl be awesome if you could make the current one (in my sig) a featured discussion so we have more than the 2 entries |
You wouldn't need to make it a featured discussion as it has been stickied already, just edit the title to reflect that it's Round 2, Round 3, etc. If you can't edit that let me know and I can do it for you.
| Vrythramax wrote: | ||
You wouldn't need to make it a featured discussion as it has been stickied already, just edit the title to reflect that it's Round 2, Round 3, etc. If you can't edit that let me know and I can do it for you. |
Actually, it does need to be a featured discussion if it is to succeed. The deadline has been extended more than double already, but only two people participated.
Plus nobody reads stickies,as has already been said,the fact that it is a sticky,is probably hindering rather than helping.
| ocalhoun wrote: | ||||
Actually, it does need to be a featured discussion if it is to succeed. The deadline has been extended more than double already, but only two people participated. |
| ocalhoun wrote: |
| Actually, it does need to be a featured discussion if it is to succeed. The deadline has been extended more than double already, but only two people participated. |
I'm afraid I can't make a Featured Discussion, as it is just out of my access range, as Rvec pointed out Here.
The Ranks are Here, as far as I know only Bondings, tidruG, Bockman, or mOrpheuS have that level of access...unless something has changed or someone has been promoted while I was away.
Sorry.
I wouldnt participate in those contests. Because I'm not ready. 
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