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    Posted: May 04 2011 at 22:11
Hi!

I would like to propose the idea of creating a new sub-forum that could contain user contests. When I say user contest, I mean a contest of any sorts (photo shopping, original music, jokes etc...) that could be voted on by users, or voted on by a panel of user judges who sign up for the job.

I'm not just springing this idea randomly, we have this system on another forum, and it is tons of fun.

Just a thought!

EDIT: Prizes could be having "Victor of contest X" in signature, or just an ego boost


Edited by OzzProg - May 04 2011 at 22:14
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2011 at 01:40
If someone wanted to organize it and thought people would participate, why couldn't they put it in JFF? Granted the huge number of posts in JFF would make it difficult to keep it on the front page, but a signature link could help with that. 
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2011 at 01:59
I'm not supporting this idea until we have full confirmation that prizes will include money, gold or silver. Oh yes and automatical Adminhood.
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Points: 540 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2011 at 02:07
Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

... and thought people would participate
Are the OLD GEEZERS here at PA too old to compete in silly events? LOL

Just from what I've seen on other forums, there can be silly contests like "Best MS paint rendition of classic prog album", all the way to serious ones like "Best album cover design", or "Best solely keyboard and bass composition".

Just snowballin'!
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2011 at 02:18
Originally posted by OzzProg OzzProg wrote:

Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

... and thought people would participate
Are the OLD GEEZERS here at PA too old to compete in silly events? LOL

Just from what I've seen on other forums, there can be silly contests like "Best MS paint rendition of classic prog album", all the way to serious ones like "Best album cover design", or "Best solely keyboard and bass composition".

Just snowballin'!
Many forums have a large contingent of artists and/or skilled image editors to carry such contests, but we pretty much only have musicians who are kind of lazy. If you think people will participate, you can start one right now and we can see if a contest forum could possibly be sustained. I'm just saying that  it probably wouldn't work. 
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2011 at 07:53
You can make some "pilot episodes" to see if people would be interested, first.
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Points: 67407 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2011 at 08:25
Not a bad idea, even though contest is a disgustingly capitalist activity I generally refuse to participate in (unless the prizes are good).
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