SOTW / AOTW Discussion & Results

This thread needs updating once the winner of SOTW 53 is announced. Just thought I'd remind the proper bodies involved.

Also, thanks to everyone that voted for my piece in AOTW 4. :monster:
 
Actually I'm gonna have to talk to Casanova about this as I'm not entirely sure how he wants me to update the scoreboard as far as the layout goes. :wacky:

And...I believe that was when we had the "cease fire" period. http://www.finalfantasyforums.net/gfx-clanhouse/the-cease-fire-period-22142-page2.html

So...I guess we start with SOTW 53 and AOTW 4. Unless you guys are okay with updating SOTW 52 and AOTW 3 as well...? I really don't care either way.
 
We agreed on SOTW 53 and AOTW 4 but I don't mind going back a week, not at all.

If it's easier, I could write up something as soon as the SOTW 53 winner is announced, you'll just have to tell me who won SOTW 52, I seriously can't remember. :wacky:
 
Roughly when will the guidelines for SotW 55 be posted up? I'm quite interested in keeping the competitions coming all the time for the clans because I truly fear them dying out before they get off their feet.
 
Gah I messed up on my post. xD John can actually start SOTW 55 and AOTW [?] now.
 
Sorry for the double-post, but I think there should be a rule for when making avatars. I know in other GFX forums, cut-outs from signatures are not allowed. =/ Perhaps we should implement this rule as well...? I know I did a cut-out on one of my avatars (although I did add some extra stuff) for AOTW 1, I believe, and I realized (after Lirael pointed it out) that it really wasn't fair since it doesn't seem like there was much effort to the avatar itself since all you're really doing is copying and pasting. >.> (Trust me, I've done a lot of my avatars that way but I do try to make changes) Now, however, if you're at least trying to change it a bit from the original signature, such as the position, colors, and extra little graphics, then I think it should be fine.

I also think in order to prevent this from happening, we can have a different SOTW theme from a AOTW theme the same week. For instance, for SOTW one week, we can have a "No image" theme and that same week, the AOTW theme would be "FFXIII". It does provide variety of ideas as well.
 
I can see where you're coming from, Mitsuki. There is no real way of telling if it's a straight cut-out unless we ask that the .PSD files are turned over as well as the entries themselves.

I propose that in the future, if the entries are too similar, then Mark or myself (depending on whose guidelines the submission are under) can ask whoever made them in private which one they would like omitted. I can see how two completely different themes would stop the problem completely but unless myself and Mark see a trend in the same person winning with practical dupes too often, I don't think it's necessary to change anything with regards to themes just yet.

I do share your concern, but it's not a major problem with this week's theme. If it becomes too big of a problem and people are beginning to tire of it then, naturally, we'll have to fix it sharpish. I just hope that it doesn't become a problem.

We'll just have to make sure people know this is frowned upon and could result in entries being removed.
 
Alright fair enough. =] Just wanted to bring the issue to you guys, so thanks for hearing me out.
 
The creator of the set in question is now aware of the seriousness of the situation and has made a mental note not to do it again. ;D

Let's just hope that there isn't a serious outbreak of this kind of stuff from now on and if it helps, I will try to think of two seperate themes as regularly as I can. :cassy:
 
Sorry for the double post. D:

Well done Mitsuki for winning AOTW 5. :D

I'll have to leave the voting for SOTW 55 open a little longer as the competition is tied at the moment. :/

Competitions will run as normal, the winner for SOTW 55 will just take a little longer to be announced, I'm afraid. The SOTW 57 and AOTW 7 guidelines will be up shortly. :neomon:
 
Thank you. xD

Ah, I thought 3 won. I counted the posts and yes, it's tied between 3 and 7. I say get 3 - 5 more votes by tomorrow. People, vote vote vote so they can start the new guidelines! >_<
 
Entry #3 is winning by one vote, but whoever voted forgot to post so... they're tied. D;
 
You could just announce that they both won, since we've had tied SOTWs before. I'm just not sure about how that would work with the SOTW mod thing...

Anyhoo, I'll be putting up SOTW 56 and AOTW 6 Voting threads in the next half hour, sorry I didn't do it last night, I was so exhausted when I came in from college that I just fell asleep and I've only just woke up now >_>
 
Ryan posted but forgot to vote last night, otherwise the competition would be over. D:

We'll just have to let competitions run as normal and wait for Ryan to actually vote. :P
 
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