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| *digital.fragrance* |
 Nov 13 2006, 07:55 PM
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This is about contest organization. I think that with this new idea, we would get more participation in cB, and things would be easier to keep track of and get votes for.
For Example, along with Feedback and Announcements, we could have a "Contests" subforum with topics about all of the contests. All of the topics in the Contests forum would be linked to the contest topic in the subforum (ex. Xanga Showcase, Graphics Showcase, Pictures, ..etc.) where it belongs. That way, people could see all of the contests, all at one time. We could even have a pinned thread with the deadlines. I bet when it is easier to access, more people will join in. We could use it for mass voting too!  What do you think? |
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| *mona lisa* |
Nov 13 2006, 07:58 PM
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Love it! :D
Would the routine __ of the Month contests would be included as well? |
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| *Infinite.* |
Nov 13 2006, 07:59 PM
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I don't think it sounds like a bad idea..
Although I don't know how exactly we could better organize that, perhaps a contest section in the community center and the resource center, since myspace staff can't touch the feedback sections and such, unless they would give all staff access to it? I think it would be easier and all but when it came to doing the votes how exactly would that go along. ^Yea I would think so, since she said Graphics Showcase and like the Xanga and Myspace Showcases. Which include monthly contests. Pretty much I like the idea, sounds very neat and would be better organized. So great idea Rachael! 
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 13 2006, 08:02 PM
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Yeah, Design Staff should have access to that one forum. _of the Month contests would be included - basically every contest out there. The Staff of the various areas of cB wouuld be responsible for updating it.
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Nov 13 2006, 08:04 PM
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 Photoartist  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
Yeah I think they can give us all powers to that one forum. I don't think the People Staff have powers in the Feedback and Announcements forum either.
Any member input? |
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| *mona lisa* |
Nov 13 2006, 08:05 PM
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Holly: I think a new topic for each new contest would be effective. The direct link to the contest and the rules of the contest should be posted.
Oh, and I think old contests should be closed after a certain period of time. |
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Nov 13 2006, 08:38 PM
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I think this is a great idea.
 It would definitely help with activity for those who want to join the contests but dont know where they are, and also for mass voting. I say yes! haha |
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Nov 14 2006, 07:36 AM
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 say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
This is a good idea! I'm totally for it.
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Nov 14 2006, 04:38 PM
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 Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
Excellent! An idea that is superb. Go for it guys!
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Nov 14 2006, 05:30 PM
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i like that idea alot.
it makes all forum contests easy to find and it makes sure that they are closed after a certain time. |
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Nov 14 2006, 06:01 PM
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 Yawn Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,530 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,772 |
I fully support this idea!!!!
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 14 2006, 06:02 PM
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Yay! Should we implement it now?
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| *Infinite.* |
Nov 14 2006, 07:28 PM
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^I think we should
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 14 2006, 07:36 PM
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So I'm guessing only admins can do this, right?
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| *Infinite.* |
Nov 14 2006, 07:40 PM
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 Yea I believe so, *goes to see if Mona is on* |
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| *mona lisa* |
Nov 14 2006, 07:56 PM
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I'm here, I'm here! Since there aren't any cons to this idea...
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 14 2006, 08:01 PM
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^ Yay! You don't have to worry about putting all of the contests in there - all of us can help with that.
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| *Infinite.* |
Nov 14 2006, 10:00 PM
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^Yea, of course!
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Nov 14 2006, 10:31 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Posts: 8,274 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,001 |
Yep! More work for staffers ! woohoooo.
Anyways, we should include a new membership level and title. And besides, cb is about high quality/ competitive graphic !
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 14 2006, 10:32 PM
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^ Like what?
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Nov 14 2006, 10:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Posts: 8,274 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,001 |
Maybe ... ? designer of the month? best designer of icon? best designer of avatar? or something?
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 14 2006, 10:37 PM
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That's an interesting idea. I think we've kicked it around sometime before. I think it's a great idea!
I think we would have to make the titles more general, though. That would be a lot of work for the Admins. |
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| *mona lisa* |
Nov 14 2006, 10:43 PM
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QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Nov 14 2006, 10:34 PM)  Maybe ... ? designer of the month? best designer of icon? best designer of avatar? or something? Since, I'm assuming, the "best designer of ____" would be decided upon by the community and is not just subjective but constantly changing, I don't know if that would merit a new set of member status titles because it's not something permanent, right? Wow, talk about run-on sentence. But having such contests would certainly be interesting! |
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 14 2006, 10:45 PM
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^ That's what I was thinking.
Perhaps an official contest group where winners of any contest can join. |
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Nov 15 2006, 03:07 AM
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haha I think "Official Winner" (or something like that) would be a fun member title.
But what would be the benefit of having it? 
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 15 2006, 07:38 AM
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^ I don't know... you could have extra PM storage space?
Maybe at a later date, we could actually combine this with the idea of having forums where the Official people can hang out. That would give value to the Contest Member Title idea, and fuel mroe Official Members to submit graphics like Mona suggested in her other thread. But that's kind of off topic. Official Winner would have it's merits if that was implemented. |
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| *Infinite.* |
Nov 15 2006, 10:03 AM
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^I was so thinking the extra PM storage, I always enjoyed having more than normal members.
Official Winner status is quite neat. |
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Nov 15 2006, 12:45 PM
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QUOTE(digital.fragrance @ Nov 15 2006, 7:38 AM) ^ I don't know... you could have extra PM storage space? Maybe at a later date, we could actually combine this with the idea of having forums where the Official people can hang out. That would give value to the Contest Member Title idea, and fuel mroe Official Members to submit graphics like Mona suggested in her other thread. But that's kind of off topic. Official Winner would have it's merits if that was implemented. Oooh okay, yeah more PM space would be good. And a secret forum for Official people? that sounds good too. I know a lot of XMB forums do that. It would definitely spark some activity, in posting and contributing. |
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| *mona lisa* |
Nov 15 2006, 01:52 PM
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Something else that was suggested was to have subforums within 'Contests': one to discuss ideas and one for voting threads. The main forum would be where the contest threads belong. I think perhaps it may bit too much and a single forum for contests and voting threads would suffice but what do you all think?
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 15 2006, 06:17 PM
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^ I think that a subforum should exist for "Ideas" and the rest of the topic be in the main part of the forum. We could designate a specific pinned topic on all of the contests and the deadlines, and the voting threads and the deadlines.
My previous idea involves too much 
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Nov 16 2006, 12:25 AM
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QUOTE(mona lisa @ Nov 14 2006, 7:43 PM) Since, I'm assuming, the "best designer of ____" would be decided upon by the community and is not just subjective but constantly changing, I don't know if that would merit a new set of member status titles because it's not something permanent, right? Wow, talk about run-on sentence. But having such contests would certainly be interesting!
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Nov 16 2006, 07:54 AM
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say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
^ ... spam?
Anyway, I think there should be subforums within this "Contests" forum. It could be divided into different sections, so it won't be too confusing. CONTESTS -> Blogging, Design & Art (e.g. XOTM, LIMS, photography contest etc.) -> Entertainment & Humour (e.g. cBNTM, cB Idol, Best Caption Contest etc.) -> Miscellaneous That's what I can think of now. Of course, the decision is entirely up to the mods. I'm not saying that my idea is good, because I can see problems of creating subforums within the Contests forum. There maybe not enough contests in each section to generate activity, and some members may not like having to go to another forum for voting in these contests. Just my thought. |
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 16 2006, 02:29 PM
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^ I never thought about it in that context - that would be a great way to organize it!
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Nov 17 2006, 11:07 AM
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say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
Thanks Rachael. :)
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| *Infinite.* |
Nov 17 2006, 12:00 PM
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Yea, I like the idea of organization that was stated above.
Although I wouldn't choose those exact titles for them, something more catchy or more straight forward. |
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 17 2006, 02:25 PM
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It has also been suggested that there should be one forum with pinned topics announcing and describing the contests and providing links to the respective subforums where each is located. Entry deadlines would be included as well. Also, a voting thread with links to all of the currently voting topics, and voting deadlines would be included too.
All of the unpinned, or regular topic threads could be contest ideas. Like this: [contest forum] --(Contest Forum Rules) <--Pinned --(Current Contests) <--Pinned --(Current Voting) <--Pinned __________________ Contest Idea threads... Contest Idea threads... Contest Idea threads... Contest Ideas threads... |
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| *mona lisa* |
Nov 17 2006, 10:29 PM
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QUOTE(digital.fragrance @ Nov 17 2006, 2:25 PM) Like this: I like this method of organization. I think this simple approach will work well.[contest forum] --(Contest Forum Rules) <--Pinned --(Current Contests) <--Pinned --(Current Voting) <--Pinned __________________ Contest Idea threads... Contest Idea threads... Contest Idea threads... Contest Ideas threads... I want this to be completed soon so if anyone disagrees, speak now or forever hold your peace.
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Nov 17 2006, 10:41 PM
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 Krista. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,380 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 391,319 |
I love it!
It's so much more convenient than searching through forums looking for contests. >_< It would also....erm.."advertise" or display the contests better. |
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Nov 18 2006, 12:55 AM
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 Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
QUOTE(niez_cho @ Nov 16 2006, 4:54 AM) CONTESTS -> Blogging, Design & Art (e.g. XOTM, LIMS, photography contest etc.) -> Entertainment & Humour (e.g. cBNTM, cB Idol, Best Caption Contest etc.) -> Miscellaneous I definitely like the idea of a Contest forum with the above subforums, but for some reason, I always think of the Photography Contest as part of Entertainment, but I guess that's just me. 
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 18 2006, 12:09 PM
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^ Do you like that idea better than the other one:
QUOTE [contest forum]
--(Contest Forum Rules) <--Pinned --(Current Contests) <--Pinned --(Current Voting) <--Pinned __________________ Contest Idea threads... Contest Idea threads... Contest Idea threads... Contest Ideas threads... |
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| *mona lisa* |
Nov 22 2006, 01:35 PM
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Alright. No one's responded since a few days so which is it?
Without subforums: QUOTE [contest forum] --(Contest Forum Rules) <--Pinned --(Current Contests) <--Pinned --(Current Voting) <--Pinned __________________ Contest Idea threads... Contest Idea threads... Contest Idea threads... Contest Ideas threads... With subforums: QUOTE CONTESTS -> Blogging, Design & Art (e.g. XOTM, LIMS, photography contest etc.) -> Entertainment & Humour (e.g. cBNTM, cB Idol, Best Caption Contest etc.) -> Miscellaneous The reason this thread was made is because we need your input!
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 22 2006, 11:19 PM
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^ I'd go with the first one.
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Nov 22 2006, 11:26 PM
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Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
I concur.
I don't think we really need anymore subforums... |
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Nov 30 2006, 05:06 PM
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Is this gonna happen?
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Nov 30 2006, 05:11 PM
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Yes, I say without subforums.
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Nov 30 2006, 11:33 PM
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Yeah, it would be much easier without; there's way too much uneccessary clicking with the subforums.
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Dec 1 2006, 12:05 AM
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Ha, I'm seriously wondering if this is going to happen? Do we need to figure it out on the weekend when people have time or something?
I think it would be fine either way, which ever is easier to manage for the staff. |
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| *mona lisa* |
Dec 1 2006, 12:14 AM
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Both would be fine in terms of staff being able to manage it. But having subforums where it isn't really needed is inconvenient. Perhaps we'll have it before the end of this weekend so that all the proper rules can be set up first.
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Dec 1 2006, 12:32 AM
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yea i guess we need to do it like this weekend since its the start of the month as well.
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Dec 2 2006, 01:32 AM
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Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
Heh, I thought that I had already posted my thoughts.
Like Arjuna said, we don't really need very many subforums, so I think we should go with Rachael's. |
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Dec 8 2006, 03:47 PM
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i see that it's finally in place, but its not really news and announcements, so why is it under that heading?
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Dec 8 2006, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE(jumpropeforheart @ Dec 8 2006, 3:47 PM) i see that it's finally in place, but its not really news and announcements, so why is it under that heading? It fits in slightly under News but there's really no other place for it because it a gathering for all contests held on the forums. Do you have a better suggestion?
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Dec 8 2006, 10:13 PM
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maybe i dont understand it, but is it like a forum to post contests that people are having or just to post results from motm and smotm?
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Dec 8 2006, 10:55 PM
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Yes! It's up!
Thanks guys - you're all fantastic *hugs Mona and Rebecca*
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Dec 9 2006, 11:58 AM
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say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
^ I don't think there's anything wrong with the forum being under News and Announcements... it fits perfectly there.
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Dec 9 2006, 02:38 PM
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QUOTE(jumpropeforheart @ Dec 8 2006, 10:13 PM) maybe i dont understand it, but is it like a forum to post contests that people are having or just to post results from motm and smotm? Yeah, and why don't we just put all the contests (in the planning stages or not) into the subforum? It'd make it easier to find them, rather than just all spread out in their respective subforums. |
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Dec 9 2006, 04:37 PM
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QUOTE(Smoogrish @ Dec 9 2006, 1:38 PM) Yeah, and why don't we just put all the contests (in the planning stages or not) into the subforum? It'd make it easier to find them, rather than just all spread out in their respective subforums. exactly what i thought. why only make a forum just to place winners in? have all contests like cbntm, motm, smotm, bcb, and other things rather than having just a "hall of fame" type of forum and leaving the original thread in a another forum.
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Dec 9 2006, 06:25 PM
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QUOTE(jumpropeforheart @ Dec 9 2006, 4:37 PM) exactly what i thought. why only make a forum just to place winners in? have all contests like cbntm, motm, smotm, bcb, and other things rather than having just a "hall of fame" type of forum and leaving the original thread in a another forum. That was considered but would it not take away part of the activity of those forums?
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Dec 10 2006, 05:08 PM
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perhaps i just dont understand the point of the forum especially since the contest thread isnt even placed in the so called "contest forum", it's just there for a hall of fame.
if it's going to take away from the forum, why not just have the contest winner thread or w/e put into the respective forum as well? |
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