The fanart forum...

[Mattchew]

First, I want to make it clear I am writing as a fan of Excelsior...

The fanart forum has been one of my favorite board destinations for years, as a result of his efforts, and I don't want that to get lost in the mix.

Anyway, I am just writing to request that another mod think about taking up the monthly fanart contests until Excel has a chance to get stuff worked out.

The voting threads for July and august never went up, and there was no September or October contests, so this is now a four month trend...

I hope most would understand that this request is way of saying just how much fun people have with these contests, rather than some critique of Excel....

I've personally been through times when fanart contests did not rank at the top of my list.

I am just hoping that one of the mods might be able to diplomatically step in and fill Excel's shoes briefly...

In the case that any mod's are unaware of what it would involve, you would post a thread with a theme at the beginning of the month (and I'd suggest basing the post on Excel's rules from previous months), checking throughout the month to make sure people are following the rules and sticking to the theme, and at the end of the month post a new thread with all of the pics from the month, accepting pm's with people's votes, tabluating the votes to find the winner, and posting the winner's piece.

Again, you could easily look back at the past fanart threads to get a feel for how Excel ran things.

I understand if mods are too busy or if you don't want to move in on Excel's territory, but I'm jsut hoping something can be worked out.

Excel has provided a really fun monthly contest for the past few years, and I hoping the tradition can continue.

 

[black_dust]

Why does it have to be a Mod? why dont you just set one up? Just set the task, have people pm the votes and set up a gallery on photobucket. If you need a image removed then pm a mod and request them to remove it.

Everyone wins, wont take much effort to go "This months is Halloween based, draw away"

 

[Mattchew]

I understand why you might say that, but its more an issue of the contest carrying some weigh since a mod is running it...

also a mod has the ability to stick threads, make decisions about contest rules that people don't feel the need to debate, end arguments quickly and definitively, and so on...

if no mod is interested, its okay, but I posted the same request in the fanart forum under the heading 'the current state of the fanart contest'... you can go and see that more people than just myself are wanting this.

 

[EXCELSIOR]

Matt,
I'm here...

I'll be making a post in the FAN ART thread to further answer this question!

CM