Lanzer
(?)Admin Lead
- Posted: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:43:18 +0000
Hello everyone!
As some of you might know, the art arenas is going through a re-design and re-write right now and will be much more focused on the contests with much more fabulous prizes for winners!
I've heard of a lot of you asking to raise the entry fee for the avatar arena so that there will be better qualified entries, so we'll be doing that in a short time. Now for the new arenas, we're planning to create a new league of challenge. So here is what had been proposed:
New Contest proposal
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Qualifying Arena - The new avatar arenas will have a section that works much like the art arenas, but will require an entry fee. This section doesn't have weekly contests, submissions will receive immediate ratings and feedback when so you can get a sense of how you do right away. Users can potentially submit more than one entry at a time. Submissions that receive 3.5 stars (or higher, TBD) with over 50 votes (also to be determined) will receive one or more special tickets to enter the Avatar contest. Tickets will be soul bound, meaning no selling or trading away of tickets.
Avatar Contest - The avatar contest require the special ticket from the qualifying arena to enter. Not only will the submissions have higher quality, but we'll be providing much better prizes, achievements, and rewards for anyone who participates. The rules will be much like the avatar arenas today where submissions are collected a week before the contest begin, and all entries will be shown at once to ensure fairness.
So the result is a two tier system. It is more complex than how things are today so I would like to hear everyone's feedback to weigh in on the pros and cons. Please give any feedback on whether you like the proposal or not.
As some of you might know, the art arenas is going through a re-design and re-write right now and will be much more focused on the contests with much more fabulous prizes for winners!
I've heard of a lot of you asking to raise the entry fee for the avatar arena so that there will be better qualified entries, so we'll be doing that in a short time. Now for the new arenas, we're planning to create a new league of challenge. So here is what had been proposed:
New Contest proposal
--------------------------------
Qualifying Arena - The new avatar arenas will have a section that works much like the art arenas, but will require an entry fee. This section doesn't have weekly contests, submissions will receive immediate ratings and feedback when so you can get a sense of how you do right away. Users can potentially submit more than one entry at a time. Submissions that receive 3.5 stars (or higher, TBD) with over 50 votes (also to be determined) will receive one or more special tickets to enter the Avatar contest. Tickets will be soul bound, meaning no selling or trading away of tickets.
Avatar Contest - The avatar contest require the special ticket from the qualifying arena to enter. Not only will the submissions have higher quality, but we'll be providing much better prizes, achievements, and rewards for anyone who participates. The rules will be much like the avatar arenas today where submissions are collected a week before the contest begin, and all entries will be shown at once to ensure fairness.
So the result is a two tier system. It is more complex than how things are today so I would like to hear everyone's feedback to weigh in on the pros and cons. Please give any feedback on whether you like the proposal or not.