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Art contests, right?

Hmmm.. I think the monthly donation items would make for nice prizes for the grand prize. Second and third could be given money or something.

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Hmmm... I think the person in charge of the contest should serve as the ultimate judge. If we took turns hosting the constest, though, then we'd all be able to participate and one point or other.

If that doesn't strike anyone as interesting, then I don't see why you can't participate, Cap'n.

My opinions are the same as Kieskita's.

Hmm...it couldn't hurt to have you join. It's a guild contest, really. Not particularily a contest you yourself is hosting solely. I don't see why not.

euclids_triangle mentioned a good idea. A rotation of members hosting contests--maybe we could each choose different themes and judge the contests?

It definitely doesn't seem fair that you wouldn't be able to participate.

actually...i dont have access to the mule account. am i supposed to know the passcode or something? i'd totally tend to it every once in a while if i had it.

but anyway....on the subject of the contest:
i think either donation items, gold, or art for first would be fine, second and third and (throwing out something) honorable mention (the most creative, but not necessarily the best, you know) could tier down from there.

and if you're worried about the contest being fair...how about once all the art is submitted, it's posted in a single thread with a poll so we can vote for the best? that way we can kind of all decide. the only thing is, though, we couldnt have too many contestants, i dont think, because we dont have a LOT of active members, so we might end up with a 6 way tie for 1st with 1 vote, you know? but if we did something like that, i'd say it's perfectly fine for you to contribute.

taking turns hosting the contest is a good idea.

and the panel thing is a cool idea. or perhaps only those who didn't participate could vote? not sure how well that would work.

I voted for items..but then..not everyone wants the same things...for instance, I haven't wanted a donation item for quite a while..but I guess if you won one you could always sell it and get the gold...either that or just give gold as prize money and then the winner can spend it however they like.

@ Euclids: you've got a point there. it's possible that we could all vote for ourselves (i dont think, considering who's posted, most people would, but it's possible) and i think if we're going to do the voting thing, less actives would be the way to go. but...what if they ignore the invite to vote as they've ignored the guild? it would seem that we'd want as many people to vote as possible, and i suppose we could, if all else fails, choose from outside sources (outside sources = little to no possible bias).

i think that gold would probably be the easiest way. of course, we could always say "the winner gets a choice of X amount of gold, or -insert item of equal value-"

what about theme, or are we not there yet?

wow, that is incredibly complicated but ingenius!

we could do some sort of scale (maybe 1-9) and everyone votes for each drawing (using the scale), and then decide the winner and/or runner-up that way, so then if you're torn between two drawings, you could in theory give them the same number if you think they're of equal quality (but then again, that predicts a tie...). it could be highly problematic, but we'll figure something out.