Do away with contests?

[Formerly Hoshi]

Why not?  Only a handful of people compete in them and even when they do, only a small amount of them are actually worth voting on.  And its pretty clear that once people start seeing one person's votes go up that they jump on the bandwagon and vote for them.  Thus making the entire contest moot as the voting can be easily swayed.

My "solution"? Theme threads.  It works on many other forums and I seriously don't see why it couldn't work here.  "Pro" spriters can show off their work and novices can post up things they're working on and can inquire about how to improve they're spriting skills.

Do away with the points, do away with the judging, and just. Fucking. Sprite.

Thoughts?

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I'm also not making this a poll because I feel this can be discussed rationally and not just voted on.

[Jesuszilla]

After hearing about this "theme" idea, I like it. Wasn't this supposed to be about fun anyway? How about we start making it fun and less about competition that really does nothing?

[Cyanide]

They've always been pretty good. Look at the "lol frankenmonster" threads. Where people just cram sprites together. It's fun, and anyone can join in. Far more graphic based than a contest nobody gets involved in.

[F. James Fernandez]

Yes, that is the same thing I was thinking about. I was going to suggest that as well. Monster, animal, fantasy, etc themes. It would keep everyone on their toes. No need for points nor judging. just sprite your ass.

[c001357]

time to release a sweet sticky thread
any suggestions for the first theme (like sprite bro ken or whatev

[momo!]

sexually awkwar-----IM KIDDING how about ninja  ???

[SnowShingo]

ninja is a good idea

[Formerly Hoshi]

how about ninja  ???

I don't know.  MAKE A THREAD ABOUT IT! If people are interested, people will post!  Even if it dies, you can feel free to revive it with a new sprite!

[Cyanide]

The idea behind any themed thread is not to type "my" or "name of character"

You'd start it off with "Ninja thread" or "Panty flash thread" That sort of thing, includes people rather than taking ownership

[Basara Bogard]

Wait... are you sure this would work??

I mean, it sounds a good idea, but people here...

[F. James Fernandez]

yeah like IE

Ninja week:

anything formed into a ninja base character.

Fat week:

Make characters that has a fit body to o-beast and such things like that

[The Railgunner]

I suppose this is a much better alternative to monthly contests. It gives more of the general forum populace a chance to participate, rather than a small enclave of spriters being forced to spit out entries for a contest they think is stupid. Plus, this approach allows for skill improvement, creating an overall better atmosphere for new spriters to get used to.

I guess this is our fix. So...Ninja Week starts on Monday?

[F. James Fernandez]

sounds good to me  8) this might be odd to do, but adding ref for what the theme(s) are would be a good idea.

[Cyanide]

It's not "for a week" it's whenever someone feels like doing a stupid sprite there's a thread full of them.

[F. James Fernandez]

omg you guys overly think things too damn much. there is a site that does the same thing for artist. creating a theme every week and having them draw out the theme for that weej. its as simple as that. just post up a them and have us go at it.

[Formerly Hoshi]

A "theme of the week" is similar to a contest.  Someone make a damn "Ninja Thread" and be done with this "week" nonsense.

[thoraxglycerin]

if people can submit designs or pics about them, for sure, why not?

[Basara Bogard]

I just to read the recent topics here and I quoted myself for remarking...

Wait... are you sure this would work??

I mean, it sounds a good idea, but people here...

[Titiln]

thanks for reposting a useless post

[Basara Bogard]

Thanks for reply another useless post