Whatever Happened To the Sprite Contests?

roseille · January 24, 2011, 06:37:36 PM

I lurked for a bit, waiting to see if you guys still held them. According to the Hall of Fame, they stopped two years ago! Why'd you stop holding them? They were the best part about this section.

Rote Zaungast · January 24, 2011, 06:42:55 PM

theme threads were thought to be a better alternative

roseille · January 24, 2011, 07:06:24 PM

I think the contests were cooler...

kakkoii superhero · January 24, 2011, 07:14:22 PM

with contest there would be always winner and losers, or somebody saying he is a better spriter than u, etc. while now everything is friendly and non competitive.

roseille · January 24, 2011, 07:36:38 PM

Some people ARE better spriters than others. That doesn't change because there's no contest. Personally, I'd rather have my work judged by people that encourage quality, then getting a pat on the back for low quality work. That doesn't help anyone. Besides, people that didn't want to be judged didn't have to be in the contests.

kakkoii superhero · January 24, 2011, 07:48:21 PM

why are you so competitive rather than try to improve in a friendly way?
with contest there would need participants, judges, etc. what's the point when the contestants are only a few. not saying this because I have low self confidence in my own sprite, but the hassle of having a neutral judges or voters, since titiln last contest also heavily plotted at the voting part to the point he has to pick the winner himself

roseille · January 24, 2011, 08:57:19 PM

There is such thing as "friendly competition". At least, there was when I was around before. Exactly what is your "friendly" way? How does a voluntary contest have any effect on your "friendly" way?

moolambo · January 24, 2011, 11:02:06 PM

Quotewhy are you so competitive rather than try to improve in a friendly way?

yeah, let's introduce MONEY PRIZE

DMK · January 24, 2011, 11:02:41 PM

I thought one time there was a money reward.

kakkoii superhero · January 25, 2011, 07:28:14 AM

Quote from: roseille on January 24, 2011, 08:57:19 PM
There is such thing as "friendly competition". At least, there was when I was around before. Exactly what is your "friendly" way? How does a voluntary contest have any effect on your "friendly" way?

friendly = sharing tips and objective comment, rather than yours cool but mine is cooler kind of way.

Riptide · January 25, 2011, 07:44:06 AM

Quote from: Kyojuu Tokusou Navetsea on January 24, 2011, 07:48:21 PM
why are you so competitive rather than try to improve in a friendly way?
with contest there would need participants, judges, etc. what's the point when the contestants are only a few. not saying this because I have low self confidence in my own sprite, but the hassle of having a neutral judges or voters, since titiln last contest also heavily plotted at the voting part to the point he has to pick the winner himself

Is that the real reason it shut down. I was wondering my self.
I wish it was still up. I think the themes are limited.

mikros · January 25, 2011, 11:37:46 AM

The cool thing about contests is that they may give you ideas or motivate you to do something you normally wouldn't. That said, more often than not I find myself not caring or not meeting a deadline.

roseille · January 25, 2011, 12:57:17 PM

Quote from: Kyojuu Tokusou Navetsea on January 25, 2011, 07:28:14 AM
friendly = sharing tips and objective comment, rather than yours cool but mine is cooler kind of way.

Then, no, don't enter the contest if you just want C/C. The contest, at least for me, was about trying something you normally wouldn't. It was comparing yourself to others on the site, and seeing how good you are. I think the contests provided a greater outlet for creativity, too. No, it's not for everyone. That doesn't mean that it should just be scrapped altogether.

C/C isn't friendly. Objective comments are just as often harsh for bad work, as supportive for good work.

Foobs · January 27, 2011, 03:24:19 AM

Real reason: Nobody participated on those anymore. Theme threads were thought to bring more activity to the board and (at least temporarily) they did.

Riptide · January 27, 2011, 04:27:05 AM

hum...on other sites sprite contest usually are pretty popular.

MAO11 · January 27, 2011, 06:40:45 AM

the very last contest held in this forum was the one titiln made but we didn't know what happened after that.

Riptide · January 27, 2011, 08:12:47 PM

So you all had problems organizing the contest?

Rolento · January 27, 2011, 08:43:57 PM

A few reasons behind why contests are no longer around for the most part:

- Honestly, the well of ideas ran pretty dry for the type of spriting you'd see around these parts. There's a reason you mostly only see single sprites or animations; that's what most people here have purely focused on. Doesn't leave as much working space as you'd think.
- Participation was actually pretty limited; only a handful of people actually participating in these contests at any time, meaning you'd probably see the same people every contest with maybe one or two new users trying out.
- The same small group of people won 90% of the time. The percentage might seem exaggerated, but it's fairly close I'd say.
- Graphics mod usually too busy to really set up these contests anyway.

TITAN MADRE · January 28, 2011, 01:34:56 AM

Because all of them... KNOW.

kakkoii superhero · January 28, 2011, 04:04:56 AM

madre is the best spriter?

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Whatever Happened To the Sprite Contests?