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Official Contest Halloween Official Contest

Discussion in 'Anything and everything Free Rider' started by Eric, Oct 23, 2017.

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  1. Eric

    Eric Administrator Staff Member Administrator Forum Moderator Official Author

    Hey all - what are thoughts on having an official Halloween Contest? Too soon to Halloween? Thinking we would close off entries on 31st and then take a few days to select winner(s). Award coins for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. If you guys think it is a good idea will make a broader announcement today.
     
    Eric, Oct 23, 2017
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  2. Whisk

    Whisk Well-Known Member Official Author

    YES YES YES!
    I speak for the entire of the FRHD community. :)
    E: maybe not, it's a short period of time for trackmaking, trackmakers won't have the time to make a track with great quality, there will probably be lots of NTBFs.
     
    Whisk, Oct 23, 2017
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  3. Jefe

    Jefe Forum Legend Official Author

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    It's waaaay too close to the deadline. From past experiences, tracks take weeks, if not months to make.
     
    Jefe, Oct 23, 2017
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  4. Reborn

    Reborn Forum Legend Rotten Flesh Official Author

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    This might be a good time to start an official Christmas contest.
     
    Last edited: Oct 23, 2017
    Reborn, Oct 23, 2017
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  5. Osiris

    Osiris Well-Known Member Official Author

    Official Christmas contest sounds good, but maybe not Christmas themed
     
    Osiris, Oct 23, 2017
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  6. CIorox

    CIorox Casual Member Official Author

    No its wAaaaay too short for a good track quality
     
    CIorox, Oct 23, 2017
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  7. Ishu

    Ishu Well-Known Member Elite Author Official Author

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    I would join, but i just released a horror track a few weeks ago
     
    Ishu, Oct 23, 2017
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  8. Max007x

    Max007x Forum Moderator Staff Member Administrator Forum Moderator VIP Official Author

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    How about you make it a contest with maybe not too large of a coin prize for the n1 and instead something like smaller prizes for the top 20, instead of a big halloween contest have it be like a database wide halloween challange or something? Something to also get newer people involved and people that don't visit the forum? I could see this spark some creativity on the site. Have it focused on smaller tracks instead of huge ones like the last official contest. I'd love to see that happen and I think it would work
     
    Max007x, Oct 23, 2017
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  9. Examples

    Examples Well-Known Member Official Author

    didn't pisst host one a little while back
     
    Examples, Oct 23, 2017
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  10. Skrampt

    Skrampt Well-Known Member Official Author

    it wasn't official
     
    Skrampt, Oct 23, 2017
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  11. Examples

    Examples Well-Known Member Official Author

    still a Halloween themed contest...
     
    Examples, Oct 23, 2017
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  12. Skrampt

    Skrampt Well-Known Member Official Author

    it wasn't official
     
    Skrampt, Oct 23, 2017
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  13. Inactive

    Inactive Active Member Official Author

    way too close to deadline. Make a winter contest with december 1 as the deadline.
     
    Inactive, Oct 23, 2017
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  14. Osiris

    Osiris Well-Known Member Official Author

    I rather a big contest with the top 10 getting small rewards
     
    Osiris, Oct 23, 2017
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  15. Volund

    Volund ithring VIP Official Author

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    ^^^^^
    I would kill for another official contest, however a week would be pushing it for an entry I would be proud of. Perhaps maybe a winter/christmas themed OC would be a better idea
     
    Volund, Oct 23, 2017
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  16. weem

    weem FREE RIDER LEGEND Elite Author Team Blob Official Author

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    we want updates not contest :mad:
     
    weem, Oct 24, 2017
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  17. THEend

    THEend feared and/or loathed in seven states Elite Author Team Blob Official Author

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    getting something featurable within eight days is a bit much of a task for anyone with even remotely a life. max's challenge idea is cool, as is having a winter contest or something due by january.

    if it sparks some ideas and some good tracks no one's gonna complain
     
    THEend, Oct 24, 2017
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  18. pssst

    pssst Forum Legend Elite Author Team Blob Official Author

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    This is from Phase. Since he is banned he wants me to post this on here.

    I like the idea, and we've been talking about it for months. I think it would be an excellent idea to make it Holiday(rather than Halloween themed). Christmas would be directly favoring Christians, so maybe if you create a Winter Holiday Themed Contest that ends on Jan 1, 2018, at midnight it would make more sense and help the quality of the tracks. I also think you should make fewer guidelines than the last official contest, so the authors can be more creative. A size minimum would also be nice.

    Example Rules:

    The track must be a 200kb minimum
    Must be an approved Winter Holiday from below:
    List of All approved Winter Holidays
    No previous wips allowed
    Due precisely on Jan 1 12:00 am PT (that's Kano's time, right?) or ET
    Must reflect at least three things to do with that holiday (examples for Christmas would be Santa, Santa's sleigh, Christmas decor, Christmas tree, Christmas wreath, reindeer, etc.)
    Must post a track in the thread, must have An Official Contest Entry in the description, If not shown on front page of the thread, pm a mod, judge, or host.
    Only one entry per author
    If featured, automatic 15000 coins
    1st 100k coins
    2nd 75k coins
    3rd 50k coins
    4th 25k Coins
    5th 10k Coins
    Notable Mentions 5k Coins

    Depending on the number of people entered, change the players that can get coins to 5th-10th.
    Halloween would be way too soon and a complete waste of an Official Contest and to make matters worse, pssst already made a Halloween Contest.
    I would suggest making a contest that has to do with every Holiday in winter this year.

    I hope you consider this for one of the the next Official Contest.

    - Phase

    edit; these rules were not meant to all be combined into one contest *cough cough Reborn cough cough*
     
    Last edited: Oct 24, 2017
    pssst, Oct 24, 2017
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  19. Inactive

    Inactive Active Member Official Author

    yes! FRHD needs this.
     
    Inactive, Oct 24, 2017
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  20. Inversely

    Inversely Well-Known Member Official Author

    unfortunately there is already a winter section in the campaign, but an official contest with the top ten prizes becoming campaign tracks would be ccool
     
    Inversely, Oct 24, 2017
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