Didn't we do something like this before? Like it was very similar to Terra's own spin-off of the Sound Ninja. Each team had to make their own story using Naruto characters. Only rule I remember is that nobody can make Terra jokes since those are pretty rampant in the forum when he's here.Originally Posted by Spiegel
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Since summer is coming up how about a good old fashioned sig contest with a summer theme? Looks like some old member are coming back for a while so it would be fun to do this right now so they can join too.
What sort of contests have we had in the past? I've only ever heard about sig contests here.
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Not another sig contest. D:
Isn't there more options? oooooh, how did the Survivor contest work?
How about first person to guess my real first name? Obviously I won't be able to participate.... Unless one of the mods says it's ok... =D
i still like my crossword/word search puzzle idea. sig contests are cool too, but when someone with considerable talent and experience participates *coughlucifuscough*, there's not really much competition after all.
what was your crossword search puzzle idea?
Heres the deal. Use this thread to post possible contest ideas. Just a summary of what you have in mind, what the duration mite be (days, weeks, months?) etc. If the mods (which so far is probably just me) think its worthwhile, we'll let you know and you can PM a detailed description of how it mite work, possible prizes, and anything else you mite consider useful.
Please try to keep things original (i dont wanna see 14 versions of GW:Survivor), and give some thought to your proposal. If you suggest something completely idiotic (for example, a contest to see who's gonna be the resident 'fat kid') just for the sake of posting i'll probably end up temp banning you.
How about an AMV-contest?
I don't know if the "gotwoot" community is big enough to find enough contestants for this... because it might be a lot of work.
I haven't made an AMV myself in my life, so I'm probably suggesting something totally stupid... but I love music and I love anime and on youtube are some really really nice animated and edited AMVs, it would be awesome if someone from gotwoot adds another awesome AMV to the list :P
The problem with sig and AMV contests is the barrier it imposes on a lot of the members of the community. Generally, sig contests don't work when half the would-be entrants don't have photoshop (or equivalent). Suddenly, someone who would have participated in some unknown upcoming event has to overcome the hurdle of the amateur learning curve. Instead of, "That might be fun," you get, "I have to learn [program] in order to even try, and a lot of people already know it, I better not bother." It wouldn't be a problem if everyone was on a level playing field and had to start from the beginning, but in cases where the contest is evaluated by peers on a quality basis, those with experience will win out.
AMVs are just that much worse.
The reason GW: Survivor was successful was because the events were so stupid and accessible. Write a Naruto filler episode is something anyone can do, editing images with MS Paint (or Apple/linux alternative), etc.
The key to creating a good event is accessibility. You want everyone to participate, and be capable of participating. Not just those with countless hours of experience under their belts.
Keep that in mind while thinking up events.
okay, so maybe i just really like crosswords and word searches. the description that i gave was of a really detailed puzzle, with probably about fifty or so words, and thousands of submissions, but we don't need anything quite so elaborate. or maybe just a little crossword with answers relating to gotwoot, not even anime. i dunno, it's really the only idea i can think of that's not stupid and that everyone can participate in if they want.
Sounds good and more importantly sounds doable. Making a crossword puzzle doesn't take up any time and determining a winner will be easy enough. I really like this idea, just need to figure out whether the puzzle will be focused on a specific anime or just animes in general. Maybe we could pick a few of the more popular anime and increase the difficulty as things go on and then throw in a few more obscure animes to make things interesting.
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Well if sig contests are difficult to make because of the difference in ability how about we go on the opposite direction and make a "worse sig ever" contest. I've been on one b4 and it was alot of fun
Bah. Xan would just remove the grinning apples and reveal again that ugly yellow whatever in his sig, and he'd win any ugly sig contest automatically.
Let's try and stay away from sig contests...nothing against them but I do want to see a GW event where everyone can participate in. There must be something we can think of to top GW Survivor guys.
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A sig contest would be pointless since I win by default.
The crossword idea isn't so bad. How about an anime based quiz game, like those found in some quiz websites. Creativity and humour can be the criteria, and I don't think it has a very difficult learning curve.
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or a "guess that anime/manga" game, where you post a whole bunch of pictures from different anime or manga, and then whoever guesses the most titles right wins
All perfectly good ideas, but just ideas so far. If someone wants to work it out in detail i'd be happy to lend a hand organizing it. I particularly like the above suggestion. Instead of showing characters, we can show 'parts' of characters, like a uniform, a weapon they mite carry, maybe where they live if its something distinctive. That would make it more challenging.
sounds good! let's do it!
...is what i would say if i had the authority to say so. but really, i'd love to organize something like that, as long as one or two of the mods also gave suggestions on what to include. i wasn't around for gotwoot survivor, so i don't know how you guys handle would cheating or comparing answers, or how answer submissions would work
maybe a 'guess who' game?
you make a special post with 20/50/100 avatars in it. and you have to name which avatar belongs to which user.
the one who scores the most (recognizes the most avatars) wins.
there should be a time limit, though, or maybe make it real-time through IRC
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