Dagorlad wrote:
A number of questions are raised in my mind as a result:
- Do we need to advertise this on the OR more?
- Is it too hard/confusing to enter?
- Do people need to know what the prizes are beforehand?
- Should we hide other people's entries until the voting starts?
- Should we advertise this on other sites?
- Should we change the categories?
- Should we scrap it and think of something else?
1. I thought it was good enough, but now I think we should come up with something... (maybe something like a special "awards" layout which demands lots of programmng once again (heh, sorry to mention this idea Alan), or maybe starting a month (or even more) before the entering-period a weekly pop-up while logging in (however pop-ups might be blocked for some...). e.g. Myself always logs in automatically on the 'posts since last visit' forum-page, makes me blind for the actual 'home-page' and it's advertentions. I overlook all posts though, but I'm sure not everyone has the same method as me...
2. It wasn't hard for me, but then again I'm becoming an old rot here.
As mentioned before, a link next to the "enter"-button to the rules or guidelines might help, aswell as a (annoying) pop-up screen...
3. It was mentioned this time, but maybe people didn't have a clear idea of what was coming... Now after this first time we have something to show next year. what they can expect..
4. Yes, definately. I even think people should not be allowed to post heir award entry in their personal gallery before the voting is over (but then again that makes another extra rule people will easily overlook and lead to cancellations and less entries in the end..
5. NO! As was said before, I aswell would hate to see extraterrestials coming to OR just to steal away the prizes and never turn back. Will also easily attract cheaters I think.
6. Categories are fine, what can we change about it anyway? I love the system we used this time in all aspects.
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8. (Mac's question about timing): Since I'm not a schoolboy anymore, I always tend to foget June means examns in Europe (hmm.. on second thoughts... I think I forgot that when I was a schoolboy aswell...).
So I must agree then, sept/october or march/april...
Let's see... Sept/Oct = gold demon month...
March/april = nothing yet... appart from 3-4 months behind X-mas-prezzie-month... might bring us awards in the Easter-period...
Maybe... we could start advertising in September... start entries on the first of March and start voting on the first of April...
Or relating to the history of Middle-Earth...
September: Hobbits set out from Bag End... (= campaign on advertising here, working on your goal)
Half a year later, end of March, destruction of the one ring, final decision after the long road (= throwing your entry into the pit of doom)... After the destruction, sorting out again (= voting)... (also start of the new (fourth) age a few years later...)