Avatar Contest Discussion

[Anaya]

I have edited the above new 'Avatar Contest # 127' post with the following reminder:

All avatars submitted as entries in the Avatar Contest should remain anonymous until voting for the contest has ended. Therefore DO NOT use or post your Avatar Contest entry in your individual artwork threads, or anywhere else until after the contest has finished. Any icons that are found posted somewhere else prior to the results of the contest being announced will be disqualified.

From now on all entrants that participate must abide by the above rule, otherwise as stated above, their entry will be disqualified. Also the winner of each contest, and therefore the new host of the next contest must make sure to add the above reminder when they post the next avatar contest topic/theme within their rules section. So that all entrants are always aware of the anonymity rule.

Thanking you in advance for your co-operation on this matter.

[ariana_tithe]

closed to new entries I shall put the voting up in a minute.

Lore

[ish_the_angel]

You closed early and i didn't send in my entry yet.

[Jen]

The current Avatar Contest (#127) has been temporarily suspended while we sort out some issues.

Please be patient. We hope to sort things out as quick as possible so things can return to normal.

Thank you for your co-operation,

Jen (Moderator).

[Jen]

An update on my previous post.

The current Avatar Contest has been cancelled. A new topic and closing date for entries will be posted shortly.

We apologise to those who took the time to enter and those who had entries prepared but did not get a chance to send them in. Thank you for your continued support in the Avatar Contest and we hope you will continue to enter and vote in many, many more.

There will be an update in the rules and guidelines for hosting an Avatar Contest, so please keep an eye out for that. Please read it and follow it when it is posted.

Thanks,

Jen (Moderator).

[ariana_tithe]

Firstly to everyone, I would just like to say I am sorry, I had my days completely mixed up and for some reason thought that the challenge closed on Wednesday.

To those that entered your entries were really great and sorry that I didn't host them myself I was unsure whether that happened or not. I am happy to host the next contest and will try not to make any mistakes this time but if none of you would like me to I completely understand.

sorry again,

Lore

[Anaya]

^ Like I said in my PM, don't worry about it, small mistakes like this can happen. And we are more than happy for you to host again. So all you have to do now is come up with a new contest theme/topic and appropriate closing deadline (& stick to it ). Just post it in this thread as soon as possible. I will be posting some Rules/Guidelines for hosting/entering contests which you should read & follow and everything will run just fine this time.

[Anaya]

Avatar Contest Rules/Guidelines

- All avatars entered into the contest must be 120 x 120 pixels in size.

- Only one entry is permitted for every member to each new contest.

- The winner of the previous contest gets to host the next contest, including choosing the theme/topic for the next one as well as selecting a closing date for the entries to be received by. Once they select a closing date & time the host must stick to it. They must only post the new contest up for voting after this point in time, once the deadline has been reached.

- All avatars submitted as entries in the Avatar Contest should remain anonymous until voting for the contest has ended. Entrants must not use or publish their avatar contest entry anywhere else prior to the results being announced. This includes their own artwork thread, the random artwork thread, in any other thread on BttB, as well as on other sites/forums on the Internet. Any icons/avatars that are found used or posted somewhere else prior to the results of the contest being announced will be disqualified.

- After receiving all entries, hosts must re-upload all the icons/avatars to your own image hosting site (Photobucket, Imageshack etc), before posting the contest up for voting. Copying the links people send to you still counts as hotlinking. Therefore don’t do it. It also leads to loss of the anonymity of the entries as a lot of members that enter will have uploaded their entries to their own Photobucket account where they also post all their other artwork.

- Members that have entered the contest are still able to vote for other entries, but obviously they cannot vote for their own entry. If an entrant does so then the host must discount that vote.

- Only votes that have been clearly stated, with reasoning, in the individual thread opened for each new contest will be counted. Members must vote for the entry they think is best artistically/creatively and not for the character(s) that feature on the icon/avatar. Votes via PM’s, emails, MSN etc. are not permitted. This ensures that no doubt can be cast on the fairness of the voting within each contest.

Lately there has been some confusion over the duties involved when hosting the Avatar Contest, as well as entrants in to the contest not being aware of the rules. Therefore we have decided to post a set of clearly defined rules/guidelines to be followed for all Avatar Contest. Therefore could everyone please read them carefully and use them as a guideline when hosting/entering. Should everyone follow them correctly then we will not encounter any problems with the Avatar Contest in the future.

Your co-operation on this issue is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

On behalf of the BttB staff,

Anaya (Librarian)

[ish_the_angel]

I guess I probably over-reacted. After thinking about it I realised it wasn't something that as so important I needed to mess up the contest over. At the time I was upset but can now see it was just a mistake so am happy to move on

Looking forward to the next contest.

[ariana_tithe]

Avatar Contest #127

The Golden Oldies

- Your avatar must contain an older character of Home and Away they can be past or present (for example; Sally, Alf, Irene).

- Your icon must be 120x120.

- You may add text, brushes, textures etc.

- All avatars submitted as entries in the Avatar Contest should remain anonymous until voting for the contest has ended. Therefore DO NOT use or post your Avatar Contest entry in your individual artwork threads, or anywhere else until after the contest has finished. Any icons that are found posted somewhere else prior to the results of the contest being announced will be disqualified.

please PM me your entry by Wednesday the 3rd of March 4pm GMT.