There goes my peace of mind. 
VOTE! Avatar Contest: Gods, INC.
- Thread starter Niorah
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^Usually you only need one week-day and one week-end-day for the vote -if you want to maximize the number of on-board people who'll get a chance to vote.
Baby-God-zilla being nursed by man wins!
Love it! -it's almost as weird as spaghetti-monster!
Congratz!
Love it! -it's almost as weird as spaghetti-monster!
Congratz!
Wow! I came second 
Oh my, I've never won one of these things before. Thanks for the votes, everyone! This is only the avatar contest thread I've read. What are the general rules for the new contest? A week to enter? 5 days? Are there any topics that are out?
It's not Godzilla, it's a dinosaur! Because we all know that man walked side-by-side with the dinosaurs in the early days of the earth, 6,000 years ago!
Well, a quick search in this forum for the word "avatar" in the thread title field can give you an idea of the themes have been covered before. I can't think of anything exact offhand, but themes that are very broad and all-inclusive, allowing for a variety of entries, have been very popular in the past. (And they also allow for some creative and lateral, off-the-wall entries in crowded and oversubscribed contests.
)Examples for this forum might include a colour, a place or country, people of a certain name, groups of objects, and other general or miscellaneous things.
New contests are usually open for entries over 5-7 days. When starting a contest, I usually set a deadline for the following Saturday or the following Monday depending on which day is closest to the 5-7 day limit.
When starting the voting thread, a good rule is to announce that, posters can vote for 1 entry for every 4 to 5 entries total in the contest (e.g. 1 for 4-5 entries, 2 for 8-10, 3 for 12-15, etc.).
Just ask one of us if you're stuck.
Oh, and congratulations on the win, tsq!
(I would have voted, but I forgot this week - it's been a busy week. 
)
Actually, tsq, as far as the voting thread goes, don't bother leaving the poll open for more than 4 days. As seen with this very thread, that would be more than enough.
You can think about what your theme will be and take your time. I checked the past Avatar Contest threads via the Advanced Search and found out a couple of my potential ideas had already been done, so that will indeed be helpful.
Good luck!
You can think about what your theme will be and take your time. I checked the past Avatar Contest threads via the Advanced Search and found out a couple of my potential ideas had already been done, so that will indeed be helpful.
Good luck!
Congratulations, tsq. 
Of course, I accept no responsibility for what revenge Coyote will take for losing this contest. He's a tricky one.
Of course, I accept no responsibility for what revenge Coyote will take for losing this contest. He's a tricky one.
i'd take a thunderbolt to New York, but it looks like the Frost Giants got there first...