Month 1: MVGC boss makes a thread in which they outline this months theme, and give the deadline and any other information or rules that might be required. eg

Month1 theme: Prince of Persia

Anyone with any questions can post in the thread and discuss etc etc

Next the person in charge makes another thread called

Month1 Entries

and then writes a post in capital letters saying that no-one is to respond in this thread except to post a picture as their entry - all other post will be deleted.

Finally a third thread can be posted:

Month 1 contest results

In this thread the judges (perhaps the moderators?) post a comment each about who they think is the winner, and any other observations they want to give. After this has been done, all the contestants can post comments saying hooray! I won, or You must be blind! or whatever it is they want, and from there we can progress to next months three threads. If everyone is disciplined and uses each thread for its defined purpose it should all go smoothly.

I think it should be like this because:

setting up a separte site is time consuming. Additionally it seems like more effort. If I am a newcomer to the forums, I might find the mvgc on bomus website, inb which case id think it was over. Alternatively I might find the MGVC section in the forums. which is currently, due to lack of discpline, half full of stuff with absolutley nothing to do with the mgvc. There is a very slim chance that I will find tri's post about the new site, and then click on the second link in the thread (or which ever link is the one that works I can't remember) and find out what it is all about. It seems easier, both for newcomers, and for ppl who already know what its about, to use the mgvc thread in the forums, which is currently used for pretty much nothing. I predict it will be much easier to attract a following again too.

Here is a scenario that I think would get the competition popular again: Apply the system stated above, and then a few of us spend a serious burst of effort, and produce a few really hich quality pictures, and post them in popular forums, picking World of Warcraft as a theme - I know its extremely popular in all the art communities ive been involved in, and it has enormous scope for fanatasy heads, and I for one won't find it hard to rustle up a scantily clad sorceress or something. Then in the post on the other forums we mention its for a competition and encourage them to join in. I bet this will work, and the following we attract will hopefully follow to next month. A separate site is just too much effort for everyone involved. I would be happy to both run, and contribute a picture for month one to test my theory, but i think it would be most effective if a couple of other members could contribute one or 2 high quality images to drop in the other forums at the same time I do - i think the mvgc is really cool, and i think it would be worth a few of us spending 8 hours on our tablets if it would kickstart it again.

(this message will selfdestruct after 10mins if and when the plan is implemented )

- that's how the contests at Drawstick (where I submitted that Sosuke chara) were run.

It's a good idea and I'd be happy to see it run this way, as long as I don't have to organize it

I still have plans to re-open the MVGC on my site, but it'll involve an extensive revamp. Eventually, my plan is to allow users to add their entries in the same way users add art to sites like Devianart so that little maintenance is required. Winners would also receive prizes from sponsors, in return for advertising on the MVGC site.
Doing it this way would be great and I can see a large game fanart community stemming from it providing it went according the plan. However, It'll involve loads of effort to get it started; asking 100s of individual to join, getting the event advertised on other sites, generating a decent amount of hits to gain interest from sponsors, as I'm not a programming geek- probably paying a few hundred bucks to get the site coded, domain and server space costs and taking time out of an already busy schedule! If I could think of a way to generate revenue from the idea, it'd make it worth considering tomorrow, but as it is, the MVGC is a small fan site made by game fans for game fans so that might be the way it will have to stay?

Anyway, if I did follow through my idea, it wouldn't take effect for at least 6 to 12 months.

So, in the mean time, I'd be happy to go for the forum based monthly idea!

well if everyone wants to do it that way fine. I won't stand in the way, tho i did just spend the last 20 hours designing a new layout and such, and once I find the script 4 submitions I could have the new site up fast. also the new Iframes would look great but, if u guys wanna do it the other way, 4 real. then by all means, i just kinda found this to be a fun little project.(even tho the my site was kinda the junks and the size was a bit large.)

However I think it will only work if a few of us drop something special simultaneously in other forums, and mention that its for a competition here and that will bring ppl in. I happen to know that many artists, particularly on pk are very into World of Warcraft at the moment, so I think it would attract a crowd if that was the main theme. I am very happy to spend some care over a picture to contribute, and although im sure some of our most talented members here may be busy with other things, the theme should allow them to cunningly pretend some previous artwork was for the competition eg silentdans excellent orc, and I bet bomu has some kind of fantasy character in stock. etc etc

it will be a at least 1/2 month till I get the rest of the site kinda ready.

any ways.. Am done the layout! I just need to figure out them roll over effects,(just a few more tutorials) and i need to find a new web host since the once i have right know is a little stichy on how big of files i can tranzfer. so yea.

Any suggestions\

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Originally posted by Tri_kento:

o If any one knows, how do u make a submisson page 4 entries, i'd like to be inkidna of a aplication formate so people just fill in the box. but i don't know if that's possable tho HTML, and i hate php and Xhtml.

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unless ur being serious, which i spose u are...in that case IM SORRY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO its just the toast...it was really good toast...

on a side note, cool suggestion, yeah i agree, all gud

[ 15-02-2005: Message edited by: Si13Nt ]

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Ezekiel 25:17

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Originally posted by Si13Nt:
ah comon, ya cant say it doesnt make at least some1 giggle a little bit when they read something slightly random in the middle of a thread

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- I've got nothing wrong with the forums being fun and light hearted to a degree, but some threads are meant to be kept serious and totally irrelevant random info probably pisses off as many (if not more) people than it makes giggle. If there's ever any random weird shit you wanna tell people about, you can post it in the lounge...