I think FTC should go into that other forum too. It's a one-rule competition which never changes, and if you're going to put BTC in with the other ones, then you might just as well sling FTC in there too (it hardly differs that much from BTC, after all).

Also - how do you think regulars become regulars? They were all newbs once, you know; I still consider myself relatively new, since I only started contributing to the forums about a year ago. If newbs are overlooked initially, then that can surely only encourage them to try harder. If they enter enough CCs, they're bound to get noticed sooner or later.

I don't understand why another forum is necessary. If the CC and the Comics Cup are the only contests you're interested in, then they're the only ones that you have to click on. Their proximity to the other contests isn't going to stink them up or anything.

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Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.

Neatness, PV contests have their own forum, why not all these (in my opinion) mediocre contests? Also, my Comic Cup wont be so far down in the list.

To be honest, there's just as much of a pathetic argument to have another Contest Forum as there is not to, it's my request, others seem to agree, so why not?

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Dad was flammable

I agree on a new thread, but it will be packed with a bunch of new contests that newbies will try to start.

i [heart] the new thread idea. furthermore, i remember back in the day, nearly three years ago, when i first came to the site. immediately, i had an idea for what i still think would be a kinda cool competition.

now--and here's the cool part-- rather than post it in the competitions forum, i posted in GD (there weren't really any other forums) a message asking the regs if they thought it sounded like a good idea. nothing ever came of it, but at least i didn't piss everyone off by clogging up the competition forum (which only had two kinds of comps in it).

sorry if that story was boring, but i think my point is that even regs should test the waters of public opinions before starting competitions willy-nilly. i don't think WW, FTC and BTC are really hurting anything per se--after all, CC entries haven't really gone down in number--but they are kinda gimmicky and don't, in my mind, feel as "important" as CCs and Cups, mostly for reasons already numbered upthread. i guess that's why the second forum idea appeals to me.

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oh yeah--at the very least, this thread should be stickied atop the comps forum (:

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- christ@myself.com - fuck a cat, kill yourself - my alter ego has five stars

The only problem I find with the WWs, BTCs, FTCs is that they encourage other "new ideas" for competitions, and naturally, these end up in the same forum that holds the CCs and Comic Cups [two things that are held very closely to the hearts of us veterans].

A second forum, plus perhaps a rephrasing or more emphasis on the matter in the FAQ, should allow us all to be mucho happy.

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I am not 16 going on not 17, I know that I'm naive.

I am in favor of anything that makes the original Comic Contest mean something again and/or stops people from thinking they're funny when they're not. If a separate forum for the other competitions is what people want, that works for me. If it were up to me, I'd descend upon the Competitions forum in a righteous fury, cutting down all lesser competitions with my firey sword, but I guess we can't all have our way.

I am also in favor of putting some ground rules in sticky threads at the top of both competition forums, if we have sticky thread capability here, which would be news to me.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

I like the multiple competitions because they do provide other things to do here at sc, and some of the ideas/themes can be clever. However, there are too many contests clogging up the Competitions thread.
That's one reason I asked possums to start the "n00b contest" in RMDC. Now, that contest seems to have ground to a halt because it is unorganized and poorly run (imagine that). It was mostly an experiment, anyway.

FTC has a pretty strong following, and BTC could join it as a good contest. World's Worst threatens to vanish at any instant, but it could be revived whenever. I almost started an MTC (Middle This Comic) thread as a joke, but I wasn't keen on facing howls of derision and angry textjabs from users who couldn't take a joke. Besides, April 1st is long gone.

A seperate forum for other contests is a good idea, but I, too, am afraid that it would become clogged with goofy contests and useless endeavors. I wouldn't want FTC (and BTC) to suffer thereof. evil_d's idea of "sticky ground rules" is an excellent suggestion.

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That's rather dismissive of a good number of people here.

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Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.

first off

hehehehe

when i was newer, just winning a random award in a FTC made me feel all special. i never really thought of the FTC as "mediocre" or anything. and as it stands, i hold the power to restart the BCC :P

i also think that the newb contest is a real good idea. i mean a newb coming in seeing all these 5 starers with a thousand comics, its pretty intimidating. but in a comp with strippers with like 20 comics would make me alot more sure of myself. im not saying it should move to a CC forum, but it should be alot more popular

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I also agree that the newb competition is a great addition to the comic contests, and should be kept in the RMDC. I would be happy to facilitate a few if the chance ever comes up.

I think competitions should have a seperate forum, where they go through a trial. If they suck and no one enters, they stay in there. If they're wildly successful (like FTC) then perhaps they should be allowed to move to the actual comp forum.

Just $0.02 coming from a fairly old reg.

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Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

"Reg" is short for "regular", should you really still be claiming to be one?

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The thing is, if you created a second Competition forum wouldnt we just see it spammed to buggery by every jack ass with half an idea as the current CC thread is. The reason Umfums newbie contest didnt work is probably down to the level of crap that gets posted into RMDC every day obscuring any sort of interest in it. If you gave everyone free reign to create contests you'll see a million "Super happy JET mega competitions" and any sort of reasonable or half alright idea wouldnt have the chance to grow before it got bogged down with crap on top. Id therefore propose a compromise, you need something like the current "Comic Showcase" forum, but in which everyone can post, but only donors can make new threads, this way you assert some limited control over the number of crap threads popping up in it. If a non-donor did win a "Punctuate this Comic" contest or whatever, they'd simply have to sweettalk a Donor into creating the next contest thread for them. Id prefer it were a general showcase thread however, so that Donors could actually post more than just contests, theres been some good threads in Comic Showcase, for example the current one about comics about advertising, which it would be nice to open up to the non-donors, but if it were placed in RMDC you'd soon see it dissappear against a background of "Im NEW... Rate my first comic and tell me Im not a loser" threads that pop up in there all too often.

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Can't you see they're laughing at you not with you????

Elvis_Steel, you are wise beyond your years. I agree with every point you make and I think your suggestion for eliminating that is a good one. Play on, player.

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Now there's a great idea. (But still better as a theme for an existing contest format.)

I thought that was how Showcase worked already, and now I'm kind of wondering why it doesn't. Alternatively, maybe some special functionality could be added to this new (or the existing) contest forum so that new contest threads would spawn automatically, or non-donor winners got one-time thread creation capabilities, or something along those lines. Or maybe Brad will just slap me for suggesting it.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

I still vote that there be one thread for Comic Contests and Comic Cups, and another for FTC's, BTC's, WW's and everything else.

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Dad was flammable

evil_d and Elvis_Steel both make awesome points.

I would like to designate myself Official Liaison for the Comic Showcase forum. I also like the idea of a contest thread for donors, because I am sure we can find a reg donor to volunteer to post entries and what not.

I am honestly just tired of the Comic Cup being pushed so goddamn far down the list.

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The giant three-phallused phallus of Uzbekistan will one day squirt the cosmic jizz of revenge all over Canada.

Oh, good grief.

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Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.