So we've come full circle twice! The next Spriting Competition should start soon (sorry it didn't start yet, I was very occupied with life outside of MFGG), this weekend if you're alright with it.
But first, I'd like to ask you about something that has been mentioned before in the short time we have this new system, regarding the picking of themes:
Right now, a winner of a competition picks the theme of the next comp, even if the type of the competitions isn't the same, (so a Sprite Comp winner would pick the theme for the Music Comp, etc.), and it seems like this leads to people who aren't experts in the subject they have to pick the theme for, to be short on ideas because they don't know what would make a good theme for those who actually care about that type of art.
So the question is: should we get back to the tradition of old, where a comp winner decides the theme for the next comp of the same type? In our new system this would mean if you win e.g. a Sprite Comp, you have to wait until the next Sprite Comp and then you can pick the theme for that.
Downside of course is, that the winner would be able to prepare for that comp about 2 months in advance. Of course we're all honest people, right? But it still leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouths if the host turns out to be the winner in the end. But maybe I'm just over-thinking things. Technically you could also prepare an entry for any arbitrary theme and then just wait until you win once and post your prepared entry.
An alternative would be to have a community vote, like it is done in other comps like Ludum Dare, but I'm afraid our community isn't large enough for such a thing to be as much fairer as it would mean effort to put in for each comp.
This is where you come in. What do you think we should do, starting with this upcoming cycle of competitions?
So we've come full circle twice! The next Spriting Competition should start soon (sorry it didn't start yet, I was very occupied with life outside of MFGG), this weekend if you're alright with it.
But first, I'd like to ask you about something that has been mentioned before in the short time we have this new system, regarding the picking of themes:
Right now, a winner of a competition picks the theme of the next comp, even if the type of the competitions isn't the same, (so a Sprite Comp winner would pick the theme for the Music Comp, etc.), and it seems like this leads to people who aren't experts in the subject they have to pick the theme for, to be short on ideas because they don't know what would make a good theme for those who actually care about that type of art.
[b]So the question is: should we get back to the tradition of old, where a comp winner decides the theme for the next comp of the same type? In our new system this would mean if you win e.g. a Sprite Comp, you have to wait until the next Sprite Comp and then you can pick the theme for that.[/b]
Downside of course is, that the winner would be able to prepare for that comp about 2 months in advance. Of course we're all honest people, right? But it still leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouths if the host turns out to be the winner in the end. But maybe I'm just over-thinking things. Technically you could also prepare an entry for any arbitrary theme and then just wait until you win once and post your prepared entry.
An alternative would be to have a community vote, like it is done in other comps like Ludum Dare, but I'm afraid our community isn't large enough for such a thing to be as much fairer as it would mean effort to put in for each comp.
This is where you come in. What do you think we should do, starting with this upcoming cycle of competitions?
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