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Chenzi · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:43 am Post subject: Pay-To-Participate OHR contest

I was thinking of starting a entry fee based OHR contest. Entry fees would be $5 (USD) per GROUP that enters, payed by paypal. You would win money back for placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. 75% of the profits would go towards the contest winners (if it's a group, the group chooses how to divide the winnings), 25% would go towards the judges (which would be a group of 3 different people). Not sure if I'd do a theme for the contest or not, other than "BEST OHR GAME, PERIOD".

Wondering, if I were to start this, would anyone participate? I'd throw a website up, and have some hearings for the judges. I'd be looking for two judges other than myself (and also, judges and/or the groups they are apart of are not elibible to enter the contest).
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Moogle1 · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:28 am Post subject:

>_>

Why do the judges get any of it?

Oh, and good to see you back, Chenz.
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Chenzi · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:32 am Post subject:

Good to be back Moogle. Raspberry!

I figured it'd be a good way to help out people who arn't m4d l33t with the OHR, who do rate games like crazy. Of course, it's just a thought. I could just do the typical "entire community votes" thing too.
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Mike Caron · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject:

April fools was a couple weeks ago, and IM already did something similar to this.

On the other hand, assuming it's real, I'd be more than happy to judge.
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Rimudora · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:23 pm Post subject:

MC: Don't be a jerk just because your April Fools joke sucked Mad

And I think an entry fee-based contest would leave out a lot of the CP population.

Mike Caron · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject:

Gizmog1 · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject:

Actually, most GOOD contests have an entry fee to back up the prize. I don't think the idea's gonna work very well in the OHR, though. Not enough people with money, not enough people who'll finish games, too many people who'll demand refunds.

Moogle1 · Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject:

Too many Chenzis who will laugh at the losers who demand refunds for stinking five dollars I mean c'mon
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FyreWulff · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject:

This is going to be a pain in the butt to adminstrate, right?

If you really want to do it, and have teams, I would have the teams submit their pay distribution to you as part of their entry. or change it to a per-person entry free.

Also, there should be a thing that "all entry fees are non-refundable".

Artimus Bena · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject:

Sounds like an easy way to jack money.
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Chenzi · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:02 pm Post subject:

Fyre's got the right idea.

Yeah, it'd be a whore to administrate, but with some planning ahead, I believe it's possible.

and no, I'm not looking to jack money. A few bucks is hardly worth ripping off people for (considering my financial situation -- note I've also thought about running some contests where all of the prizes come out of my pocket. How fair is THAT!?). I'm not a thief, and even if I were, what would I need a few bucks for? Raspberry!

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Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

Requiring the cash at the time of submission would also ensure a certain level of seriousness in the entrant's work. I like this idea, but then again it depends wholly on the contest.