POTM Mechanics

[Lexa]

Photo of the Month

It's time to put your photography skills to the test! Join and battle other loungers for this monthly event the [rflash]"Photo of the Month"[/rflash] battle!

Rules and Mechanics

1. This monthly battle is open to all Loungers with 50 post counts & up.

2. There will be a different theme every month. You are free to follow it or choose a different concept. However, those who will follow the theme will automatically be given 2 votes/points

3. Only one[1] entry per member every month.

4. Entries must be made by you. We wont tolerate ripping & PLAGIARISM!

5. Entries must not contain any offensive, obscene & pornographic images or texts. Though a bit of naughtiness or "green" will be tolerated, just make sure it's not too vulgar.

6. Submit your entries to the Event Moderator Haruhi via pm.

7. Submit four[4] versions of your entry.

• One with the word SAMPLE on it to prevent other people from ripping your work. (Lower the opacity of the word SAMPLE so it wont be too prominent)
• Another one, with your name/signature on it.. which will serve as a copyright. Just in case your entry wins
• The Original picture, without the edits and without the body parts.
• And the last one taken with a part of your body in view, to make sure that you really did take that picture and didn't just surf the web for it.

8. Voting system will be in a POST VOTE form. Participants can vote for themselves of course, but make sure not to give any clues away that you made the picture.

9. In order to avoid for this monthly event to become a popularity contest, participants identity will not be revealed while voting is on going. Participants are required to choose an anonymous filename & upload your sample work to a host that will not in any way will reveal your identity. ( ex: http://imageshack.us/ )

NOTE: You can choose to upload your original work with your name on it in the likes of photobucket.com

10. All participants will automatically get additional 30 Post Counts!

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There are more than one person behind the Event Moderator's avatar.. to be fair to others, all those who'll handle this account will not be allowed to vote.. However we'll be allowed to join the contest if we choose to.

Rizelmine
Jemski
Lexa

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Prizes
Plus 150 post counts
(those who will win 3x in a row will get a +300 pc)
Recognition/ an award banner in your post details
Your work will be displayed!

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JOIN NOW!

If you have questions, please post it in this thread [rflash]Click Me![/rflash]

[Lexa]

We'll be experimenting this system this coming months.

Additional mechanics/rules for POTM

1. There will be 2 categories for the one theme

• Without extreme enhancements
  
  Photo taken by the participants without or with only mild enhancements like lighting effects enhancement, color enhancement, photo quality enhancement. Make it as natural as possible.
  
  
• With extreme enhancements / photo manipulations
  
  example:
  Original Pic - Kristen Kreuk
  Manipulated - Reptile
  
  You may or may not use web photos for this category. If you do use web photos, you'll need to provide us with only three[3] versions of your work.
  
  -One with the word SAMPLE on it to prevent other people from ripping your work. (Lower the opacity of the word SAMPLE so it wont be too prominent)
  
  -Another one, with your name/signature on it.. which will serve as a copyright. Just in case your entry wins
  
  -And the web photo, uneditted. A link to the photo would also be appreciated.

2. A participant can submit one entry per category.

3. If ever you won on both categories, you'll get double the prize.

4. If you join both categories and didn't win you'll still get +30 pc per entry.

5. If you win in one of the categories but lost in the other one, you'll get +180 pc (150 from the winning entry and +30 for the non-winning entry) and the award banner.


Support this system and we will make this the official mechanics. Lets make this fun & educational. Don't let the competition get to you that much..

Goodluck!