View Full Version : Contest Guidelines


Matt S
Nov 21 2005, 02:48am
Contest - This contest is open to anyone with a photo editing program. The contest starts on Saturday or Sunday with a new thread and a new picture. You'll have two weeks to work on the picture. All entries will need to posted on the second Friday night and not before unless approved by a moderator. Once an entry has been posted, it may not be changed, so make sure you love it. The contest will officially end on Saturday night and the entry thread will be closed. Anything posted after about midnight central time will not be included, unless a moderator has been informed prior to the closing of the thread. If you know you're not going to be around to submit your entry, let someone know so they can post it for you, including the moderator, Dakotahq.

Saturday night a new thread will be opened with a voting poll. All voting takes place starting Saturday night and continuing for two weeks. The winner picks the next contest picture.

Contest Pictures - Has to be of decent size and quality. The bigger the better

Contest Entries - No bigger than 800px (width or height) and try to keep the file size to 200KB or smaller. No shop logo's will be allowed as having these breaks regular RPS rules.

Any posts that are deemed as advertising for a commercial interest or a "group buy" that have not been agreed upon before hand by the owner of RPS, will be deleted or closed without warning.

Personal, non-commercial sales are allowed via the RPS Marketplace.

For more details about the RPS Preferred Vendor/Sponsor program or if you'd like to post about a "group buy", please contact an administrator.

Chain letters, pyramid schemes, referral links and other such things will also be deleted or closed.

In the event of a tie, the win will go to the contestant who was gone the longest without a win.

Other Stuff - Don't pinch from other people's photoshops. Regular RPS rules (http://www.rangerpowersports.com/forum/faq.php?faq=vb_faq#faq_new_faq_item) apply.

Update: Gave people more time.
Update: Switched to bi-weekly format.
Update: Time and days changed
Update: Changed Entry Rules a tad
Update: Tie Breaker Clause
Update: Advertising