The King of the Forums Contest - Official Rules

[Josiah]

It's time for...
The King of the Forums Contest!!!

The King of the Forums Contest is open to all member of the forums, new and old. Anyone can win! Except me since I'm running it all...

The contest will run from March 11 through April 10th. At the end of that time, the people with the three highest scores will be awarded the titles of King, Prince, and Duke of the forums (or if you prefer, Queen, Princess, and Duchess) and get their choice of one of the prizes available in their prize catagory (listed below).

As previously stated, the contest will be decided by score. Throughout the duration of the contest, all forum members will be awarded points for a variety of things. I'll keep track of these points and announce the highest scores at the end. So, how do you earn points? Just check the following list.

Earning Points:
Posting in any thread = 1 point
Posting in RPs (the RP board, RP Battles board, Survivor, ROM, and Portal Panic) = 2 points
Starting a new thread = 2 points + 1 point for every five posts made in that thread (doesn't matter who posts)
Getting a new person to join the forums = 2 points + 1 point for every five posts made by that new member
Winning a round of the Thingy Game = 2 points
Special bonuses = ? points

For the thread bonuses and new member bonuses, these only count for new threads that are created during the contest and new members that join during the contest.

Special bonuses are awarded for completing mystery goals. As to what those goals are, they're a mystery. However, possible bonuses MIGHT include things like posting in the Saying Hi thread every day and starting the best new game. The points awarded will vary depending on the goal.

Finally, spam posts, posts that break the forum rules, and reviving old threads for 'me too' posts will not earn points and may even result in a loss of points. (However, reviving old threads for legitimate reasons, such as bringing back an old game or RP, are perfectly fine.)

Prizes are as follows.

1st Prize (King/Queen): Choice of one of the following + graphic for signature and special forum title:
Cash prize ($25 mailed, paypaled, or donated to PV)
Signed copy of Guardian of The Stone + printed and signed PV strip of your choice (mailed)
Short sprite comic series (6-10 strips) featuring the winner
Piece of artwork by Josiah and piece of artwork by Shauni
Short Flash movie featuring the winner

2nd Prize (Prince/Princess): Choice of one of the following + graphic for signature and special forum title:
Cash prize ($15 mailed, paypaled, or donated to PV)
Signed copy of Guardian of The Stone (mailed)
Printed and signed PV strip of your choice (mailed)
Very short sprite comic series featuring the winner (2-3 strips)
Piece of Artwork by Josiah
Piece of Artwork by Shauni

3rd Prize (Duke/Duchess): Choice of one of the following + graphic for signature and special forum title:
Cash prize ($5 mailed, paypaled, or donated to PV)
Single sprite comic featuring the winner
Small piece of artwork by Josiah
Small piece of artwork by Shauni

If you have any questions about the contest please post them here.

[Josiah]

The full rules for the contest are up! Please read the post above this one.

[Stevenson]

Hm. This means that anyone can spam up with new topics and get a bunch of points...although there was that new game I wanted to try.....

[Shadowman]

Spam apparently make you lose points or do nothing, just like goggles.

Josiah don't seem to want XXXTramadolonline to take the prize >.>

[Josiah]

Finally, spam posts, posts that break the forum rules, and reviving old threads for 'me too' posts will not earn points and may even result in a loss of points. (However, reviving old threads for legitimate reasons, such as bringing back an old game or RP, are perfectly fine.)

That appiles to making new threads as well. Junk posts, be they replies or threads, do not earn points and might subtract them. Don't worry, I don't want a bunch of crappy posts or threads cluttering things up either.

[Stevenson]

Is there going to be any kind of point tally at any interval? Like, you'll update the point listing at the end of every week or something? Or would you rather the scores be kept secret?

[Josiah]

I could go either way. Lately I've been leaning more towards keeping the scores a secret until the end although if most of you guys would prefer occasional tallies I'd be ok with that.

[shauni]

I should not take part as it could be seen i'm rigging the results as I can delete posts by other members, and I am also involved in the prize.

[Josiah]

If you coldn't be part of the contest neither could any of the other mods. Besides, I'm sure everyone here trusts you not to cheat.

As for the prizes, most of them don't involve you so I don't think that's an issue either.

[shauni]

Well, okay then, just so long as everyone knows I offered to not take part

[Josiah]

Reminder, the King of the Forums Contest ends Tuesday the 10th at 11:59 PM Arizona time (US Mountain time WITHOUT daylight savings). Scores will be totaled on wednesday and, if needed thursday, and winners will be announced either thursday or friday depending how long it takes to total the scores.

[Josiah]

Winners won't be announced for another day or two while I add everything up. In the mean time, I have some last minute bonus points to award. These are based on filling secret challenges that I set at the beginning of the contest.

Most Days Posted in Saying Hi:
Neo wins with 19 days getting 20 points.

Best New Game:
Silver wins with the Vending Machine Game getting 20 points.

Most Art Posted:
Silver wins (mainly thanks to all his sprite work for the Pokemorph game) getting 20 points.

Most New Threads Created:
Opal wins with 9 threads and gets 20 points.

Most New Members Recruited:
Opal wins with 1, getting 20 points.

[Josiah]

And the winners are....







KING OF THE FORUMS - Neo Zanther

PRINCE OF THE FORUMS - Silver

DUKE OF THE FORUMS - PoikSpirit

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who participated. The contest went better than I ever thought it would and really got the forums active again. We all did a great job! For those of you who are intersted, here are everyone's final scores from highest to lowest (posts, plus all normal and special bonuses).

Final Standings
Neo Zanther - 2767
Silver - 1896
Poikspirit - 1498
Shadowman - 1227
Celebifly/Opal - 954
simsmagic - 399
keenarnor - 189
Kaida – 146
bioniclemandi - 129
Shauni - 128
Stevenson - 117
Matrix Kirby - 109
Atma - 95
Auraongal - 95
UchihadXBlad3 – 86
ChubbyGrayCat - 69
Tre – 59
Artemis - 29
Simeon - 16
NabMaster - 15
Dekiteki Kesshi Rune – 10
novatree – 9
Shans - 8
Nevermore - 2
Abel - 2
Vincent Valentine - 2
Mute - 1

Interesting fact... Neo's normal post count alone (not counting RP posts or bonuses) would have been enough to earn him first place by itself. Yes he really posted that much.

Now, for the prizes. Special ranks have already been given to the winners. Signature graphics will be finished sometime over the weekend. Neo, Silver, Poik, either post here or PM me to let me know which prize you want from your prize category.

[Josiah]

And it's finally over. I'll actually have time to post in stuff tomorrow since I won't have to score everything...

[Silver]

I really AM curious as to how Neo had time to post so much... I'd get back from school or something and there would be like millions of posts with his name on them. I bet he cloned himself and sent the clone to take care of all his typical responsiblities! Like sleeping! That way he could post 24/7 without worry!

...Anyway...

As I said I'd do before the contest, the $15 will be donated to Pebble Version. That way, everyone wins!