1st Official Forum Cigar Art Contest - CANCELLED

Hays

smbrink

Ohh boy Im so excited (and I just cant hide it!!)

manji

Hey Hays, Is photography considered art? I haven't been here long. I think I am good standing?

Hays

laker1963

Hays

manji

No problem. I'll just sit this one out. Good luck. Sounds like fun.

laker1963

alienmisprint

Damn, I am swamped with work at the shop this weekend, I really wanted to enter this too. I didn't realize you were gonna do it this quick, lol. Hopefully there will be another one of these?

Hays

kuzi16

im gunna have to not take part in this (lack of time) but i cant wait to see some of the art to come out of this.

Hays

Gentleman - in light of my recognition that I did indeed jump on this idea without much notice, I am extending the submission deadline until next Friday. Hopefully this will give everybody who wishes to enter the opportunity to put everything in order.. The changes have been detailed in the original post.

Krieg

Hey Hays...u got a PM

clearlysuspect

pm for you Hayes

Hays

clearlysuspect:

pm for you Hayes

Responded, good sir. No ''e'' in my name, by the way ;-)

clearlysuspect

Hays:

clearlysuspect:

pm for you Hayes

Responded, good sir. No ''e'' in my name, by the way ;-)

No E in your name but there's $ in your paypal. :-p

Hays

Hays

It's Thursday, and I still only have two entrants. It's really starting to look like I'm going to have to cancel the contest. Guess there wasn't as much support for it as I thought. I'll give it till the actual submission deadline, but at this point I'm really not confident. Sorry to the guys who've already submitted - once the deadline passes and if I have to cancel, I'll set PayPal to refund your money immediately.

shamrocked

maybe we should set it for holiday break - might find that people either have more (or less) time during winter vacation.

Hays

shamrocked:

maybe we should set it for holiday break - might find that people either have more (or less) time during winter vacation.

Well we'll see how things pan out. Maybe I'll come back to this idea at a later date...or maybe we'll just set it up as a game.

Krieg

Hays:

shamrocked:

maybe we should set it for holiday break - might find that people either have more (or less) time during winter vacation.

Well we'll see how things pan out. Maybe I'll come back to this idea at a later date...or maybe we'll just set it up as a game.

This sucks, I was hoping for more too. As an participant in the CO contest, I thought this idea would have caught on, but since you do have 2 pics, what are the odds on going ahead and setting up the contest?? Maybe it will gain more support that way.

4bob4

Quick comment with regards to cheating in the voting. I think anyone should be able to enter the contest (good standing or not new members or old) as long as they pay the entry fee. I think the requirement should be on who can vote (i.e. must have 20 posts to be able to vote) to prevent people from setting up 1,000 accounts and voting for themselves over and over. I see no problem with many entering the contest only with people joining just to vote and leave.

Krieg

4bob4:

Quick comment with regards to cheating in the voting. I think anyone should be able to enter the contest (good standing or not new members or old) as long as they pay the entry fee. I think the requirement should be on who can vote (i.e. must have 20 posts to be able to vote) to prevent people from setting up 1,000 accounts and voting for themselves over and over. I see no problem with many entering the contest only with people joining just to vote and leave.

I'd be ok with that.

Hays

Krieg:

4bob4:

Quick comment with regards to cheating in the voting. I think anyone should be able to enter the contest (good standing or not new members or old) as long as they pay the entry fee. I think the requirement should be on who can vote (i.e. must have 20 posts to be able to vote) to prevent people from setting up 1,000 accounts and voting for themselves over and over. I see no problem with many entering the contest only with people joining just to vote and leave.

I'd be ok with that.

Ok then. In the interest of continuing the contest, it is open to all members who wish to pay the entry fee. Submissions will be accepted until Sunday evening at midnight. Pictures will be displayed in a separate thread for voting purposes, and all votes must be submitted via PM by members with minimum of 25 posts.

Krieg

Hays:

Krieg:

4bob4:

Quick comment with regards to cheating in the voting. I think anyone should be able to enter the contest (good standing or not new members or old) as long as they pay the entry fee. I think the requirement should be on who can vote (i.e. must have 20 posts to be able to vote) to prevent people from setting up 1,000 accounts and voting for themselves over and over. I see no problem with many entering the contest only with people joining just to vote and leave.

I'd be ok with that.

Ok then. In the interest of continuing the contest, it is open to all members who wish to pay the entry fee. Submissions will be accepted until Sunday evening at midnight. Pictures will be displayed in a separate thread for voting purposes, and all votes must be submitted via PM by members with minimum of 25 posts.

Should we move the deadline up a little since we changed the entry requirements?

jsnake

I am just not artsy but I do enjoy cigar art.

Hays

Krieg:

Hays:

Krieg:

4bob4:

Quick comment with regards to cheating in the voting. I think anyone should be able to enter the contest (good standing or not new members or old) as long as they pay the entry fee. I think the requirement should be on who can vote (i.e. must have 20 posts to be able to vote) to prevent people from setting up 1,000 accounts and voting for themselves over and over. I see no problem with many entering the contest only with people joining just to vote and leave.

I'd be ok with that.

Ok then. In the interest of continuing the contest, it is open to all members who wish to pay the entry fee. Submissions will be accepted until Sunday evening at midnight. Pictures will be displayed in a separate thread for voting purposes, and all votes must be submitted via PM by members with minimum of 25 posts.

Should we move the deadline up a little since we changed the entry requirements?

It WAS moved...to Sunday evening. If anybody else actually expressed any interest and wanted more time I'm fine with moving it up. At this point it's just starting to (unfortunately) seem like a waste of time.

Hays

Ok, the contest has been canceled. Sorry to Krieg and ClearlySuspect - I expected more entrants guys. I set PayPal to refund your entry fee...let me know if you don't get it.

clearlysuspect

Got the refund Hays. Thanks for trying brother.

Krieg

Hays:

Ok, the contest has been canceled. Sorry to Krieg and ClearlySuspect - I expected more entrants guys. I set PayPal to refund your entry fee...let me know if you don't get it.

Damn this sucks, thanks to Hays for giving it a try.

manji

Well that's too bad. I was looking forward to seeing what everyone came up with. I will keep an eye out for new contests.