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Future Contest Rule Change

Feature Request

To start, I am not the best artist, nor am I a professional. I'm not even the most active, when it comes to the server community. However, I do love dabbling in art and art concepts, as well as building in Minecraft, and I would like to share these ideas on the server.

There's just one problem: If I do so, I am penalized.

Yes, penalized. Or at least that is how it feels, knowing that if I think of a cool build idea or neat cosmetic and post about it in #showcase, I am now prevented from entering it into a future official Origin Realms contest. It also feels hypocritical, as players are able to post their WIP contest entries during the contest period. How/why is this treated differently from posting it a day before the contest is announced?

This makes me want to stop designing, stop posting art, and both frustrates me (as I am unable to share) and reduces my community involvement (fewer posts being made).

An example of this in action, from the recent Garden Remains contest rules: “Do not submit builds created before the competition started…”

I propose a change. We already have rules against stealing art from other sources or reusing assets/art/schematics from online or other players. Why not, instead, restrict it to “Do not submit a concept/build that has been entered into a previous contest.“

This would be in addition to the rules keeping players from submitting work that isn't their own or reusing assets from outside sources, but would allow them to use art that they made a year ago, even if it was posted in #showcase, as long as it has not already been submitted to a contest previously.

Posted by almerian ·
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  • Whisdan

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    Nov 13

    How about instead they just announce the contest earlier?

    • almerian

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      Nov 13

      This does not really fix anything. You could post a fun cosmetic concept, and then a year later they announce a new cosmetic competition which that design would be PERFECT for…but you would not be allowed to enter it, because it is a design you made before the competition.

      Or if there's a build contest for a new Aether structure and someone has an INCREDIBLE build that's been in their realm for 6 months that perfectly fits the requirements! They wouldn't be allowed to enter it, simply because it already exists on their realm.

      Announcing contests earlier doesn't fix the issue of “If I share anything I've made, I can never use it for a contest later on.”