I prefer anonymous submission, simply because in a community as tight as this one, it ensures the entries are judged as much as possible on quality rather than origin.
It's also fun to guess who entered what.
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| Author: | Dave [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
Trying to gauge community opinion. How should EpiComp entries be handled:
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| Author: | Spectrar Ghost [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
I prefer anonymous submission, simply because in a community as tight as this one, it ensures the entries are judged as much as possible on quality rather than origin. It's also fun to guess who entered what.
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| Author: | blackhorizon [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
Hi, with gothicomp so far both approaches worked. Anomynous has the problem that a lot people show models on forums/blogs because they are proud of the model. I feel a tendency coming that this years GothiComp will be the last anomynous one. However for GothiComp I won't go back to having the images posted in a threat. I think getting them in the mail and then pulling them all into a gallery at the start of the voting is the coolest impact. With a submission per mail you also have a broader group of people entering. Not everyone takes time to register at a forum. The key is advertising the competition on several forums (eg warseer/dakkadakka) and then it is better to have mail system then 'hey join my forum'. 
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| Author: | Apocolocyntosis [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
This seems to be two separate questions, i would vote for non-anonymous but with: Quote: The Newer Way You e-mail your image(s) along with what categories they go in to me. I like seeing all of the images put up at once (as happens the last couple of years), not dribs and drabs in a thread by individuals. Anonymity and method of submission are not mutually exclusive. |
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| Author: | kyussinchains [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
I think anonymous submissions is the fairest way, this community whilst very very good, does have it's cliques and rivalries and I think an honest assessment is only possible when you remove possible prejudices..... having said that, some people would be recognisable to most of us anyway..... |
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| Author: | Lextar [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
Anonymous, but also agree as above, all images posted at once rather than dribs and drabs. It also means that if someone posts a really killer entry, it doesn't discourage the less skilled to enter, |
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| Author: | Vaaish [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
The tighter the community, the less "anonymous" the entries will be regardless of if a name is plastered on them. All artists have their own styles and that makes them pretty easy to pick out. I'm fairly certain that most of us would easily recognize a pic submitted anonymously by Ghurda, Onyx, Apoc, Scream, or WMN. That kinda makes the point of having it anonymous a bit dubious if you aren't really preventing those subconscious biases from knowing who painted a piece
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| Author: | Jaggedtoothgrin [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
sure it does for one, we cant be sure for two, there will be ones we dont know for three, people will make mistakes guessing saying "several people will probably recognise several people" is not at all the same thing as "every person will recognise every person" |
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| Author: | zombocom [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
The anonymous thing last year made it much clunkier to enter, and led to people not bothering. I really think we're mature enough here that we don't need it to vote fairly. |
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| Author: | Jaggedtoothgrin [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
well i dunno about that. these last few months havent exactly been brimming with maturity |
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| Author: | blackhorizon [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
zombocom wrote: The anonymous thing last year made it much clunkier to enter, and led to people not bothering. I really think we're mature enough here that we don't need it to vote fairly. Why clunkier? You mail a picture at given email adress and done with it. What can be more easier than that? |
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| Author: | kyussinchains [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
Jaggedtoothgrin wrote: well i dunno about that. these last few months havent exactly been brimming with maturity this ^^ :-/ |
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| Author: | carlisimo109 [ Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
You have more control over image size and making sure people follow the rules if it's through email. It also feels a lot more open to people who aren't on this forum. I'm not dead-set on anonymity, though I prefer it. I really prefer email though, so it might as well be anonymous too. |
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| Author: | Dave [ Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
The image restrictions on this board are more likely to enforce the image size than e-mail ever would. On your second point... CS, to entrants have to be a forum account? I thought they did in previous years. I've got a free prize offers, I'll be posting an update/category announcement sometime this week. Anyone know if Doug at DRM is busy? He hasn't gotten back to me. |
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| Author: | GlynG [ Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: EpiComp 2011 Anonymous Submission or Not? |
I used to prefer and argue for anonymous entries, but I now think the older way was better - posting images in the threads as they were done maintained interest, discussions and awareness and inspired others to enter and I believe we got less entries last year than normal as a result of the anonymous system, therefore I think it should be abandoned. |
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