ssc08 - official rules

I agree with the rules

Let the games begin.

good luck everyone ;-)

So blurring/editing out contacts on your IM counts as photoshopping? (If so, then I will make sure to just leave that part out). Count me in.

Just wondering, how many entries can we submit per user?

Thinker. You can always rename your contacts for your shot or put them in a group.

Good rules, now i'm gonna think about entering.

The rules are fine.

Not sure if I'll be able to enter but I think it might work better if we disregard contestants votes, just for the contest purpose, because that caused some embarrassing situations last year.

Also, good to know that bogus votes won't be tolerate, kinda crazy that those still happen these days.

EDIT: PS: I also volunteer to donate the ammount that we decide is ideal for prize purpose.

Fuck, I am confused, what I meant is the share we decide not the total ammount. Fuck, gotta go...

naalo: Good point. I can't believe that that didn't occur to me before. :-\

I only have Linux installed, but I want to join. Will a Linux category be available?

thinker, don't think we're doing any specific categories this year, but any operating system is fair game, it'll just be lumped in with the rest.

damzk and others, i'll write a post up soon about how you can donate, that'll also track how much has been. $104 would buy 4 shirts, but i haven't yet looked into shipping prices.

I am happy with the rules, although I would have liked to see categories. Never mind!

I think I like it better without categories :-D

i definitely prefer no categories.

not having the due date over 4/20 is a great idea as well. that caused a bit of an issue for me last year, but i can't remember why...

so if you're participating, you can't vote for any of the other sscshots?

you can for now, noka, just not from multiple accounts. i think not having contestants allowed to vote would be a good idea, but not very practical to enforce.

No indeed, because the people contesting (is that actually good English??) are also the more active ones here.

Well said naalo

btw who all is participating (except for those who are already in the group) ?

("No indeed, because the people contesting (is that actually good English??) are also the more active ones here."
'The people participating/taking part' would be better, but it's still understandable, what you said.)

v. (kən-těst', kŏn'těst') con·test·ed, con·test·ing, con·tests

v. tr.

1. To compete or strive for.
2. To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge: contest a will.

I'm just annoying excess, you can ignore this ;)

Yeh, like I said, you can use 'contesting' but it doesn't really sound right, does it?

This sounds interesting, I may have to give it a try. Seeing that I use linux, there is not enough people(less than 1%) that know what it takes to customize it, so it can never be judged the same as windows. If I do participate as well as any other linux user with the current rules, the outcome will reinforce my current conclusions.

Is there some sort of theme that screenshots should have?
Resolution? Higher res has advantage.
Only 1 shot?

Even so, it will be cool to see what comes of this.

hmm...

after browsing customize.org lately, i have to say i'm having a hard time picturing this years contest being as good as last years.

i really hope i'm wrong.

i really hope so too

justaguy, no particular theme, anything goes. and i think we should limit it to one submission per.

Higher res has advantage.

an emphatic touche.

@ akka: okay, thx
@ nitzua: hehe, i prefer higher res (better quality and more room/space) but I doubt that any society likes that, not to say that lower res can't accomplish the same. :)

@ssc08: Good luck to all that compete!

I'm feeling a lack of interest in this. and do we really need a prize? If i win, the honor of winning is more then good enough for me :p

do other people feel the same way? we could just cut it down to three instead of four, or something. i'm still willing to throw a couple bucks down, either way. should get a paypal account setup soon.

I'm Still Confused As To What We Would Be Submitting Here.

@ akka - This contest is relevant to my interests, however, I personally don't care for prizes (not just because I stand no chance in this).

I'm Still Confused As To What We Would Be Submitting Here.

over-captilization FTL.

to answer your question, entrants submit screenshots of their desktops.

ssc = screenshot contest

noka. I fear that too, but i hope for the best!

The maximum resolution I can work with is 1024 by 768. I'm just a newbie around here but I would thats allot less space to work with then you pros. And Yes I Like My Capitals nitzua. LOL

oof yeah 1024x768 will be a bitch to work with, but too big isn't great either, i posted some screenshots from my 30" display at 2560x1600 and those were HARD to fill lol

If you have a lot of stuff to show, and a small resolution, you can have a 2nd screenshot with the rest on as an alternative submission.

Only 10 days left guys :D

Ok quickly now.. Another newbie question. Does my shot have to include a bunch of windows and stuff, or can it be a Theme, Wallpaper, and whatever all thrown together to create a clean looking shot? Also what should I use for capturing movies playing? I have used the classic Print Screen key. And Corel Capture (Hate that). Both wont capture video.
So that was a few questions... Sorry..

You can have whatever you want in your shot. 1 window, 2 windows... 100 windows. It doesn't really matter.

You can use print screen to capture movies playing.

Can't remember how right now.

Assuming that's Windows Movie/Media Player, just go into options > performance and turn 'Video Acceleration' or whatever it's called down to 'None' and/or turn off 'the Overlays' checkbox, also located somewhere in the options.

Will the site be fixed for the contest?

if anyone sees this before/after you submit your entry, i suggest linking to it within this thread.

we all know the site will still be plagued with 502's, errors, and general slowness by the deadline.

without a doubt, the time for submission viewing/judging needs to be increased. any suggestions on the length of the extension? i'd say keep the submission time the same (23rd-25th), and extend the judging time to three full days rather than one.

hell, i can't even see half of the recent additions and only one of the popular additions on the front page.

well, i created the SSC08 bundle.

still getting all 502s when i try and submit.

i agree

yar. hopefully it's gonna work tomorrow.

I wouldn't count on it :p

this utter bullshit.

this site is hemorrhaging and the proper people couldn't give a fuck less.

All this Hemorrhaging put my computer in one of those end of the month tantrums resulting in the DEP in XP to go crazy sending the boot to my system. The Resulting blow blew the world as we know it into tiny fragments. I was lucky enough to have my time machine on hand to go back in time save the world with crazy glue. My computer was not so lucky. Just finished reloading the system about an hour ago. Lost what I was working on. Maby I can still pull something out of my ass yet. Damb StarDock.....

sucks :\ i just dropped and broke my hdd, if it's any consolation.

let's move this discussion here: http://gypsyspacemuffin.com/viewtopic.php?id=2283&p=1 i keep 502ing when i try to post.

thoughts on moving the contest to a gsm flickr pool?

official ssc08 flickr pool: http://flickr.com/groups/765361@N22/

hold off on that for now, flickr's resizing the screenshots :[

make love instead.

miniman's setting up a submission system, so we'll be good to go in a day or two.

Sweet... Sucks at the same time thou... I've committed to a SS now cuz I thought the due date was here.. oh well... I'm curious how this will go...

Being very new herea nd therefore not very experienced, I'm not sure I shall participate.
But, let's assume I want to enter the contest, could akka (or anyone else) remind me the points that follow:

1. Should I sign up somewhere ? Should I join a particular group ?

2. What the status of the contest (when and how can we submit and up to when) ?

3. How will we vote, knowing that the site is plagued by 502 errors ?

Sorry if those questions are dumb...
Thanks in advance !

The contest has been moved off-site. Customize.org is now no longer involved. A URL will be provided once the submission system is finished... should be later today or tomorrow.

Good news everyone! The contest site is up, and now taking submissions. Hurry and get your work in there!

http://voidbox.el1t3.org/secret/ssc/index

Thanks to *sigh* mini-man.

well i edited a several SSC submissions to add 'em to the SSC08 bundle. http://customize.org/bundles/view/612

if you notice that more are missing PM me.