LIMS SIGN-UP POST / LIMS FAQ
Ok, so after much deliberation we've decided to come through with the LIMS. Hopefuly it won't take exesive attention away from our regular challenges.
I'm sorry for the long post but I don't want to give anyone excuses for not having read it.
Read this post THOROUGHLY if you'd like to participate. Most of the rules have been used in past LIMS, but I've changed a few things (including the timeline) and it's never too bad to refresh one's memory, so read them again!
What is LIMS?
LIMS stands for "Last Icon Maker Standing." In a LIMS competition, instead of awarding winners we vote off icon makers each week. The people who aren't eliminated are allowed to enter the next week's contest where we'll eliminate more contestants. The person to win the contest is, of course, the last icon maker standing... It's kinda elite, but its very fun and it's a great way to perfect one's work. If you weren't here in previous competitions,you can see the old LIMS challenges here.
What will be the timeline?
The LIMS competition is going to run all week. Challenges will be up Sun 6pm - Fri 6pm and voting will run Fri 6pm - Sun 6pm, when the new challenge will be posted. I know that leaves out the weekend for iconing, but for those entering both the LIMS and the regular challenges it should be easier to handle both, and all in all it's not such a different schedulle than our regular one which should avoid having too much confusion. Do note that I set the times back a few hours to give me enough time during the weeks where I'll be running both the regular challenges and the LIMS, please enter before 6pm, not 8pm.
What about the regular challenges?
The LIMS competition will NOT interfere with the regular challenges. We will run both every week independently so you will be able to choose which one to enter. If you are looking to enter both LIMS and the regular challenges every week, you should manage to enter the LIMS between Monday and Friday and leave the regular challenges for the weekend.
What are the rules for LIMS?
You have to sign-up on this post to be eligible for the lims competition. You have to enter every week until you are voted off (or voted last icon maker standing). Failure to enter the contest in any given week (unless you have a skip) will eliminate you from the rest of the LIMS competition. Once you are eliminated you cannot enter in the lims competition again...
How many icons are we to enter each week?
At first it will only be one icon per contestant. As the competition goes on and the contestants decrease in number the ammount of icons per week will change from one to two, making challenges a bit more demanding. This however won't occur until the last three challenges or so.
How do skips work?
Everyone will start with a skip, this means you will be able to skip the competition for any week you choose. If you get a skip and want to use it, please let me know beforehand, once you've used it that skip is gone. If you don't enter and you have a skip, I will assume that you want to use the skip and you will not be eliminated. However, if you enter (not using a skip) and you are voted off, your skip is lost... If you go through two rounds (any two rounds, they don't have to be consecutive) of the LIMS without getting any votes, you will be granted an extra skip, yet this can only be achieved once. In order to make the competition fairier once we've reached the last five contestants your skips will be of no use.
What if I have plans that interfere with the LIMS?
If you are on vacation or you have some other plans that will keep you from entering, and you don't want to drop out of the LIMS, you can request an advance. It is YOUR responsibility to make sure that you get your advance and get your icon in beforehand, which also means you will have to give me at least a week notice for me to put the challenges together. You may ask for up to three advances in a LIMS round, and you can use these all in a row or one at a time (ie: if you go out of town for three weeks, you can use them all at once). I shall make a post in due time for you to ask for them.
How does the voting work?
As I said before, voting will run Firday - Sunday. When the poll goes up, you must vote in COMMENT FORM (I will give you a template to make things easier). You will have to vote against three icons you dislike and for one icon you like. You must provide reasons with your votes or they will not count! These will have to be well founded, art is always subjective but it can't be a comment like "I don't like it" or "I hate red", it has to refer to what you believe to be failures in technique. You will also have to take into account what the makers have been asked to focus on during that particular challenge, whether they've managed to come through with it or not should be as important as if the icon looks good, or if the use of other techniques has been well done. I will reserve the right to approve these comments and, were I not pleased with them, ask for them to be resubmitted properly. Here you can find more detailed guidelines.
How does the scoring/results work?
On Sunday when I close the poll, all of the votes will be added up to determine who gets voted off. For example: Icon #1 gets 5 votes against it but 1 vote for it (5 - 1 = 4). Icon #2 gets 5 votes against it, but no votes for it (5 - 0 = 5)... Icon #2 would be eliminated.
What if I want to read the comments about my icons?
The voting comments will NOT be unscreened. However, on each results post I will list all the positive and negative comments grouped acording to their icon number so that you may read them. This way the identity of the voter remains secret, preventing future hard feelings and disagreements.
When will the LIMS start?
This LIMS will start on Monday, February 11th... This gives you TWO WEEKS to sign-up, which should be enough time. If you want to let the word be spread around be my guest!
When will the LIMS end?
There is no specific ending date, it will depend on how this whole thing develops... We'll be voting off a good 4-5 people for a few weeks, and then once it's thinned out we'll drop it down to 2-3, and then down to one a week once it nears the end... This will be subject to change depending on how many people signs up, since we've never done this at this time of the year it's hard to say.
OK! How do I sign-up for LIMS?
Just comment on this entry with your username! I want to make sure you allread the rules, so put "fidelius charm" in your subject line of your comment. Comments are screened!
Who else is competing in the LIMS?
1. stillxmyxheart
2. jellyfish72
3. xshoot2thrill
4. squishy_fungi
5. catielou
6. sweethermione21
7. whiteroseofdark
8. i_we_you
9. mad_tenshi
10. hpnarnia
11. teapartea
12. the_jedi_ninja
13. alfiri
14. emmacbean
15. faithindraco
16. parelasi
17. nihilious
18. alexia_drake
19. gamma_wow
20. utkari02
21. mrpanadabear
22. xmwuahharry
23. roxybaby2414
24. aria624
25. katiegsr
26. essenceofadream
27. cookiegirl506
28. _covergirl_
29. dizzydancer02
30. lauradumb
31. curious_wolf
32. malibu_xo_rain
33. sunflower_pixie
34. li_potter
35. plaid_giraffe
36. noromancethere
37. carmineador
38. overevery
MOD WARNING:
Just like essenceofadream I am going by the HONOR SYSTEM here, and I trust that you guys are following the community rules. This LIMS is a special challenge that we mods have to work harder on in a community that we already work very hard to keep up. If you abuse the rules, I will not hesitate to take action against you!!! Were you to be found...
I'm sorry for the long post but I don't want to give anyone excuses for not having read it.
Read this post THOROUGHLY if you'd like to participate. Most of the rules have been used in past LIMS, but I've changed a few things (including the timeline) and it's never too bad to refresh one's memory, so read them again!
What is LIMS?
LIMS stands for "Last Icon Maker Standing." In a LIMS competition, instead of awarding winners we vote off icon makers each week. The people who aren't eliminated are allowed to enter the next week's contest where we'll eliminate more contestants. The person to win the contest is, of course, the last icon maker standing... It's kinda elite, but its very fun and it's a great way to perfect one's work. If you weren't here in previous competitions,you can see the old LIMS challenges here.
What will be the timeline?
The LIMS competition is going to run all week. Challenges will be up Sun 6pm - Fri 6pm and voting will run Fri 6pm - Sun 6pm, when the new challenge will be posted. I know that leaves out the weekend for iconing, but for those entering both the LIMS and the regular challenges it should be easier to handle both, and all in all it's not such a different schedulle than our regular one which should avoid having too much confusion. Do note that I set the times back a few hours to give me enough time during the weeks where I'll be running both the regular challenges and the LIMS, please enter before 6pm, not 8pm.
What about the regular challenges?
The LIMS competition will NOT interfere with the regular challenges. We will run both every week independently so you will be able to choose which one to enter. If you are looking to enter both LIMS and the regular challenges every week, you should manage to enter the LIMS between Monday and Friday and leave the regular challenges for the weekend.
What are the rules for LIMS?
You have to sign-up on this post to be eligible for the lims competition. You have to enter every week until you are voted off (or voted last icon maker standing). Failure to enter the contest in any given week (unless you have a skip) will eliminate you from the rest of the LIMS competition. Once you are eliminated you cannot enter in the lims competition again...
How many icons are we to enter each week?
At first it will only be one icon per contestant. As the competition goes on and the contestants decrease in number the ammount of icons per week will change from one to two, making challenges a bit more demanding. This however won't occur until the last three challenges or so.
How do skips work?
Everyone will start with a skip, this means you will be able to skip the competition for any week you choose. If you get a skip and want to use it, please let me know beforehand, once you've used it that skip is gone. If you don't enter and you have a skip, I will assume that you want to use the skip and you will not be eliminated. However, if you enter (not using a skip) and you are voted off, your skip is lost... If you go through two rounds (any two rounds, they don't have to be consecutive) of the LIMS without getting any votes, you will be granted an extra skip, yet this can only be achieved once. In order to make the competition fairier once we've reached the last five contestants your skips will be of no use.
What if I have plans that interfere with the LIMS?
If you are on vacation or you have some other plans that will keep you from entering, and you don't want to drop out of the LIMS, you can request an advance. It is YOUR responsibility to make sure that you get your advance and get your icon in beforehand, which also means you will have to give me at least a week notice for me to put the challenges together. You may ask for up to three advances in a LIMS round, and you can use these all in a row or one at a time (ie: if you go out of town for three weeks, you can use them all at once). I shall make a post in due time for you to ask for them.
How does the voting work?
As I said before, voting will run Firday - Sunday. When the poll goes up, you must vote in COMMENT FORM (I will give you a template to make things easier). You will have to vote against three icons you dislike and for one icon you like. You must provide reasons with your votes or they will not count! These will have to be well founded, art is always subjective but it can't be a comment like "I don't like it" or "I hate red", it has to refer to what you believe to be failures in technique. You will also have to take into account what the makers have been asked to focus on during that particular challenge, whether they've managed to come through with it or not should be as important as if the icon looks good, or if the use of other techniques has been well done. I will reserve the right to approve these comments and, were I not pleased with them, ask for them to be resubmitted properly. Here you can find more detailed guidelines.
How does the scoring/results work?
On Sunday when I close the poll, all of the votes will be added up to determine who gets voted off. For example: Icon #1 gets 5 votes against it but 1 vote for it (5 - 1 = 4). Icon #2 gets 5 votes against it, but no votes for it (5 - 0 = 5)... Icon #2 would be eliminated.
What if I want to read the comments about my icons?
The voting comments will NOT be unscreened. However, on each results post I will list all the positive and negative comments grouped acording to their icon number so that you may read them. This way the identity of the voter remains secret, preventing future hard feelings and disagreements.
When will the LIMS start?
This LIMS will start on Monday, February 11th... This gives you TWO WEEKS to sign-up, which should be enough time. If you want to let the word be spread around be my guest!
When will the LIMS end?
There is no specific ending date, it will depend on how this whole thing develops... We'll be voting off a good 4-5 people for a few weeks, and then once it's thinned out we'll drop it down to 2-3, and then down to one a week once it nears the end... This will be subject to change depending on how many people signs up, since we've never done this at this time of the year it's hard to say.
OK! How do I sign-up for LIMS?
Just comment on this entry with your username! I want to make sure you allread the rules, so put "fidelius charm" in your subject line of your comment. Comments are screened!
Who else is competing in the LIMS?
1. stillxmyxheart
2. jellyfish72
3. xshoot2thrill
4. squishy_fungi
5. catielou
6. sweethermione21
7. whiteroseofdark
8. i_we_you
9. mad_tenshi
10. hpnarnia
11. teapartea
12. the_jedi_ninja
13. alfiri
14. emmacbean
15. faithindraco
16. parelasi
17. nihilious
18. alexia_drake
19. gamma_wow
20. utkari02
21. mrpanadabear
22. xmwuahharry
23. roxybaby2414
24. aria624
25. katiegsr
26. essenceofadream
27. cookiegirl506
28. _covergirl_
29. dizzydancer02
30. lauradumb
31. curious_wolf
32. malibu_xo_rain
33. sunflower_pixie
34. li_potter
35. plaid_giraffe
36. noromancethere
37. carmineador
38. overevery
MOD WARNING:
Just like essenceofadream I am going by the HONOR SYSTEM here, and I trust that you guys are following the community rules. This LIMS is a special challenge that we mods have to work harder on in a community that we already work very hard to keep up. If you abuse the rules, I will not hesitate to take action against you!!! Were you to be found...
- ... asking people to vote for your icons...
... signing into several different accounts to vote...
... requesting an advance to later sit at home enjoying the extra advantage...
... sharing your advance with another person...