See? They can sneak their way through this XD
3rd place can request 3 popular scans that are 210 papers in all XD But at least s/he's happy.
And I wouldn't really count on popular scans much, because they're mostly overload of moe or naked girls >__>" rarely something truly beautiful.
Right, and I can do that. Or they can choose to join AP since I understand it's free to sign up still.
So I could offer a choice to the winners.
1st 500 papers or 10 scans
2nd 250 papers or 6 scans
3rd 100 papers or 3 scans
I guess I'll just need to make sure the winners realize that papers required for a scan depends on how popular it is. Since some are 17 papers where others are 60 papers to download.
So depending on what someone is interested in, getting straight papers could net them a lot more scans. heh
If you want to award a badge instead of giving scans, that's ok too, but what if the user who wins doesn't have an AP account? I think that's why 3rd place should have more scans.
Well if I go badges it will be papers instead of number of scans. So depending on what the person picks they could end up with 2-5 scans for the third place. So I think that would work just fine.
As for being AP based... I do find that kind of funny but at the same time it's where I have lots of papers that I can use as prizes. I like it because I have enough to host more than one contest. So I could do one for Wallpapers and then another for e-cards.
If I get a good response from those then I might do it again and run more contests with the same prizes.
I think poor 3rd place has too few scans XD
How about 10 for I, 6 for II and 3 or 4 for III?
The badges are a great idea as well. It's funny how this contest is AP centered XD
Last edited by SakuraDust at 12:55:30 AM CDT on May 25, 2011.
It just occurred to me that at AP you can actually donate papers to other members. You can create a Contest Badge and add a number of papers (that can go from 25 to 10000 papers) and send them to the winners. That way, people will be able to download whatever they want with their earned papers. Just go to your dashboard at AP to see how it works.
If you ask me, it's hard for me to decide which scans I'd like to recieve. I'd have to give a looot of thought before replying to that question lol.
I'd love to offer exclusive but that's something I don't really have. Most of the scans I've done are already hosted at AnimePaper. And for those artbooks I have that I never bothered to scan, they're already hosted at AnimePaper. So even if I did scan them they wouldn't be exclusive.
However I certainly agree with offering more than my first thought. It helps to know that other contests have offered 10 scans so that gives me a better idea of what to work with.
Well, I think it all depends on what's your plans are for the contest!
But yeah, as Ori mentioned, 2 scans is just too little >:, I won a contest once at Minitokyo way back and I won 10 scans that weren't uploaded anywhere else! The contest organizer scanned them from her artbook, zipped them and sent them to me :3
Scans are a good idea, but it's even more of a prize when they are exclusive.
That's part of why I was asking. I wasn't sure if the actual reward was enough to appeal to people or not.
As for papers, well since I've uploaded over 400 scans over there, I literally have 60,000+ papers, so offering more than just two scans wouldn't be a problem.
I think I'll update my post to indicate that the actual paper cost wouldn't matter and that I can easily offer more.
Hmmm... 2 scans isn't much. I won a contest at AP and was on the 3rd place. As a reward I got 10 scans and a few music pieces from different anime OSTs. It's a good idea, but the number of scans isn't appealing enough. If you think 10 scans or more would be a massive waste of papers (since some cost 60-70), I can chip in as well, I have papers which I never use XD
Last edited by SakuraDust at 3:36:51 PM CDT on May 24, 2011.
byakuyarox1
Golden Phoenix (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/25/11 | Reply
I like edit 2.
SunfallE
Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 05/25/11 | Reply
@SakuraDust:
It's true they can be sneaky, but paper wise, I have enough that it won't really matter. XD
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
SakuraDust
Moderator | Posted 05/25/11 | Reply
@SunfallE:
See? They can sneak their way through this XD
3rd place can request 3 popular scans that are 210 papers in all XD But at least s/he's happy.
And I wouldn't really count on popular scans much, because they're mostly overload of moe or naked girls >__>" rarely something truly beautiful.
SunfallE
Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 05/25/11 | Reply
@SakuraDust:
Right, and I can do that. Or they can choose to join AP since I understand it's free to sign up still.
So I could offer a choice to the winners.
1st 500 papers or 10 scans
2nd 250 papers or 6 scans
3rd 100 papers or 3 scans
I guess I'll just need to make sure the winners realize that papers required for a scan depends on how popular it is. Since some are 17 papers where others are 60 papers to download.
So depending on what someone is interested in, getting straight papers could net them a lot more scans. heh
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
SakuraDust
Moderator | Posted 05/25/11 | Reply
@SunfallE:
If you want to award a badge instead of giving scans, that's ok too, but what if the user who wins doesn't have an AP account? I think that's why 3rd place should have more scans.
SunfallE
Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 05/25/11 | Reply
@SakuraDust:
Well if I go badges it will be papers instead of number of scans. So depending on what the person picks they could end up with 2-5 scans for the third place. So I think that would work just fine.
As for being AP based... I do find that kind of funny but at the same time it's where I have lots of papers that I can use as prizes. I like it because I have enough to host more than one contest. So I could do one for Wallpapers and then another for e-cards.
If I get a good response from those then I might do it again and run more contests with the same prizes.
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
SakuraDust
Moderator | Posted 05/25/11 | Reply
I think poor 3rd place has too few scans XD
How about 10 for I, 6 for II and 3 or 4 for III?
The badges are a great idea as well. It's funny how this contest is AP centered XD
Last edited by SakuraDust at 12:55:30 AM CDT on May 25, 2011.
SolemnSerpent
Cupcake Constable (Moderator) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
That sounds utterly amazing.
SunfallE
Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
@MFran:
:o I should check that out then. I wasn't aware that you could do that. Thanks for the info.
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
MFran
~*FABULOUS MAX*~ (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
@SunfallE:
It just occurred to me that at AP you can actually donate papers to other members. You can create a Contest Badge and add a number of papers (that can go from 25 to 10000 papers) and send them to the winners. That way, people will be able to download whatever they want with their earned papers. Just go to your dashboard at AP to see how it works.
If you ask me, it's hard for me to decide which scans I'd like to recieve. I'd have to give a looot of thought before replying to that question lol.
byakuyarox1
Golden Phoenix (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
@SunfallE:
Oh okay. Thanks.
SunfallE
Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
@MFran:
I'd love to offer exclusive but that's something I don't really have. Most of the scans I've done are already hosted at AnimePaper. And for those artbooks I have that I never bothered to scan, they're already hosted at AnimePaper. So even if I did scan them they wouldn't be exclusive.
However I certainly agree with offering more than my first thought. It helps to know that other contests have offered 10 scans so that gives me a better idea of what to work with.
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
SunfallE
Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
@Allamorph:
That's a good idea to spread it out so three people win and each get something. I like it better than one getting ten or two getting five each.
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
MFran
~*FABULOUS MAX*~ (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
Well, I think it all depends on what's your plans are for the contest!
But yeah, as Ori mentioned, 2 scans is just too little >:, I won a contest once at Minitokyo way back and I won 10 scans that weren't uploaded anywhere else! The contest organizer scanned them from her artbook, zipped them and sent them to me :3
Scans are a good idea, but it's even more of a prize when they are exclusive.
Allamorph
Spiritus Memorae (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
First, second, third place; first place gets 10, second gets five, third gets two?
SunfallE
Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
@byakuyarox1:
It's a site that hosts wallpapers and scans:
AnimePaper
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
byakuyarox1
Golden Phoenix (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
What's animepaper?
SakuraDust
Moderator | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
@SunfallE:
Yup, more than 2 scans is the way to go. Then it's fine as a reward.
Can't wait to hear about the contest, I'm definitely in >D
SunfallE
Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
@SakuraDust:
That's part of why I was asking. I wasn't sure if the actual reward was enough to appeal to people or not.
As for papers, well since I've uploaded over 400 scans over there, I literally have 60,000+ papers, so offering more than just two scans wouldn't be a problem.
I think I'll update my post to indicate that the actual paper cost wouldn't matter and that I can easily offer more.
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
SakuraDust
Moderator | Posted 05/24/11 | Reply
Hmmm... 2 scans isn't much. I won a contest at AP and was on the 3rd place. As a reward I got 10 scans and a few music pieces from different anime OSTs. It's a good idea, but the number of scans isn't appealing enough. If you think 10 scans or more would be a massive waste of papers (since some cost 60-70), I can chip in as well, I have papers which I never use XD
Last edited by SakuraDust at 3:36:51 PM CDT on May 24, 2011.