Have an idea for a contest? Would you like to run your event at SMW central? Well, now's your chance, whenever you want to run a SMW hackiing competition or a non-SMW hacking contest, all you need to do is ask here and get your idea approved, you shouldn't skip this step though as ANY CONTEST THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED WILL BE CLOSED ON SIGHT. Here are a few guidelines you should follow in order to get your contest approved:
- The contest must be reasonable in length and work required.
Don't make extended contests that require a lot of work, like creating a whole hack, for example. Keep it simple, otherwise there's a chance people won't participate. - Have judging and rules planned.
When asking for approval, you must explain the rules of your contest and how it's going to be judged. You don't need to have your judges ready just yet, but you should have them before your contest's deadline; I advise you to run judge application or chose people you trust so you can make sure they are competent. - Don't copy official contest ideas.
For example, don't make a vanilla level design contest or a 24 hour contest, because we already run those contests officially. This doesn't mean your contest can't be similar to the official ones, but it cannot be identical. - Make sure the comunity is interested in your contest.
If your contest is not related to SMW hacking, there's a chance the community won't be interested in it. Ask the people around you if they would be interested in entering your contest so you can be sure you will actually get some paticipants. - Your contest will not be official.
User-made contest cannot be considered as official contests, this means you won't be able to handle any official prizes like badges, custom titles or custom name colors. However, you are still allowed to give your handle your prizes to your winners if you wish to do so. Exceptions to this rule can be made depending on the contest.