I like this idea, but I agree with the general consensus that 3 days is not enough to make a mod. A texture pack, sure, a video, sure, but mods take weeks. I suggest that if you'd really like original mods to win and not simply mods that already have quite enough popularity and could stand not being featured, you run a mod contest over the span of two weeks minimum and disqualify any that were started before the theme was announced.
I understand that a contest over two weeks could get dull since it's hard to give it continuous publicity over a larger time span, but the "mod contest" could be run at the same time as other contests, since mods are really a completely different animal than texture packs, videos, maps, and so on.
I guess what I'm trying to say here is that any mod that wins with the current system will almost certainly already be well known enough so as to make the entire thing completely redundant. You've got to announce the theme earlier (perhaps even before the previous contest ends), and disallow mods that have made unfair progress. Otherwise it's not really a contest. Contests have constraints, and allowing pre-made mods to enter is completely unfair.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way. I think this is a great way to give the people out there without much publicity some of the action (and keep something cool on the front page all the time to boot), but the way you have it set up at the moment is flawed.
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Seriously, check it out if you haven't already.
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SirAwesomelot
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Thanks guys!
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(let's hope you see it this time :D)
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(apparently I should do this for money)
Thanks!
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I hereby declare all complaints regarding lack of updates irrelevant.
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Why you want to join our server: I love faction/rp servers! I'd like to check this one out.
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Are you going to grief, you filthy griefer? Of course not!
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*Age and location: 16/US
*Previous bans: None
Referral (friends already in the server): None
*Reason for acceptance: I've played on the server a bit already, and I'd very much like to be an official member.
*Say what you think the proper uses of fire and TNT are: Cannons, I think, are my favorite use... It's nice for mining too, I guess.
Additional info (some of your achievements in minecraft or just trivial knowledge): I like to make mods! I've had the game since before Beta... that's about all I can think of.
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Can't wait to see the results.
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I understand that a contest over two weeks could get dull since it's hard to give it continuous publicity over a larger time span, but the "mod contest" could be run at the same time as other contests, since mods are really a completely different animal than texture packs, videos, maps, and so on.
I guess what I'm trying to say here is that any mod that wins with the current system will almost certainly already be well known enough so as to make the entire thing completely redundant. You've got to announce the theme earlier (perhaps even before the previous contest ends), and disallow mods that have made unfair progress. Otherwise it's not really a contest. Contests have constraints, and allowing pre-made mods to enter is completely unfair.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way. I think this is a great way to give the people out there without much publicity some of the action (and keep something cool on the front page all the time to boot), but the way you have it set up at the moment is flawed.