This is not actually my own idea, it's something that three other members
mentioned just in the last month and the results of several conversations.
The idea of "categories" for entrys. Since noone has started a thread, I
figured I'd open my big mouth.
There have been several occasions in the last few months where folks have mentioned that they are not entering contest simply because there are so many entrys everyday now. For me, a non-issue, I'd enjoy five hundred a day- never find time to vote for them all, but.....
Ok..here's the idea and it has some unusual twist that are very PSC'ish.
Two categorys....call them what you will
"the learning Curve"(novice) and "The Daily" (advanced) =just examples
The individual entrants would choose the category they wish to enter-
NOT an automated system..for a couple reasons-
NOVICES ----Anyone learning PS can enter an image at novice level,
and not have to face the big boys from day one---
ANYONE can enter novice--If I were to do a "VECTOR", which I have never done
before , I may enter it at novice.
Abuse?- Accomplished choppers can't take advantage of novice-
If I enter a "source only" in Novice- HA! I'll not only NOT get any votes, I'll
be hammered with bad comments
IN NOVICE! YAY! NEW members can vote in this section immediately,
once they have posted their first image People will LOVE THAT!
Advanced NEW choppers,members are NOT barred from advanceed level !--
If your tough enough to "HANG"...THEN HANG!--
new members can not vote in 'advanced' until they have posted ten chops.
In fact-- "advanced would just be the contest we have now with a new title,
'novice' stuff would be the add-on.
Benefits- immediate involvement by voting and level playing field
contest for new members-- new members likely to get more votes and attention.
( aside idea here---- members now have 25 votes daily--
maybe an extra five that are "novice" dedicated and can't be used in the daily.)

Good Gawd, Scion...thats way too much. I think Albert Einstein once said, "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler."

Seriously, how would you control that. People will just start entering in the novice section, comments will be made, tempers will flare and another food fight might start.

Who's to say Im not a novice. I dont do it professionally, I havent ever taken classes and have only done 60-70 images. I consider myself a novice at PSing.

Im not saying its a baaaad idea...just that I dont think it could be controlled and might be more trouble than its worth. hmmmm...that doesnt make it sound like a good idea then does it

You have some good idea's here Scion, ~ You mean a seperate catagory where novices dont get pumelled, humiliated, pimped, buttered up, brainwashed and downright mocked with hardly any votes that crush the average ego and grind it to powder? ~ Yes I like that idea

and...after all thats been said and the arguements that have been made, I still say it wouldnt work. Once we add Novice, then we'll need Intermediate cuz someone will dominate the novice section but will complain that they still cant compete with the big boys...and so the cycle will go.

It should be as nature intended...Let the weak starve and the strong survive

anyway, how good of an idea can it really be when they spell it "categorys" instead of "categories". PREPOSTUROUS!!

HA !
I didn't sleep at all last night
So's it just flowed, but I'm just throwing ideas out there,
pre-empting ya might say-- this is not an issue YET,
but I bet it will be one in the not to distant future,
not expecting to be taken seriously, just hoping to throw in some good seeds for the future welfare of
jmh's little garden.
OH AND HEY!!! I think this needs to be said once in awhile, just for those that do not know--
This PSC place is a one man show, in that all the coding, updating and the super-majority
of what's involved with running and maintaining this sight is all done by one guy-
jmh, owner -admin....another PSC uniquity that should be kept in mind.
(plus an obligatory THANK YOU! and slap on the back for all our wonderful
mods that help keep this place running smooth )

I may be wrong, but I believe that even though argument comes from the verb argue, it's spelled argument instead of "arguement"...

Ummm... I thought that BlueFist helped out with coding too?

Heh, that's possible, I did not know it if it is so.
HA! ARC! He didn't notice the "made up" word though! HA!

HA! you don't worth a dime Scion!

YOU!
You Kung-Fu is NO GOOD!