It was stated here in the guidelines that things other than text can be added. It's pretty common for pictures to be in caption contests and really if someone couldn't be bothered to read the first and second post, that's their loss.
Sorry to everyone who feels cheated, better luck this week and next!
After seeing the winner of last week, I'm not even going to bother submitting one. Goodluck guys.
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I love all loot fest kind of game! I will be playing all of them for the next few years. Loot fest games I'm looking forward to: LotR: War in the North,Torchlight 2,Borderlands 2 and of course Diablo 3.
I have no issues with the selection that was made. Everyone has a different taste in comedy, so im sure if that entry won then it must have made you guys laugh.
I personally almost peed my pants when i saw the one about the wet floor sign, and that would've been my choice, but then i again i didn't see them all.
One thing is clear now.. and that is that my kinda of comedy is not your kind of comedy, which is fine, to each his own. I too will refrain from submitting another entry and take my chances with getting opt-ins. I do thank DiabloFans for the opportunity and wish everyone else luck in the new contests.
Just because we found that funny doesn't mean we don't share some similar tastes in comedy. Honestly it's anything goes basically and if it's funny enough it has a good shot. There were a lot of other good ones as well but we felt the simplicity and the humor is what made it a good choice.
If we had chose a heavily altered picture people would be mad that they didn't have photo editing skills and feel cheated. That's not to say people with skills can't win but we tried to strike a fine balance. Give us a break though 3400+ posts with multiple submissions in many of them. Probably 7000 submissions at least.
Just because we found that funny doesn't mean we don't share some similar tastes in comedy. Honestly it's anything goes basically and if it's funny enough it has a good shot. There were a lot of other good ones as well but we felt the simplicity and the humor is what made it a good choice.
If we had chose a heavily altered picture people would be mad that they didn't have photo editing skills and feel cheated. That's not to say people with skills can't win but we tried to strike a fine balance. Give us a break though 3400+ posts with multiple submissions in many of them. Probably 7000 submissions at least.
Honestly i think you guys have a hard job having to chose from all of those picture, i know i couldn't do it. And i by no means intend to leave DiabloFans because of the choice you made, i can see the comic value in it (more now that i know what it was a reference to) and think is great that you guys gave those with less photo editing skill an equal opportunity to win. Like i said i wasn't expecting to win anyways because i saw so many good entries, so many talented and funny people out there. I just dont think this sort of contest suits me, plus after after entering so many different contest i need a lil break from being heart broken lol. Perhaps i'll enter the contest after this one.
Edit: PS. I may have found out about DiabloFans because of this contest, but i like it here.
There was a guy there that painted everything on hand 50+ hours and he didn't get anything ...
This wasn't an art contest though. We debated doing one but it wasn't accessible to much of the user base.
I feel bad he invested that much time but we do what we can with the relatively small amount of keys we have compared to everyone wanting one.
BTW: I have it on good authority at this moment the contest after this one will be a small writing story just for fun, nothing elaborate so people with basic writing skills could win. This could change though but for now it seems to be what we're going with.
Stick around I'm sure we'll switch up the contests, we want to make sure everyone gets a fair chance.
Due to the 'caption' competition being won by someone that just added an image, I'm guessing the writing competition will likely allow and be flooded by flash animations, comic strips and voice acted pod casts.
Of course, because that makes complete sense, in the second post which featured the guidelines it was stated that pictures were fine. If people didn't bother to read the second post then that's their loss, as I said before.
Also this is trolling but I want to address people's issues and complaints rather than just giving them bans and warnings.
Sorry if you don't agree but that's just the way things went.
Any further trolling will probably be deleted and subject to other actions.
You want a key then I'd assume you'd do a little more digging than hey, first post cool lets do this. The opening post also didn't forbid pictures or images, most caption contests end up with that sort of thing, it's very common.
I'm not saying the caption only ones didn't have a chance, there was good ones of those as well.
Daemaro I think it would be awesome if you guys listed some runners up for the weekly comps. I personally would love to see the top 10, or so, of what people have been creating in a curated format! Particularly when it comes to the written entries you eluded to above.
So about Calavera666's entry, its actually quite funny and deserved of winning, especially due to the nature of the competition (not an art comp etc.) So Im happy for Calavera666, think it was a good entry!
This is my entry below, I spent a little while on it and thought it was good enough to be up there, but not win, so I'm not bitching. It would have been very cool to have a thread started with your top 10's from the comp. To get a bit of recognition out there to some quality entries because lets face it, no one who didn't NEED to go through 3500 entries was going to haha.
Yeah I also saw the guys who was hand painting entries... they were great! Perfect example of someone who should get some exposure for some quality entries!
PS. Anyone who likes the image check out the full resolution one HERE!
Yeah I also saw the guys who was hand painting entries... they were great! Perfect example of someone who should get some exposure for some quality entries!
PS. Anyone who likes the image check out the full resolution one HERE!
Haha this one really made me giggle. This is a much better entry than the winner's.
Future competitions should probably be voted upon for the winner. The mods can pick out their best 10 or so options, then the users can vote on the winner. This would only work if the votes can be moderated however, because in that case whoever is chosen could just create 1000 accounts merely to re-vote for theirs.
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I wouldn't want to win it unchallenged.
mine definitely had a fart...
Noun:
A title or brief explanation appended to an article, illustration, or poster.
The winning entry didn't have a caption. :|
It was stated here in the guidelines that things other than text can be added. It's pretty common for pictures to be in caption contests and really if someone couldn't be bothered to read the first and second post, that's their loss.
Sorry to everyone who feels cheated, better luck this week and next!
It's Lucy from Charlie Brown. She was ALWAYS pulling the football away from Charlie Brown when he was trying to kick it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsSXMT0NrB4
I'm not saying that my entries were good... But the winning entry is just simply awful.
Sorry you feel that way.
I have no issues with the selection that was made. Everyone has a different taste in comedy, so im sure if that entry won then it must have made you guys laugh.
I personally almost peed my pants when i saw the one about the wet floor sign, and that would've been my choice, but then i again i didn't see them all.
One thing is clear now.. and that is that my kinda of comedy is not your kind of comedy, which is fine, to each his own. I too will refrain from submitting another entry and take my chances with getting opt-ins. I do thank DiabloFans for the opportunity and wish everyone else luck in the new contests.
If we had chose a heavily altered picture people would be mad that they didn't have photo editing skills and feel cheated. That's not to say people with skills can't win but we tried to strike a fine balance. Give us a break though 3400+ posts with multiple submissions in many of them. Probably 7000 submissions at least.
Honestly i think you guys have a hard job having to chose from all of those picture, i know i couldn't do it. And i by no means intend to leave DiabloFans because of the choice you made, i can see the comic value in it (more now that i know what it was a reference to) and think is great that you guys gave those with less photo editing skill an equal opportunity to win. Like i said i wasn't expecting to win anyways because i saw so many good entries, so many talented and funny people out there. I just dont think this sort of contest suits me, plus after after entering so many different contest i need a lil break from being heart broken lol. Perhaps i'll enter the contest after this one.
Edit: PS. I may have found out about DiabloFans because of this contest, but i like it here.
This wasn't an art contest though. We debated doing one but it wasn't accessible to much of the user base.
I feel bad he invested that much time but we do what we can with the relatively small amount of keys we have compared to everyone wanting one.
BTW: I have it on good authority at this moment the contest after this one will be a small writing story just for fun, nothing elaborate so people with basic writing skills could win. This could change though but for now it seems to be what we're going with.
Stick around I'm sure we'll switch up the contests, we want to make sure everyone gets a fair chance.
Of course, because that makes complete sense, in the second post which featured the guidelines it was stated that pictures were fine. If people didn't bother to read the second post then that's their loss, as I said before.
Also this is trolling but I want to address people's issues and complaints rather than just giving them bans and warnings.
Sorry if you don't agree but that's just the way things went.
Any further trolling will probably be deleted and subject to other actions.
I'm not saying the caption only ones didn't have a chance, there was good ones of those as well.
So about Calavera666's entry, its actually quite funny and deserved of winning, especially due to the nature of the competition (not an art comp etc.) So Im happy for Calavera666, think it was a good entry!
This is my entry below, I spent a little while on it and thought it was good enough to be up there, but not win, so I'm not bitching. It would have been very cool to have a thread started with your top 10's from the comp. To get a bit of recognition out there to some quality entries because lets face it, no one who didn't NEED to go through 3500 entries was going to haha.
Yeah I also saw the guys who was hand painting entries... they were great! Perfect example of someone who should get some exposure for some quality entries!
PS. Anyone who likes the image check out the full resolution one HERE!
Everything from the world of Sanctuary
Haha this one really made me giggle. This is a much better entry than the winner's.
Future competitions should probably be voted upon for the winner. The mods can pick out their best 10 or so options, then the users can vote on the winner. This would only work if the votes can be moderated however, because in that case whoever is chosen could just create 1000 accounts merely to re-vote for theirs.