Rules Clarification - New Submissions ONLY
Help make submission moderation easier and faster
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 by Zoomba | Discussion: GUI Championships News
One of the key rules to the competition is that items you submit here can not have been previously submitted to other websites, even in modified forms. This is to level the playing field for everyone competing, everyone has the same amount of time to create something, get it polished and packaged and then uploaded.
We try our best to catch previously posted items, but it's true that sometimes they slip through because it's something we haven't personally seen before. Please keep in mind however that once it's up on the site, anyone can leave comments, or report an offending entry. This becomes even more likely if for some reason the submission makes it into the top-ten for judges voting. If at any point it is brought to our attention that a submission has been posted previously to another site, it will be disqualified.
And to head off a few common questions:
- What constitutes a previously posted work ?
For WindowBlinds or Icons, it's any usable posting to a website, forum, online gallery etc. of the entirety or part of the submission. This covers posting portions of an icon pack as downloadable icon files, early versions of a WB or Icon pack etc. However, you can post screenshots of your work since these can't be downloaded and used as either a skin or a icon set.
For Wallpapers, it can not have been posted in any form since they're just flat image files
- What about a modification or update to some very old work?
Sorry. Modifications of your previous work are also not allowed. It has to be completely new.
- Can I post it anywhere else AFTER I submit it to the competition?
Once it has either been accepted or rejected from the submission queue, you are free to post it anywhere you like. We do however ask in the case of accepted works, that you make mention that it is a qualifying submission in the GUI Championships 2006, and provide a link to this site. This works to increase exposure to your submission as well as the contest as a whole. PLus, the more people who are aware of your entry, the more there are that could vote for it to win.
Again, this is just an attempt to clear up any confusion there may be over what is a new/acceptable submission. Hopefully this will help some of you as you work on your masterpieces for the competition.
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Reply #2 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:46 PM
Every single icon needs to be new.
Clarification:
However, the work material can be re-used as long as the icon itself is fundamentally new. If an objective third party looks at it and says "That's the same as X" that's when there's a problem.
So to answer your question, they can use bits and pieces as long as the final result is new.
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:04 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:40 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:15 AM
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:19 AM
what if aliens abduct me during the submission process
what if Zoomba finally snaps and runs screamin' down the hallway
..hmmm, think I'll sit down at the piano and try to set this to music
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:45 AM
Reply #9 Friday, September 22, 2006 11:11 AM
FF wouldnt even show me the forum page but IE would,go figure.Reply #10 Friday, September 22, 2006 1:02 PM
Reply #12 Monday, September 25, 2006 5:11 PM
The file was originally uploaded on the 14th.
Reply #13 Monday, September 25, 2006 8:27 PM
Reply #14 Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:55 AM
rrawlins-
The reason is that it's not fair to allow someone who has had over a year to work on, revise, post for review, revise again and then submit a skin when others only have from the contest announcement. This is the best we can do to level the playing field for everyone. Sure, some people will have work socked away they've been working on privately forever, but those are rare.
I.R Brainiac -
I sent you an email response several days ago. Did it not get through?
Reply #16 Tuesday, September 26, 2006 3:28 PM
| No wonder the skins posted so far are mediocre. |
Strike one!
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Noticed somebody got the (cookies) straightened out, on the GUI Champs page. Don't have to log-in everytime. Atleast today, so far. Good deal.
2 hours later, cookies are back to normal. Oh, well.
Reply #17 Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:22 PM
It's too bad nextmario's pico tea doesn't qualify. I suggested he submit it. It's that good. It's the most professional and beautiful WB skin I've used, clean and truly customizable. The skin was submitted to DA as open source in the last month. Why would that be grounds for disqualification?
Reply #18 Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:04 AM
...or does ever single one need to be remade?.. bear in mind i skin all icons, not just most frequently used or noticed ones.
Sorry to get so specific but i'd hate to be disq. due to a "grey area"
thx in advance.. super job so far.
Reply #19 Wednesday, September 27, 2006 11:25 PM
Reply #20 Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:27 AM
Thanks Zoomy...I.R.Brainiac
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Reply #1 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:23 PM
Just need to know if the things we put inside the folders have to be new also.