Hi Brian and James, Thanks for starting this discussion. I think this will be a really valuable thing for the icehouse community. On all the points where the two of you agree, I agree as well, so those ideas must all be good. ;-) On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:05:53 -0500, "James Hazelton" wrote: > 4. I strongly disagree with adding prize support to the competition. As for prizes, I have mixed feelings. One potential problem with having donated prizes is that there could be wide variation in the value of the prize from one competition to the next. This could heighten the "poison" effect that Brian mentioned, (imagine winning a modest prize just before the big Crystal Caste prize is announced for example), or encourage undesirable behavior, (designers deciding to hold off from submitting hoping for a better prize next time). But a prize that's fixed, (whether tangible or not---but guaranteeing an intangible prize is certainly easier to do), seems like it could do lots of good things. Easy intangible prizes could include publication on a "Prize-winning Games" wiki page, or publication in something like Hypothermia, (if that starts up again). Something tangible could work if modest and backed by someone likely to be able to provide it from one competition to the next, (coming from Looney would probably be best on that point), but I don't see it as strictly necessary. -Carl
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