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Old 07-03-2008, 12:01 AM
Kaitlin Kaitlin is offline
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Default Re: Tutorial Contest ~ $1500 in prizes ~ Welcome

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if one is going to try for the most improved and 2 submissions are required for this category, is one submission to be at the beginning of the contest and the other at the end of the contest in order to judge how much improvement that person has made? Or, do you mean at least 2 submissions by the end of the contest?
Gene-- the "Most Improved" category does imply some time interval between projects, but as long as there are two projects posted by the end of the contest we won't be too strict about what that time interval is. Starting a second project while still working on the first, for example, I think is perfectly fair. What we're looking for is that you learn something from the early projects and are able to apply those lessons to the later ones.

Keep in mind also that everyone competing with multiple submissions will be under the same time constraints, so we ought to end up with a level playing field.

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Six weeks is unreasonable .... especially with a work load. A good tutorial can be done in six days but both "improvement" and (particularly) the "outstanding project" categories require creativity and originality .... something that doesn't mix well with deadlines.
WVEngraver-- I asked Dad about extending the contest deadline, and he's flexible. What do you guys think would be a reasonable timeframe?
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