The first is an extension of an idea that DWaM proposed on the Discord: mini-competitions.
Mini-competitions are one to two week long case competitions, separate from the competitions that are a full three months long. Unlike full competitions, these will be infrequent events, two a year at most. These competitions will emphasize creating something rather than on creating a highly polished work amid heavy competition. As such, judging will be informal, and winning mini-competitions has nothing to do with hosting the next one.
More technical details:
- For those of you with DWaM-speed, entry length will be capped at 3500 frames. Entries above 3000 frames are discouraged.
- The host may choose a theme, like in full competitions.
- To start a mini-competition, an interested host must PM moderation with the rules for the mini-competition, if a theme is in play. If accepted, a mini-competition interest topic will be posted, and if at least two people sign up, the mini-competition will go forward.
- The competition start time will be decided by the entrants and host collectively, and then accepted by moderation. Consequently, this should self-regulate against conflicts with the full case competition.
The second proposal is increasing competition deadline toughness. We've had enough loose deadlines to the point that it's become memetic. In the interests of predictability and preventing dependency on extensions, I'd rather stop that with the following:
- Hosts may not promise or imply rule changes before a decision has been made.
- All hosts and entrants are responsible for following these rules, including deadline rules, and should not expect exceptions, short of exceptional circumstances that significantly impact the competition as a whole.
Please leave your feedback here about these two proposals, including any tweaks! I intentionally did not set up a poll so that we would have deliberation among those interested in joining competitions.