FOS will probably happen, however what I was referring to was the fact that if NXT can't find prizes, then I'd happily host one and the MT-bricks sponsorship, providing I was given permission from Smeagol.

It would be best to do THAC and BRAWL on Christmas break I think. Can't really do it during the school year because of tests.

   

I'd be up for a BRAWL this year, late july- early august. I think we should keep THAC annual as it keeps it special and fresh.

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Yeah, BRAWL around christmas would be good, but as Max Butcher said, a lot will probably be away.
BRAWL sounds as good as Septemberfest to me as long as it's not a school week. Is it normally during holiday time? If so, I think it'd be great.

THAC in my opinions a must, it will be good to actually enter this time. And it's such a good idea.

I'm also thinking that being as school starts in September for everyone, perhaps have the month long contest another month? August? I can remember Sean coming up with ABC, August Brickfilming Contest. But if BRAWLs going to be held then - yeah, awkward timing.

I still think that we can fit all 3 in somewhere, but as others have said, a whole month may be a bit much. Perhaps Septemberfest could be an every other year thing. I think that this time round it will have more entries. I just think it'd be a shame to do it once, then say it didn't work out so abandon it. Maybe it's because that I came second that I'm so fond on doing it, but I think that if it is done again that perhaps there'd be more entries.
I think a poll nearer the time, like last year. And I'd love to have THAC in summer, it'd be perfect (last THAC I went ice skating with school the day before, I think I need a break before I go 15+ hours straight next time). But I can't see it happening, I would love it to be then though.

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There's been some discussion in the chat just now and an idea has been born that I'm quite fond of, and I would be prepared to host.

Running a Septemberfest Community Project.

Inb4 "CP's NEVER WERK" - The idea here would be that the contest takes place in the form of a community project. That is, everyone makes their entries but instead of them all being stand-alone stories, they all need to fit into a broader story as is the whole point of CP's.

CP's are generally doomed to failure, yes, however I think this idea might actually work if it was structured as a contest, with prizes for the best segments.

Thoughts? I would be up to hosting something like this, however I might not be as enticed to host a plainer, "normal" contest.

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In regards to timing - I don't mind what month it would be in, but I think for a CP contest project to be successful it would have to be at least a month long.

Thinking about it, this idea might work better as the next main annual contest.

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That's an interesting idea, so we will have one big film at the end. I'm not sure though, depends what the story/theme is.
I do like the idea, but would prefer BRAWL just because that sounds a bit simpler. You have a theme, a week, go. Pretty simple.
But the thing is with a CP is that people aren't going to have a whole film at the end. They'd just have a short segment of a film, which probably won't make much sense unless the others before it are viewed. It's an interesting idea which I like, but I think it may be quite hard to do. I myself would rather just have a film at the end which I made all myself, it seems like something you can be a bit more proud of, something which you came up with the story for, you animated and you edited yourself.

Don't get me wrong, I like the idea, and I think it probably would work with prizes. But there are things I can see going wrong with it. Like, let's say we do a community project that has 25 parts to it, some parts nobody's going to want to animate and some parts loads of people will want to make. I'm totally for it if there's a way which we will get it to work as a competition. It's a clever and interesting idea though, which I think will work well if we get it right. Just at the moment I'd prefer doing a solo contest, where we each make our own entries, but that's just my opinion and I'm sure it will change if we get it to work.

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This.

While I too like the idea (I did win a contest doing a collaboration with Jonathan), I'd honestly prefer a BRAWL or THAC, maybe both. Probably a lot of people are skeptical about the idea right about now, however, the potential for these to happen is high. I'm sure there's plenty of people willing to look for a sponsor or use some of their own money to get prizes, in return to host some of the most prestigious and popular contests. The problem is that people need the go-ahead from Moderators/Officials.

What I'd like, personally, is to have THAC twice a year, and BRAWL twice a year. Enough people would enter, I'm sure, and finding a sponsor wouldn't be all that hard either, I'd imagine. As for the times, well, there's usually about 5 breaks in a regular school year, midterm and half term, summer, christmas, and easter. This allows for many slots in which these contests could be held, thus allowing for more mature and advanced members to also enter.

Thoughts, anyone?

From discussion with Smeagol and some feedback here, I'm thinking that a community project might get too complicated in a contest (whilst I still maintain it's an interesting idea).

To be perfectly honest, I'd like to enter a BRAWL for myself this year.