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True Blood Rumble

A Rumble Icontest Community

This journal may contain explicit adult content.

Created on 2008-02-20 00:22:46 (#14980336), last updated 2009-11-15

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Basic Info

Name:	True Blood Rumble Icontest Community
Location:	Louisiana, United States
Membership:	Open
Posting Access:	Select Members
Description:	This is a no elimination type LIMS icontest community

About

Welcome to

truebloodrumble

A "Rumble" icontest is similar to a LIMS, but instead of an icon maker getting voted off each week, you all get to stay and accumulate points for each challenge in the round. Whoever has the most points wins.

This rumble icontest community is based on

btvsats_rumble, which was inspired by

disney_rumble. Credit for the idea goes to

chimera_x. I love this type of icontest because it has a positive focus.

Please be advised that the challenges in this community may contain nudity and or curse words. This is True Blood after all.

SPOILER WARNING: Screencaps and any other images from Season 1 and 2 will be used in the challenges for Round 4.

This user info page and the community rules may change or be updated occasionally so please check back every so often to keep up to date. Thanks. (updated 8-30-09)

There will be 10 challenges in each Round.

To participate in the challenges, sign up for the round you are participating in and be a member of this community, so that you will see the reminders on your Friends List.

The challenges will be based on the HBO TV show True Blood and the Southern Vampire series of novels by Charlaine Harris. This can be anything from actor, character, theme, text, screencap or episode challenges.

Most of the challenges will require advanced photo editing techniques, including blending and use of textures.

(NEW) Points are awarded for each challenge. (First place = 5, Second place = 4, Third place = 3, Special Category = 2)(NEW)

Everytime you participate in a challenge you will receive 1 point, regardless of whether or not you placed.

(NEW) Everytime you vote in a challenge you will receive 1 point, regardless of whether or not you submitted an icon to the challenge you vote in.

(NEW) If your icon is disqualified from any challenge you will still get 1 point for participating in the challenge. (NEW)

You can receive 3 bonus points for promoting the community. This is a one time offer per round. (For more details, see the sign up entry.)

There will be four winners at the end of each round - 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Place. Winning is based on accumulation of points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the round wins.

You must enter an icon in Challenge 1 of any Round or you will be disqualified from the round.

After Challenge 1 it is fine to miss a challenge. However, you will be disqualified if you miss 3 challenges in a row.

If you need to drop out for some reason, let me know by leaving a comment in any entry.

(NEW) Challenge comments and Voting comments will be unscreened when the winners of the challenge are announced. (NEW)

The challenges in this community will require that you use advanced photo editing techniques. While I encourage learning and improving your icon making skills during the challenges, this is not a teaching community. It is your responsibility to know how or find out how to do the techniques asked of you in these challenges.

Please be prepared to take a little time to read the challenge rules for each challenge carefully. If your icon does not adhere to the rules of the challenge by the time voting is posted it will not be included in voting and will be disqualified from that challenge.

(NEW) THE FOLLOWING ARE REASONS YOUR ICON MAY BE DISQUALIFIED: (NEW)
Base incorrectly prepared - too dark, etc.
Incorrect anti-alias
Blurry image
The rules of the challenge were not followed
Your icon is not brand new and made specifically for the challenge in which it is entered
You post your icon somewhere before the winners of the challenge have been announced

First and most important - SIGN UP to enter the challenges.

You only need to submit 1 icon per challenge, unless otherwise stated.

Icons are due Monday evenings (NEW) at 8:00 PM CST (NEW).

You will have one week to get your icon made and submitted to the challenge entry.

Please DO NOT submit an old icon to a challenge.

Icons must be of your own creation and your own cropping.

No Animation - Unless otherwise stated.

Please do not use or post your icon anywhere until the winners of each challenge have been announced or it will be disqualified from that challenge

Icons must fit LJ standards: no larger than 40kb in size and 100x100 pixels.

PLEASE read the rules for each challenge carefully, as they will be different from week to week.

If your icon does not meet the rules of the challenge for which it was made it will be disqualified.

Please upload your icons to a reliable host that allows direct linking like Photobucket.

Icons that are blurry or have incorrect anti-alias for text will be disqualified.

Please do not use screencaps from an episode that is less than one week old.

Icons made from Paparazzi photos or photo manipulations will be disqualified

(NEW) Voting is weighed. Vote for a 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place icon in order of preference. (NEW)

Voting is mandatory for all participants. This won't work very well unless everyone helps out with voting.

Please familiarize yourself with the schedule here and know when to vote. (NEW) Voting will last 2 days. (NEW)

If you will be unable to vote during the normal 2 days of voting please let me know when you submit your icon to the challenge entry.

You do not need to be a member of the community to vote. Anyone who has a LiveJournal can vote.

You will be voting for 3 Best Quality icons and 1 icon that best fits the Special Category.

An icon may be voted as a Best Quality icon and in the special category if you want.

You may NOT vote for yourself.

Not voting will not help you win.

Vote for BEST QUALITY icons. Voting for icons of lesser quality will not help you win and it's considered cheating.

(NEW) Do not vote for an icon just because you like what the text says or just because you like the character in the icon. (NEW)

When you vote, please vote correctly, or your vote will not count.

Invite your friends over to vote, but DO NOT tell them which icon is yours.

In the event of a tie, winners will receive points for the place they tied. (If 3 or more icons tie for a place there will be Tie Breaker Voting. If only 2 icons tied they will both receive points for the place they tied.)

***If you got this far in reading the rules you're ready to sign up. Put this secret quote, "Smite me!" somewhere in your comment to the sign up post.***