I dunno if anyone’s gonna know what I’m talking about but I am going to talk about it because I have some thoughts i wanna get out. I’m mixed on how the Fanime Summer Contest ended/is ending up.
Yes there is new content being made which is what many people wanted but
Like so far at least 5 people have made/are making content from what I’ve seen and I am unsure about how successful that is, especially when theres the usual 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Another thing is that one person happened to make more than one episode. Now I’m concerned about the voting due to this. If you judge by one episode, it would be unfair to the person making extra episodes if they made it during the contest timeframe. If they judge ALL the episodes, it would be unfair to the other people who only could make 1 episode. ANOTHER thing is the whole money thing. Yes $100 is a good prize but I think it would be a problem if someone under 18 won. They can’t get Paypal or something similar, so what would you do if they’re unable to accept the reward money? There are other options to help them get the money, but it was never brought up. Last thing is how the contest has been extended for so long. Now having low contest entries is sad, but it isn’t a good idea to basically turn it into a challenge. Having an extension isn’t bad until it keeps happening.
TL;DR: I think the summer fanime challenge could have been better.
Thank you so much for voicing your opinions, it is always a pleasure to clear up any confusion and bring clarity whenever possible!
The goal of the summer challenge was to get new members to our Fanime World server! In that regard it was a smashing-resounding success. We have gotten many new members and we are so grateful for the talented people who are sharing their work and making friends with long standing members.
To address your concern about the prize money- one of the requirements to join the contest was to have a kofi or paypal. We had kicked around the idea of also giving amazon gift cards/credit to a store of choice as a prize had anyone preferred that but no one ended up needing the option.
I had no idea that someone needed to be 18+ to have Paypal or Kofi, It’s great to know for future reference! Had it been brought up sooner we would have been happy to offer the amazon gift card.
Fortunately no one did and all of our participants have sent their information to receive their prizes.
Now as for the extension- The main requirement to be in the challenge was to be a member of the server so after holding a vote the majority of the participants asked for an extension we granted it. The contest was to end in September, but as we all became busy it was agreed to end on the end of September/First week of October.
The judging for the contest it’s self is being done by the lovely mod squad of Fanime World. There’s going to be a live stream where all the entries will be watched for the first time, then a brief deliberation and the winners will be announced. People who made multiple episodes within the time limit will have their work judged as a whole. For example episode 1, 2 and 3 cannot win 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. ( All participants who entered will be getting cash prize just for entering as well )
Unfortunately most of our MODS have been busy so setting up a time for a stream had been difficult. I myself am down four employees and have been working over 50 hour work weeks while juggling my unstable living situation. Luckily I am now stable again and we have confirmed to stream for tomorrow!
It sounds like you would have loved to participated and it is unfortunate that none of the concerns were voiced before. We do agree that the event could have been ran much better and the one hosted next year will surely be much more organized and well advertised!
Updates/Announcements all take place in our very active Fanime World server, so please feel free to join for news on any of our events. The long anticipated stream will be taking place Sunday Afternoon we hope to see you and anyone else interested there!
Fanime World Link: ✨ https://discord.gg/uDeTPr8j ✨
