[Sugg] Battle Rules

[Austin .]

Sorry for the second suggestion in just a while, but this one has been entertaining my mind since I've started more heavily into graphics.

Could we have rules for the battle section in the arts area? I.e.:
You can only participate in one battle at a time.
Signature cannot be posted in gallery until voting closes
etc.

I should have probably talked to a mod about this, but I wanted to see some other opinions on it, as well as suggestions for battles.

[MejaiDesigns]

Ehh I see where your coming from with this, but every battle isn't the same, so honestly I don't think there should be set rules.

[Goober.]

Why would you be only able to participate in one at a time? You should be able to participate in as many as you want.

You should only be able to post it in the art gallery if the voting is not anonymous, other than that its fine.

[Tenza]

You should think suggestions out more thoroughly, I'm going for a no on this.
Entering battles is a way of improving your skill.

[Austin .]

No, making signatures is how you improve.

If you're concerned about improvement; rushing yourself due to too many competitions will decrease your quality.

You have to remember; there is more then just battles on here, we have SOTW's, BSOTW's (occasionally), etc. I think it would keep the battles more orderly; i.e. it forces pressure onto the voting closing time, you can keep track of who's doing what, and watch progress. Too many battles at one time just overwhelms not only the participants but also the voters.

The reason behind keeping signatures out of the gallery, is so that there is no CnC before voting starts; in a battle you should be gauging the two peoples ability, not how well they take suggestions. This is just IMO.

And remember, my examples don't have to be rules, I was just giving a general outline.

[Goober.]

You have to remember; there is more then just battles on here, we have SOTW's, BSOTW's (occasionally), etc. I think it would keep the battles more orderly; i.e. it forces pressure onto the voting closing time, you can keep track of who's doing what, and watch progress. Too many battles at one time just overwhelms not only the participants but also the voters.

People can make battles and participate in as many battles as they want. The SOTW is completely separate because its an official thing. You are trying to control unofficial friendly battles which is something I disagree with. It's up the the person that creates the thread to make the rules and people can choose to participate based on that.

voters can vote if they choose...idk why they would be overwhelmed

The reason behind keeping signatures out of the gallery, is so that there is no CnC before voting starts; in a battle you should be gauging the two peoples ability, not how well they take suggestions. This is just IMO.

If their sig is already in the OP of the battle thread they can't make any changes to it, so a cnc shouldn't effect the outcome of the battle since it will still be exactly the same thing.

[Austin .]

(shrug) Just a suggestion. Guess not.

[Goober.]

(shrug) Just a suggestion. Guess not.

I think they were good, maybe it could have been worded like this.

I just saw someone post his sig in a entries thread, then post it in the art gallery where he got a cnc and fixed his signature. After that he added the new and fixed signature to the entries thread.

I think thats what you were trying to get at, if so I completely agree. I feel like once you post it in the entries thread you can't edit it if you decide to get a cnc on it.