Greetings to all; so it has been a very long time since one of these contests have occurred, October 2012. As vice president of the forum, I figured it would be good to have another one of these contests. I hope this creates a little activity on the forum, as the forum seems to have hit a little lull the past week or so.
So this thread is what it sounds like, a contest to create banners for the TGC forum! For the record, I have not yet contacted any TGC officials about this, but I am hoping that they will support this thread if it ends up producing some good banners (Clonkex, may you please help me with getting TGC support?). I will structure the rules based upon the rules of previous banner contests.
The Law of the Land:
1) The banner you submit needs to be 459x60
2) The theme of your banner should center around the forums (i.e. geeks and nerds)
3) Copyrighted items shall be avoided in your banner
4) As such, your banner should contain original artwork
5) It is preferable that you add a black fade out gradient to the left side of your banner, so that it blends in with the forum page header
6) PLEASE TRY TO MAKE YOUR BANNERS FUNNY (We have enough serious ones so far! However, if you can't think of anything funny, go ahead and make what your heart guides you to
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7) Please save your banner in the .jpg file format
8) Remember that the forums are a business tool of TGC's, so please ensure your banners look professional to a degree
9) Please keep this thread on topic
As with the previous banner contests, the images that are chosen to be used as banners for the TGC forum shall be chosen by moderators and forum administrators. I doubt a voting system should be involved, although it's perfectly fine to support another's banner if you wish to influence the decision of a moderator.
Image editing programs such as GIMP and Paint.NET are good for creating such banners. You may link your banner to this thread, or you may also upload it as an attachment to your post. After the contest is over (at a time TBD) and the winning submissions have been selected, I will compile all of the banners into a single zip file for sending to TGC.
Obviously, the currently existing banners should serve as a good inspiration for what you create. Listed below are all of the current banners:
Soon, I plan to make a banner of my own and post it here.
The previous contest in 2012 was not successful by any stretch; the thread died of inactivity, and none of the images made it into banner circulation. The contest before that, however, is the source of many current banners. Let's make this contest a successful one too!