Contest?

[cryinglion]

Great to hear that there were many resposes. I got this idea from a couple of sources. First, back in the early eighties Activision used to give out patches you can sew on your jacket when you achieved a high score in one of the games. You would have to submit a photo of the TV screen and mail it in to Activision. Some of the patches could be seen here:

http://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/a ... tches.html

Also, there is an actual organization called TwinGalaxies which keeps world records of scores for many video game platforms (from arcade to home systems). Again, you would either submit a photo or video once you achieved a world record. The site would be listed here (use the dropdown to get to the Dreamcast section):

http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=44

[Radkin]

hmmmmm. You got my attention drawing to the TwinGalaxy thing.

[cryinglion]

Want more Twin Galaxie stuff? Head over to the following Youtube site. It talks about that movie "King of Kong" where the world record holder tries to fend off the challenger in Donkey Kong arcade:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g48zcsh6CB4

You can also see related clips on Youtube.

I have been to the Funspot arcade in New Hampshire. It's only two hours away from me. It's multiple floors of classic arcade bliss! The arcade is actually a museum for arcade games. Many world championships are held there.

http://www.funspotnh.com/

[Radkin]

Wow...this is awsome! Thanks! We'll have to find a good time to do this at some point.

[Impulse]

Sorry for the late reply guys. I just got around to looking at posts on the forums.

Cryinglion, I think you have a great idea here. I'm up for having something like this and it seems everyone else is interested too.

A monthly contest would be appropriate. I have an idea for a certificate I could make or something better, like custom ranks at the forums, etc. T-shirt prizes would be the ultimate. That's down the road .

We should start this for the month of October, now to decide on a game. It 'll have to be something everyone has. Q3, startlancer, max pool, 4x4 evo and sega swirl are great options. I'm sure everyone at least has sega swirl, right? My pick for a game to start with would be Sonic adventure. We could do stage time trials.

Anyone else have game ideas? Post to let us know what games you have.

[Hobofreak]

Sonic Adventure of Sonic Adventure 2 because I only have 2.

[Impulse]

I'm going with Dobbs idea, lets vote for the first game. I put a poll up, its on the first page of this topic.

Radkin: Don't worry about taking up too much space on here. We have way more than we know what to do with right now .

[K_I_R_E_E_K]

stage time trials? seems nice, i have sonic adventure 1 so i may do some practice lol.

[Impulse]

Sounds good. I guess we can let the voting run until the end of September and then start the first contest Oct 1.

The prizes for the first contest will be,

1st place: Custom Forum Rank of users choice and some flashy award.

2nd place: Flashy Award + to be announced

3rd Place: Flashy Award

How does this sound ? Any recommendations on different prizes, etc? No t-shirts yet .

[max4242]

Hmmm I suck at sonic