Entry Rules
- Come up with a new classic space set design -- something that wasn’t ever released by LEGO but which fits into the classic space style. Design a set that looks like it might have been a real set at the time. Every model must have at least one minifig and must not use non-classic space minifigs (these are all-white, all-red, all-yellow, all-blue, and all-black).
- To enter, post a message to lugnet.build.contests and lugnet.space and give the URL showing pictures of your model or models. After things get rolling, I’ll put together a webpage linking to the entries.
- Deadline for entries is December 6, 2000. Judging begins on December 8. Only those who have entered the contest may vote. You can submit more than one entry, but no more than one per day (so start early if you’re going to build a lot of entries). Each entry you submit gains you three vote points in the category of your entry. You can apply your votes to other people’s models when the voting begins. (You can’t vote for your own models.) More details about this later.
- Pure LDraw (or MLCAD, LeoCAD, etc.) designs are OK but MUST use pieces in colors which LEGO has actually produced.
Voting Mechanics
This is a “point-based” system, so you earn points by submitting entries and
spend points by voting. Voting begins after the deadline for new entries has
passed. Voting ends when the last entrant has completed voting or when seven
days have passed (whichever occurs sooner). The contest’s entrants and the
contest’s organizer are the only ones who may vote. The contest’s organizer
is not allowed to enter the contest.
Each contest entry you submit earns you 3 points (votes), all of which you
must spend (or your entry is automatically disqualified). Points must be
spent as whole numbers; there are no fractional points.
The entry with the most points within a category wins that category. The
entry with most points overall wins “grand prize” status. In the event of
a tie, entries may share status.
There are some strategic restrictions on how and where points may be spent:
- First, you can only vote (spend points) on other people’s entries -- never on your own entries.
- Second, for each set of 3 points you earn from an entry in category X, one point must be spent in category X, one point must be spent outside of category X, and one point can be spent in any category whatsoever. A special exception occurs if your entry is the only entry in category X: you earn 2 points for that entry rather than 3, and both points must be spent outside of X.
- Finally, the contest organizer is granted and required to spend exactly 1 point in each category.
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