Extermination of the VULTURES
#1
Posted 14 August 2012 - 02:07 AM
These guys sit back and watch all the action and make someone else do all the work.
Then on the last day hour minute they will submit their entry with all the revisions that everyone else had done and win the contest.
They are not here to design they are here for the money. So it seems
Make it so that your are not allowed to enter any contest on the last day. Close it to all new designers and let the ones who worked hard for the award get what is deserved.
What are your thoughts?
#4
Posted 17 August 2012 - 12:37 AM
2) How are you supposed to know if the copy cat has the original or not if as explained as above.
3) How are you supposed to report them when the contest is closed to the rest of us but the winner and CH.
4) How does the Ch know if its an original file or not?
I really think you all read this all wrong... And I cannot agree with anything you said squeet for I dont understand it. It has no relations to what I am expressing
#6
Posted 17 August 2012 - 09:31 AM
Still, I guess it would be reasonable to limit last day entries - 1 day wouldn't harm anyone...
BTW, I haven't seen much contests ended with vultures.
#7
Posted 04 September 2012 - 03:20 PM
I've had designs stolen just as much on sites where the contest goes into lockdown for the last few days - it makes very little difference.
#8
Posted 05 September 2012 - 06:24 AM
I even see many asking the contest holders to make the contest blind which I find disrespectful at times. " I have a concept pls make blind so I can show you".. or something to that matter.
Babba,
I see many here but they are now starting to diminish for some reason idk. They do pop up from time to time but not as often. It maybe because if they are spotted they are reported again idk.. lol
I just feel that those who had worked hard for the CH should be the one who gets the prize not the ones who sit back and tweak the design to what the ch wants and then uploads on the last hour.
#9
Posted 26 September 2012 - 06:06 AM
#10
Posted 27 September 2012 - 09:35 AM
#11
Posted 27 September 2012 - 03:56 PM
#12
Posted 28 September 2012 - 09:20 AM
1 - studies the "enemy" (other designers)
2 - give the people what they want (contest holders)
3 - be original
is a matter of following the rules
do not you agree?
#13
Posted 03 October 2012 - 05:57 PM
I've also had the situation where I've gotten some constructive criticism on a very unique design, and suddenly many designers ran with the CH's advice and ended up with designs VERY similar to mine. They did not win, but it was still very frustrating. I now refuse to participate in any contest unless it is blind.
#14
Posted 03 October 2012 - 08:28 PM
#15
Posted 04 October 2012 - 08:07 AM
1. If the brief is literary brief and have poor feedback from client during process;
2. The worst one - abusing of blind mode, in form of using clip-art, playing "sitting on a double chair" (if there are two similar business contest, some designers entering same design on both) or coping other designs outside DC.
#17
Posted 04 October 2012 - 10:36 AM
i remember i had some designer bigging me in private message to copy my concept in a contest that i won eventually..hehe. my idea was copied all over the contest..and there was many reported and removed designs, and this designer wants to win soooo bad he told me. plz i can win if i made this change to my design!!! what the****!!!! I didn't even answer that!
But i still see that is the public competition process is the most important to keep us designers outperform ourselves ..it's not all about the money. and when CH chooses that he do it in purpose. they wants best of the best.. It might doesn't really matter to them who DESERVE..as much as who DELIVER their expectations.
-last minutes entries limitation can be useless if the copy cat designers decided to participate in the contest from the very beginning with any design just to break that rule.
- i agree with babba about blind contest disadvantages..But it also prevent many cases of coping concepts & advices from CH to other designers. and yes it would be better if CH communicates better through brief & comments.
But going blind all the time wouldn't be the answer to the problem of most of you.. In real life you have to show the world your talent.. through ur portfolio, ur website....ETC. knowing that other ppl might be (inspired) by your work.. and you can't prevent it. but you can always beat all of that if you really are the best of what you do.
Edited by like an angel, 04 October 2012 - 10:38 AM.
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#19
Posted 04 October 2012 - 12:10 PM
we can't prevent copy cats before they do the actual copy.. but we try to limit them by giving infractions, ban sometimes to those who don't respect rules and other designers' work and effort.
all of us here Admins, Mods or Designers are trying to do all our best to stop these kind of ppl ruining the experience for us and make it honest competition.
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