He said he'd post more if interest was shown. Can't really jump on him like that.
Do you not see the chicken and egg problem with this statement?
You're saying that he needs higher interest levels in his comp before he states the rules. But if you knew the drift community at all, you would know that his comp will get little to no interest until he posts the rules....
I've never seen you around the drift forums before, nor have I ever seen you enter in or participate in any of the comps or open lobbies run through GTP. Because of this, I can only assume you are someone who doesn't frequent the drift forums very often.
If you did frequent these forums on a regular basis, then you would know that new comps that have very little information about the rules and regs of said comp, get very little interest from the community. If you reread my post, you will clearly see that I did not tell
skillzinsane what rules to adopt for his comp. Rather, I simply stated that he should clarify what the rules will be, if he wants to generate any interest for his comp. I then told him to look at a few of the other successful comps for ideas and/or inspiration.
Well now it sounds like every other generic drift series. Which is what I'd imagine is what twitcher was looking for but (no offence intended twitcher) then it's not much different that could give it that special edge in gathering participants. I really liked the categories idea, very much actually. Would be fun to fight for a top position in a tier or category.
No offense taken, but don't presume to know what I want
I've been a regular on the drift forums for about a year and a half now. In that time, I, along with all the other regulars, have seen dozens upon dozens of competition OPs (exactly like this one) created. Of those dozens upon dozens, only a small fraction turn into an actual comp....and here's the kicker....of that small fraction of comp OPs that become actual comps, only one, (ONE!!!!) comp has made it through an entire season. Think about that. In a year and a half, ONE comp series has managed to pull off a complete season. I'm not bringing this up to take shots at the people who run some of the other comp series that haven't made it through a whole season. I bring this up as an indication of just how much of work is involved in running a drift comp series (especially one with videos!!), and how much of a time commitment it is. Go as
Spank, LV, or
Caramel just how "easy" it is to run a successful comp.
What I
want, is to see every comp that gets started on GTP to be successful. In my opinion, the definition of a successful comp is one that is run smoothly, executed in a timely fashion, and most importantly, establishes a fair and level playing field for all competitors. I
want to see this comp work. That said, with the current lack of attention to detail in the OP (not to mention some of the rules that have since been applied), I highly doubt this will go anywhere. No offense
skillzinsane, that's just my opinion.
And just out of curiosity
Downhill Dino, how exactly would
YOU run a drift comp so that is isn't "just another generic GTP drift comp"? You're not the first person to pop into the drift forums and claim that all the comps here are "generic" or "boring"...yet no one ever seems to come up with workable ideas to make things different. The successful comps are run the way they are because after literally years of trial and error, we have found that the current "generic" format is what works within the limitations of the game.