Project of the Month, May 2k11 Options

[Harryb412]

\\\Project of the Month///
\\\May///

||| CLOSED |||

\\\Rules:
- Games from Long Demos and Complete Games can be nominated only.
- The full project title with a link to the original project thread is required to nominate.
- You cannot nominate your own project.
- You can nominate a project from Long Demos and a project from Complete Games, but only one from each.
- The maximum amount of nominees is 10, 5 from Long Demos and 5 from Complete Games.
- Previous winners can not be nominated.

\\\Schedule:
- From the 1st to the 10th of the month nominations will be taken in, if all slots are filled voting begins.
- From the 11th to the 24th of the month the votes will be taken in. [done via two seperate polls, one for Long Demos and one for Complete Games, allowing users one vote for each category]
- 25th to the 28th the winner from Long Demos will go against the winner from Complete Games.
- 29th to the end of the month, the winner is announced.

\\\Nominees:
\\Long Demos:
- Twilight Dance - Tsutanai
- Reincarnations - Krosk
- Beneath - St3rnb0rn

\\Complete Games:
- Spellbinder -OriginalWij

\\\Previous Winners:
-Twice Upon a Hero
-Vacant Sky
-Leo & Leah
-The World Is Made Of Paper

\\\Prizes:
- Userbars for runners up and nominees.
- Userbars for winners, along with an automatic entry to Project of the Year.
- A forumwide announcement for the winner.

This post has been edited by Harryb412: May 15 2011, 08:57 AM

[Sailerius]

Lowering the standards for PotM would just dilute the prestige of the award. I strongly disagree with projects under construction being permitted.

[X-M-O]

Lowering the standards for PotM would just dilute the prestige of the award. I strongly disagree with projects under construction being permitted.

I completely agree with this point.
Aside from the fact that the quality of games, prior to their actual demo release, will almost always be less than that of any demo or completed game; wouldn't even compare in most cases.
(This isn't to discourage those games being created, but rather to help show that they are simply not in a position to be compared to games that have been completed, or at least have a demo.)