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All things you say still doesn't exclude the fact that you can have one entry a week for a chance to win one category. It doesn't make a competition more complex, if you win Ansel you are excluded from all other cats. Be it that you enter one yourself or that you enter all cats but only get picked for one. I do not get that someone would have a problem with having 6 different winners each week, as it is fair in a friendly competition. There is no flamming discussion from my side, I just want is most fun for all and not what is most beneficial for one. People might call it millenial thinking and maybe it is. But again answer a simple question: would you spent as much time and effort on entering if there was no cash price? if there was just the participation aspect and the community aspect? If the answer is yes then you should not have any problems with the chance of winning one category per week but if the answer is no I come back to what I said earlier and will tell you you are entering this competition for the wrong reasons in my opinion. But as you said WC has to decide, but judging by the posts most people just want a fair and fun competition that isn't farmed because of the cash prices.

Come to think of it Jat, I wouldn't mind a bit more variety in the winner selection while still weighting your decisions for overall quality. I notice you guys already make your selections based on what game features you're promoting any given week. This would be along the same lines because it would presumably build community participation in the event. But I don't think there should be any rules like "you can only win once." That just heads too far into 'participation trophy' levels of silliness for my taste. Good luck balancing that! As long as the contests benefit Studio Wildcard and build community, which I'm given to understand are their primary purposes, I'm happy with any rules changes. These contests aren't here to serve as charity funds for up and comers or as a regular income for well-qualified entrants. Although it's definitely nice when I do win, which has happened twice, my intention for entering contests is to spread awareness about my Youtube channel, and I'm happy when people watch my vids and are inspired enough by the content to subscribe. Don't need a contest win to pull that off. If there's anyone here trying to win so you can make money, I think you'd be a lot happier and make a lot more if you were to put your time and creative energy toward something that paid better. Not sure if anyone here fits that description. I don't really pay enough attention to know that and don't really want people telling me if they think anyone here does. I'm just sayin that if its money you want, there's better ways to get it.

Congratulations to everyone, amazing work! @kortniechan The ARK Video contest is by design pretty open and freeform, intended to show off the most creative content entered outside of straight builds. While I really do understand what you are saying, I have to say that I think that the winning entry falls pretty firmly into the "creative" category. I hope you don't take any offense to that point of view. Now as far as the contest rules are concerned, I don't think they need a huge overhaul. I don't enter every week, and when I do I have had a pretty mixed bag of successes and not placing. I have never felt that the contest was skewed in any way, though obviously the more you enter the more chances you have to win. (as long as you put some of yourself into each entry). Some folks do try and "farm" the contest, I suppose that's to be expected when a generous cash prize is involved, but usually those attempts are fairly obvious to spot and I don't think are a significant problem. Nor do I have a problem with how ties are handled, especially if circumstances have postponed the contest by a week. WC doesn't have to shell out extra prizes in that situation, but they often do. I do feel that a restriction to 1 video per category wouldn't be a bad thing, but if a person wants to (and has the entries to do so) they should be able to freely enter as many DIFFERENT contests as they like. This would avoid folks flooding a particular contest with their backlog of videos simply for the exposure. I fully understand the temptation, but it is really something that in my opinion should be avoided. That being said, I believe that the current emphasis in all contest categories on creativity trumping sheer size or fancy mods allows these contests to function as intended. I rely heavily on mods, and have zero issue if a small vanilla build wins by being more clever (or beautiful) than mine. By the same token, sometimes creative use of or blending of mods can be an art form all in itself. I also feel it "might" not be out of line to stipulate that a particular video or piece of art should only be entered into ANY of the contests only once, but that would require someone to keep accurate record of all of the entries, and that might be a bit problematic. Winning entries at the very least should be restricted from resubmission, but I don't think we've ever had a problem with that before anyway. More often than not something gets entered two weeks in a row because someone wasn't sure if they got their entry submitted in time. I know that we do have a section of the forums devoted to featured art/videos, but a permanent section devoted to contest winning entries (organized by contest and date) might be a nice touch. Something that new players can find and browse through easily. Or perhaps even just an easy to find archive with all of the Crunches grouped together in an organized fashion might be easier. And finally, I don't think anyone would object if more contests or "places" (1st, 2nd, 3rd) were introduced... but in saying this I also realize that doing so might be more complicated that it first appears... and in no way do I want to give the impression that these contests in their current form are not appreciated or fall short in any way. We all know you don't have to do this, and that it doesn't "just happen" every week. All of your hard work in judging and organizing the Crunch is greatly appreciated by the community. That goes for the people participating as well as those that simply love viewing the entries.

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