Comments on: Pigs on the Wing Animal Piloted Cave Racers contest [w00t!]

By: Chris Doyle

Chris Doyle — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:45:06 +0000

Louise:
It’ll be interesting to see if the stricter rules do change the makeup of the entry grid any. Perhaps the higher-profile theme will attract a larger AFOL turnout, too.

Yeah, some of the youngin’s do whine, but I think it’s still positive to see all ages involved with these contests. After all, most of us AFOLs started out as FOLs, after all…

By: Louise

Louise — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:34:37 +0000

I’ve observed the Reasonably Clever contests for a while, and a lot of entrants have been kids who submit very blurry photos of random BOLOCS (literal and metaphorical!) and moan when the only decent ones (usually AFOL submissions) win.

Inevitably the kids over at Reasonably Clever are already moaning about the strict rules on this one, which suggests fewer of them will end up entering.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:57:59 +0000

Nannan, I think you’re right about the monkeys. But I’m sure there will be much higher creativity points for certain other types of pilots. Also the fact that you can’t attach the pilots by their legs may dissuade people from using monkeys.

By: Nannan

Nannan — Sat, 17 May 2008 08:14:34 +0000

I figured there ought to be a cave racer contest, but the animals theme came by surprise, somehow I’ll be expecting a lot of monkey pilots.

By: Gambort

Gambort — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:36:47 +0000

I’d be a big fat hypocrite if I didn’t.

By: Jedimasterwagner

Jedimasterwagner — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:52:59 +0000

wow, so many good ideas come to mind! thanks for allowing virtual entries.

By: Gambort

Gambort — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:13:32 +0000

Thanks for that. I was going to blog it this afternoon but now I can be lazy.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:11:57 +0000

I am so going to enter this!