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Forums > HoP Competitions & Announcements - COL videos etc > Why Spin? - another competition!
Login/Join to ParticipateSitting down facing forward . . .
2,387 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
So first of all you'll have noticed we changed the title of this area from Circles of Light to the more generic HoP Competitions. Hopefully this won't cause too much confusion!
And even though we haven't put up the Calendar Photo Competition entry page we have decided to also have ANOTHER competition.
Announcing the "Why Spin?" Competition: https://www.homeofpoi.com/competition/why_spin.php
So now everyone has something to do on those rainy days/nights when you can't spin!
Good luck and have fun!
Oh, and we WILL get the entry portals for all these competitions up in the near future. We've just been tied up taking a bit longer than expected with things (like the new premises move).
George
Written by: Doc Lightning talking about Marmite in Kichi's Intro thread
I have several large jars of the stuff. I actually like it... a little. And don't tell anyone I admitted to it. 
Do you do the poiz?
530 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Sounds good!
Might put some thought in to this one and hopefully get some sort of entry in
"In the end there is only fire and a waterfall"
6,650 posts
100% UGC - you guys are hillarious
but you definately put bait out!
the best smiles are the ones you lead to 
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
CoolQuick question... <6mb is quite diddy for a video (of any length/quality), do you have a preferred resolution?
Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude
248 posts
Location: germany
yuk yuk
finished the script yesterday at night! can't wait to start shooting for this competition
HOP librarian
1,841 posts
Location: Prague, Czech. Republic
Something like:
https://www.chh.org/SiteData/images/highest_quality.jpeg
But together holding staff of Poi.
lightning,
:R
POI THEO(R)IST
Sitting down facing forward . . .
2,387 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Hi all,
Please accept our apologies for the huge delay in getting this up and running, but now, the competitions entry portal is up and running.
The way it works is that once the voting date is reached, voting will be automatically enabled. You can vote for every single entry you like if you want - there is no restriction on the number of votes you can cast - except you can only vote once for each entry you like.
People who are late, or join after the voting starts, will still be able to enter right up until the voting closes - they just won't have as long for their entry to be exposed to receive votes as those who enter before voting starts.
Check it out at the "Competitions" tab, or
go here.
There's already one pretty good entry, so we are waiting with anticipation for some really inventive ideas to appear! So now, over to you!
Written by: Doc Lightning talking about Marmite in Kichi's Intro thread
I have several large jars of the stuff. I actually like it... a little. And don't tell anyone I admitted to it.
with added berries
1,365 posts
Location: Manchester, England (UK)
I have a question, how many entries can you make? Could you for instance, make one entry into each category?
Can you make multiple entries into the same category?
Thanks!
Live like there is no tomorrow,
dance like nobody is watching
and hula hoop like wiggling will save the world.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Location: CA
Its been QUITE some time since I last visited HOP... I had entered and made it onto COL 4 which brought me back to the website today. While browsing to find info on the new COL, I discovered the Why Spin photo competitions. I am very interested in entering them, however I'm perplexed by the fact that you sign all rights of the photo over to HOP?? Why do the photos need to become property of HOP.. rather than being released just for each contest's use?
I was eager to submit some of my personal favorite snaps over the past years, but am reluctant to do away with any rights management for my photos.
Sitting down facing forward . . .
2,387 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Prickly, the limit is 3 entries per competition so answer to your question is "yes!"
SAPO, the reason we put that is we want to use the photo's for ... stuff - the calendar of course, and probably some screen savers, wallpaper etc etc for free downloads. We would rather not have to beg each time we want to do that (although we would try to let the submitter know and credit them of course). Any use that would result in making money from them we would ask first.
Does that make sense?
cheers
George
Written by: Doc Lightning talking about Marmite in Kichi's Intro thread
I have several large jars of the stuff. I actually like it... a little. And don't tell anyone I admitted to it.
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Similar question to the calendar comp;
what's the standing on non-poi/staff such as juggling and hooping etc?
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Sitting down facing forward . . .
2,387 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
same answer!
Written by: Doc Lightning talking about Marmite in Kichi's Intro thread
I have several large jars of the stuff. I actually like it... a little. And don't tell anyone I admitted to it.
with added berries
1,365 posts
Location: Manchester, England (UK)
Ok, just found the actual entry rules, (which pop up when you click enter if anyones wondering). On it, it says that you're only allowed one entry per category per person.
Just thought I'd clear that up!
As I don't have a digital camara or any software to create animation, I guess that kind of limits which ones I can enter, so I'll have to see what I can do!
Live like there is no tomorrow,
dance like nobody is watching
and hula hoop like wiggling will save the world.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Been having a look at the entries that are up and been wondering:
What actually are you after with the idea of "why spin?"?
To me the idea is that it's supposed to encompass reasons why people spin, and therefore why other people should take it up. The comic entries are doing this, but to me the other entries seem to be just fire photos and fire videos.
Just wondering what you're after since me and my flatmate are planning entries.
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Sitting down facing forward . . .
2,387 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
You've got what we had in mind for those categories Rouge. We will no doubt have a discussion about what to do with those entries which don't really show that.
Written by: Doc Lightning talking about Marmite in Kichi's Intro thread
I have several large jars of the stuff. I actually like it... a little. And don't tell anyone I admitted to it.
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Just wondering if you are going to do the same thing with the "why spin" competition as you did with the calendar comp.
I haven't entered this one (ran out of time...bloody uni!) but in going to vote, I'm sick of wading through entires which don't fit the criteria and I don't think it's fair on the people who did the right thing that people are going to get bored (like me) and therefore miss out on seeing their effort.
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Sitting down facing forward . . .
2,387 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Done.
I have deleted all the entries that didn't have captions in the spirit of the category. There were some really nice entries in there which I hope get resubmitted with a suitable caption.
We ARE considering a more regular competition for people to enter "regular" photo's.
Thanks for all the feedback. And if anyone feels "unfairly deleted" let me know and resubmit.
George
Written by: Doc Lightning talking about Marmite in Kichi's Intro thread
I have several large jars of the stuff. I actually like it... a little. And don't tell anyone I admitted to it.
Member
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Location: Amersfoort, utrecht, Netherlands
I just read this, I figuered my entry got deleted because it had no text in it (just a plain photo) so i resubmitted withg another image, and text!
but reading this now... damn I could have also just edited the caption. haha
and ps. you can twirl/spin with firefans!
"I believe that the moment is near when by a procedure of active paranoiacthought, it will be possible to systematize confusion and contribute to thetotal discrediting of the world of reality." - <i>Salvador Dali</i>
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Location: Netherlands
Have the winners been announced already? Or am I looking in the wrong place?
Winners have been announced..... Congrates to everyone who entered
Member
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Location: Netherlands
Where are they announced? Friend of mine is no 1 in one of the categories, she hasn't heard anything so she's scared of being sure
:) Click Competitions and scroll to the catagory. They are listed in order of winners.
Member
9 posts
Location: Netherlands
GREAT! she won then (Monooki) I'll let her know, she hasn't heard from them, hope she will soon
Awesome congrates
stranger
18 posts
Location: Netherlands
:o
Speechless!
Sitting down facing forward . . .
2,387 posts
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
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... she hasn't heard from them, hope she will soon
ummm yeah - I've been a tad busy sorry folks!
I'll be updating the winners accounts with $$ and sending PM's as soon as possible - hopefully tomorrow.George
Written by: Doc Lightning talking about Marmite in Kichi's Intro thread
I have several large jars of the stuff. I actually like it... a little. And don't tell anyone I admitted to it.
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