Hey no worries! Glad to hear you're doing okay.

Glad to see you again! I'm always ready for contest :)

Welcome back !

I'm always open for contests when life gives me enough time haha.

Welcome back! I think one of the issues was that some of the prizes were lackluster or the items chosen for the competition were too difficult to work with. Maybe if future competitions could have multiple choice, a general theming or more versatile selections, I think more people would be willing to participate. As for the prizes: I think anything less than 100 CSC is going to inpire participation (so anything under 7-8m sP) as most can just buy the thing at that rate, though there are exceptions like "cheaper" (3-6m) monthly items, expensive plushes, etc. That said, you shouldn't have to break the bank to get people to participate.

Welcome back! Hopefully you will be all settled into your new job soon and, everything will be second nature to you! I’ve been MIA from the group for quite a while now. Life JJ as thrown me some curve balls and, was really overwhelming!! Things have gotten better, still not 100% though. I would love to see our games and, contests back up and running. When ever you are feeling like you are up to it. Life in the real world always takes priority!!

Welcome back ! It's so good to see you back again!. I wish you the very best in your new job!

I'm down for contests. My only suggestion will be to make the contest more versatile. Just choosing an item to work around can get a little tiring. Widening the scope, I personally find these themes more interesting: -using only a certain color, -a letter starting with ..., -work with a partner to create something (maybe opposite of something), -the first item that comes up on each category in the wardrobe, -items found in a certain store/location, -a time period, -we can duplicate a look -a favorite character/book/TV show, -of course anything seasonal - with a more focused theme than just creating a Christmas look. For example, in fall, we can create a rainy day. Things we can find in Santa's gift sack. For Halloween, we can do a graveyard or whatever. It doesn't always have to be based on an item an avatar can wear. We can create a scene. (I personally find those more interesting).

Anyway, these are a few of my ideas. Whatever you decide, I'm game and happy to see you back. :D I don't join the contest for the prizes. I do it because I find it interesting to use my imagination to create something. So I don't think you should worry about the prizes so much. They aren't important.

I'd be happy to participate with smaller incentives, honestly I just enjoy the prompts and friendly competition.

We could potentially try to pool together a fund specifically for said prizes! I wouldn't mind contributing.

We could also try to come to an agreement as to what potential prizes for a contest could be. for example:

-Random wishlist item(s) of a minimum value, say 1-5m starting out? -SubQ Invites -Wizard Tokens -Mage Amulets

If theres anything I can specifically help contribute, please feel free to let me know. You're always welcome to DM me :)

Despite that being my suggestion, it's not the prizes that held me back but the items chosen; I just couldn't get inspired with a lot of the prompts or there wasn't enough time after my day. As for hosting, I'd love to host one sometime! I think that would be a cute idea to rotate judges to keep things fresh.

Since I like scenery, I wouldn't mind hosting something to do with autumn.

Count me in!

Sure. I'll try to put something together probably on Friday or Saturday the latest. ^_^

I was talking about challenges in general. I'm sorry, didn't understand at first, shame on me OTL. Btw, I was thinking about prize items. I can buy some nice items and donate for the group, but I'll need some time, few months maybe to buy them.