2006-02-08 [moira hawthorne]: but the rules say... Please put forth your best effort and the best quality, i.e. no drawings on lined notebook paper. Any such entry will be removed. Also, scan your images if at all possible. ... and if line paper or showing the background of the table in the photo are considered reasons for the art to be removed.. than showing the ring binder, which is also not part of the art... therefore is 'background' is not puting your best effort... I just think the same rules should be applied to everyonme... it should be fair... if one person art get removed for a rule than all the art that displays the same problem should be removed...

2006-02-08 [Sunrose]: I did not talk about background, now did I? I talked about the quality of the image, whether you can actually see the image or not. That was why the rule was made and I think [Dragonartist] meets the requirements and [Angelic nightmares] does not. Whether you agree to it or not.

2006-02-08 [Elisha Kelly]: hey this is supposed to be a valentines contest... share the love people *pounces on [Sunrose] Group hug!*

2006-02-08 [Matevus]: I think cupid must have killed someone else XD

2006-02-08 [Sunrose]: *is pounced upon* xD

2006-02-08 [eyes of frost]: Cupid? Murder? I don't want to know. Lol

2006-02-08 [Iseld]: doesn't something like this happen every time? why must we fuss so much over this? it's a fun competition...there aren't any real prizes, just fun little badges for your house. why are we complicating this with silly little arguments blown out of proportion?

2006-02-08 [Elisha Kelly]: oh so true... join the group hug :D

2006-02-08 [Iseld]: lol, i distinctly remembering something like this happening in the christmas photograph comp

2006-02-08 [eyes of frost]: ...? -Looks at the group hugging-

2006-02-08 [Elisha Kelly]: EVRYONE group hug... drags [eyes of frost] into the hug

2006-02-08 [Iseld]: why? you jealous? wanna hug frost? lol

2006-02-08 [Sunrose]: The problem is we don't want to just give away badges for free (because everyone should put equal effort in and because we don't want to spend our free time badging someone who didn't earn it), so that is why entries are being removed: we have to draw lines somewhere. But official contests are also great ways for new members to get involved and so, as I said before, these contests shouldn't be turned into some kind of battlefield making it a sport getting entries removed. That is what mostly was annoying me..

2006-02-08 [eyes of frost]: Ack! *Ish dragged and then melts* Awww....no not jealous just...curious...

2006-02-08 [Elisha Kelly]: *squeee... Squishy hug! SQueeeze!*

2006-02-08 [eyes of frost]: ....Awww.....*tries to get away to go back to drawing her cupid*

2006-02-08 [Iseld]: i know, i understand having to remove things and rules are necessary...lol, i'm mostly teasing about people arguing over them like it's the oscar going to pewee herman for best new musician.

2006-02-08 [Matevus]: Wait a minute! the winner DOESN'T get and award ceremony?!

2006-02-08 [eyes of frost]: Lmao. Anywho....have a question: Why does everyone picture cupid in a diaper?

2006-02-08 [Matevus]: mines actually a cloth covering his cupids arrow

2006-02-08 [eyes of frost]: Lol. Well I was just wondering. It seems like even the little sticker's you get for the windows have cupid in a diaper...