NOVEMBER SCAVENGER HUNT!! PLEASE READ BEFORE PARTICIPATING!!

[Tiggergirl0325]

to the November Scavenger Hunt!! Here is all you'll need to know to participate. I know it's a lot of info, but please bear with me. I want to make sure everyone gets all the information from the very beginning so there's no confusion later. Please read all the information before participating.

ELIGIBILITY

We will be limiting participation to established members. For the purposes of our contests, this means members who have been registered for 30 days and have at least 50 posts. Promotion to the eligible group is automatic, but not immediate. The board will assess members several times a day and promote anyone who meets the requirements to the eligible group at that time. So, anyone registered as of October 30th should be able to reach eligibility requirements in time to participate. If you feel you have been registered for 30 days and have at least 50 posts but can't post in the Scavenger Hunt forum, PM a moderator or administrator and we will address the problem ASAP--please remember to allow at least 12 hours for the board to assess your eligibilty and promote your account.

HOW TO ENTER

To enter, simply start a thread (you can title it whatever you want--"My Scavenger Hunt", "Lisa's Entries", etc) in the Scavenger Hunt Entries Forum. This will be the thread you will post ALL OF YOUR ENTRIES. Please start ONLY ONE THREAD--only one entry thread will be counted per member. Any further threads will be deleted without opening.

Please make a new reply (not a new thread, just new reply to your entry thread) each time you come to post your entries. This will ensure an accurate record of the time of each entry. If you have multiple entries to post at one time, that is fine. But if you come back later in that day or on a different day to add more entries, make a new reply in your entry thread. Time of entry will only come into play in case of a tiebreaker or duplicate entries.

The Scavenger Hunt forum is set up so that you will only be able to see your entry thread. This ensures no copying and keeps all entries in one area for easy judging. So, if you're seeing only one thread, it's not because you're the only one playing. Only yourself and the contest judges will be able to see and reply to your thread.

HOW IT WILL WORK
The entries will either be an object to take a picture of, a question to answer, or a clue whose answer you then take a picture of. (An example of the last instance would be: "A picture of the two objects involved with arachibutyrophobia" and the pictures would be of peanut butter and the roof of your mouth. )

FOR PICTURES:

• All pictures, unless otherwise indicated, must be original pictures taken by the member, or including the member, for the contest.
• To ensure you have personally taken the picture, each picture must include a peice of paper with your screenname and "My Little Bean Scavenger Hunt" written or printed on it. Any picture without this paper in the frame (unless otherwise indicated in the clue) will not be counted toward your point total.
• NO PHOTOSHOPPING! Anyone found to be doing so in any way will be disqualified from the contest.
• Each photo can only be submitted for one entry. For example: If we have the clues: "A cat", "A science fiction character", and "a rug", and you just happen to see a cat dressed like Yoda laying on a rug, you can only use it for ONE of the above clues.
• Again, these should be YOUR pictures. Unless specifically asked for in the clue, do not submit pictures found on the internet. Pictures of pictures do not count unless the clue asks specifically for "a picture of ___________".

FOR NON-PICTURE CLUES:

Include a link to support your answer. If no link is needed, the clue will say "No link needed".


OTHER RULES & GUIDELINES

• Judging will be point based. The person with the most points as of November 30th at midnight (EST) is the winner. 2nd and 3rd place will also be awarded. IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE EASTERN TIME ZONE, PLEASE TAKE TIME DIFFERENCE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN GETTING YOUR ENTRIES IN.
• Clues and questions will be posted in four weekly sections. The first three will be posted on a Thursday (Nov 1st, 8th, 15th), with the last section being posted on Wednesday, Nov. 21st due to Thanksgiving. You do not need to submit entries in any sort of order. You can choose to do them as they're posted, or complete several sections at once. You can do week 3's entries before week 1's, etc. Timing of entries will only come into play in case of a tie.
• At some point during the first week, we will post a bonus section. These will harder questions and/or more obscure objects. You may only submit a maximum of THREE clues/pictures from the bonus section. If more than three are submitted, only the first three will be counted.
• Each object/question will have a point value listed. When posting an entry, please include the section it is from (week 1,2,3,4 or Bonus), the original clue/question, along with the point value. Points will not be given if these three peices of information aren't included.
• Throughout the month, the non-participating staff members will be checking and verifying entries. If the entries meet all the requirements, we will put APPROVED or NOT APPROVED (with a reason given) in the title area of the reply, or, in the case of the first entry, at the bottom of the post. Please be patient. We will get through the entries in as timely a manner as we can. All staff decisions are final. If an entry is not approved, you can correct the problem and resubmit once. PM a staff member once the correction is made and we will re-assess the entry. We will only reassess each entry once.
• Keep track of which clues/pictures you've completed. In case of a duplicate, only the first entry will be counted.

MOST OF ALL HAVE FUN!!!!

[Gabeslilmama]

Where is the Scavanger Hunt forum located?

[Tiggergirl0325]

Whoops! I forgot to switch it on last night. Thanks! Can you see it now? It's a subforum of this forum, so it should show up top above the contest threads.

[Gabeslilmama]

Yep, I see it.

[Tiggergirl0325]

[sock_monkey]

How do I post pictures? I can't figure it out.

[Gabeslilmama]

Originally Posted by sock_monkey

How do I post pictures? I can't figure it out.

You need to upload them to a hosting website such as photobucket.com, once they are uploaded you copy the [IMG] link and paste into your message/post. HTH!!

[charisma]

Who won!!??

[pixiechic]

I think it will be a few days - we'll have to tally everything.

[charisma]

Bummer!