Spotlight Entertainment Contest #3 - Enter to Win 10,000 SP for 2 Weeks!
Spotlight is an open-media network for steemians to participate in weekly contests to compete for a large Steem Power Delegation Prize! The post with the most "vote" comments by the end of 7 days will be put into a top-3 post where again, the winner will be selected by recieving the most vote comments. Your vote matters, use it wisely
Read the rules very carefully before crafting your submission, thank you.
How to Participate
The Contest has begun, Topic is Entertainment.
1. Resteem This Post
2. Create a New & Original Video Submission Longer Than 1 Minute.
Submission Ideas: Video Ideas: Sing, Play an instrument, Acapella, Rap, Beat box, Magic, Comedy, Performance, Dancing, Puppet Show, or create your own!
3. Start the Video by Saying: "Spotlight Entertainment Contest #3"
4. In the Title Please Put "Spotlight Entertainment Contest #3:" followed by the name of your post.
5. Upload Your Submission with #spotlight & #spotlight-entertainment, followed by other related tags.
6. Share your Link in the comments section of this post, Ask Friends and Followers to review your submission, and comment "vote" if it deserves to win!
7. Top 3 Most Voted Posts get a chance to win 10,000 Steem Power for 2 weeks
You have 7 Days! Please submit your entry before this post pays out to be included in the contest.
Our Rules:
- To promote fairness, a Steemian can not win the same contest twice in a row.
- As long as the entry you make is a genuine attempt to win the contest, there is no limit to the amount of entries you're allowed to submit in a single round.
- Work as a team or on your own.
(Rules subject to change.)
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Friendly Reminder: This is an opportunity to be seen by the community, be sure to put your best foot forward while reaching out to them.
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The Top 3 Submissions will be selected based on "vote" comments, but other factors may tip the balance in the event of a tie. If a nominated submission seems fabricated, or includes blatant misuse of the platform, you will be disqualified.
Please Post Your Submission Links in the Comments Below!
Contest Topic Cycle:
*Entertainment* - Writing - Art
Get Elevated with Spotlight
@spotlight thanks for this opportunity.
Here's my entry.
https://steemit.com/spotlight/@bob-elr/spotlight-entertainment-contest-3-comedy-give-your-pikin-better-name
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https://steemit.com/dtube/@easytyga/araikc8h thank for the opportunity this is my entry to the contest
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Post Script: This man has the best entry here. Good voice, excellent voice, Outstanding voice
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You got my vote and a resteem :)
Thanks @katesmith!
Great @katesmith
Dear Sir,
With much pleasure I present you with a blues piece.
https://steemit.com/spotlight-entertainment/@zhusatriani/spotlight-entertainment-contest-no-3-blues-improvisation
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Well done and for promoting steemians through this wonderful contest. Very much appreciated.
you guys are doing great
Dear Sir, I agree with the comments that if it is based on votes your contest may shun certain talents. Some of us like myself do not have a good following and hence may not get as much votes.
But nevertheless in the spirit of open and fair competition, you have my participation. Thank you for the opportunity.
Hi @zhusatriani, I understand it may seem difficult to gain votes, but this is your chance to get out and meet new people. We are working on a new voting system that should help people who aren't as focused around self-promotion -- launching Q1 2018.
Tq sir. I really appreciate your concern. But many of us are more interested in making sure we do a good delivery and presentation rather come in with our legion of supporters. It is possible for a bad gig to win if votes is the criteria.
You have already expressed that, and I've mentioned we're building another system. Is there a specific method that you'd prefer to see?
There shld be a percentage of vote to be taken into account. Say 30% of entire scoring system by votes. 70% to be decided by a panel of judges from different fields by their accredition. In that way your talent contest dont end up as a popularity contest. U may have one guy with 10000 supporters that will win your talent contest because he folds a paper aeroplane like a 3 yr old and he gets his votes.
While I can see that the panel of judges idea has some energy behind it, we are currently relying on a few principles pulled from the original STEEM whitepaper.
The Story of the Crab Bucket
As a non-partisan member we observe the rules are being met. If you believe the quality of the post is undeserving of the prize, then you're bringing it up with the wrong party. That said, we could look into implementing a comment 'downvote' option which could count as -1 to the participants score. Open to feedback.
Its the common opinion amongst Spotlight Team Members that if we move to a panel of judges we make this effort centralized and less accessible.
I'm sorry for any frustrations this might cause, but we intend to iterate on this system to continue our mission of empowering steemians, and the Steem Blockchain through Content Creation, Community Building and SEO Best Practices.
Thank you for the lengthy explanation. I accept that and i wish you a good journey ahead.
Thanks for your clarification but i think a weighting system of say 40-60 or even 30-70 each being the judges to votes ratio would go a long way in encouraging quality submissions. A participant who knows he has the numbers would then consider to do quality so that he doesn't lose out points in the quality assessment. And if he thinks his votes source can do all the work required, then he can drop any trash and work on his voters. I don't think a 40-60 ratio means full centralization.
When a contest becomes highly predictable, it becomes uninteresting and unattractive too.
@spotlight I hope I not late today.. So here's my entry, my first time ever entry. 😀
https://steemit.com/spotlight-entertainment/@christjan/spotlight-entertainment-contest-3-one-day-cover-by-me
Sorry @christjan your entry did not begin with "Spotlight Entertainment Contest #3"
What?.. But i did.. Please check it again sir 😩
Oh, what you mean is my video?
Yes in your video you must say "Spotlight Entertainment Contest #3"
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I really want to join but I'm so very very busy to my work... But I'll try my best to join. 😊
i hate to say this but the idea of selecting the winners by the vote amounts in their comment, totally sucks. there would be someone who would put a wonderful entry that can win, but he or she won't win because he or she wouldn't be able to collect enough votes to win. may be he or she didn't had many followers, may be he or she is not willing to send people money to get vote in his or her comment. how is this fair to judge the winners by the amount of vote??
Spotlight is working on some things around this. Good comment.
Hi @masummim50 I understand your concerns. We're working on a new voting system that people can decide to tip the balance for highly talented entries. In the meantime, the comment voting system is more secure than counting upvotes, as they can be very easily botted. Comment votes aren't perfect, but it's widely agreed to be the most unbiased system available to us right now.
so you will let anyone win with a stupid video who gets to manage 200 or more vote comment is his comment?
@masummim50 The contest acts as a weekly bursary. If you fulfill all the criteria and win the final vote, you will win the prize. We aren't going to step in and tell hundreds of people that their favorite entry is less than exceptional.
That said, if you feel like the entries aren't up to par, then you can raise the bar by making an entry of your own. In the meantime we're working on a 2-tiered voting system which should help give more control to the audience/voters.