Anyone have a good contest idea?

[william g]

Ok so the carnage video thing was a flop I'll take the blame on that.

So, what can we do to improve it, or a totaly new, and different idea for a contest?

Or what do you think would be a idea for this website to promote participation ?

We want to promote fun, and how can we help?

 

[soilwork]

How about a truck of the year contest. Take all the monthly ROM winners for the year and let people vote on what truck should be truck of the year.



How about a ugliest truck contest...that would be funny!

 

[Orange Pedeanaut]

Most unique?
Dirtiest truck?
Biggest air (with video or pictures)
Most realistic?

All sorts of things...

I like the biggest air, would be fun to get the mini Slash about 50 feet off the ground LOL

As for promoting, we need to hack into the superbowl commercials...

 

[HawnMT]

As far as picture contest I think we need a mud shot one.

For a long term contest it would be nice to have build thread contest, not a buildoff, but a contest that judges the best build thread. We don't have enough build threads.........and yes I'm guilty of not making them anymore too.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

The "truck of the year" contest sounds great but that's just a once a year thing plus the people entered in it are already participating with the website anyway.

How about the best paint job of the month for the painters out there ( no vinyl or stickers allowed except for the head/tail lights and grill). Maybe inspire people to pick up an airbrush or spray can again.

Maybe you could have a fastest stock RC video contest (no custom drag vehicles allowed) ... those types of contest always seem to draw a lot of attention and no one is likely to damage their ride in the process and everybody likes going fast except for the rock crawler guys :laugh Must be able to verify speed on video with no video editing ... must be captured in single shot.

Just some of my ideas

 

[JKRacing37]

Not a contest but I wouldn't mind seeing a tech tip of the month section. Maybe have people submit them and post 3-5 each month. That way you could (in theory) have a back log of tips to continue to post if submissions slow down.

I like the idea of a top speed contest. Maybe even some brackets like solid axle and independent suspension designs.

 

[Brian34]

I kind of agree with Tiddler on this. How about some sort of tech tip, that shows someone how to use a part or parts meant for one truck, on another and be successful with it.

Example: I retrofitted ESP Clodzilla cantilevers on to my Ground Pounder..

 

[william g]

Some of the ideas are great, keep them comming. :tmb

We do have a tips section, http://www.rcmt.biz/bd/forumdisplay.php?f=49 it's just not popular. If somebody would like, I could give them ''mod'' powers and they could copy paste a tip from the tips section to a sticky in general, or have a sticky in general and they could copy-move tips back to the tips area for storage and back and forth on slow periods. Ideas, yeah-neah on that?

 

[chvman]

Just a thought..

I think the reason the Tips section isn't that active is due to some of the questions raised that would use a tip are posted here in the General discussion area. Could be wrong but something I have noticed. As far as contest goes I'm liking the "The most realistic" idea. I think it would cool to see what everybody would come up with. We've all seen lights and want not but I remember somebody on the old board working a truck with a working sound system.