Alright! I’m looking forward to seeing what people come up with this year! I may or may not enter. I haven’t been able to finish my builds in the past. We’ll see!
As far as i know i am in but i only have ideas thus far.
Whats going on with the mentors? Can we help people if we are also enteted into the comp? It would be awesome to see new people join in. Maybe offering assistants will encourage entries?
Unfortunately it pains me to say that dnf is not entering this year. Unfortunately I have made personal plans for most of this period.
I thanks the sponsors for their continued support and we should all be supporting them when we can. the has again gone out of his way to make this happen on behalf of Old Lumens, thanks also.
And to the entrants, all the best. I’m looking forward to what you bring to the table. Its the most excited this old Moose gets these days watching the creations evolve you all build.
Yeah, if I can think of something that would be somewhat unique and special, and be possible for me to finish on time, I might still enter. I love these contests and I feel bad that fewer members are entering each year. I don’t really want to be one of the drop-outs. But, if I can’t make a finished light anyway, then I don’t want to kid myself. :weary:
I too am sorry we won’t see a dnf creation in the contest this year. :cry:
I have been lurking every so often for the past half year or so. Too many things on my plate, but I need a fun break every so often. Sadly, I have not even modded a light this year so far, though the ones I have do get used, including last years contest entry. I have an idea for a hand build but it may be too grandioise a dream for available time… It doesn’t even have any wood dreamed into it yet. We’ll have to brainstorm harder and then get a start. So I am a likely to enter guy at this point. Heaven knows there are probably enough odds ‘n’ ends around here to do something.
Yeah. I feel pretty bad about this but I’m heading OS on LSL with my 81 year old father, wife and daughter. When we get back I’m heading to Alice Springs for a week.
I Thank “The” in advance and I think he really captures the Ol Curmudgeons Spirit.
With that said I assumed (yes I know that does not mean “true”) that one of the underlying assumptions/goals is to have the greatest number of persons/lights entered completed efforts. My specific point is that contest entries should only be allowed once (but when an entry is not completed on time) it seems to me that with the exception of “time range” upon adhering to the balance of rules that person should have the option to enter once officially.
To put it differently I find it unfair to (via the rules) negate all the hard work that was done for a prior contest entry (when that Light was not completed i.e. “not officially evaluated as part of the contest”) to be eliminated as an option for the next (or other proceeding years).
Bottom line it is a lot of time and expense and upon complying with the rules of the contest (as noted except the time frame) it should be fair for each light and “entrant” to have its/their day.
If I understand what you mean, you believe or propose that any previous years project that was not completed by that contest years deadline should be allowed to be entered in this years contest. Sort of like dropping out of the Boston Marathon in 2017 and then being allowed to enter the 2018 marathon at the position you stopped in 2017?
Is there a thread where I can see past winners, like a Trophy Thread ?
I may not enter this yr because I was unaware this existed and thus am ill prepared with no reflector in hand.
But I may still try.