on the thread topic, I do see a lot of set contests & when I do, I tend to glance over them & tend to leave the contest section for something else, I don't even bother looking at the other contests, however I noticed that stupidgirlang posted in the request section in the one stop shop, cause lets face it, all sets, fics, & wallpaper contests are really a request, so that u can use it later on.
In fact I’m thinking about doing it myself, b/c I can't hold a set contest due to my lottery, 4 days out of a week just isn't enough time & I know that the rules state that I can't hold a set contest then close & move it to the graveyard, to hold my lottery & then open it again
And yes, I have seen people do this a lot & most of times, the mods don't catch it, because lets face it, they have RLs & are busy
there use to be a lot more games but it's more on the fact that the host have gone away or gotten to busy to host games, even I disappears for a few weeks due to real life probs, the contest section has changed, some for the better some for the worst & it's going to keep changing
as for cabbit suggestion I like having it separated for longer contests,
however there is no point in having a prefix b/c that's what we have the little description underneath the title for & people are going to lie to get people to read their thread, otherwise the majority of people will skip over the graphic and fic contests
i will reserve my comments on spammin b/c if i said them it would be off topic