Win $150, have fun and help a great cause!

09/24/2006 08:15:04 AM · #1

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO A SMALLER NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, THE PRIZE POOL HAS BEEN REDUCED PROPORTIONALLY (SEE RULE 12 FOR NEW PRIZES). IF YOU ENTERED PRIOR TO THIS CHANGE, AND NO LONGER WISH TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE SEND ME A PM, AND I WILL REFUND YOUR ENTRY FEE IN FULL.

Want a chance to have fun while helping out a great cause? The 2nd MS Photo Tournament is under way. This is a single-elimination bracket tournament, in the style of the NCAA basketball tournament. This round, we expect approximately 32 participants. This time, the stakes are higher! There are bigger prizes (a total of $300)! To offset the fact that we're having higher prizes with a smaller entry pool (and, even more imprtantly, to raise even more money for this worthy cause), the entry fee for this tournament is $25.

As with the last tournament, the net proceeds (after prizes and PayPal fees) will be donated to the National MS Society as part of my fundraising for the MS Challenge Walk.

* Please go here to pay your entry fee and reserve your space in the tournament!

* If you do not wish to enter the tournament, but would like to make a donation anyway, you may donate directly using this page.

OFFICIAL RULES

1. This contest is not run by or associated with DPChallenge.com.

2. The entry fee for the tournament is $25 USD.

3. The tournament is open to the first sixty-four (64) entrants whose entry fees are received by the organizer. At the organizer's option, the tournament may be canceled if there are fewer than 64 entrants. In the event of cancellation, all entry fees will be refunded.

4. Once the seeds are announced, brackets are final and entry fees are non-refundable.

5. The group will be randomly divided into four groups of sixteen (16) participants each. Within each group, the participants will be ranked by the following statistics on their DPChallenge profile pages as of the date the bracket assignments are calculated:
* a. Average Vote Received, with ties broken by
* b. Number of Ribbons Received (excluding invitational challenges), with remaining ties broken by
* c. Number of Blue Ribbons Received (excluding invitational challenges), with remaining ties broken by
* d. Number of Red Ribbons Received (excluding invitational challenges), with remaining ties broken by
* e. Highest score received, with remaining ties broken by
* f. Coin toss

6. If the contest is run with less than 64 entrants, �byes� will be seeded randomly.

7. For the first round, the highest ranked entrant in each group will be paired (�seeded�) with the lowest ranked entrant in that group. The second highest entrant will be paired with the second lowest entrant, and so forth. The brackets will be organized so that the higher seeds in each pair are arranged in the same manner in each succeeding round (the winner of 1/16 plays the winner of 8/9, winner of 2/15 plays winner of 7/10, etc). The semifinal and final rounds will be seeded by comparing the statistics of the highest seeded entrants in each group.

8. The contest will consist of one round each week. Each entrant competes by entering either regularly scheduled �Exclusive Open� challenge on DPChallenge which begins Tuesday night at midnight, as indicated by the time listed on the DPChallenge.com web site. In each pair, the entrant with the highest score will be the winner of that round and will advance to the next round (or, in the final round, will win the tournament). Ties will be broken by
* a. Number of comments received during voting
* b. Votes of �10� as percentage of total votes received, followed by �9,� �8,� etc.
* c. Coin toss

9. If a participant does not enter a weekly challenge or that participant's entry is disqualified, during voting, that participant forfeits the tournament. In the event that two directly-competing entrants both forfeit, neither entrant will advance. A participant competing against a vacant slot is considered to have a �bye� and need not enter a photograph that week to advance. Entrants are solely responsible to submit their entries. Extensions will not be granted for any reason, including failure of the DPChallenge web site, or inability of any entrant or entrants to submit entries on a timely basis.

10. Due to the nature of the DPChallenge voting, winners of a round will not be known until the entries for the next round are due. Winners for each round will nonetheless be announced as soon as possible after DPChallenge voting is complete, but may be revised in the event of a DPChallenge disqualification up to one week after the results of the weekly challenge are posted.

11. The contest organizer may request that any entry by reviewed by DPChallenge for compliance with the DPChallenge rules, but DPChallenge is under no obligation to honor that request.

12. Prizes: One (1) grand prize of $150 USD will be paid to the overall winner of the tournament. One (1) first prize of $75 USD will be paid to the entrant eliminated in the final round. Two (2) second prizes of $37.50 USD each will be paid to the entrants eliminated in the semi-final round.If a forfeit or series of forfeits results in a vacancy at the semi-final or final round, that prize will not be awarded.

13. The tournament organizer may not enter or win.

14. All decisions of the tournament organizer are final.

GOOD LUCK IN THE TOURNAMENT!

~Terry

SIGNED UP SO FAR (32)

ace flyman

Alain

banmorn

Bear_Music

dahkota

dolphnz8

DrAchoo

glad2badad

jemison

jmsetzler

kari1

karmat

leaf

lentil

Loki

LucidLotus

metatate

nico_blue

scalvert

sfalice

sjcarter

snowflakejen

spydr

srdanz

suemack

timfythetoo

tinky2

TomFoolery

TooCool

ursula

yanko

Message edited by author 2006-10-11 23:32:26.

09/24/2006 08:22:32 AM · #2

whoo hoo - I'm in, first one I think !!!

LucidLotus

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

09/24/2006 08:24:52 AM · #3

When will this start?

09/24/2006 08:25:55 AM · #4

Originally posted by LucidLotus:

When will this start?

Terry can best answer - but the last one started once we had enough entrants

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR

09/24/2006 08:26:58 AM · #5

Originally posted by LucidLotus:

When will this start?

That depends on how quickly people sign up. If I have 64 entrants by this Tuesday night, I will start the tournament then. If not, I will wait until next Tuesday night's rollover.

~Terry

jmlelii

Nikon D850

09/24/2006 08:35:37 AM · #6

if I only had paypaal!

Sigma 18-250 f/3.5 - 6.3 DC OS HSM

09/24/2006 08:46:14 AM · #7

Originally posted by jmlelii:

if I only had paypaal!

If you don't have PayPal but have a debit/credit card you can still pay using my the payment page listed above. If that's still not an option and you would like to pay another way please PM me for details.

~Terry

Alain

Nikon D7100

09/24/2006 09:00:25 AM · #8

I'm in, payment done. :)

JeniY

Canon EOS-40D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

09/24/2006 09:04:18 AM · #9

yea!!! I'm in.

09/24/2006 12:17:25 PM · #10

*bump*

TooCool

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

09/24/2006 12:43:29 PM · #11

Sent ya a PM...

timfythetoo

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

09/24/2006 01:12:01 PM · #12

My mom was diagnosed with MS back in 1992. She visits this site quite often and will be pleased as punch to see this happening again. Oh yeah - I am in!

SJCarter

Canon EOS-7D

Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon

09/24/2006 01:42:58 PM · #13

I'm in... :-)

Jutilda

Canon EOS-7D

09/24/2006 01:43:26 PM · #14

My scores have sucked so much lately, I should just donate and forget it. ha ha ha ha ha

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

09/24/2006 02:10:52 PM · #15

I'm in, although everyone of these tournaments I've lost in the first round so whoever is matched against me has a bye week.

Message edited by author 2006-09-24 14:11:16.

banmorn

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

09/24/2006 02:42:58 PM · #16

Sent you a PM, Terry.

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

09/24/2006 03:18:33 PM · #17

Originally posted by banmorn:

Sent you a PM, Terry.

Got it, and you're in.

Thanks!

~Terry

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

09/24/2006 03:23:17 PM · #18

I'm in too... I hope I can motivate myself to do better than last time :)

Alain

Nikon D7100

Sigma 18-250 f/3.5 - 6.3 DC OS HSM

09/24/2006 07:16:26 PM · #19

*BUMP*

09/24/2006 08:33:37 PM · #20

come on - we need more to jump in for a good cause. Let's get this tourney going!

09/24/2006 10:38:20 PM · #21

**bump**

Plenty of spots are still available... this is a great opportunity to help a worthy cause and have some fun in the process!

~Terry