BPOM Winner

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Originally Posted by cagecrafters

04' Ian Gniazdowski Pastel Jungle Male. I bought the animal from Ian in July, he was 64 grams, and now hes right around 300 grams.

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Did anyone see the banded pastels Ian did....spectacular animals. Definetly my next snake.

Cagecrafters, this isn't to you personally, but the admin council feels that participation should be rewarded and encouraged by limiting the contests to those who actually participate in the site. We're not looking for record-setting post counts or anything remotely like that, but it doesn't seem fair for people to participate only by entering and sometimes winning the contests either. More information should be available by the next contest.

So what your saying basically, is people that dont have the time to sit in front of the computer and post on the forums more then once or twice a week or maybe less should not have the right to win a photo contest? I am not quite sure I understand this.... People that are active users of the forum should have more right to participate in a photo contest then people that arent able to sit at the computer quite as often? What does that have to do with a photo contest? Isnt that kind of like saying people that only play the lottery when the pot is very high shouldnt have the right to play or god forbid, win?

I only registered a short while ago, so if me winning is a problem, I wont post anymore of my ball python pics. Limiting the contest to those who accually participate in the site is a bit harsh of a statement IMO. Last I checked , submiting a pic was participating. Oh well. Enuff said.

Again, to those that voted for my pic, Thank you very much. I am very proud of all of my ball pythons and take great pride in them. Thanks and be safe.

Sam Craver
Cage Crafters

I know you haven't been a member long, and I am not trying to take anything away from you. We have had "members" before whose only participation was to enter contests, and sometimes they would enter and win multiple months but never even post so much as an introduction or a thread with photos of their animals. I am not sure what the required participation level is going to be, but I wouldn't be surprised if an *average* of once a week or 4 times a month was considered. You are welcome here at this site, and we'd love to see you participate in the community here. If you do, you might just find it's a pretty cool one.

I'm sure if he had 5 minutes to defend himself,
he had 5 minutes to post on the caging thread.
I'm sure he can help loads there.

basically its just that its not for people who register, then only do the photocontest every month? right?

i dont think they should be able to win anyways

but how do you know if someone joins like, 2 days before one starts, and enters? or are you going to have it so you have to have posted like, a certain amount before entering


this reminds me, i need to take more pictures of my babies

RG, when the rules change, we will have a thorough explanation up and answer any reasonable question. For now, let's just avoid further speculation and uncertainty, ok?

alrighty, i was just wondering

im off for the night though, having a bad night, so i need to go out.


talk to you all tommorrow

Thanks. I'm not prepared to answer all this because it really hasn't been completely hammered out detail-wise.

I personally don't agree with putting restrictions on the photo contest. A photo contest should be a photo contest. A more active member of the forums is more likely to receive favouritism from the voters, and that is more than enough to compensate for any lack of activity in my opinion. Different people can contribute to the site in different ways. If everyone contributed in the exact same way the site would be very redundant with a very narrow focus.

Congratulations on winning the contest Cagecrafters, that is one gorgeous pastel and should produce some really nice babies for you.