Here's The Thing

If you hadn't noticed, h3lx posted in the forum recently. He made this observation:

/PS contest have really fallen off to the wayside as of late, whats up wit dat?

//use to be a good contest three to five times a week, now we're lucky to get a good one in a month... photoshop me disappointed...

I didn't see anybody respond or counter even. I think the topic of the day was dogs, so it may have just been overlooked. But here's the thing: He is absolutely right.

Unequivocally so, in fact.

How did things get this way anyhow? It's only fark of course, but it's still kind of a downer.

If you don't know already, h3lx is one of the old skool fark 'shoppers. So he knows of what he speaks. Since I agree with his conclusion, I obviously also know of what I speak, LOL!

Really, if you're new to the forum (as many are) you should to check his stats. You might also at least try to be aware that going off topic chases away the very people you could stand to learn something from. To be fair, a lot of the fault in this lies with the mods/whatever the hell is up with fark lately. "When the cat's away...".

But I should get back to where I was going. The contests have fallen by the wayside because lately the greenlighted 'O's have been awful. Yes, yes, yes. "A decent 'shopper can do something with the crappiest of 'O's". True. But look at who's choosing to post entries in the recent or upcoming contests. If there's no incentive to put time into an 'O' you get what you get.

I won't name names because that's just stupid. It could be anyone really, it wouldn't matter. I kinda have to surmise that people look at the entry first and maybe have a look at the name. So it's not a matter of personalities, but one of effort.

What's the good news? The decent entries are still winning. And this is all just a cyclical thing anyhow.

You'll see.