Quote: Original post by Trapper ZoidFor this reason it has to be set up in such a way that the contest is not depending on one person or group for judging. If contenders themselves are responsible for judging there is a big change that judging will happen. Why? Well contenders have already shown to have enough determination to complete such a big project and thus they also know how important it is to get your project judged. Even if this approach fails because there are not enough contenders, you could always ask the community to give their opinions about the games.
The problem with a really long contest is that you'll most likely not get that many entrants. The Four Elements contest gets people involved because it's backed by the site. I'm not sure how many people will invest several months of their time on a contest without some clout behind it.
Another question is: how many people are willing to join another current style 4E contest? It is now almost a half year ago since the submission deadline and nothing is known about judging. There might be a very good reason why we didn't hear anything yet, but the way it is setup as it is, is not motivating contenders of last year to join the contest again.
btw: I'll check out the small contests that were mentioned, I might decide to organize such a contest while waiting for the new 4E contest.