Subject: Contest!
       Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:22:32 +0200
       From: Veronica Karlsson <acinorev@earthling.net>
 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art, alt.romath


alt.ascii-art seems to be suffering from a little summer holiday
emptiness and could use some more action. alt.romath contains plenty
of action, and an appreciation for ascii art. My idea: A friendly
little sig making contest.


1. The sig has to be *new*. Any pictures in the sig must be *new*.

2. The sig has to be "pure ascii", i.e. characters 32-126 (plus
   newlines, of course). Here's the table of allowed characters:

   | 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |
   | 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |
   | 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |
   | 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |
   | 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |
   | 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |
   | 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |
   | 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |
   | 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |
   |104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |
   |112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |
   |120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |

   A sig containing one or more characters not listed in the table
   above will be automatically disqualified.

   For more info about alt.ascii-art and ascii art, see the FAQ:
   http://studserv.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html

3. The sig may contain some Figletised element, but sigs that consist
   of nothing but a quick copy-paste from Figlet won't rank high.

   The sig may contain some converted material but sigs that consist
   of nothing but a quick copy-paste from a converter won't rank high.

4. Size requirements

   There are three classes:

   Politically Correct: Max four lines high, Max 72 columns wide.

   Acceptable if Good: Max ten lines high, Max 80 columns wide.

   Troll Sig!!1!: No size limits.

5. Judge: Veronica Karlsson

6. Prices

   Politically Correct: The honour of having won.

   Acceptable if Good: The honour of having won.

   Troll Sig!!1!: I'll think of something...

7. Time and place

   Time: The rest of the week (where the "hard limit" is set by
   [whatever the time zone Sweden is in is called...]).

   Place: alt.ascii-art  (crossposted entries will be automatically
   disqualified)

   I will put info and stuff here:

   http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/q/sigs9908/

8. Correct format for a competition entry.

   A correct competition entry should have a "message body" consisting
   of this little form, filled in:

   +--------------------------------------+
   | Sig Competition Entry                |
   +--------------------------------------+
   | Your name:                           |
   |                                      |
   | Which newsgroup do you "come from"?  |
   | [ ] alt.ascii-art                    |
   | [ ] alt.romath                       |
   |                                      |
   | Which class is the sig competing in? |
   | [ ] Politically Correct              |
   | [ ] Acceptable if Good               |
   | [ ] Troll Sig!!1!                    |
   +--------------------------------------+

   Followed by the sig.


9. Other stuff

   Romathians: Behave! alt.ascii-art is an old-fashioned newsgroup
   and it is polite to read the ascii art FAQ before posting away.
   Here's the URL to the FAQ again:

   http://studserv.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html

   ASCII artists: Be aware of that some of the Romatians are trolls
   and like to tease people. Watch out for weird crossposts and try
   to ignore insults and other troll-bait.

   As always, diddles are welcome, but it is the original version of
   the sig that will be judged in the competition.


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