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Easter BRAWL sounds good to me, and to be honest the more contests the better. Everytime a contest is posted we gain at least 30+ films (for THAC or BRAWL) to the community, so the more the merrier.

THAC was great this year btw.

No, guys, I don't remember that happening.  I'm pretty sure.
But seriously, what happened?

Every frame for the mod element is a bit too much I think.  Also, having the rules be inconstant between the two evens seems a little weird since they are so similar.  I would much rather the general rules become a standard to both.
I also think that any LEGO element should count towards the mod.  Having base plates and capes separated becomes a bit confusing.

It would be interesting to see how stuff works out as twice a year.  While I don't think I really went crazy and joined a skype call and then forgot about it, it still is really stressful knowing that you will have to wait a whole year to try again.

I still like the idea of it as a contest.  Though making a film is what's important, I feel like the race to be the very best really brings out people's ability in their films, which is quite fun to watch.

I like the mod element rule change idea, but I do agree that BRAWL probably wouldn't work in the winter. It would just get in the way much more than THAC of winter break/Christmas/New Years. I think it would be nice to have two THACs a year, I was actually saying something about that yesterday.

And yes, please keep THAC. Although it is extremely stressing, I love being able to say I participated, even if I didn't really have much fun doing it.

I do like the change of having the MOD element in every shot, rather than every frame; BRAWL has been doing this for the past 4 years (maybe more?). If anything, THAC needs it more than BRAWL.

Like Smeagol said, moving BRAWL to winter break would most likely drop the amount of entries in THAC but, it might greatly increase the amount of entries in BRAWL!

Personally, I support this new schedule, it makes sense and I think it will work.

It may be alright for you guys in the US, but here in the UK we don't have Summer holidays until July. On top of that, Summer is when people have GCSE/A level exams, so that wouldn't be good at all.

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I support changing the mod rule to shots instead of frames. Keeping things on a per-frame basis might (in our wildest dreams) prevent one or two cheaters from entering, but we know from experience that it plagues legitimate entrants every year.

As for whether THAC should be a contest, I'm ambivalent. In theory, I like the idea of THAC as a festival of sorts where everyone gets together and makes films for the fun of it- that's basically what I've done every year, and I'm sure there are others who hold a similar attitude. That said, I've heard people getting excited about the prizes this year, and it can be motivational to see where your skills stand among the community when the judging is said and done. THAC has become such an iconic thing for the site that I wonder whether it would lose some prestige if we stopped running it as a competition. If I had to take a stance, I'd be in favor of keeping it a competition- assuming we continue to find competent volunteers and sponsors willing to run it.

I agree with all of this, personally I want to have more than one THAC a year but it will hurt participation.

THAC is pain, adrenaline, joy, stress and other various emotions all rolled up into one and experienced in a 24 hour time period.

I think for everyone's sake it should only take place on one day of the year.