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2012-05-25 , 21:49
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Originally Posted by helex View Post
But which system should we use to spread them and how to avoid anger?
It doesn't matter which system we'll use, this will be a challenge, just like in the past years.

Originally Posted by helex View Post
I tought already the past days about this problem since someone could say later "If I had known..." - a fixed system is always better since everybody will know how it works and what to win in the end.
I think this would be a bigger problem with your idea...

Originally Posted by helex View Post
Categorie 8 would get removed, categorie 9 and 10 are already participating in Categorie 1-7.
Not exactly.
The Beginner award is an award the participant can apply for.
The Mulitplatform award will be given to the participant whos app is available on the most platforms..

Originally Posted by helex View Post
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Hmmm, I think that's waaaay too complicated. How to explain that successfully to the participants? Last years even dividing into MeeGo ARM and MeeGo x86 caused problems...


Originally Posted by helex View Post
Rule: ...
Similar but much easier to understand with my proposal:
A participant just can get one prize. The highest prize counts.
So if someone wins a N950 and in another category he wins a N9 and in another category he wins money, he will only get the N950.
The remaining prizes would go to the runner ups.
With this rule we'd prevent flooding the competition with low quality apps and concentrate more on quality apps.

Originally Posted by helex View Post
If I remember correctly we had the last time enought for a place 3 to 5 bounty share. So we should get hopefully enought for 16 bounty shares.
I'd prefer just one money prize per category because of the PayPal fees. With every transaction there are basic PayPal fees regardless of the amount of the transaction.

Originally Posted by helex View Post
My old proposal to appreciate apps which get ported from the N900 to the N9 during this competition was rejected or were forgotten.
No, we have the Multi Platform Award for that.
New app doesn't mean it has to be written from scratch. Of course you could port your N900 app which wasn't available for the N9 until now and enter with it as new app for the N9.
Automatically you'd be part of the Multi Platform Award.

The winner of the Multi Platform Award won't be voted, because the app with the most targeted platforms wins. No voting process needed...

edit: the five N9s would be spreaded to the five categories with the most submissions.
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