So, seeing how the Helryx contest is approaching its end, I think it’s time to propose something I’ve been thinking about for a while now.
If I’m not mistaken, it will be decided by voting which character contest will be held next. I would like to propose in that case that whenever the votes for the next contest happen, an additional question will be asked:
Do you want the canon contests to continue? (Yes/No)
I know I’ve been somewhat vocal in the past about not wanting the canon contests - and I still think that way - but let me explain my reasoning for why doing as I propose would only be fair:
Greg said that he was fine with more canon contests as long as the community was fine with them. But right now, even if large parts of the community were against more canon contests, the only people able to actually stop them would be Greg himself and TTV. Greg’s word would be accepted, of course, but TTV probably would have a hard time after canceling the contests - in the hypothetical case that they wanted to for one reason or another. Because even if a lot of people were fine with it, there would be bound to be others who’d throw up a real fuss about it. And that’s far from ideal. No group should become a target simply because they are the only ones able to make a decision they think is best when you can have that decision be made by the community as a whole instead.
Of course, TTV - by virtue of hosting the contests - would still be able to cancel them if they wanted to, but with my proposition it wouldn’t rest in their hands alone.
Long story short - I’m proposing that the community as a whole, who enabled the canon contests happening in the first place, to also have the power to end them in between contests if the majority so chooses. Nothing is lost that way, there’s only gain.