July 2009 COTM; Entry Thread.....Cash Prize!

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Please remember to read all of the following rules before entering, voting and replying to COTM threads. All rules will be strictly enforced by all Xmodsource Staff members and anything not pertaining to the rules will be removed, voided or disqualified.
All offenses have the high possibility of infraction points.

Rules for Entering the June & July COTM:

Your Entry:
1. Your entry must be a fully functioning Xmods RC car at the time of submission.
1a. You may not enter for friends.
1b. You may not enter something that does not fully work.
1c. You may not enter something that is not in your possession throughout the entire month.
1d. You may use aftermarket or custom built parts as long as your entry is still recognizable as an Xmod.
2. Your entry must be submitted to the Entry Thread by July 31th, 2009 at 9:00PM EST. Any submissions made after that date and time will NOT be allowed into the Competition. A substantial prize is up for grabs, so do not procrastinate. Make your submission post once you comply to all COTM rules.
3. This COTM’s theme is Independence Day. Your submission must meet the following rules and guidelines:

1. Your body must be custom in some way: paint, body modifications, lights, etc.
2. Your body must symbolize American Independence. Examples would be: flags, red-white and blue, eagles, something that symbolizes the American freedom.
3. As always, you are limited to one entry per member. Pick your best.

Your Submission Post:
1. Your submission post must have the following:

Pictures Rules and Guidelines:
Rule 1. A minimum of four pictures is required.
Rule 2. A maximum of seven pictures is allowed.
Rule 3. Embedded videos do not count as pictures, but only two videos are allowed to be embedded. Videos are NOT required.
Rule 4. These pictures must show that the Xmod is fully functional; it can turn, it can go forward and backward and it will not blow up when you turn it on.
Rule 5. One of the allowed seven pictures must be that of your chassis. The chassis picture must be the chassis used with your entrant body.
5a. One of the allowed seven pictures must be that of your body. The body picture must be the body used with your entrant chassis/elecs.
5b.One of the allowed seven pictures must be that of your electronics including motor. The electronics picture must be the electronics used with your entrant body/chassis.
Guideline 1. We please ask that all pictures are of your entry only and clearly show what you are trying to enter. Please remember that all voting is done by and judged by PICTURE. Show crappy pictures and you’ll get crappy voting results. Try your hardest to make clear and easy to view pictures.
Rule & Guideline. Pictures must be forum legal. Nothing over 800px wide and you must put a break between pictures.


Submission Post Rules and Guidelines:
Rule 1. Your submission must be made by July 31, 2009 at 9:00PM EST time. Anything later than that is not accepted under any circumstances.
Rule 2. A list of all upgrades, modifications and everything else must be supplied with your entry.
Guideline 1. We please ask that everything is done properly in the first place. The Staff will not hound you for a correct entry post; if it is not correct by the time it needs to be (July 31th at 9:00PM EST) your entry is instantly disqualified with no question.

Participation Rules:
1. You must be a member of Xmodsource since May 1, 2009 in order to enter.
2. All of the above rules must be followed!
3. You must have fun.

Rules for Voting in the June & July COTM:

Well, let us break the ice now… You may not be voting! Voting for this month will be done by a special panel of two judges per entry (maximum of twenty judges) and the judges will be asked to follow the following criteria while voting:

1. Patriotism
2. Chassis
3. Body
4. Electronics
5. Overall Appeal

The voting process will be broken up as follows:
First, a new section has been created specifically for the voting process. Only members on the voting panel will be able to view this section. In this section five threads will be created—one for each of the voting criteria. The designated image for that criteria thread (chassis image with chassis poll, body image with body poll) will be in the first post for each entering member.

Second, the voting members will finalize who they think has the best for said criteria and will cast their vote in the poll.

Lastly, all of each member’s votes will be tallied, added up and finalized by the Xmodsource Staff. The entering member with the most votes will be declared the winner of the COTM and will be announce publicly and the prize will be awarded to said member.

Any questions may be asked in the existing thread about this topic or in the July COTM discussion thread:
July Competition, wanna be a judge??

Prizes:

And for what everyone has been waiting for, the explanation of the prizes:

First Place:
The first place winner will receive a $100.00 USD PayPal transfer.
Second Place:
The second place winner will receive a $50.00 USD PayPal transfer.

So, you do not have to win to receive a prize, you just need to lose the least! Good luck!

**Due to a lack of initial participation, it has been unanimously decided that in order for the prizes to be valid, there must be a minimum of ten entries. Any less and the prizes will be used towards another competition where hopefully there will be more participation.
These entries must be 100% rule abiding and not just fillers.
Thank you.**

Staff Notes:
Please remember that this is a forum privilege, not a forum requirement. If you are incapable of playing nicely and fairly, your Car of the Month rights will be revoked for an unknown amount of time; if not infinitely. Your rights include: the ability to enter, the ability to vote and the ability to view the Competition section of the forum. By being rude and inconsiderate of other’s entries, voting choices and feelings, you are harming them and their chances of winning, as well as their opinion about you and this forum. This is highly frowned upon and will NOT be tolerated under any circumstances.

Good luck to all entrants. We hope to see a wonderful turn out this month. Please bear in mind that this thread was announced to the whole forum on June 8, 2009 and you have until July 31, 2009 to make your submission post. That is over fourty days (40 days!) to get everything squared away and entered. Plenty of time; so we expect a LARGE turnout!

Again, good luck!

Cheers,
Kyle.