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Damen announced the first ever forum GOM on November 6th, 2019. The competition consisted of three stages, each of which had to be completed within a select deadline.

STAGE 1
Design the ultimate new forums logo (post it in a discussion and link it below, don't post your image on this discussion)

Deadline for Stage 1
Friday 8th November @ 5 PM EST

Stage 1 Competitors
Luke - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58182
turquito10 - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58167
Hour - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58169
Flame - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58171
Chis - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58168
Kace - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58174
Pablo - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58175
misty - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58186/1#p401560
Moke - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58181
SecurityGuy - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58188

WINNER OF STAGE 1
Luke - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58182

WINNING LOGO


STAGE 2
Design some new badges that can be earned on the forums. Include how they can be earned.

Deadline for Stage 2
Saturday 9th November @ 5 PM EST

Stage 2 Competitors
Luke - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58210
Moke - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58204
SecurityGuy - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58206
Kace - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58207
Pablo - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58208
Kev - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58211

WINNER OF STAGE 2
Luke - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58210

WINNING BADGES
1.) Veteran
Forum accounts registered in 2013 that are still active and have the Master rank or higher should receive this badge. I think this would be a cool addition to the forums to reward those that are loyal members that have been here since the very beginning and still use the forums to this day.



2.) 7,000 posts
This badge is pretty self explanatory. Once a user reaches 7,000 posts, they will obtain this badge.



3.) Forum Game of Mods
Win FGOM.



4.) Artist
A badge awarded to select artists in the community.



5.) Lord of a DSGHQ house
Those that are Lords of their own house will recieve this badge.



6.) Meme King/Queen
Win Meme King/Queen by getting the most votes on your meme submission. Thank you candy for suggesting this badge.



7.) I'm A Penguin Get Me Out Of Here!
This badge will be rewarded to those that compete in the IAPGMOOH competition.



8.) YouTuber
Make an OldCP/DSGHQ related promotional YouTube video.



9.) Richest
Become the richest user on forums/OldCP.



10.) Player of the Month
Become Player of the Month on OldCP.



STAGE 3 FINAL
Write a true story about yourself. The best story wins. (Do this in a discussion with FGOM in the title)

WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
The winner will be announced on DSGHQ TV ( https://dsghq.com/tv ) at 5 PM EST / 2 PM PST / 10 PM UK on Monday!

Stage 3 Competitors
Luke - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58225
Pablo - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58218
Moke - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58220
Kace - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58227
Alatar - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58226
Oreos - https://forums.damenspike.com/view/58228

Stage 3 was the hardest stage of the competition for Damen to judge. There were so many amazing unique stories published by all the competitors, but Damen knew he had to quickly narrow it down to a final three.

The final three competitors Damen chose were as following:

• Myself (Luke)
• Moke (Mikey)
• Alatar

My story was based around the history of OldCP & the DSGHQ and how I came across this community. I didn't really structure my "story" correctly, it was more of a trip down memory lane than anything else. Damen did appreciate my post, but felt the same way. Alatar's post on the other hand was rather similar to mine in a sense that his entry was also about his DSGHQ journey, but instead decided to go for a more structural approach, something Damen greatly appreciated as it was exactly what he asked for; a proper story. Mike's post was quite eventful to say the least, going with a very different approach to both mine and Alatar's posts. His story was based around a true event, very fitting with what Damen requested.

Overall, Damen thought Alatar had the better story, but preferred Mike's stronger grammar & the history behind my post.

It was a very tough decision to make, but Damen only wanted to pick 1 winner. He too into account both our forum account statistics and whether we'd be an active moderator or not. After a long thought, Damen decided that I was the winner of the first ever forums GOM.



I'm honestly so blessed to have won and really appreciate all the feedback you guys have given me on my entries. For me, this competition was simply for fun and was never about the ranks, the rank is just an extra privilege that came with it. I really don't want those that didn't win to feel disheartened about the fact that they never won. The great thing about the current forum moderation team is that all of the staff members really aren't in it for the ranks, they're here to provide support and serve the community in the best way possible. Moderators come and go; there's no doubt that someone will resign at some point. If the moderator position is something you're interested in, do whatever you can in your power to make sure you achieve your goal. Like they say, the skies the limit.

This is the first ever forum GOM, and I very doubt it will be the last. A little tip for the next competition: make sure you complete all stages for a higher chance of success. You've got to be in it to win it.

For those that missed the livestream and are interested in seeing how everything went down, you can check it out below:

Thank you all so much for the opportunity to moderate the forums again; I hope to serve you all well. If you were a competitor and I didn't mention you in this post, leave me a reply or DM me your submission links and I'll add you to the list(s).

Congratulations bro

Frogs wrote on 12th November 2019, 01:54 PM:

Congratulations bro

Thanks man! Sorry I can't like your reply I have a sacrifice activated that won't allow me to like posts until next month.

Luke wrote on 12th November 2019, 03:00 PM:

Quote:

Frogs wrote on 12th November 2019, 01:54 PM:
Congratulations bro

Thanks man! Sorry I can't like your reply I have a sacrifice activated that won't allow me to like posts until next month.

The cant like feature for more reputation lasts 7 days. You cant choose a new sacrifice before 30 days, however.

Congrats!

You forgot me in Stage 1 for competing and Stage 3.

Kev wrote on 12th November 2019, 04:59 PM:

Congrats!
You forgot me in Stage 1 for competing and Stage 3.

Thanks Kev! I'll add you now.