Update 5-28-2013: Someone suggested putting together a collage/montage of your own work that had to do with SMOCT/Sailor Moon, that is also acceptable for the contest!

Hey guys,

It's that time of year again when SMOCT comes back to town! Traditionally this is the time when audition comics are being made and the admins are rushing to get everything reorganized for the next year... However, this year I am afraid that this will not be happening, because last year the tournament did not end. It was stopped, and this year will not be continuing as planned. Well, at least, not the same way as it did before.

This year I have something different in mind, something smaller. Because SMOCT still has one more month of "Super Group" status, I have decided that it is fitting to have a contest during this last month. No, this contest is not a tournament, nor is it necessarily taking the place of the tournament. This contest is a test for the group, to see if all of it's members are ready to participate in SMOCT activities again, to see if this group is STILL a "group" anymore. Over the past few months I have been receiving many messages asking when SMOCT will restart, and I honestly still don't have an answer... but I am hoping that this contest will help me find an answer.

The Contest: Your Favorite Memories
All participating members must submit a piece of art representing their favorite memory associated with SMOCT or Sailor Moon.

Rules:
1. The submission can be any kind of art- a comic, poetry, a story, a collage of your past work, a song, a written submission, a video, a flash animation, a video game, 3-D art, anything else you can think of!
2. You can submit as many entries as you want!
3. Anyone can participate, new members or old! Even if you quit or were previously ban you can enter! As long as you promise to share a good memory with the group.
4. Please don't submit anything controversial or rude to the group. Remember, there are still a lot of members a part of this group who will see what you post.

Deadline:
The deadline is July 1st, but I may call it off sooner depending on how many entries we get.

Prize: Everyone is a winner
1. The main prize of this contest is your name and entry featured on the front page of the group, and EVERYONE who enters properly will receive this privilege.
2. I will personally create a piece of art and dedicate it to the artists with the most inspiring entries.

Lastly, at the end of the contest I will post my decision on what I plan to do with the group and whether I choose to continue the competition, start a new group, or close this group entirely.

Thank you for your patience, I can't wait to see what you submit!
TMM

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Hey guys,

TMM here, I just wanted to post a journal and let you all know I will be extending my break a little longer. I know a lot of you have been messaging me about restarting the group, but right now I just can't do it. It's not that I don't want to, I just need more time to figure things out. For those of you who are willing to wait long enough for me to do that, thank you for your patience. And for those who aren't, please feel free to move on somewhere else.

I once read a quote that said "Never build a house on a broken road", and I feel like SMOCT was built on a very bumpy road to begin with and it was only a matter of time before it collapsed. Now before I build it again, I need to focus on fixing the road first before fixing the house I want to put on it.

Thank you all very much, I hope to see you all very soon.

TMM

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To the competitors, participants, and members of SMOCT;

We have decided to close SMOCT3, effective immediately. This decision was difficult to make and for some of us, positively heartbreaking. However, we believe that there are major issues present in the tournament as it currently stands, and that it would be wrong to attempt to continue the competition while they remain unaddressed.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank those that contributed to SMOCT; whether with their art and words, their time and effort, or even just their presence. We wish you all the very best in your future endeavors.

Forever and always from the bottom of our hearts,
The SMOCT Team

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Hello all!

Ink here - just letting you all know that the journal entry of a few days ago has been deleted - everyone, their grandmother, and their grandmother's cat knows what happened, and hopefully this will help everyone to move on.

I'm also just letting everyone know that I'm departing from the group - big hugs and love to all, and thanks for the AMAZING fanart and cameos of Eris all of you have given me while I've been here. I really do appreciate it so very, very much!

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This is not directed at one side or the other, this is merely food for thought for everyone in the community:


"The very nature of kindness
Is to spread.
If you are kind to others,
Today they will be kind to you,
And tomorrow to somebody else."

~ Sri Chinmoy Kumar Ghose

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