Hey manic..and AnnaJ..I wanna show ya something..
look at this--this contest had 67 entries..which was pretty average for then and pretty much what the average is now..
now look at the number of votes...
This is four years ago
It's a myth that is continuously propagated around here that PSC is bigger than it was.
http://photoshopcontest.com/photoshop-contest/797/all-alone.html?l=&o=votes

I had one entry in 2004, that was very good, for a newbi, that scored 5 votes and as I could see it then, that was realy not bad at all for somebody relativly new at all this. I think the image of there having to be lots and lots of votes has more to do with some people attracting lots of people to vote. I am not saying that I think that is a bad thing. I want to incorporate marketing the team contest image, as one of the main features in the contest I had in mind. So the team can use all their contacts to get as much publicity and as much support as possible.

If anyone is interested, I have setup the separate forums here: www.pschost.com.

I have started a few game threads from ones on this site.