next contest

when will the next contest be online?

Within the next couple of days....

I think it is safe to say that you will be getting a lot more entrants than you had on previous contests. A lot more people know about it now...

i am curious what the next contest will be! ..i haven't participated in previous cause i didn't even know about this place until the contests were already in progress.

k,

ill be in for the next one also, lets see whats gonna be on

Hope you leave me a chance *gg*

Can't wait for the next contest.. whee!!!!

yeah... i've just found this and i'll be entering in the next contest.. looking forward to the challenge ;) hopefully the new one will be up soon ;)

I hope Matt has a plan for handling the increasing number of entrants. Otherwise the time between contests is only going to get longer and longer.

i was thinking exactly the same! there should be 2 day pause at most, between deadline for one, and posting a text of a new contest, if we (matt) want to have 2 contests per month.

matt would need an assistant if he plans to achieve this! i would volunteer (i found this job to be very interesting when i was testing scot’s and my script), but that would live me out of contest, and i am hoping to win one, and get a "php addict" t-shirt! (i was so close the last time)

Maybe a contest to help the process of marking and testing?

Maybe assistants should get a prize just once as consolation for helping out and voiding themselves from the competition.

Or .... if there were enough assistants, then you could say help out with 3 and partipate in one and not help out with that particular one, and repeat that cycle.

Just suggestions

i think matt could handle it without assistants =P

If you say so. It was just a suggestion in order to keep the contests moving.

I dont see why the next contest released while the previous one is being marked.

There seems to be a lot taken for granted here. I for one find the speed with which Matt even answers the posts in the forums noteworthy. Many ecommerce sites don't hold a candle to it. Let's not start whinging on about the time taken for scoring and results and next contest and maybe we could have a prize for this and that etc. etc.
This (if you have read other posts) is Matts hobby, it could soon turn out to be a chore for him if we don't back off a little.
He arranges the compo's and prizes, all for our benefit. I am looking forward to the next challenge as much as anyone, but lets give the man a little space shall we?.

...rant over

now if anybody wants me, I'll be over there on the edge of my seat.

Thanks all for the suggestions. I appreciate them. And yes, you are correct that if the amount of entries keeps increasing dramatically that I won't be able to handle it. I am working on something to counter measure that. This isn't the first time I have been asked this, or thought about it Anyway, just thought I'd drop a quick note to let y'all know that I am still working on the submissions and the next contest. Real life has been rather busy recently. Anyway, they will both be done soon. Thanks for your patience

Annoymous, (the one 2 messages back), this wasn't meant to be anything along the lines of flaming Matt. If you read it all, it's generally a lot of anticipation for the next contest. It's also suggestions on how the contest and timing can be made better for future entrant loads.

This site seems to be getting a lot of attention now that it's advertised on php.net.