Why is Halloween not being celebrated in our forum yet this year?

[Notyourkeys Notyourcoin]

We are all familiar with Halloween day and we all know about this day. The word Halloween originated around 1745. It originated in the Christian community. The word Halloween' or 'Halloween' comes from the Scottish word 'All Hallows' Eve'. The word Halloween means 'holy evening or holy evening'. Over time, the word 'Hallow's Eve' was transformed into 'Halloween'. The main theme of the Halloween festival is 'to face the power of death through humor and mockery'. About 2000 years ago, Celtic people lived in present day Ireland, England and Northern France. The first day of November was celebrated by them as New Year or 'Sah-win'. They thought it was the end of summer and darkness or the beginning of winter. Surprisingly, the Celtic nation believed that the night of the last day of October was the worst. The night that all ghosts and unsatisfied spirits can harm people. And so members of the Celtic nation wore various types of ghost masks and clothes on this night. They used to go around together in a circle wearing masks and chanting mantras to pass the sleepless night.
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We saw in our forum that last year a contest was started to celebrate Halloween from 7th of October but why not this year.

But won't the contest start this year in our forum. I want to know the opinion of the experienced about the start of this contest.

[philipma1957]

We are all familiar with Halloween day and we all know about this day. The word Halloween originated around 1745. It originated in the Christian community. The word Halloween' or 'Halloween' comes from the Scottish word 'All Hallows' Eve'. The word Halloween means 'holy evening or holy evening'. Over time, the word 'Hallow's Eve' was transformed into 'Halloween'. The main theme of the Halloween festival is 'to face the power of death through humor and mockery'. About 2000 years ago, Celtic people lived in present day Ireland, England and Northern France. The first day of November was celebrated by them as New Year or 'Sah-win'. They thought it was the end of summer and darkness or the beginning of winter. Surprisingly, the Celtic nation believed that the night of the last day of October was the worst. The night that all ghosts and unsatisfied spirits can harm people. And so members of the Celtic nation wore various types of ghost masks and clothes on this night. They used to go around together in a circle wearing masks and chanting mantras to pass the sleepless night.

We saw in our forum that last year a contest was started to celebrate Halloween from 7th of October but why not this year.

But won't the contest start this year in our forum. I want to know the opinion of the experienced about the start of this contest.

what contest are you talking about sir.

Do you have a link directing me to it?

[Learn Bitcoin]

what contest are you talking about sir.

Do you have a link directing me to it?

Probably, he is talking about 🎃 [ANN] Bitcointalk Bitcoin Pumpkin Carving Contest 🎃 that was organized by ChiBitCTy last year. Some people were expecting the same contest again, but I am not sure if ChiBitCTy has any plans to organize the contest this year. Last time, he created the contest thread in the first week of October month. But this is the last week of this month. So, I guess there is no contest for this year. I don't know if ChiBitCTy has spoken out anything regarding this.

[nutildah]

The best thing about these kinds of contests is they draw all the cheaters & alt accounts, making them easy to identify.

I know the contests are born out of purely good intentions, but as we've also seen with the pizza and art contest (as well as all the price prediction contests & free raffles), they attract a lot of users without consciousnesses. Anything that has to do with free money will attract scumbags who won't respect the rules -- that's just how its always been, long before bitcoin.

[yhiaali3]

These competitions are not official in the forum. They are usually personal initiatives initiated by some members of the forum to create some kind of interest and attract attention to such occasions.

Therefore, I do not think that they are official events related to the forum, and you do not necessarily see them every year. Most likely, some members create threads on some public religious or social occasions, but perhaps this year no one started them.

[Plaguedeath]

What's the relation between Halloween and Bitcoin?

Not only about Halloween, we're all familiar with Black Friday, Winter/Christmas, Easter Egg, Valentine's Day, New Year/Holiday, etc, but those aren't related with Bitcoin. But it's free for any user want to create an event or contest to celebrate it.

I'd like to see the forum to celebrate Bitcoin's Birthday, HODL, etc.

[Husires]

Halloween is not an occasion that everyone celebrates in all parts of the world, and I do not think that there is a universal event for many countries in the world. Even April Fools’ Day, which is held here annually, may not be known to more than a third of the world’s population.
You can find such events in local boards, where you are more likely to find people from the same country, religion, or race, but it is much more difficult in a multinational forum. What kind of celebration do you expect, changing the forum background, creating a topic, or what?

[mk4]

There are simply far betters things for Theymos and the devs(if there are) to do than to host a (Halloween celebration).

     ..you know.. like.. working on the mythical supposedly 'new' forum software.


If you really wanted one though, feel free to host it yourself!

[Hatchy]

But won't the contest start this year in our forum. I want to know the opinion of the experienced about the start of this contest.

Op, there are currently 2 Halloween contest going on now in the forum. I guess you just didn't check properly or wasn't aware. There's one hosted by @User U and 500 casino of which will end very soon, on the 31st of this months.
500 CASINO 🎃 Halloween Artwork Event 👻 $1,000 Prize Pool 🕷1 Oct - 31 Oct 2023



The other which was just launched by @ Hhampuz and Roobet will end on the 14th of November so I guess you still have enough time to participate in this one.
Roobet.com | Art Contest "Halloween" | $2500 up for grabs! | Ends Nov. 14th

[lovesmayfamilis]

I can literally see the disappointment of those who have registered a bunch of alternative accounts, expecting quick fishing for merit. I've seen discussions in some of the most active local sections of the past year, and I'm willing to bet that's where there's a lot of anticipation and impatience. Likewise, I wonder if we open a competition without the condition that posts will be judged on merit, will it have the same popularity?

[DYING_S0UL]

OP, I don't think anything like that would happen this year. If it were supposed to happen, it would have happened already. It's almost the end of October. Also, this kind of contests gives out opportunity to merit farmers to farm merits. So it's better if it doesn't happen. It doesn't serve any betterment for the forum.

     ..you know.. like.. working on the mythical supposedly 'new' forum software.

Is the new mythical super software has any release date? Infinity & beyond...  

[rat03gopoh]

We saw in our forum that last year a contest was started to celebrate Halloween from 7th of October but why not this year.

It's not an official forum celebration, you don't have to demand for it.
If we're lucky enough to celebrate this moment, contributors will organize such a contest with personal funds every year. Besides, I don't expect it to happen this year, I'm busy IRL.

[hugeblack]

Create your own event and maybe someone will celebrate it with you.

The other which was just launched by @ Hhampuz and Roobet will end on the 14th of November so I guess you still have enough time to participate in this one.

Bitcoin Pizza bake-off contest! was by Cyrus (Administrator)  I think this is the reason for the user's question here in the Meta section.

What's the relation between Halloween and Bitcoin?

An easy way to earn Merits.
The last pizza challenge^[1] last time added a big boost to many users and is considered the ideal place for alt-accounts farms.

Likewise, I wonder if we open a competition without the condition that posts will be judged on merit, will it have the same popularity?

Guess what the country he talked about in his first post.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5247383.0

[lovesmayfamilis]

Likewise, I wonder if we open a competition without the condition that posts will be judged on merit, will it have the same popularity?

Guess what the country he talked about in his first post.

I think everyone can already see it, and as Z_MBFM said, they were going to get a gold medal in pumpkin carving this year.

আপনাদের কি মনে আছে অক্টোবর মাসে Halloween আর এই হ্যালোইনের উপলক্ষে ফোরামে একটা কুমড়া কনটেস্ট হবে। আর এ কারণেই এসব অ্যাকাউন্ট তৈরি করা হইতেছে কুমড়া কন্টেস্টে জয়েন কইরা মেরিট ফারমিং করার জন্য। আমি যা বললাম এগুলো সবাই নোট করে রাখতে পারেন এবারের কুমড়া কনটেস্টে হয়তোবা এমনও হতে পারে যে আমাগো বাংলাদেশ বোর্ড খ্যাতির চোদনে সোনার মেডেল পাবে। কথাটা হয়তোবা অনেকেই বুঝতে পারছেন। চিল্লাইয়া কোনো লাভ নাই তাই চিল্লান বাদ দিতেছি ধীরে ধীরে।

It is unfortunate that the forum does not limit the registration of accounts by IP addresses. There would be fewer such participants if a maximum of 3–4 accounts could be registered from one IP address.
Now we will observe how the transfer of merit will be carried out between failed pumpkin carvers.

[Lida93]

Since the author of the contest ChiBitCty never made it to be an official compulsory occasion that must be held each October of the year then it's nobody's business to inquire why it didn't hold by this time of the year. If anyone loves the competition that much they can sponsor it on his behalf 

The contest is being abused with loads of merits farming alts of unintentional contestants so if it doesn't hold this year it didn't change a thing within the community. At least let some persons be disappointed and let the funds that would have been spent on the rewards be directed to victims in conflicts area that needs it more than we do. There's always another year for the contest if it's to hold again.

[Rikafip]

We saw in our forum that last year a contest was started to celebrate Halloween from 7th of October but why not this year.

But you registered just a few days ago, how do you know about last year's Halloween contest? 

I can literally see the disappointment of those who have registered a bunch of alternative accounts, expecting quick fishing for merit.

Haha yes! Some of them probably already carved the pumpkins in the anticipation of shower merit. 

Likewise, I wonder if we open a competition without the condition that posts will be judged on merit, will it have the same popularity?

It maybe wouldn't be as popular as the last year's one but rest assured there would be bunch of them who would be happy with even a few merits.

[348Judah]

But won't the contest start this year in our forum. I want to know the opinion of the experienced about the start of this contest.

If you look well into the activities that comes along with the celebration of Halloween on this forum, it is the forum members that take responsibility for this activities and not the forum itself, maybe i should say that the incident of bitcoin pump market these days has been the trending event that has taken over people's mind from remembering about this, people are really more inclined to the current market conditions maybe than any other side activities for now, or maybe they forgot, or don't have adequate time in making preparation for this ahead of time.

[dkbit98]

The best thing about these kinds of contests is they draw all the cheaters & alt accounts, making them easy to identify.

True, but this contest can be fun and they bring a lot more activity in forum.
Last pizza making contest had some worst a antu-Italian pizzas I ever saw in my life, made with potato, lemon, etc  
That being said I really dont care about halloween at all.

It maybe wouldn't be as popular as the last year's one but rest assured there would be bunch of them who would be happy with even a few merits.

Can we see more items made from lemons, potatoes, rice and other weird stuff for next contest please? 

[stompix]

I can literally see the disappointment of those who have registered a bunch of alternative accounts, expecting quick fishing for merit. I've seen discussions in some of the most active local sections of the past year, and I'm willing to bet that's where there's a lot of anticipation and impatience.

Quite funny to see people who have never actually celebrated this being so eager for the forum to have another competition.
Now, what are the chances of this "newbie" explaining to us the history of Halloween actually committing some plagiarism or at least some text spinning?

The first day of November was celebrated by them as New Year or 'Sah-win'.

Somebody copied and pasted the pronunciation instead of the name!  

True, but this contest can be fun and they bring a lot more activity in forum.
Last pizza making contest had some worst a antu-Italian pizzas I ever saw in my life, made with potato, lemon, etc  

As disgusting as that thing is for me at least, pizza con patate it's actually an Italian dish!
Pineapple pizza, that's an insult to food!

[UserU]

Op, there are currently 2 Halloween contest going on now in the forum. I guess you just didn't check properly or wasn't aware. There's one hosted by @User U and 500 casino of which will end very soon, on the 31st of this months.
500 CASINO  Halloween Artwork Event  $1,000 Prize Pool 1 Oct - 31 Oct 2023



The other which was just launched by @ Hhampuz and Roobet will end on the 14th of November so I guess you still have enough time to participate in this one.
Roobet.com | Art Contest "Halloween" | $2500 up for grabs! | Ends Nov. 14th

Thanks for the mention, I guess many people weren't aware of their existence.

For our artwork contest, we're actually accepting all members including those that have not heard about us before. All one need is to create an account on 500 Casino and he/ she is eligible to enter.