Signature of the Month Rules

GateWay GFX - Official Signature of the Month Rules

These rules govern this Signature of the Month. By entering in this Signature of the Month you agree to the following. If you do not agree you may not enter. You agree that you shall not violate the rules. If you violate these rules, you shall accept the sentence given. The rules may be changed at any moment without notice. Punishment for breaking a rule is under the sole discretion of the staff member providing the punishment as long as it is between the minimum and maximum punishment for that rule. All Signature of the Month rules and punishments apply.


How it Works

The Signature of the Month is a battle between the winners of the four Signature of the Week competitions that occur during a month. This battle will be using the winning entries from each competition and battling them out to see which entry is truly the best for that month.

Voting Rules

1. Age Requirement
Voters in the Signature of the Month must be a member of GateWay GFX for a minimum of one week before voting in the competition.

Minimum sentence: Users Vote Removed
Maximum sentence: 2 week suspension from entering in any graphics competition after they become eligible to vote

2. Self Voting
Voters in the Signature of the Month must not vote for their own entry.

Minimum sentence: Users Vote Removed
Maximum sentence: 2 week suspension from entering in any graphics competition after they become eligible to vote and their entry being eliminated.

3. Voting System
Vote for either top 3 or 1 (specified on voting thread).

List of Consequences:

2- Removed vote
3- Verbal warning
4- Warning
5- Infraction
7- Temporary suspension from voting in the competition
8- permanent suspension from the gfx competitions Section

Times and Dates

Signature of the Month's Voting Opens
8PM - Last Sunday of the month
Signature of the Month's Voting Closes
8PM - First Thursday of the following month
All times are set in Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Hall of Fame

The winning entry in each months competition will be placed in the Signature of the Month: Hall of Fame which can be found Here