My model doesn’t show in the contest page, and I don’t see the notice that it is in the contest on the model any more.
If I try to add it, it says it was entered.
Am I going crazy, or am I just overlooking something?
Which contest did you enter?
It was entered in the Halloween contest. Sorry, I thought I mentioned that.
Edit: Oh, I did. It says in the title.
Very interesting. I don’t see that.
Is it different for me because it is my model?
I can’t find it in the Halloween contest.
And to be completely honest, I fail to see what a light saber has to do with Halloween, so they might have removed it.
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It’s not there because it hasn’t anything to do with Halloween, it’s a lightsaber. Someone reported it and MW removed it (rightly).
If you wanna cheat, MW isn’t the right place.
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There’s a problem with that interpretation. The contest theme has this bit:
[…] craft the most unique, dynamic, and innovative Halloween models. Whether it’s costume props for a haunted house party, decorations that create a spooky atmosphere, or small treats […]
One could argue a nice lightsaber might be a good costume prop and therefore fits within the theme. However there’s another problem: in order for that explanation to work the item should be a costume prop first and foremost so marketed&photographed as such.
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Well, the complete wording is " costume props for a haunted house party".
…and you can’t kill a ghost with a lightsaber 
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There are zombie troopers now so why not a zombie Jedi XD
If you are removed from a contest there is usually a penalty in the form of points deducted.
Have you seen an entry in your points with a negative value?
You would normally receive a system message as well.
I fall into the camp of “a Star Wars light saber might be something an attendee might wear as part of a costume whilst attending a Halloween costume, but, it is not Halloween themed in its own right.”
I could wear a microwave oven costume, that would not make a microwave oven Halloween related. Neither would my shoes, so a model of shoes wouldn’t be related.
The contest is Halloween themed rather than Halloween adjacent or Halloween costume themed.
There are too many bad models thrown into contests which have no relationship whatsoever to the contest itself. You model looks good and detailed and I imagine a lot of time and effort went into it. But, IMHO, not related to the contest them.
Now, if you throw a pumpkin on that baby and you are good to go.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Jedi and Sith are quite popular halloween costumes. Just because you wouldn’t dress up as one does not make it wrong.
It is a prop. The contest allows props.
This is not the bad faith upload you’re looking for.
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It allows a sub-type of props, but, not for costumes.
Whether it’s costume props for a haunted house party.
It might just be my interpretation, that says the props are related to a haunted house party, a specific theme of haunted rather than any costumes without a specific theme.
I guess as always it comes down to the lack of clarity in the language used and lack of examples to make it clear.
Given the model appears to have been removed, I imagine they do have the belief the theme is ghosts and pumpkins.
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There is another possibility; an error in the database.
A few contests back, some models were not found in the contests they entered and MW checked and reported back a DB issue stopped them from appearing. I had a couple of models (one in each of two contests) that disappeared from contests entry list after the contests had closed. I had to open one of those super responsive tickets to get them back listed after multiple attempts at getting them to understand the problem.
If there isn’t an associated reduction in points nor a system message it might be another DB issue.
Maybe @tanklet could clarify if this is a db issue again or a genuine removal.
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I’d just like to see some consistency. If you don’t accept a lightsaber that can be a part of a costume then why these? While I disagree with the interpretation of “Haunted House Halloween Party”, I can’t help but wonder who will be driving their car into the party? A valve cover…c’mon.
There is a knife in the contest. A more solid stabby lightsaber.
This. No words.
This user who uploaded 5 pumpkins that are just renders and no profile.
Makerworld puts out an update to their rules and can’t even be bothered to follow them within their contests. Judged in the finals or not it doesn’t help those that get frustrated with this nonsense.
I would argue until I’m all burnt up and wearing protective gear just to survive that that lightsaber is just as much, if not more, eligible for this contest then the 3 examples I gave.
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That’s not against the rules tho. From what I understand, only print profiles are required to have a photo of the actual print.
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You will never hear me disagree with you on that. It is so consistently annoying in all facets of MW & BL where they fail most and often is communication and messaging.
Here are rules, we don’t call them rules, but, we will if we want to annoy a decent person and ignore them if someone is abusing the situation
Tell us if someone steals your model and we will remove the stolen one, this bloke admits he stole a model, “don’t take his admission of guilt as admission of guilt, YOU misunderstood when he said he stole it, he didn’t mean he stole it”
Enter the contest based on this them, here are the rules, general, general, general, nothing specific, nothing specific, no examples of what is or what isn’t acceptable
As to your examples, yes, all should go if my interpretation which was fuelled by the apparent removal of the Saber.
My obvious belief here is Halloween is so open-ended, anything and everything could and would be included. That is why I used the microwave example, it makes no sense in relation to Halloween unless you say someone had it as a costume. At that point everything can be included as everything can be a costume element.
The line has to be drawn, if only they wrote where the line was!
I just realised the consistency we sought, it is in the lack of it!
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The only reason I entered it in the Halloween contest is because so many people were requesting them for costumes.
And since they can light up, they are also a safety devise to make sure children are seen when walking in the dark.
If others think they are not a fit for the Halloween contest, I will withdraw my entry. I just thought it was perfect. Maybe I need a better photo for contest entry. But, I see TONS of entries that need to be thrown out if those are the reasons.
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I honestly was not trying to cheat anyone or anything. This was the first contest that I thought would apply to my design.
No, there was no notification and no point removal.
Are you suggesting I open a ticket to have MW look into it?