BTW - the yellow star disappears after I've edited the lens from my non-giant account. Bummer

Yep. I checked with the Giant Squid Organizers when I went for Giant 100 whether I'd be able to get a niche account into Giant status if I made more lenses for it, and the answer was nay.

Last edited by Greekgeek (01/08/2010 8:28 am)

spirituality wrote:

Ah, why doesn't it say that on the giant squid lens? If I'd known that I would probably not have started the new account. It's even been nominated for giant already

And if I'd known that I wouldn't have run myself into the ground getting 51 lenses made by my cat in 9 weeks.

I think they changed that rule: http://www.giantsquidshowcase.com/2010/ … -accounts/

Oho! We all have Vladi to thank for it! His incredible erudition surely convinced the Giant Squid poohbahs that excellence cannot be contained to a single account.

Samhain is currently walking around and around me squeaking urgently, so that will be a "hallo" to Vladimir. (Or, possibly, "where have you BEEN the last 2 weeks?!!" since I left her to be fed by the neighbors.)

Here's the latest news from Giant Squid Blog:

About Giant Squid Multiple Accounts

As some of you already know, we were not allowing new multiple Giant Squid accounts but in light of several lensmasters requesting second accounts for use with special niche topics, we have reconsidered, and I’m happy to announce that starting with the next deadline, March 31st 2010, we will allow lensmasters to have more than one Giant Squid Account with the following stipulations:

No transferring lenses from one account to the other.

No cross-rating your own lenses from account to account.

The 50 new lenses in your second account will be held to our highest standards.

And please no anonymity — if multiple accounts are yours and you’d like them considered for Giant, let us know about it!

That gives you the entire quarter to make those second account lenses sparkle!

Good luck!

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Looks like it's OK to have a multiple accounts and all of them are Giant Squids!

The mind boggles.  I know all the time it took to get to Giant status - the idea of getting two accounts to Giant status is overwhelming.  More power to you if you make that happen!

It depends how obsessive compulsive you are about some of your hobbies.

Last edited by Greekgeek (01/09/2010 11:23 am)

NO transferring lenses from one account to the other? WHY?

But I'm glad they moved on this one anyhow.

Anyhow Jaguarjulie - your modesty isn't quite convincing. You surely have enough quality lenses for three giant accounts

Robin responded to my question on the giant squid blog. What it amounts to is roughly what I suggested: the new account has to be convincingly 'new' and not merely a collection of known giant lenses. They have to keep us hanging a bit, to ensure that spammers don't misuse the system. All in all, I AM going to try for giant & I am going to be using this new account.

And since the rules already state that giant accounts that no longer contain 50 quality lenses will loose their giant status, it's clear that the old account can loose giant status just as easily as the new one can gain it. But let's not give the giant squid organizers a headache by trying that kind of flip flop, shall we? This rule makes sure they have an easy reason to turn the giant application down They may even get cranky and deny both accounts giant status.

Last edited by spirituality (01/10/2010 8:07 am)