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OK, so I'll just keep on trying to come up with something new, thanks. 

Crap. Really, how often do competitions posted here get the mods' approval?

OK , so I'll just wait I few days. Also, If I just go ahead and start the thread myself, it's under the risk of being deleted, right?

And how long should I wait before I know my idea is doomed? I was really into it.

And how are mods going to let me know? Do they send a message or directly answer in this thread?

Thanks, and I certainly hope some more people dig the idea too. I'm waiting to hear opinions.
By the way, when or how will I know if I can start this game thread?

I've got a really crappy  idea for a competition: It would be called "Your favorite" and it would begin with me as a host, then it would be host by the winner, and then by the next winner and so on. (The winner would be chosen by the host). The host ask the contestants to draw a sprite or a scene depicting their favorite.... (band, movie, video game, book, country, historical character, t.v. show, etc.). With some stuff such as books or movies, the contestant can either draw a character from the book or movie or a famous scene from it, such as romeo and Juliet in the balcony scene, or Darth Vader telling Luke he is his father, or the UFO attacking the white house in Independence Day, etc.
So if the host says "draw your favorite band" you can draw the beatles, the who, the rolling stones, etc.
If he says "draw your favourite video game" you can draw something related to mortal kombat, monkey island, DOTT, etc.

I hope that i could make the idea clear. Sorry if it's hard to understand but I don't speak english good enough.

But my idea wasn't to create a game, but to see how good are the graphics people can manage to do with such a restricted pallette. As you say, it's quite easy to make a 4 color sprite, but it's hard to make the best among the other contestants, and besides I though it would be a good way of practising sprite making with few colors, which comes in handy when creating a game. still, i'd have to see if anyone's interested.
BTW, thanks for the tip on image posting.
http://www.freewebs.com/definitivegaze/New%20Text%20Document.html

This will most likely result in black-and-white stick-figure games... Could become a trend, though.
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Could be possible, though i came up with the idea because when I attempted at my first sprites, i managed to do some with very few colors, for example I made a tree using only four colors. I don't know how to post an image here, though (Help!).

I have an idea for a contest for the best graphic posted which must fit only this rule: they must
be made using 5 colors or less. The contest will be open until the 20th of february and its purpose is pure entertainment. The winner will be elected by me.
This contest will be monthly and the rules will remain the same. Each winner will get a trophee with the month of the contest.
So, I'll be expecting your opinion