Ludachris
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We will once again be organizing a donation collection effort to build up a member-funded pot for the Shootout. This will be done through a DSMtuners member donations to a fund, which will be collected through Paypal with 100% of the contributions going towards rewarding class winners for DSMtuners members who enter to compete and win their class at the event.
Last year, we had two members (@311GSX and @TeamFury) who split the pot and were awarded a little over $500 each, plus parts donations from vendors.
The whole point of our community pot is to give our members a way to support each other, bring attention to members who are competing, and give recognition to members who donate to the effort - it's all about building stronger camaraderie within our forum and the DSM community. It also helps build some extra excitement for the event itself.
Here's how it will work, though it is subject to change as we work through the process:
Donations
All registered members of the DSMtuners community will be able to donate via a membership payment directly through the site, using Paypal. We may open it up to other payment processors, but for now, it will be Paypal. Once the donation is made, the member's account will be noted for special recognition for having donated to the effort. The process will be very similar to our Supporting Membership upgrade. Make your donation here. You can also see a list of all members who have made donations here. The donations will go into a pot that will be paid out to eligible members who win their class at the 2025 Shootout. If you'd like to offer parts or other rewards as a donation for winners, PM me.
Eligibility for the Payouts
In order to be eligible to receive this member-funded payout from DSMtuners, the Shootout entrant must meet the following criteria:
Payouts
We will determine which classes to award the payout to based on various factors this year. It will be entirely dependent upon which classes have winners who are members here on the site, and the number of entrants who respond to proclaim their eligibility. We may choose to break up the payout across multiple classes like we did last year, in the event we have multiple members who win their class, or we may decide to focus on one class if we raise less than, say, $1,000. In that case, we could award the payout to one eligible winner of one of the following classes, in this order of priority:
- Stock Appearing
- Street Eliminator
- Street 32
- Max Effort
- Quick 32
- SFWD
- 8.5 Index
- 9.5 Index
- 10.5 Index
- 11.5 Index
- 12.5 Index
Classes pulled from last year's list.
If the winner of the first class hasn't entered here on the site to be eligible, we'll move on to the next class until we come across a winner that meets the eligibility requirements.
But Wait, There's More...
We will also send the winner(s) some cool DSMtuners swag to make the pot even sweeter! If you need DSMtuners decals to become eligible for the pot, you can order some here, though we should have decals available at the Morrison Fab booth at the event for those who don't get their decals in time.
Fine Print -
All donations are just that - a donation to a community pot. DSMtuners does not keep any of the donations. Paypal may keep a small fee for payment processing. The remaining funds will be paid out to eligible winners. Donating does not enter you into a contest or a raffle. You will not receive any physical item or reward for your donation, you will simply be recognized for your donation here on our website in various ways. Donation is not required for eligibility of the payout. DSMtuners will make the final determination on which classes will be rewarded the payout, based on the class winners' eligibility (described above) and other factors. DSMtuners ownership is not eligible to win this prize money, though those who volunteer (moderators) are eligible - though they do not get any special consideration. We'd like to point out that you're certainly able to donate to the Shootout directly, and we encourage people to do that as well. But we hope you'll consider donating here as way of supporting other members in our forum and helping us build something cool around the event here on the site.
This information will be updated as necessary. Reply to this thread for questions. PM me for suggestions in order to keep this thread clean.
Last year, we had two members (@311GSX and @TeamFury) who split the pot and were awarded a little over $500 each, plus parts donations from vendors.
The whole point of our community pot is to give our members a way to support each other, bring attention to members who are competing, and give recognition to members who donate to the effort - it's all about building stronger camaraderie within our forum and the DSM community. It also helps build some extra excitement for the event itself.
Here's how it will work, though it is subject to change as we work through the process:
Donations
All registered members of the DSMtuners community will be able to donate via a membership payment directly through the site, using Paypal. We may open it up to other payment processors, but for now, it will be Paypal. Once the donation is made, the member's account will be noted for special recognition for having donated to the effort. The process will be very similar to our Supporting Membership upgrade. Make your donation here. You can also see a list of all members who have made donations here. The donations will go into a pot that will be paid out to eligible members who win their class at the 2025 Shootout. If you'd like to offer parts or other rewards as a donation for winners, PM me.
Eligibility for the Payouts
In order to be eligible to receive this member-funded payout from DSMtuners, the Shootout entrant must meet the following criteria:
- Must be an active DSMtuners member with a minimum of 5 posts
- Must submit their official entry in this thread
- Must have a Vehicle Profile and Build Thread with updates of the car posted this year
- Vehicle entered to compete must be a DSM (1990-1999 Eclipse, Talon, Laser, or a 1991-1992 Galant VR-4)
- Must display a DSMtuners decal on your car (can be ordered here)
Payouts
We will determine which classes to award the payout to based on various factors this year. It will be entirely dependent upon which classes have winners who are members here on the site, and the number of entrants who respond to proclaim their eligibility. We may choose to break up the payout across multiple classes like we did last year, in the event we have multiple members who win their class, or we may decide to focus on one class if we raise less than, say, $1,000. In that case, we could award the payout to one eligible winner of one of the following classes, in this order of priority:
- Stock Appearing
- Street Eliminator
- Street 32
- Max Effort
- Quick 32
- SFWD
- 8.5 Index
- 9.5 Index
- 10.5 Index
- 11.5 Index
- 12.5 Index
Classes pulled from last year's list.
If the winner of the first class hasn't entered here on the site to be eligible, we'll move on to the next class until we come across a winner that meets the eligibility requirements.
But Wait, There's More...
We will also send the winner(s) some cool DSMtuners swag to make the pot even sweeter! If you need DSMtuners decals to become eligible for the pot, you can order some here, though we should have decals available at the Morrison Fab booth at the event for those who don't get their decals in time.
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Fine Print -
All donations are just that - a donation to a community pot. DSMtuners does not keep any of the donations. Paypal may keep a small fee for payment processing. The remaining funds will be paid out to eligible winners. Donating does not enter you into a contest or a raffle. You will not receive any physical item or reward for your donation, you will simply be recognized for your donation here on our website in various ways. Donation is not required for eligibility of the payout. DSMtuners will make the final determination on which classes will be rewarded the payout, based on the class winners' eligibility (described above) and other factors. DSMtuners ownership is not eligible to win this prize money, though those who volunteer (moderators) are eligible - though they do not get any special consideration. We'd like to point out that you're certainly able to donate to the Shootout directly, and we encourage people to do that as well. But we hope you'll consider donating here as way of supporting other members in our forum and helping us build something cool around the event here on the site.
This information will be updated as necessary. Reply to this thread for questions. PM me for suggestions in order to keep this thread clean.
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