What about an impromptu pumkin-modelling 'contest'? It'd be something a little simpler for everyone, have it finish the day before halloween, can just do a big thread / image of everyones' pumkins 'shopped together.
Also agree with Firebert. A Halloween mini would be cool. Maybe requires real pumpkins! I would actually love to see another PC environment competition to offset all the character comps going on now/later and no Unrearthly. Plus I was to busy with getting a new job I couldnt do the side scroller one. But thats just me.
I'm going to fourth the mini-challenge with the pumpkin. It's allows everyone to enter and shouldn't take more than a week compared to these large environment/character challenges. Plus it will be awful fun around Halloween! As a side note, I really don't think the large challenges are working out. How many people have…