Candidate for the position of Manager of X-Day : Peter Carter


1. Name / Alias

  • Peter Carter AKA Chamber
2. Public e-mail address
  • X0chamber0X@hotmail.com
3. Current occupation
  • Web Designer, Work a part-time job at a italian restaurant.
4. Number of years online
  • 6
5. Number of years creating web pages
  • 4
6. Names of websites & urls
  • Half A Face - http://www.newreris.com/chamber
  • NewReris.Com - http://www.newreris.com
  • Tech-Carter - http://tech-carter.tripod.com
7. Major awards won by your websites for web design / programming
  • None yet
8. Comics-related mailing lists you are / have been a member of
  • None
9. Classes you have taken, languages (spoken and computer programming) you have learned, abilities you have that will help you in your role as x-day manager (spanish, french, perl, java, web design fundamentals, flash etc)
  • HTML, JavaScript, CGI(Still Learning), PHP(Still Learning)
10. Number of years collecting comics
  • 10
11. X-Titles you collect
  • Uncanny X-Men, Ultimate X-Men, Iceman, X-Treme X-Men, New X-Men, Cyclops, Wolverine.
12. Favorite X-Title
  • Uncanny X-Men, Ultimate X-Men, X-Treme X-Men
13. Favorite X-Character
  • Chamber, Iceman
14. Favorite quote / scene
  • Missing a face, MORON! - Cyclops in Ultimate X-Men.
Short Essay Questions
1. In the past years, many changes have been made to the category structure for the X-Day competition. What changes and improvements do you have in mind for the way that the contest is run? Are there any categories that you think should be added or removed? Are there additional subcategories that you think should be employed? (An example might be the subcategory  Website : Best use of Flash Animation.)
  • None. None. Best Sequential Arts.
2. You have designed or will design a sample X-Day 2002 website...

What have you done with this site to make it:

  • a. fast to load, even on slower modems
    • I don't know.
  • b. easy to use and understand
    • Yes
  • c. interesting (graphically, textually or otherwise)
    • Yes
  • d. automated and easy to update (scripts etc)
    • Yes
3. How much of your time do you forsee the competition taking - per night or per week - during the five weeks it runs?
  • 2hr per day.
4. What changes or improvements do you think should be made to how the contest is run? Will you continue the use of the Judges as a final decision on tie votes, or is there a better method for determining the winners?
  • It should have a short URL and should be included in search engines.
  • Judges method.
5. Why do you collect comic books? What is it about comics in general and the X-Books in particular that makes you pay 2-5$ (USD) per title to read and collect the X-books?
  • The storyline. The art. The characters.
6. Why do you want to support the X-Day competition with your time, talent and energy? What does the X-Day competition mean to you?
  • I want X-Fans to be able to submit their work. X-Day means pretty much to me.
7. Why do you want to be X-Day Manager? What talents and abilities do you feel you can bring to the X-Day competition?
  • I want to be X-Day Manager cause I want more people to read X-Men comics and actually celebrate the X-Day as a real event! I feel I can make the X-Fans like X-Day.