Is the contest still on? Details were pretty vague lol. Just wondering~
Yes the contest is on. 0.25BTC to top referrer by Thursday, August 28th at 00:00 EST (12 noon Hong Kong Time)
I think he might have been talking about the sig design contest.
I hope you don't choose one of those super obnoxious sigs.
It would go against the design principals of the site imo(which are quite nice imo).It seems that OP is deliberately dodging Qs related to sig design contest. This is the third time I'm asking for the end date of the sig design contest when the winner will be declared.
Not dodging questions - just getting caught up on this thread. Through page 15 now and will be done in a few hours responding to everyone and making rest of the payouts.
I did not set an end date yet since also testing which signatures are performing well with our analytics and metrics.
Also waiting for a few other good entries to make a decision and hope that is agreeable. I don't see the need for a rush on this - we want to see best quality signatures possible.
U might not have the rush for it, but designers do have. U might carry on the sig contest for an unknown period and then shut down the sig campaign altogether.
Signature Design Contest
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Reward of 0.1 BTC to whoever creates the best set of signatures for Hero through Member.
Open to multiple first place rewards and also 2nd place prizes if there is more than 1 outstanding set of designs.
What is the last date of the Signature Design Contest ? I dont see much details from OP regarding this.
I think companies learned already that signature contests are bringing up more people
and many colored banners are gonna be posted on their thread due to the contest So perhaps a good strategy is to keep the sig contest open for new designers for a long time 
But well ... for designers would be great to know when is official deadline.