Dragon

I think it's kind of an unwritten rule that we don't choose the previous baton holder when it's our turn to host a challenge. Of course, as with other parts of the challenge, that's really only a guideline. As clorophilla said, the challenges are really meant to be about having fun and getting ideas.
Even though I don't get a chance to enter the challenges very often I love that they're there. Sometimes the topic gets me thinking and up pops a new idea that I might like to do in the future, even if I can't get it into the current round. I'm glad to see so many people interested in the way the challenges work, to me that says that they are going to grow and continue for a good long while.

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A philosophical answer, Clo. Your method of choosing the next baton holder makes a lot of sense. I have always avoided passing to the previous holder,
a). to give them a breathing space from the procedure,
b). to allow others to introduce fresh ideas and
c). to give a newcomer a bit of encouragement, especially if their entry is particularly creative.

clorophilla

I always guess that chosing the next owner for a challenge is not a matter of "win/best picture/best artist" etc. It's just to decide who can pic up the baton.

keeping in mind this fact, I feel quite relaxed on this. When I chose my successor in a challenge I did it for many different ways: I try to avoid chosing a person who was in charge just the previous round; I look for an artist that could be inspiring and give us good ideas; some time is an encouragement for a new entry or a reward for an entusiastic partecipation; and, obviously, I chose also by my preferenc for the pics. But that is never an assessment of pictures of artists.

I think it's important to remark this concept for the new entries. If a "winner" refuse, no problem, I can pass the baton to the next.

I like to own a challenge bc it make me the chance to propose something I find difficult to draw, so learning more from other artists; or simply look what so many amazing artists will do with an intriguing idea.

Obiously, sometime there is a few interest for a challenge and this is difficult to accept, but it may happen for various reasons; c'est la vie!

hanging

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions.
My head is a bit clearer now... I think....

What I wanted to say the most is:
"It's okay to say, 'I can't' without apology when you can't accept the baton."

As Dragon translated for me, it's not about choosing the winner.
It's about the whole process of creating new challenges to attract people to join, and check/comment on all pics submitted as the host.
Hosting challenges sometimes become very difficult.

And I can sense that many people draw many pics but never submit for the challenges because they don't want to host the challenges.

I wonder if there is anyway for everyone to stipulate either 'like to host' or 'no thanks' to the baton without guilt when they submit the pics for challenges.
Maybe we can choose a winner and next host separately...?

I'd like to hear people's opinion for that.

clorophilla

Hanging, I find your English well understandable (may be bc I'm not English to?? :-D)

I expressed my thoughts about how long I'd like a challenge to be, but of course it's a choice for the person in charge, and I think that the rules of challenges should be quite relaxed, as the challenges are mainly fun.

I suggest people who join the challenge for fun but know they will be too busy for get the baton, to say this before. Once I did it, knowing I'd have not the time to carry on a new challenge; I think this could help the owner of the challenge in his/her choice of a new winner.