The decision to not allow v5 boards was not taken lightly, and it was only after a significant amount of discussion on the subject that we came to the conclusion. The final conclusion we came to, was that since we were no longer offering v5 support forums here, it was rather unbalanced to allow it in the contest. We have since revoked the decision to remove the v5 support boards, at least until Infopop officially stops supporting it as well. However, we firmly believe that v6 is the future of UBB, and we are doing our best to promote it as such. Since this contest is about showing off the brightest, best, and
newest methods of customization, we felt that v6 is the only way to go. For those and other reasons, we stand by our decision to not allow v5 boards in the contest.
If you really want to be included in the contest, you will have to upgrade to v6. It really isn't as bad as some people might have you think.
BTW, what "hidden beta" are you talking about?
---Skorpion
