One week is WAY too short for contests. I love the contests, but it's basically impossible. Sure, someone could get lucky and discover new strats or skips, but it's unlikely in a week. Most people aren't even on here everyday, they will see the contest around day 4/5 or later. This is why I will only do contests if the game is like $5 or free. I'm doing the Peggle Nights contest and it's really fun. It's already over though and I just started memorizing moves to the point where id have a half way decent decent run. If the contest was at LEAST two weeks or longer, I'd probably actually have a chance. A week is NOT long enough to learn an entire games mechanics enough to beat a seasoned player in real time. All the current winners have previous runs. Yes, this makes sense because they have more skills, in game time etc. but it's also because the contest is only a week.

Call me a sore loser if you want, but I am enjoying Peggle Nights and obviously like contests in general.