I don't think you are allowed to post on any other forums for help. If caught, then you are officially disqualified. This should specifically be a one man deal. However, if you can find a person on aims, or some other chat program, who is willing to keep his critiques hush, hush, and not spill the beans to any of the officials or competitors, well by all means. Fair is fair, until you are caught with your pants down, if you know what I mean.
By the way:
Challenge begins now
Ends Feb 5th, at 7am (GMT)
If it ends on the 5th, when will we have the results of the winners, of the first round? Is there a set day for the winner results that we can expect, or will this be purely decided on by the free time the judges have?