I would love to go someday, but don't really want to spend big to go far.
It essentially has to be in Europe or SE Asia. The US (especially now) is far too problematic for visas.
Yeah, those competitions used to be popular. The was also the silly, but fun "colour" one, where each day of the week was a different colour prompt. As long as they aren't spammy, I don't mind. When people use the prompt to put effort into creating something cool, I am all for it.