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Post by Elliot Kane on Mar 1, 2009 0:11:48 GMT
Unfortunately, we are on GMT. The contest is now CLOSED! Thanks to everyone for all your hard work! Galadriel - I have to admit I quite like your mustard design. Interesting use of yellows. Cleglaw - interesting, if rather minimalist ;D Rhiian - bold, bright colours. I like it! Killerzzz - good use of blues and greys. Interesting effect. I rather like the green one, too. Peter - harder than it looks, isn't it? I think your purples design shows some promise. *** Due to the non-participation of Ubereil, there will be no vote and technically no winner (This being part of the original contest condition) HOWEVER - I would have to say that ALL of you who took part are winners in MY book, with some great displays of creativity! So thank you all! I hope it was as fun for you to do as it was for me to watch
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Post by killerzzz on Mar 1, 2009 6:24:44 GMT
Wait... no vote no winner...? So... that's it? Nothing's gonna happen? Or am I misunderstanding something? Killerzzz
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Post by Elliot Kane on Mar 1, 2009 7:03:34 GMT
Yep, thats it! You understand perfectly
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Mar 1, 2009 7:06:19 GMT
Damn... oh well. It was fun to watch, btw.
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Post by Flix on Mar 1, 2009 7:16:21 GMT
They all looked good but I'm not sure I liked any of them more than the way the forum already looks anyhow.
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Post by Ubereil on Mar 1, 2009 9:28:59 GMT
According to my calender it's still February!!!
Übereil
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Post by Galadriel on Mar 1, 2009 20:52:43 GMT
So basically, we did all this for nothing at all? Not one design will be choosen now? Even the very good ones? Only because Ubs decided not to show up on time? Well done to the rest who actually tried to make a nice design . But i'm very dissappointed in Ubs, for making a joke out of this design contest.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Mar 1, 2009 21:06:29 GMT
I hope at the least it's been great fun for everyone and given those who wish it a chance to shine, Gal! Designing a forum look is far from easy, as I know too well myself.
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Post by Ubereil on Mar 2, 2009 10:00:33 GMT
But i'm very dissappointed in Ubs, for making a joke out of this design contest. But... I was going to make one later! Seriously! All I had time for was a joke! Übereil
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Post by Galadriel on Mar 2, 2009 22:44:00 GMT
But i'm very dissappointed in Ubs, for making a joke out of this design contest. But... I was going to make one later! Seriously! All I had time for was a joke! Übereil Deadline was 28th of Feb 2009. Not the beginning of March.
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Post by killerzzz on Mar 2, 2009 23:36:26 GMT
So basically, we did all this for nothing at all? Not one design will be choosen now? Even the very good ones? Uh, I too must express my disappointment. Sure, it was fun and all, but we all thought we were doing this for a reason. Honestly, if I'd known I was doing it just for the hell of it... I probably wouldn't have spent my time at all. So I'm feelin' kinda scammed. ;D Don't see why we can't pick another judge and just continue as normal (or wait a bit longer for Ube to be able to get his things ready; I mean, it's not like we're trying to finish before the world ends... and even in that case, we've got three years ). Killerzzz
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Post by peterh on Mar 2, 2009 23:52:21 GMT
I think it would be fair to allow people to vote for the designs that was posted before the deadline. I'll take my part of the blame for the eventual mess up but I also think we should have some finality to the contest - even though the winning design might not be used on the board.
Anyway, I just looked through my designs and am going to post one more screenshot, even though we are past the deadline. It's a sample of a thread page in the teal/blue that I plain forgot to upload it. It's not a new design but I plain forgot to upload it during the rush so wether it should be eligible for a possible voting is up to you guys..
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Post by Flix on Mar 3, 2009 1:13:18 GMT
My guess is EK thinks the current scheme is best (I agree) and Ube's non-participation is just a technicality useful for keeping the forum the way it is.
Still, I also think we should vote anyways, as long as the current scheme is on the list (no offense to everyone who designed their own scheme).
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Post by Elliot Kane on Mar 3, 2009 3:44:57 GMT
It was never a technicality, Flix. The only reason there WAS a contest is because Peter & Ubereil were busy giving it with a ton of blag about how useless I was at design because they'd read some books written by people who'd never actually run a forum so they OBVIOUSLY knew better than I did...
You can imagine my reaction to this.
So I threw down the gauntlet to them and the rest of you were invited along, too. They HAD to take part - it was always a cardinal rule.
Nonetheless... It IS unfair to the rest of you... So there will be an 'Official Unofficial Winner Poll' as soon as Peter gets time to put it up (Unless he gets NO time, in which case I'll do it myself - no escaping this one!).
The forum won't change, regardless - but that should give everyone some closure and a chance to argue the merits of their designs.
All entries made before the deadline will go into the poll.
Is that fairer?
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Mar 3, 2009 8:08:19 GMT
Actually, why not just have the contest be judged as per normal? Contestants get disqualified all the time and if people prefer 1 scheme over another, they can always change it, right?
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Post by Alrik on Mar 3, 2009 15:02:29 GMT
I can't decide. I find almost all good, and I'd like to see a change every second month or so.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Mar 3, 2009 17:17:08 GMT
Sooner or later there will likely be a more permanent look... and it won't be anything like the way it is now! Just sayin' ;D For now though, I'm certainly not averse to changing it up every once in a while
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Post by LaFille on Mar 4, 2009 3:48:54 GMT
I vote for a vote.
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Mar 4, 2009 13:54:29 GMT
supported
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Post by peterh on Mar 5, 2009 18:30:48 GMT
I'll set up a vote in the next few days but would like to hear your thoughts on how to do it. My idea is to add a poll to each participants thread and then have each winning design face off in a final vote. I think that would make things more manageable and also give every participant a chance of winning as an appreciation of their hard work. Would that be acceptable or would your prefer one big thread with all the designs in it?
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