SOTM 2009 - July (Double Render) - Voting Thread

[Solace]

!!!Welcome to the SOTM!!!

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This is the Voting Phase for the July SOTM Contest.
Please read the following rules very carefully before casting your vote for your favorite entries.

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The Voting Process - How do I vote?:

1. Look at all the entries in the second post, and pick one, two, or three that you like.

2. Take the number and name of the entries you like.

3. Make a single post with the number and name of the entries you are voting for.

Format for Voting - How do I correctly cast my vote?:

When you make your vote, please use the number of the entry and the name of contestant. Example:

Originally Posted by Bram Stoker

12. Dracula
28. Vlad the Impaler
33. Alucard

I will tally the votes during the contest and once again at the end of the contest. The winner will be announced when the final day for voting passes.

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Voting Rules - Things every potential voter should know:

1. You can vote for up to three of your favorite entries. You do not *need* to vote for more than one, but you can vote up to three if you wish.

2. All votes are equal. I will remove votes from anyone attempting to influence others vote choice.

3. Do not confuse the voting process by changing your votes or by trying to vote more than once. It's a simple format, and if you don't follow it, I won't count your vote.

4. You can vote for yourself, but we'd rather you didn't. If you are going to vote for yourself, you must vote for at least one other person.

5. In the event of a tie, there will be a second voting process. If that voting also results in a tie, the contestants in that poll will all be declared winners and will decide together what the theme for the next contest is. If they cannot decide by the time the contest begins for the next month, the organizer will decide based on community input.

6. To cut down on any potential cheating, any accounts registered a week before, and up through, the voting period are not eligible to vote. The exception to this rule is any account with an entry in the contest.

*I reserve the right to reject votes if I deem any account suspicious.*

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Voting begins on Sunday, June 26th, 2009, at 12:00pm, and ends the following Sunday, August 2nd, 2009, at 12:00pm.

The timezone I am using is UTC/GMT.

Use this site to figure out what time that is in your timezone: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx

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That's it! You can comment in this thread, but I will not tolerate any vote swaying or contest rigging. Any suspicious activity will be reported to the mods, so please, keep this clean and fair.

Questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions about the general voting phase or how the contest is run can be directed to me using the private message function or to the SOTM Generic Discussion Thread. Drama is not tolerated, so be civil. *If it's a concern about a contestant or entry, please PM me before discussing it publicly.* Thank you.


ANYONE NOT FOLLOWING THE VOTING PROCESS WILL NOT HAVE THEIR VOTES COUNTED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Good luck contestants, and most importantly, have fun!

[Solace]

Final Entry List

1. ganbaru
   
   

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2. White Manju Bun
   
   

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3. Frailty
   
   

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4. Evil Rick
   
   

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5. Silver Dragon
   
   

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6. KholdStare
   
   

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7. Yuka-Chan
   
   

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8. AtomicoX
   
   

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9. Larthak
   
   

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10. Katocchi
    
    

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11. escimo
    
    

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12. vandakiara
    
    

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13. Cierra
    
    

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14. gelato_
    
    

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15. P.G.
    
    

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16. PreSage
    
    

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17. kamo
    
    

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18. Eps~
    
    

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19. EmoEgg
    
    

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20. Ratche
    
    

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21. LKK
    
    

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22. Miko Miko
    
    

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23. Cats
    
    
    
    

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24. Solace
    
    
    
    

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[Riker]

14. gelato_




23. Cats






24. Solace







p.s. Woot first to vote.

p.p.s. Fear the bunny!

[ganbaru]

As usual, this month's choices are hard .
13- Cierra
17- kamo
20- Ratche

[Delitesco]

4. Evil Rick


10. Katochi


15. P.G.



Good luck everyone : ).

[Daniel E.]

7. Yuka-Chan


11. escimo


24. Solace


And gelato_ has a cookie in the works from me!

[Frailty]

9. Larthak


13. Cierra


23. Cats




wow the renders look the same


goodluck to us all!

[Larthak]

17. kamo


23. Cats




24. Solace

[felix]

#9 - Larthak

#8 - AtomicoX

#3 - Frailty

[The Chaos]

12.vandakiara



23.Cats





24. Solace




Good luck to everyone

[Mon Cheri]

14. gelato_
24. Solace

Good luck everyone : D

[KiNA]

14. gelato_
GJ Ed ^^ ... Rika was right, that is one damn imba sig XD Fear the bunny!!

23. Cats
Animute! And a good one at that ^^

24. Solace

3rd one is a toughie to pick.. Sorry Larthak :<

edit :
Nanikore you copycat rika!

[Miko Miko]

3. Frailty
4. Evil Rick
9. Larthak

Spoiler for Honorable Mentions:

Yuka-Chan, Brilliant Sig love the background!, Good Luck!
escimo, This sig is awesome, Good Luck!
Cierra, Love the colour scheme, Good Luck!
kamo, Looks very pretty, Good Luck!
Solace, Another good sig!, Good Luck!

[vandakiara]

7. Yuka-Chan


23. Cats




24. Solace

Spoiler for Honorable mentions:

8. AtomicoX - monochrome was last month jk I totally love the sig... too bad we can only vote for 3
11. escimo - I love the futuristic look
14. gelato_ - I seriously LOL'd hard at that the only reason I didn't vote for you is because of the obvious cuts on the sig... if they were less noticeable, I would've definitely voted for you
18. Eps~ - I love the colours on the sig and how it looks... good job

[escimo]

9. Larthak

Can't really put my finger on it, I just like it.

13. Cierra

Love the colors. Background is very nice as well. Very smooth and soft feeling to it.

14. gelato_

That's all I can say.

Spoiler for Honorable mentions. Third one was indeed a difficult pick.:

Cats.
A bit too contrasty to my taste but still very nice coloring. Blink animation is a nice touch as well but somehow it looks a bit odd. Maybe it's because the eyes don't close completely.

Eps~ aniki.
Great colors, however without the animation the composition seems a bit awkward.

Solace.
The design is very nice and colors work really well as well. Couldn't just get over the cut hair on the bottom. (yeah I know I'm nitpicking...)

[Bou]

2. White Manju Bun
9. Larthak
17. kamo

[gelato_]

9. Larthak - one of the two that really captured my attention at first sight. loved the softness and near monotone style(usually Atomicox does well on this, but sorry A)

11. escimo - the other one that really caught my eye - to me, it's the perfect work for this month
24. Solace - truly a outstanding one

PS: I'll thank those who'd already voted for me first, the original entry was edited for my own forum siggie (thus the lack of touch up due to last minute entry), but Riker urged me to enter this instead, so kudos to him for having sharp eyes for funny stuffs.lol

PPS: yes and thank DeathKillz for your bunny, now please get off my back. ( i only first saw it in Riker's siggie)

[Eps~]

#3. Frailty
#9. Larthak
#24. Solace

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by gelato_

PPS: yes and thank DeathKillz for your bunny, now please get off my back. ( i only first saw it in Riker's siggie)

Royalties! Since Riker stole the image off me but never credit at least someone mentions it

My picks~

13. Cierra

14. gelato_ (Because bunny eating siggy is an original idea).

19. EmoEgg

[OceanBlue]

7. Yuka-chan - The good colors and unobtrusive text got me.
15. P.G. - I could have sworn I saw a tutorial with the same techniques as that... It's one of the better ones regardless.
24. Solace - Nice color scheme. The simplicity makes it better.