NEW FORUM BANNER CONTEST [relaunch]

Sioc wrote:

as imo it doesn't look artistically that much superior to the other ones?

Well I'd say that lies in the eye of the beholder.

Like in the first competition I like #4 the most, because of the colours used plus the mixture of the shown famous brutes.

To each his own I'd say but definitely you shouldn't compare #4 with the ugly one from the first voting!

I think that RIF has the reason
but not like I can remove my pictures and get out of the competition
ultimately did not want to cause trouble

indeed the image number 4
not to stay so it has my watermark and a little cut
but if you take it off would look like

Don't worry, entry #4 will stay here in the contest. Thanks again for your contribution. And yes, I do understand it gets votes based on its intrinsic artistic value. It is a nice banner and one of the few ones with a different font for forum title.

That's at a different level I plan to act in case of abuses.

first i have nothing against Banner Nr4.
And i have no worry about the fairness this time because the rules are just "Just" this time

and i just thought of a rule we could/should have had from the beginning:

- only Members who voted in "Round 1" are allowed to vote in "Rount 2" with only one exception of the 2 groups: "Veterans" and "VIPs".

this way we could solve the problem of some members wo will be awakened by some owners of a certain Banner after 1 year of staying offline.

And just for Info: Nr4 has 2 Votes from the same Person with multiple accounts.

Only problem is that most Forum members who are abusing already voted for the first round.
But don't worry, I know exactly who are the guilty Forum members and if they don't act by themselves I will do it for them in a maybe less pleasant manner.

It's rather obvious

Cleaned up the votes that were in infringement with contest rule #6.

If a vote was deleted it means the user was blacklisted for the contest and any future vote from this user will be deleted. Warning was given and consequences were explained.
In case of disagreement, I am open to explanations per PM on why I was wrong.

has happened, you just eliminated votes
of banner 4

for example

davidloco. satan's biceps you've eliminated
iwxquierdox also deleted
bartum
Zethus
rapsus participating in the contest as
tell me the reason why you've deleted only my vote

Poir just suddenly pormi they voted?

Clearly explained here: https://mybrute.forumotion.com/t12228p60-new-forum-banner-contest-relaunch#171559
And contest rule #6: https://mybrute.forumotion.com/t12228-new-forum-banner-contest-relaunch (a quick analysis of the incriminated votes using mod features clearly shows infringement of this rule)
Sorry, but there will be no discussion at all regarding contest blacklisting
If someone thinks I'm mistaken, convince me I'm wrong per PM.

If your post was just deleted I will take the blame. I insinuation was made that My fellow admin deleted votes because someone is better than him with paintshop. So let me give this Admins take on the situation. Votes where ASKED for and NOT for a banner's artistic composition. Asking for votes is not going to be tolerated. Vote for a banner you like and not because someone asked you to.
I already have seen votes from multiple accounts and it was not a proxy IP. (be careful because I am in a banning mood on multi-accounts.)

One week left before the end of first round ! Hurry up
After first round the Top-4 banners will be selected for the final !

First round ended.
Top-4 votes are as follows:

Banner	#votes
10	11
11	4
7	4
6	3

Final is ready here: https://mybrute.forumotion.com/t12581-new-forum-banner-voting-thread-final-round#172104



Winner will be selected before the end of the month!

Current standings of the final:
xxxxx6
xxxx7
10
xxxx11

Banner	#votes
6	2
7	3
10	7
11	3

EDIT: updated rankings
xxxxxxx6
xxxxxxx7
10
xx11

Banner	#votes
6	3
7	3
10	8
11	6

EDIT: updated rankings (29.07.2011), now banners 10 and 11 are ex-aequo
xxxxxxxxxx6
xxxxxxxxxx7
10
11

Banner	#votes
6	3
7	3
10	9
11	9

contest will end at the end of this week

can i change my vote?

Yes, just edit it!

Contest ends tomorrow
One day left to cast your vote and choose your new Forum banner!

The contest is finished !!!
...
and...
the winners is...

1st: Rapsus with entry 11 with 10 votes

2nd: Nasic with entry 10 with 8 votes

3rd: Andreitm89 with entry 7 with 3 votes

4th: y3n with entry 6 with 3 votes


Note that entries 6 and 7 have the same number of votes. First banner that reaches the maximum number of votes wins, i.e. in this case banner #7 wins over banner #6.

Congratulation and thank you all for taking part in the contest.

The winner is now VIP and the users with the top-3 entries can reclaim their prize!

Please note as well that we had so many great entries that we decided to use a rotating banner system, i.e. at each page load the banner may change.
I will therefore add the top-3 banners in the rotating banner system as soon as the users will send to me the final version of their banner (without the name in the background).

Moreover I will open a thread in Graphics & Design section in order for Forum members to be able to submit their banner for inclusion in the rotating banner system. Forum staff will ultimately decide if the banner may be included.

Once again, thank you all for your contribution to this contest

Very good idea with the rotating banner system !

And here is the banner submission thread: https://mybrute.forumotion.com/t12625-the-forum-banner-submission-thread#172472

Of course you are welcome to resubmit your entry in the thread above ;-)

EDIT: you may have to clean your cache first in order to enable rotating banners.

rettungssocke wrote:

Very good idea with the rotating banner system !

+1

ALPHWON wrote:

rettungssocke wrote:

Very good idea with the rotating banner system !

+1

+1

but change the banners backgrounds .... make them same color as forum background

Yes indeed, +1 from me too! The changing banner's are very good

New Banner looks very good!!!

Great job!!!