steel, titanium... it just ain't natural to have metal in yo' hands.
oh man. that leads to too many possible jokes.
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steel, titanium... it just ain't natural to have metal in yo' hands.
oh man. that leads to too many possible jokes.
ok... three things guys.
I'm probably going to make enemies with this one...
- For the next round, all of the votes, who votes for what will be made public... that's right. People outside of the supermods and admins will be able to see who voted for whom... sockpuppets and recently signed up accounts and all.
- Anybody caught not fully creating their image and using a majority of another image not created by them will be disqualified on the spot. No excuse to use other people's artwork... if you're "inspired" by somebody else's work, still do it on your own.
- Anonymity is the key behind this battle. So posting even hints to which one is yours... not cool.
Now, with that said... allow me to say this. Nobody is being pointed out, nor is anybody guilty of what's above to a point where it's a problem. However, there are some things that need to be clarified before it does become a problem.
I'm not policing the thread nor images; however it has been brought to my attention some of the above "issues"... but nothing to the point where it caused an image that should have lost to win.
But the image "biting"... that definitely has to stop... it's happened, it's not cool either.
Now... with that said, voting ends today at 12 midnight Eastern Standard Time... figure it out for your timezone at your own discretion.
GMT -4 or -5, I forget which we are at this moment.
Soo... They're closed then?
Whe :zombie:
Voting closes in about 11 hours.
right, gotcha.
Cant wait to see who did what.
The styles are so different from the last round.
Image biting???
Using other people's images that were worked on beyond just a stock image.Quote:
Originally Posted by Markp.com
If any one has questons about that, PM one of the Arena mods (EVP, gerbick, or myself).
OMG!
Seriously?!?!?!?! :eek:
*goes to look at images again*
Just as a reminder, voting ends tonight.
All of the next rounds will be shifted again by a day and I will change the schedule on page 1 of this thread to reflect that
Polls are closed, threads are unstuck.
Winners... look for your PM's via Dricotti by tomorrow morning. The new stocks will be going up tonight.
Non-winners... awesome turn out. I hope that you're not discouraged and I look forward to seeing more battles from you all - in fact, there should be more battles between the March Madness people... ya' think?
I'll add the names to the images:
ctranter=amazing.
btw... if I have any errors on the names, please feel free to correct me. I did it mostly from memory from a list that Dri sent to me and I had long deleted.
Congrats, gerbick, you kicked my ass again :p But at least I did better than last year.
Markp has done an amazing job on every round... how come he doesn't spend more time in the Arena?
ctranter's and creativeinsomnia's images are incredible too. Man, I love those skies.
WOW...quite suprising on who did what....
Gerbs...nice style, a bit busy, but really makes me look at it...awesome! battle more please!
Alty...what happened...and don't give me a 'time' excuse...i've seen SOOO much better
MARKP!!! Dude, i would have never expected that from you....you gotta be in here at the arean more often man, seriously!
Ctranter...what an great detailed image with such depth and thoughtfullness. I absolutely loved it!
Ghostgirl, i was completely wrong by your image...i was really in between with you and your competitor...
Malee...completely fits with your personality ...odd ;) nice lighting!
Nords & Hybrid...such a tough call...both executed greatly, just a toss up of what style you like
Neps...good idea, i like the sign. the image in itself doesn't seem to fit all together with lighting. again no time excuse ;)
Dric...the one armed bandit! what a great balanced image...i love the complete black background with no texture. You see that rarely around here. Nice fit with the pixel font and nut there too. Again, you didn't just use the whole stock, you took the idea of the stock and implemented it nicely...this was one of my favorite images!
DevilRidesIn - Hmm...i voted for you...i really like what you did. Realy really do. Love the textures and the words that you used to pull the whole image together...great artistic impression!
CI - Wow, great image. The only reason why i didn't vote for you was because i felt something was wrong wiht the image (I spent a lot of time on ALL images looking at detial this time, rather than just voting for the best eye candy)...the lighting seems wrong, and what tipped me was the face in the window...other than that, it's one of the most amazing images i've seen in quite a while.
The Waste- god, what a great setup here. It's so uniform, and again, not anyone's style that's ever been shown here! Great creativity, and it takes great cajones to try something different in a competition! I thought i'd like to hang this picture near my outside door...great job.
Nats! - Very cool, I love the flow and the colors. Great job on the gradient and the object in the background. I felt it was incomplete though. I'm sure that you had more ideas here that you wanted to implement but didn't have the time.
congrats to natsia...that image FLAT OUT BLEW MY MIND!!!
though, this pairing was actually my toughest vote.
cheers to hybrid on a close battle. your's certainly was doper, no question.
i'll be rooting for you against markuspeepee ;) :)
thanks for the correction PM, nords... changed.
lefteye... thanks for the kind words. But that was truly an image I had like 3 minutes to do it in, and it's basically as incomplete as you can get. look above... I think gesteves - who has the spanish version of my English name - and I should truly battle... we keep meeting up in the March Madness... time for a proper battle.
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Originally Posted by lefteyewilly
Insert generic time excuse here. It really was the reason, I had so much crap to do, I planned to do the whole thing the day before it was due, but then I was at the Hospital. Laziness also played a HUGE part. I'm still shocked 6 people voted for me. :yikes:
Heres the updated bracket (also on the first page still):
[http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8049/bracket1it.jpg
Congrats to all who won and I demand to see everyone who lost (and those from previous rounds) get into some battles
That would be a good one. I still like his volley from last year in round 1 (and still dont know what it says)Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick
i seriously think you should add the names of those who didn't submit to that image....it'd shame them for bailing out on us.