Results for Round 10

[miss_sarac]

Below are the results for Round 10, but first a quick rant...

Voting was unacceptable this round! Every single icon received at least 2 votes, and that is just NOT okay. The rules for voting have been discussed repeatedly, but yet people still can't get it right. Because of this, starting next round, the voting will completely different and I

Comments

[drazzi]

Whoo, it's actually a relief to be voted off at last XD

Everyone's icons in that last round were really beautiful. It's getting harder and harder each round to vote.

[sapphire_stephy]

darn.. *snaps fingers* It goes to show you, don't try new techniques when in competition.. stick with what you do best. ;) Thanks for the fun!

[raynala]

Hehe, I learned that the hard way when disney_hush held their LIMS... got voted off in the first round. XD;

[raynala]

Although I agree that almostaday's icon is simply wonderful, I believe that it is fair to say that every icon could have earned a fair vote or two. Some icons are obviously much better than others. However, everyone has different taste. I could point out something imperfect about every icon, including my own, and everyone takes different factors into account.

Granted, I'm sure there are some left that are still trying to pull off clever tactics in order to ensure that their icon receives top spot. Not all of us are doing that, however, and although I do not know exactly how many votes each icon received, I believe it is fair to say that the results were as they should have been.

I hope I'm not sounding too incredibly critical; I mean only to point out that no icon submitted was perfect, and that every member has different standards regarding an icon they think deserves to win in an icontest. Two votes for an icon, even the best of them all, does not seem like an unreasonable amount.

[miss_sarac]

yes everyone has different tastes, but as I've stated very clearly in the past..it's not necessarily about personal taste. It's about the basics of iconning: cropping, clarity, text, originality- and some of these icons were in NO way the worst out of the twelve.

[sugarsicons]

I was reading this, and I am very confused. I was wondering if you could clarify something for me. I was hoping that you explain this to me like I am a two-year-old

[miss_sarac]

With all due respect you are not a part of this competition, nor are you running it, so your reluctance to vote doesn't really bother me. What I do care about are the people in this competition who have expressed their concerns over voting.

Yes, there is actually such a thing as a 'good icon' and a 'bad icon' and if one is unable to tell that difference, it would probably be best they not vote in the LIMS challenge. I happen to run another LIMS challenge & each week the other mod & I go through the icons & discuss which ones are likely to get voted out. Each week while we always disagree on the 'best' icons, we can usually agree on the worst ones. Personal preference should come into account on things like effects used, text or even coloring, but not on things like cropping and whether the icon is over or under sharpened. Those are what I (and many other people) consider to be basics in icon making. Some of the icons in this round had that and some did not.

As a mod here, it is my job to make sure things run smoothly and fairly and

[almostaday]

Thank you for Mod's Choice. :)

[miss_sarac]

You are more than welcome. It was just lovely :)

[_mikaela]

o.O Whoo, some of the best ones got a lot of votes! :/

Congrats almostaday on mod's choice! :) I liked yours a lot!