Week 13 Voting
*sigh* It's been a rough weekend >.<
As mentioned I had to go into work on my Saturday off to help deal with the issue at hand, took longer than expected too... what I didn't expect was to come home to my computer late that night, begin working on my icontests only to have my browser and all programs suddenly close down, while something called 'Spyware Protector' open up on its own, beginning to 'scan my files' and 'alert me of various threats' to my computer. Needless to say it was suspicious, but still scary since I lost access to everything, including Task Manager.
Fortunately I had access to my parents computer and with some research was able to find out more about this virus installed rogue program, that is designed to scam users into 'activating' by paying for a fake protection service/product by locking down access to the computer, disabling its competition and generating made-up warnings. Bleh! Long story short, with my dad's help we were able to get around it and launch a counter-attack with McAfee's Stinger, but it took a while to complete the scan and find all the hidden plus infected files.
Anyway, a few different programs and multiple scans/searches later, it appears my computer is finally back to normal. Yay! But where does that leave us? Here's what I am going to do: I'm posting voting now and it will run on an adjusted schedule until Tuesday morning. I will put up the new submission posts probably on Monday, but the deadline will fall next Friday instead so that we can get back on track. My apolgoies for all the delays, they couldn't be avoided I'm afraid and my focus was elsewhere (aka my poor baby *hugs computer*) so I neglected to check in with another update ;-;
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We have 6 gorgeous icons for Week 13, thanks so much to everyone that was able to participate for their support! And now the hard part, choosing from them...
Please vote for your three favourite icons (1st, 2nd, 3rd) in order of preference, as that is how points will be awarded. There is no Special Category this week due to the limited number of entries. No voting for yourself, check the userinfo section for all rules and more information. Your vote should look something like this:
42, 90, 78
OR
First: 42
Second: 90
Third: 78
- 01 -
- 02 -
- 03 -
- 04 -
- 05 -
- 06 -
01. Homare from Starry Sky | Provided Texture & Stock Photo
02. Dejiko from Di Gi Charat | Provided Artwork & Texture
03. Gwendolyn from Odin Sphere | Provided Stock Photo & Poetry
04. Ayumi from Honey and Clover | Provided Stock Photo & Poetry. Additional resources by sanami276
05. Female Mage from Ragnarok | Provided Stock Photo & Texture
06. Dejiko from Di Gi Charat | Provided Artwork & Stock Photo
All provided resources are credited in the submission post.
You have until Monday, May 3rd at 10:00 AM PM EST to cast your vote, no late ballots will be accepted unless an official extension is given. Remember that we're still a new and relatively small community, so your participation is needed here.
Week 14's resources will be posted later, hopefully on Monday, and your icons be due next Friday.
As mentioned I had to go into work on my Saturday off to help deal with the issue at hand, took longer than expected too... what I didn't expect was to come home to my computer late that night, begin working on my icontests only to have my browser and all programs suddenly close down, while something called 'Spyware Protector' open up on its own, beginning to 'scan my files' and 'alert me of various threats' to my computer. Needless to say it was suspicious, but still scary since I lost access to everything, including Task Manager.
Fortunately I had access to my parents computer and with some research was able to find out more about this virus installed rogue program, that is designed to scam users into 'activating' by paying for a fake protection service/product by locking down access to the computer, disabling its competition and generating made-up warnings. Bleh! Long story short, with my dad's help we were able to get around it and launch a counter-attack with McAfee's Stinger, but it took a while to complete the scan and find all the hidden plus infected files.
Anyway, a few different programs and multiple scans/searches later, it appears my computer is finally back to normal. Yay! But where does that leave us? Here's what I am going to do: I'm posting voting now and it will run on an adjusted schedule until Tuesday morning. I will put up the new submission posts probably on Monday, but the deadline will fall next Friday instead so that we can get back on track. My apolgoies for all the delays, they couldn't be avoided I'm afraid and my focus was elsewhere (aka my poor baby *hugs computer*) so I neglected to check in with another update ;-;
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We have 6 gorgeous icons for Week 13, thanks so much to everyone that was able to participate for their support! And now the hard part, choosing from them...
Please vote for your three favourite icons (1st, 2nd, 3rd) in order of preference, as that is how points will be awarded. There is no Special Category this week due to the limited number of entries. No voting for yourself, check the userinfo section for all rules and more information. Your vote should look something like this:
42, 90, 78
OR
First: 42
Second: 90
Third: 78
- 01 -
- 02 -
- 03 -
- 04 -
- 05 -
- 06 -
01. Homare from Starry Sky | Provided Texture & Stock Photo
02. Dejiko from Di Gi Charat | Provided Artwork & Texture
03. Gwendolyn from Odin Sphere | Provided Stock Photo & Poetry
04. Ayumi from Honey and Clover | Provided Stock Photo & Poetry. Additional resources by sanami276
05. Female Mage from Ragnarok | Provided Stock Photo & Texture
06. Dejiko from Di Gi Charat | Provided Artwork & Stock Photo
All provided resources are credited in the submission post.
You have until Monday, May 3rd at 10:00 AM PM EST to cast your vote, no late ballots will be accepted unless an official extension is given. Remember that we're still a new and relatively small community, so your participation is needed here.
Week 14's resources will be posted later, hopefully on Monday, and your icons be due next Friday.