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Roland St. Jude
2007-02-14, 04:23 PM
That time has come again - it's time to vote! Please take the time to look over all the entries before you do so.

Please send your selections to the VOTE account, here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/member.php?u=10372). Take a moment to review the guidelines on how to vote found in this thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9721). Good luck, everyone!

Voting begins now, and will continue until Noon Wednesday, February 21 (US Eastern Standard Time).

Judging Categories

Best Overall Rivalry
Best Articulation of the Theme
Best Crunchy Element
Funniest Entry
Rookie Award
Roland's Choice (Staff) Award (You don't vote for this one, obviously.)The entries are:
Hush (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32631) by MandibleBones
Heart and Soul (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32356) by Phoekun (Rookie)
Immortal Conflict (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32615) by Varen Tai (Rookie)
...Some Guys Just Send Flowers... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32224) by Dareon
To Win Her Heart (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32032) by Peregrin
Thief of Hearts (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34439) by badger (Rookie)
Ascension (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34176) by AngelSword
Lost Cutlass Poker Invitational (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32043) by Elvaris
The Song-Things of Love and Reason (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33231) by Amotis (Rookie)
Heart of Light, Heart of Darkness (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34408) by Duke of URL
Telltale Heart (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32978) by The Glyphstone
Love-Hate Relationship (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34898) by Mike Lemmer
Grewyn and Roland (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2018755#post2018755) by Fireball.Man.Guy (Rookie)
Emerald and NAMELESS: Heart and Mind (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34923) by ExHunterEmerald (Rookie)
To Ocean's Heart (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34927) by Elvaris

Contestants: Please double check your links! I've cut-and-pasted them directly from your entry, but you might want to make sure they go where you want. Make sure you're properly identified as a Rookie or not, too! Thanks!

Roland St. Jude
2007-02-21, 01:54 PM
And the Winners are...

Best Overall Rivalry = Heart and Soul (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32356) by Phoekun (7)
Best Articulation of the Theme = ...Some Guys Just Send Flowers... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32224) by Dareon (5)
Best Crunchy Element = Heart and Soul (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32356) by Phoekun (5)
Funniest Entry = Lost Cutlass Poker Invitational (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32043) by Elvaris (5)
Rookie Award = Heart and Soul (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32356) by Phoekun (9)
Roland's Choice (Staff) Award = Heart and Soul (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32356) by Phoekun (Nicely done!)

There were 15 voters. The number in parentheses is the number of votes the winner recieved. I apologize, but more detailed information will have to wait. Congratulations to the winners!

And someone else will be running the next contest, but it might not start until the first of the month.

ExHunterEmerald
2007-02-21, 01:58 PM
Holy hell, PhoeKun. You just pwned that thing.
Nicely done!

PhoeKun
2007-02-21, 02:28 PM
o_O...

... I'm speechless. 4 categories!?

Thank you very much to everyone who voted for me. I'm glad you liked my entry.

Gleeweasels! :smallbiggrin:

ExHunterEmerald
2007-02-21, 02:46 PM
At least next time you won't qualify for Rookie.

...wait...

Neither will I. Dammit!

Fax Celestis
2007-02-21, 02:57 PM
Back when I started, we didn't have rookie awards! And we homebrewed in the snow! Uphill! Both ways!

Amotis
2007-02-21, 03:18 PM
Holy bread in a hand basket! *jaw drop*

Phoekun wins. A lot.

Fireball.Man.Guy.
2007-02-21, 03:36 PM
So now comes the reign of PhoeKun, and for the next bunch of contests, all will bow down. Nice job, you had my vote for 3 of the 4 you won. And I'm a contestant!

Elvaris
2007-02-21, 03:47 PM
Nice job Phoekun, and thanks for not going for humorous... giving the rest of us a chance at something. Congratulations to Dareon and thanks to everyone who voted for me.

Ironfist Orc
2007-02-21, 06:57 PM
This was the third contest in which I read all the entries, and it was the hardest one to do my voting upon. Though I ended up being a PhoeKun voter, it was close in every single category. (Except humorous, which I abstained. But would have voted for the Poker scenario if I had had to...)

ExHunterEmerald
2007-02-21, 08:26 PM
Funny, I thought the poker invitational was less funny and more nifty. Totally different direction than most of the entries.

The Vorpal Tribble
2007-02-21, 09:13 PM
Whoa, whoa, whoa... ok, I think someone knocked me in the head and I've lost a day.

I looked at the cut-off date a few hours ago. I read 21st. I looked at the date on my computer and it said the 20th.

'Ok', I thought to myself, 'I'll send in my votes tonight.'

I then took a nap, got up, and see the voting is over?

I'm feeling a bit wierded out...

ExHunterEmerald
2007-02-21, 09:21 PM
Wow. You missed the contest and the vote thread by a day.

I think psionics are afoot!

The Vorpal Tribble
2007-02-21, 09:27 PM
Wow. You missed the contest and the vote thread by a day.
I know, I don't have a clue whats up...

ExHunterEmerald
2007-02-21, 09:48 PM
Don't know any wilders or telepaths, do you? Perhaps a grudge from a shaper?

MandibleBones
2007-02-22, 12:16 AM
Congrats, PhoeKun. Well deserved :)

Congrats also to Elvaris and Dareon - I was highly amused by the former's entry and rather impressed by the latter's, so kudos indeed.

Dareon
2007-02-22, 06:48 AM
I'd just like to thank all the little people. *gestures at a gaggle of gnomes and halflings*

Good entries all around, I wasn't even expecting to win anything.

badger
2007-02-22, 04:34 PM
Some very impressive entries; I had difficulty voting, myself. But the votes pretty much went the way I thought they might; congrats to all 3 of you, your wins were all well-deserved -- and kudos to all the entries. I can see I'll have to try much harder, next time (esp. since I, too, am no longer a rookie.)

ALready looking forward to the next contest.

Roland St. Jude
2007-02-23, 11:42 PM
Follow-up post regarding votes received by almost winners! ('Cause I know some of you are curious)

Overall Rivalry:
To Win Her Heart by Peregrin (1)
Thief of Hearts by badger (Rookie) (1)
Heart of Light, Heart of Darkness by Duke of URL (Rookie) (1)
Telltale Heart by The Glyphstone (1)
Love-Hate Relationship by Mike Lemmer (1)
Grewyn and Roland by Fireball.Man.Guy (Rookie) (1)
To Ocean's Heart by Elvaris (2)

Articulation of the Theme:
Heart and Soul by Phoekun (Rookie) (1)
Immortal Conflict by Varen Tai (Rookie) (1)
To Win Her Heart by Peregrin (1)
Thief of Hearts by badger (Rookie) (2)
Ascension by AngelSword (1)
Telltale Heart by The Glyphstone (3)
Love-Hate Relationship by Mike Lemmer (1)

Best Crunch:
To Win Her Heart by Peregrin (1)
Ascension by AngelSword (1)
Lost Cutlass Poker Invitational by Elvaris (2)
Heart of Light, Heart of Darkness by Duke of URL (Rookie) (4)
Telltale Heart by The Glyphstone (1)
Abstain (1)

Funny:
The Song-Things of Love and Reason by Amotis (Rookie) (3)
Love-Hate Relationship by Mike Lemmer (3)
To Ocean's Heart by Elvaris (2)
Abstain (2)

Rookie:
Thief of Hearts by badger (Rookie) (2)
The Song-Things of Love and Reason by Amotis (Rookie) (3)
Emerald and NAMELESS: Heart and Mind by ExHunterEmerald (Rookie) (1)

ExHunterEmerald
2007-02-24, 01:52 AM
Well, I got...

...one vote...

Fireball.Man.Guy.
2007-02-24, 12:03 PM
Don't feel bad, so did I. Guess the friends who visit the board and were supposed to vote for me forgot. Again.

MandibleBones
2007-02-24, 12:11 PM
*shrugs* Hey, I didn't get any votes. And that's okay, because there's always next time - I'll do better, try harder.

Plus, the winners totally rocked my socks, so I'm pretty satisfied losing to them.

Duke of URL
2007-02-26, 08:03 AM
Well, I just got squeaked out in the "Crunch" category, which is the only one I had really hoped to be competitive in. Thanks to all who voted for the Heartwar Swords (and the two champions), and congrats to the winners!