Have you ever wanted to participate in a lims icontest but didn't want the pressure of an elimination? Would you like a chance to participate in a full round of challenges with no chance of being eliminated? If so, welcome to firefly_rumble!

We'll have sign-ups for each round. Each round will consist of 10 challenges. Members vote for their favorite icons and the scores keep adding up. There will be winners after each challenge and an "overall" winner for the entire round.

Round 2 Sign-Ups are now CLOSED, but please feel free to stick around and watch the community to participate in the voting. We'd love to have you!

Round 1 winners can be found here.

The winners for Round 2: Challenge 1 are under the cut. Thanks so much to all the voters - I know it wasn't easy.

( Congratulations to the winners! )

( Round 2: Challenge 1 Points Tally )

Please leave a comment with your icon number if you'd like to see your comments. I'll provide them in a screened comment. If you'd rather have your comments mailed to you, please leave your e-mail address along with your icon number. Icon numbers not listed did not receive any votes.

If you're signed up, don't forget to enter Round 2: Challenge 2!

Hi all! I'm going to be honest - this may be one of the most difficult icontest voting sessions you've had to do. There are 27 icons under the cut submitted for this first challenge. I'm going to make comments mandatory as we start out. Good luck!

Rules

• Vote for your 3 favorite icons. Remember, you are voting on the quality of the icons. You are not voting because you like/dislike a specific character.
  
• Also vote for the 1 icon you think best meets the requirements for this weeks special category. It's okay to pick an icon you've already voted for above. The special category this week is 'Best Crop.'
  
• Please leave a comment stating why you chose that particular icon for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. These comments will be made available to icon makers after the results are posted, if requested. Please refrain from one word remarks like "beautiful" or "gorgeous."
  
• Incomplete votes will not be counted.
  
• You do not need to be a participant to vote, but anonymous votes will not be counted.
  
• Don't vote for yourself, but I highly encourage you to get your friends to come vote - just don't tell them which icon is yours. :D
  
• You MUST vote to win.
  
• Votes will be submitted through screened comments.
  
• Voting is weighted as follows: 1st = 3 pts; 2nd = 2 pts; and 3 = 1 pt. These totals are added to determine challenge winners. SC votes are tallied separately.
  
• Voting will close Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:59 pm, PST.

Voting Sample
# - reason
# - reason
# - reason
SC - reason optional

( When I tell you that my little sister makes me look like an idiot child, I want you to understand my full meaning. )

This is the first challenge this round, so please bear with me as we work out this round's kinks. If you've got any questions, ask away!

Can I start off by saying how excited I am for this round? We have a lot of great icon makers signed on to participant and I have a feeling voting is going to be exceedingly difficult, but I'm sure we'll manage. ;) I'm very grateful to all our participants as well as those of you sticking around for the voting. THANK YOU!



Click here to enter Round 2: Challenge 1.

Click here to sign-up to participate in Round 2 OR earn any bonus points for promoting. Both close next Sunday.

The following people still need to enter icons for Round 2: Challenge 1:
aladriana // aryas_zehral // azuremonkey // clippedwings // demonfairie15 // iladora // katiegsr // maantre // megathy27 // missjcchinadoll // morpheus0013 // rescuedsoul // warningdca // xx_squish_xx

Welcome to Round 2! I'm so happy to see so many people signed up for this round - this should be lots of fun! I'm going to post the first challenge now although it'll be open longer than future challenges. If you have any questions or need clarification on anything, please feel free to ask away!

Rules

• Make sure you are actually signed up. Sign-up for Round 2 here.
  
• Only ONE icon per participant is to be submitted.
  
• Use only the caps provided below.
  
• Icon must meet LJ Standards (100x100, 40kb or less, .png, .gif, or .jpg).
  
• No animation. Brushes, textures, blends, and text are all fine.
  
• Since this is an anonymous community, please do not display your entry anywhere until the voting results are posted.
  
• Post your icon and its URL as a comment to this post. All comments for this post will be screened.
  
• If you prefer not to have your submitted icon featured on our profile page (if it places), please leave a comment 'opting-out' that icon. This will apply for all future submissions.
  
• Entries will be due Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:59 pm PST.
  
• If you are skipping this challenge, please leave a comment letting me know. You earn a point just for participating each week, but if you skip 3 challenges in a row, you will be disqualified.

Special Category: This week's special category is Best Crop.

( Round 2: Challenge 1: Welcome Aboard )