In order to better assist everyone with voting and questions related to voting as well as to the icontest in general, we have compiled our own combination voting tutorial and F.A.Q. If you have any other questions, please ask here so we can add the question and answer to the post.


( Voting Example Guidelines )


( Example Icons and Votes )



( Frequently Asked Questions )


( Comments or Questions? )

[Last updated July 20, 2009]

Hey guys, in between this challenge while we set up the winners' showcase and get started on the next challenge, a quick poll to find out what we've done right and what we need to work on! This won't take more than a few minutes I swear! Unless you want to be helpful and wordy about it or go on in the comments which we welcome with open arms and a jar of cookies. ;D

All comments are screened. So please, feel free to leave any comments you've got about what we have going on right now - it'll only help us make this much more fun and loads better for you. ♥

( Poll under cut. )

The ballots have been cast, the votes have been tallied, and here are the results for Round #002 Challenge #12, THE FINAL RESULTS FOR THE ROUND!
Apologies for the slight delay, xenylamine has been busy over the weekend and I just got home. |D;;

( Round #002 Winner )


( Round #002 Runner-Up )


( Challenge #002;12 Results Tally )

( Round #002 Icon Makers )

All of the critiques and comments will be posted in the upcoming Winners' Showcase which I'm already preparing banners for, so you don't need to ask for them here.

The sign-up post for Round #003 will be posted soon, along with a poll on je_battle and a new voting tutorial in the making! Watch out for it and start promoting!

Thank you everyone for your participation and effort! Winners, please choose your prize from the prize section in the userinfo and email your choice to Jack at xenylamine at gmail dot com.

Comments to this post are not screened. :D

No, I didn't post the winners yet... we REALLY don't have enough votes. MORE VOTES PLEASE!

VOTE HERE!

Please? I'd like to be able to announce the winners!!!

Please do not forget to cast your vote for Challenge #12! We need every vote we can get to make this as fair as possible. SINCE THIS IS THE FINAL CHALLENGE OF THE ROUND, YOU ONLY NEED TO VOTE FOR BEST QUALITY ICONS.

You can find the icons and voting guidelines here.

The voting post will close at 8:00 PM EDT (-5:00 GMT) tomorrow, Wednesday July 1. Results for the Round will go up as soon as possible after that!

Thank you!

Voting has begun for Round #002; Challenge #12! This is the final voting in this Round!!

( Guidelines and icons under the cut. )


If you have any questions, you may ask them here.

Good luck to the participants!

Sorry for taking so long, here're all the banners from Round 001 for all People's Choice, Mod's Choice and Round winners. (I just went and made everything regardless of whether you've requested for it in the results post or not.)
Please save them to your own server, my photobucket account can't take that much. |D
Comment for any corrections or missing banners.

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( Theme under the cut. )

Please note;
• You may only submit three icons for this challenge.
• Your icon must fit the theme provided.
• Your icon must conform to LiveJournal standards; 100x100 and 40 kb or less.
• Do not promote your icon, and do not post, display, or otherwise use your icon anywhere on the Internet until after this Round is over and the results have been posted, or you will be disqualified from the round. This includes telling your friends about your icon. You may not reveal your character at any point until the Round is over.
• We strongly recommend that you read comments for additional clarification of the theme, guidelines and interpretation. Very often, we will answer questions posed by other contestants and our replies will be left unscreened should you have similar concerns or questions.

The ballots have been cast, the votes have been tallied, and here are the results for Round #002 Challenge #11!


( Challenge #002;11 Eliminations )


( Challenge #002;11 People's Choice )


( Challenge #002;11 Results Tally )


( Challenge #002;11 Idol-Points & Ranking )


If you would like to see the comments that your icon received, respond to this post with the number of your icon and one of us will reply to your comment. You will receive both the negative critiques and the positive comments. Our replies will be screened so that no one other than the moderators will be able to see them, but they will be emailed to you as an LJ comment reply from us. If you do not receive the comment in your email, please let us know and we will email them to you directly. All icon comments and critiques will remain strictly anonymous; please do not ask who voted for your icon, because we will not tell you. Also, please note that some of the critiques are harsh, so do not ask for your critiques if you will not be able to handle criticism.

Due to the nature of this icontest, all comments to this post will be screened and will stay screened.

There are 2 idols remaining in Round #002. THE FINAL CHALLENGE IS NEXT!!! :D!!

Thank you everyone for your participation and effort!

Please do not forget to cast your vote for Challenge #11! We need every vote we can get to make this as fair as possible. Be sure to look at all the icons when you're voting, and also check to be sure you're meeting the voting guidelines so that we can count your vote!

You can find the icons and voting guidelines here.

The voting post will close at 8:00 PM EDT (-5:00 GMT) tonight, Wednesday June 24. Results, tallies, and standings will go up as soon as possible after that.

Thank you!

Voting has begun for Round #002; Challenge #11, the semi-final challenge!

( Guidelines and icons under the cut. )


If you have any questions, you may ask them here.

Good luck to the participants!

Two of the three semi-finalists have not submitted an icon to this challenge! If you don't submit an icon to this challenge, you're going to be disqualified from the round... which would be really silly, considering how far you've come. :) The deadline is tomorrow (Monday) night at 8 PM Eastern time, so please be sure to submit!

You can find the submission post through this link!

Good luck!!

( Theme under the cut. )

Please note;
• You may only submit one icon for this challenge.
• Your icon must fit the theme provided.
• Your icon must conform to LiveJournal standards; 100x100 and 40 kb or less.
• Do not promote your icon, and do not post, display, or otherwise use your icon anywhere on the Internet until after this Round is over and the results have been posted, or you will be disqualified from the round. This includes telling your friends about your icon. You may not reveal your character at any point until the Round is over.
• We strongly recommend that you read comments for additional clarification of the theme, guidelines and interpretation. Very often, we will answer questions posed by other contestants and our replies will be left unscreened should you have similar concerns or questions.

The ballots have been cast, the votes have been tallied, and here are the results for Round #002 Challenge #10!


( Challenge #002;10 Eliminations )


( Challenge #002;10 People's Choice )


( Challenge #002;10 Results Tally )


( Challenge #002;10 Idol-Points & Ranking )


If you would like to see the comments that your icon received, respond to this post with the number of your icon and one of us will reply to your comment. You will receive both the negative critiques and the positive comments. Our replies will be screened so that no one other than the moderators will be able to see them, but they will be emailed to you as an LJ comment reply from us. If you do not receive the comment in your email, please let us know and we will email them to you directly. All icon comments and critiques will remain strictly anonymous; please do not ask who voted for your icon, because we will not tell you. Also, please note that some of the critiques are harsh, so do not ask for your critiques if you will not be able to handle criticism.

Due to the nature of this icontest, all comments to this post will be screened and will stay screened.

There are 3 idols remaining in Round #002. Only the icon makers that survived Challenge #10 may submit an icon for Challenge #11 (the Semi-Final Challenge!).

Thank you everyone for your participation and effort!

Please do not forget to cast your vote for Challenge #10! We need every vote we can get to make this as fair as possible. Be sure to look at all the icons when you're voting, and also check to be sure you're meeting the voting guidelines so that we can count your vote!

You can find the icons and voting guidelines here.

The voting post will close at 8:00 PM EDT (-5:00 GMT) tomorrow night, Wednesday June 17. Results, tallies, and standings will go up as soon as possible after that.

Thank you!

Voting has begun for Round #002; Challenge #10! We have 4 sets of icons out of a potential 5. Please note you will be voting on the icons in sets!

Skips used; N/A
Disqualified;
Withdrawn; N/A

( Guidelines and icons under the cut. )


If you have any questions, you may ask them here.

Good luck to the participants!

The following idols have not yet submitted an icon for Challenge #10:

Domoto Tsuyoshi


The submission post can be found by clicking this link!

You must submit your icon to the submission post by the deadline: Monday, June 15, at 8:00 PM EDT (-5:00 GMT). You may NOT use a skip for this challenge. If you do not submit, you will be disqualified.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

The following idols have not yet submitted an icon for Challenge #10:

Domoto Tsuyoshi


The submission post can be found by clicking this link!

You must submit your icon to the submission post by the deadline: Monday, June 15, at 8:00 PM EDT (-5:00 GMT). You may NOT use a skip for this challenge. If you do not submit, you will be disqualified.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

( Theme under the cut. )

Please note;
• You may only submit two icons for this challenge.
• Your icon must fit the theme provided.
• Your icon must conform to LiveJournal standards; 100x100 and 40 kb or less.
• Do not promote your icon, and do not post, display, or otherwise use your icon anywhere on the Internet until after this Round is over and the results have been posted, or you will be disqualified from the round. This includes telling your friends about your icon. You may not reveal your character at any point until the Round is over.
• We strongly recommend that you read comments for additional clarification of the theme, guidelines and interpretation. Very often, we will answer questions posed by other contestants and our replies will be left unscreened should you have similar concerns or questions.

The ballots have been cast, the votes have been tallied, and here are the results for Round #002 Challenge #09!


( Challenge #002;09 Eliminations )


( Challenge #002;09 People's Choice )


( Challenge #002;09 Results Tally )


( Challenge #002;09 Idol-Points & Ranking )


If you would like to see the comments that your icon received, respond to this post with the number of your icon and one of us will reply to your comment. You will receive both the negative critiques and the positive comments. Our replies will be screened so that no one other than the moderators will be able to see them, but they will be emailed to you as an LJ comment reply from us. If you do not receive the comment in your email, please let us know and we will email them to you directly. All icon comments and critiques will remain strictly anonymous; please do not ask who voted for your icon, because we will not tell you. Also, please note that some of the critiques are harsh, so do not ask for your critiques if you will not be able to handle criticism.

Due to the nature of this icontest, all comments to this post will be screened and will stay screened.

There are 5 idols remaining in Round #002. Only the icon makers that survived Challenge #09 may submit an icon for Challenge #10.

Thank you everyone for your participation and effort!