( And the Last Icon Maker Standing is... )

I hope you all enjoyed Round Eight. Thank you to EVERYBODY who participated, including the voters. If anybody has any feedback, positive or negative, you can always feel free to comment.

I hope to see you all for Round Nine! I know this is a busy time of year for everyone, so the next Round won't start until some time after the New Year, but the sign ups will be posted soon!

PLEASE VOTE IF YOU HAVEN'T YET! This is the final challenge, so we need as many votes as possible. The winner will be announced in about two hours!

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THE RULES CAREFULLY. If you don't follow the rules, I will NOT count your vote. Since this is the final challenge, we're going to be voting differently, so it's very important that you read the rules.

VOTING RULES:
- Voting will last 24+ hours. The results will go up on November 17th, around 6 PM EST. You are not required to vote, but it would definitely be appreciated. You do not need to be a participant to vote.

- Vote for the icon that you think is the BEST for each of the three parts. You are NOT voting somebody off this time. You are not required to give reasons for your votes, but they are always appreciated. Remember, these votes will determine the winner of this round. Make sure you're voting for the icons that you legitimately think are the BEST.

- You will also be voting for the one icon that you think is the BEST OVERALL. Out of the six icons, vote for the one that you think is the best.

- If you are one of the final two, you are not allowed to vote for this challenge. Feel free to promote the voting in your personal journals, as long as you don't say which icons are yours.

- I will be adding up how many votes each icon receives. The person with the most votes will be the winner of Round Eight of lotr_lims!

Here's an example of how to vote:
PART ONE:
#6

PART TWO:
#3

PART THREE:
#5

FAVORITE ICON OVERALL:
Part Two - Icon #3

And the form (just copy and paste what's in the box, replace the #0's with the correct numbers, and replace 'Reason' with the explanation for your vote, if you choose to give one.):

<b>PART ONE:</b> #0 - Reason (optional) <b>PART TWO:</b> #0 - Reason (optional) <b>PART THREE:</b> #0 - Reason (optional) <b>FAVORITE ICON OVERALL:</b> Part # - Icon # - Reason (optional)

( FINAL CHALLENGE VOTING )

Rules:

- ALL icons must be submitted by 6 PM (EST) on Monday, November 23rd. I'm giving you guys two weeks since you have to make three icons each. The voting will be posted as soon as you have both submitted your icons, so if you get them in earlier than that, fantastic.
-You must follow LJ's icon dimension rules: no more than 100x100 pixels or 40KB.
-Do not share your icons anywhere before this challenge is over. Do not submit previously made icons. Do not tell anybody which icons are yours. If I find out that you have broken any of these rules, you will be disqualified.
-Brushes, textures, and stock images (no people) are allowed.
-You can crop the caps however you wish. If you want to make an icon of a random pole in the background, that's fine, as long as you use the cap that's provided.
-Post your icons as a comment to this post. All comments are screened.
-If you have any questions, please post them in a separate comment.

( Challenge Sixteen: FINAL CHALLENGE )

Good luck and have fun!

Also, I upload the icons to my own Photobucket after they've been submitted. If you change your icon, please post it in a new comment and let me know so that I don't end up posting the wrong icon. Thank you!

Challenge Fifteen is over and we have to say goodbye to one more person. Congratulations for making it this far and I hope to see you back for Round Nine!

by narniacmr with 6 negative votes. (-8+2=-6)

And the favorites!

Voters' choice:
by alliana07 with 10 positive votes. (-1+11=+10)
Congratulations!

Now that we're down to so few people, there will no longer be a Mod's Choice.

All negative and positive votes are added together to create your final score. For example, if an icon gets 5 negative votes and 2 positive votes, the score is -3. If an icon gets 6 negative votes and 4 positive votes, the score is -2. The -3 gets eliminated, even though the other icon got more negative votes. Positive votes can save you from being eliminated.

( Voting Tally )

If your number is not listed, your icon didn't receive any votes.

If you would like to see the comments your icon received, please leave a comment with your icon number and I will send them to you via screened comment. You must have comment e-mails turned on to see my response. All comments will remain anonymous.

Most people gave reasons for their favorite votes as well, so if you got only positive votes, there's a good chance that people still left comments about your icon.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINAL TWO, alliana07 AND elea24! The final challenge will be posted shortly.

PLEASE VOTE IF YOU HAVEN'T YET! Top 3! We really need more votes! The results will be posted in about an hour and a half.

Everybody got their entries in, so I figured I would post a day early again!

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THE RULES CAREFULLY. If you don't follow the rules, I will NOT count your vote.

VOTING RULES:
- Voting will last 24+ hours. The results will go up on November 9th, around 6 PM (EST). You are not required to vote, but it would definitely be appreciated. You do not need to be a participant to vote.

- Vote for the WORST (or lesser quality) icons. Vote according to the quality of the icons, NOT personal style preferences. (Keep the words "I don't like..." out of your votes. We want valid reasons based on actual quality.) Please try to be unbiased in your votes. Also take original cap quality into consideration when voting based on image quality. Keep in mind that the icon makers will probably be reading the reasons for your vote. Try to be constructive in your criticism, rather than saying that the icon sucks. Try to give more than a one or two word reason.

-Comment to this post with your vote for the ONE (1) WORST icon. With this ONE vote, you MUST provide a reason for your vote. If you do not provide an explanation as to why you've voted the icon off, your vote WILL NOT be counted. If I find that your reasoning is biased toward an individual icon maker or an individual style you may not like, your vote will NOT be counted. Comments are screened, and you will have the option to view the comments your icon received after the voting is over. They will remain anonymous.

-After you vote for the ONE lesser quality icon, you'll be voting for your ONE FAVORITE ICON. You don't have to give a reason, although you can if you like. ONLY CHOOSE ONE FAVORITE.

Here's an example of how to vote:
#52 - The texture is overpowering and the image is oversharpened.

FAVORITE
#66

And the form (just copy and paste what's in the box, replace the #00's with the correct numbers, and replace 'Reason' with the explanation for your vote, obviously.):

<b>Voting Off</b>: #00 - Reason <b>Favorite</b>: #00 - Reason (providing an explanation is optional, but you must choose a favorite.)

( CHALLENGE FIFTEEN VOTING )

Entries are due by 6 PM (EST) on Monday. (Time zone converter) You have three days left.

I still need icons from the following people:


Your name will be removed from this list once your icon has been submitted.

The challenge post is here.

Rules:

-ALL icons must be submitted by 6 PM (EST) on Monday, November 9th.
-We are now in the last 5 challenges, so there are no more byes allowed.
-You must follow LJ's icon dimension rules: no more than 100x100 pixels or 40KB.
-Do not share your icon anywhere before this challenge is over. Do not submit a previously made icon. Do not tell anybody which icon is yours. If I find out that you have broken one of these rules, you will be disqualified.
-Post your icon as a comment to this post. All comments are screened.
-Brushes, textures, and stock images (no people) are allowed.
-You can crop the caps however you wish. If you want to make an icon of a random pole in the background, that's fine, as long as you use the cap that's provided.
-If you have any questions, please post them in a separate comment.

( Challenge Fifteen: Faramir )

Good luck and have fun!

Also, I upload the icons to my own Photobucket after they've been submitted. If you change your icon, please post it in a new comment and let me know so that I don't end up posting the wrong icon. Thank you!

Challenge Fourteen is over and we have to say goodbye to one more person. Congratulations for making it this far and I hope to see you back for Round Nine!

The results were ALL over the place this time; it was crazy. You'll see what I mean. Just goes to show that we have a really awesome final 4. :)

by dallowayward with 2 negative votes. (-7+5=-2)

And the favorites!

Voters' choice:
by alliana07 with 3 positive votes. (-3+6=+3)
Congratulations! Now that we're eliminating one person per challenge, there is no longer immunity.

Now that we're down to so few people, there will no longer be a Mod's Choice.

All negative and positive votes are added together to create your final score. For example, if an icon gets 5 negative votes and 2 positive votes, the score is -3. If an icon gets 6 negative votes and 4 positive votes, the score is -2. The -3 gets eliminated, even though the other icon got more negative votes. Positive votes can save you from being eliminated.

( Voting Tally )

If your number is not listed, your icon didn't receive any votes.

If you would like to see the comments your icon received, please leave a comment with your icon number and I will send them to you via screened comment. You must have comment e-mails turned on to see my response. All comments will remain anonymous.

Most people gave reasons for their favorite votes as well, so if you got only positive votes, there's a good chance that people still left comments about your icon.

Challenge Fifteen will be posted shortly!