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TurkGuy19 · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject:

hmmmm...that doesnt seem fair.
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onions · The Mac Daddy [ADMIN] Joined: 02 Feb 2005

slight oversight. nothing intentional. it's been fixed.
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Good luck to all the contestants! Smile

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Chief · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:56 am Post subject:

Morbie19 · Undead! Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: Virginia

D'oh!

Woudl it be possible to edit the thread title about the polls being reset too, for people who might not see the bit on the main page?

m19
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Big Z · Undead! Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Location: I AM THE HORDEZ

Wow, it's pretty awesome seeing them all in one Flickr gallery. Thanks for setting that up, Ryan and Ace.

I'd also like to thank you Spaceheads who dropped by to participate in our contest. Y'all really increased the competition here, and I personally hope to see y'all here for the next contest.

My vote has been cast. May the best brick win!
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ThePlasticJedi · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:13 am Post subject:

Huh? Wow I got two votes again Very Happy

. I would ask who voted for me to step forward but you can PM me. This was a really great contest and I am glad that someone out there believes in my MOC. I came into this contest expecting the worst but it is funny how if just a couple people vote for yours, you feel warm inside knowing that you got through to that one person. I wish I could have voted for all of the entries because you all did wonderfully with your creations. I believe that most of you even had better creations than my own but this is how I envisioned a voidfighter and to each his own. This contest is fantastic and has done a lot to brighten up my day. Thanks again Ace, for another wonderful FBTB forums contest.

And finally, thank you to ALL who entered this contest. It has been a pleasure reviewing all of your work and I have learned many new techniques from you.

Ciao

Paul
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renegade · Mysterious Stranger Joined: 25 Feb 2005

Just as a side note on this here contest,

I would encourage all those of you who are voting to take a look at the entries from people who actually are a member of this community. Seems that tons of folks came out of the wood works to join the forums just to enter and as soon as this contest is over they will never be heard from again. Heck, some of them even mock FBTB on the pages displaying their MOC's.

So for everyone who actually participates in this community, how about giving it up for the home team. (many of whom posted some great fighters I might add)

PS - Lights, Thanks for setting up the flckr gallery, that rocks.
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TurkGuy19 · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:27 am Post subject:

Yeah I noticed that too. Most of the people's first and most of the time only post, was in here. It just kinda bugs me that people only "join" a community when there is a prize involved.

But to the veterans of FBTB good MOCs, and to those who joined FBTB just to enter the contest, you should be ashamed... Wink

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Icezombie · Destroyed! Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: NY

wowee! Some one voted for me. Shocked

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Chief · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:52 pm Post subject:

onions · The Mac Daddy [ADMIN] Joined: 02 Feb 2005

let's just calm down here folks, before anyone decides to fire off a reply. there's only 6 days left of voting, and that's barely enough time to pore over all the entries.

i for one am glad that we got a good turnout, even from people who joined specfically to enter the contest. not sure if it was the prize, the idea of building something from a story, or whatever, but it's all good. LOTS of great stuff to look at and learn from.

edit: i'd like to stress that if you haven't voted yet, it should be for the one that follows the description best. the person's tenure here at these forums should not be taken into consideration.
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prowl79 · Joined: 02 Nov 2005

uh dumb question I never voted before how do I :D!
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I personally voted for the ship I felt best fit the criteria taken from the novel excerpt. Congratulations to all who participated, you had more courage then I had to enter. May the best Void win!
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TurkGuy19 · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:04 pm Post subject:

Lights, nowhere in my post did I say that they shouldn't have been aloud to enter. I just made the observation that a lot of people joined just to enter the contest, and said it kinda bugged me. And really did you even see the " Wink

". Wow you just got very defensive over the fact the it was a bit of a joke when I said they should be ashamed. Also who are you to chastise me because I have an opinion? It disgusts me when people are chastised because they have an opinion about something.

Maybe you should think twice before you go around and yelling at people for having a separate opinion from yours. Not every person thinks the same way as you. Not every person will have the same beliefs as you. So stop saying peoples opinions are disgusting, because maybe your opinions are disgusting to someone else. If you think they are, just keep it to yourself.

How would you feel if someone said the same exact thing about something you posted? You would probably get defensive and say something along the lines that I am saying right now. So please, don't put someone down because they have their own opinion. No one does it to you, so don't do it to others.

PS I voted for the one that I thought was the best out of all of them. Not just the best one from long time members of FBTB.
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fmoo · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Location: California

Although having new people joining in for the contest certainly makes the competition a lot tougher for the rest of us to win, I personally like that they joined up since they really raised the bar for MOCs on FBTB with their entries. I really appreciate that these people have spent time designing and building their entries; there's nothing that disappoints me more than seeing other members here not building at all or posting MOCs that they only spent an hour or two on, even for contests like this. I hope entries like these will help motivate FBTBers to build, and to build better quality MOCs. It would be great if at least some of these people get interested enough to stick around and participate in the forums, or at least post more MOCs here to get people building.

Dennis
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Morbie19 · Undead! Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: Virginia

Personally, I'd be more concerned with entries that were entered and accepted six days after the cut-off date. ::D: (And yes, I'm laughing as I say that, so there's no mistake!)

m19
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onions · The Mac Daddy [ADMIN] Joined: 02 Feb 2005

yeah, i was a little lenient with the cut off day since i myself wasn't able to open up the poll til much later. why should the reader have to pay the price for my scheduling?

next contest is going to have a different submission structure altogether, and i'll be more strict on the dates.
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Darkkazmo · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 6:59 pm Post subject:

Mark Stafford · Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Location: Denmark

I did join FBTB to enter this competition. The prize does have a little to do with it (that set has not been widely available in the rest of the world) But I first came here more then 6 years ago (I think) and have read many posts and looked at many SW MOCs thanks to this site.

I'm a long time SW fan (I was lucky enough to be 6 in 1977 and the movie blew my mind - to the extent that I'm still a huge sci-fi fan 27 years later.) I rarely build SW MOCs though, as normally I find I've been beaten to doing any given ship and can't see a way to improve on them!

I'm here to stay - just like I've been here for years, but I may continue not to say much. I'd be surprised if some of the other 'new' people haven't been here often too.

I turned down going to the pub with Boba-Fett, Darth and Chewy in 1994 after a particulary poorly attended convention, and if I can live with telling you that (my eternal shame and regret)- then I think I can put up with a few lost votes for not getting around to joining the forums earlier. I didn't enter just to try and win, I entered because I was inspired.

I really enjoyed this competition. My own build has inspired at least three other (non-SW) ships I've posted in the last month and seeing how others have interpreted the description has been amazing. I think everyone should vote for the ship they think is a Voidfighter - end of story.

BTW I just joined Classic Castle to enter the CCC3 competition... maybe I'm just evil! Twisted Evil

Mark.
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Nannan Z · Undead! Joined: 13 Nov 2005

No matter who the winner is, I will be surprised.

There are just too many tempting voids to predict the victor!
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Morbie19 · Undead! Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Location: Virginia

Hey onions, I'm curious... Once the contest is over, do you have any sort of image or sketch you could post about how you thought the voidfighter should look? Very Happy

I think a lot of the draw of this one was that there was no established ship to work from so a lot of people just let their imagination fly.

m19
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Nannan Z · Undead! Joined: 13 Nov 2005

BJ, you bring up a very true arguement there. However, think positive, you don't have to build to enter contests, you can build to improve!

Also, I am surprised that as a member of LAML, you do not know what SNOT is. A few skilled FOLs and I have compiled a glossary of many of the terms that one should know to speak the jargon: take a look BJ!

I'd be glad to add any important terms that we might've missed.
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