Given the number of entries and only 5 to vote on, I guess we'll never see the majority of the entries.
See what happens when you don't read all the posts!!! You miss out on a lot of the fun, plus you also miss out on rule changes.
When Mike convinced me to step up and help with this contest, we agreed that we wouldn't be using judges. Instead there will be two polls. The first will show all entries and will be to narrow the field down to the final five.
The second poll will choose the prize winners from the final five. (See the fifth post in this thread for the official notification of this rule change).
I may want to rethink the number included in the second poll. A final 5 makes sense to me when there are 3 prizes. That way you have two who don't get on the medal podium, and nobody is singled out. With 4 prizes, there's just one of the final five left standing alone while the other four bask in the glory of prizedom. Seems a bit harsh.
Maybe 4 or 6 would be better in the final poll. But for now, the plan is 5.
So, to sum it all up.
There will be a poll with (up to) several hundred entries and all the members will vote for their favorite.
The top 5 vote getters (unless it's 6, 4 or some other number) will be displayed in a second poll where all members will vote to choose the prize winners.
Anyone who would care to nitpick the rules (existing, proposed or yet to be imagined) or any other aspect of the contest should send their picked nits to
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