its natural to suspect that some designers could be cheating on this contest. i'd suggest logging ip addresses rather that just relying on cookies.

as for a few of the designs... well, its blatantly obvious who designed them. there is one amazing unique site in there though... the only one that i gave a 9 to (my highest rating)

TGF -

You can join me here, under MY rock if smoke doesn't bother you...

:rasta


M

And one other point...what about copyright infringement? There's a site posted that stole every tutorial off a very good site out there in the mainstream.

Just curious :)

Really?! Damn, this is gonna be fun when designer's names are published. Let the festivities begin!

How can you steal a tutorial? the very definition really negates that one.

There were some good designs, but to pick purely on design is not really enough.

There are tons of big name sites out there with tons of content, the best designs etc etc that convert at 1:3000

Simple effective designs that sell are as important as all the glitz and polish that does not sell

Anyway, I looked at all the sites once and then went back and voted

some of the sites I gave 2,3,4 points the better ones I gave 4,5,6 I think one got a seven, and one got a ten (and it wasn't mafia porn -although a nice loooking graphics package)

just wanted to Announce Once Voting is complete all particpants other than the top 3 will receice a free penis ruler!

The "stolen" work was the tutorial site's design...not the tutorials.

the lack of imagination and personality of some designs is incredible.....all with the same color shemes and stars sparkling...
over retouched pics etc....
i know who i will hire for my paysites designs (well i will know when the names will be released)


but i'm glad to see that my favorite tour is N°1 at the moment

I haven't looked at the tours yet, but isn't the bottom line here whether or not they will convert?

Pretty is good, graphix are good, yada, yada, but the end result is $.

And since this wasn't done for money, just for prizes and bragging rights, don't you think that all the bitching about this that and the other might be overkill?

I'm off to go and vote now.

Fuck yeah!

Maybe next year a Giant Lure? Man those things rock!

Ok so much for that. I got thru Site 1, Site 2's tour pages timed out, refreshing sent me to site 1 again and now it says Ive voted on that one and it won't move me forward to Site 2 again.

Any suggestions?

Hmmm, a Flash site loaded itself, so I've missed the original Site 2...

Kimmykim, contact that stupidnewbie on ICQ.

Next year I'll donate crayons to the person who finishes last.

ahh. my bad.

try Netscape. i won't say more ;)

Ooh I want the crayons... they'll help me do my site for next year!

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The voting places a cookie on your computer so it keeps track of what sites you have voted on. If you recieve an error like I did, many many times, just close the browser and click the link to start voting again. So even if it errors every time you vote and it tries to take you to the next design you will eventually get through them all.

well now I have 404s.

Maybe I will try Nutscrape.

Yall did a damn great job!
Some better then others but everybody showed their best stuff.
Congratz

Too bad I didn't have any time to add a site as well but maybe some other time when I'm less busy.

I'm curious to see which site will convert best after all.
It's hard to say what will convert tho.

Hence the name, this is a graphic design contest. For once this was about art and not about money.

Shit...see how it converts?!? Someone will have to buy mine. You think a lowly designer can aford to run a program?!? :1orglaugh

After the contest mine is for sale and it will be a steal...and I guarantee it will convert like mad or I'll buy it back for 100%!

Fucking Captain Morgan...shut up man!!!

I can't even afford both "F's" :1orglaugh

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE..

Yup your right. I know.
This design is pretty much state of the art!

I believe you and the site is nice, but: "5: Must be a NEW design... no previously made tours. There's really no way to verify this other than checking the image & file timestamps. "

<- that rule forced a lot of designers to come up with NEW CONCEPTS that do not contain ANY EXISTING designs.

Now I understand the branding aspect but this just is not a new site if it uses a pre made logo...

you obviously don't understand it. If you did you wouldn't be crying like a bitch. Any fool can see it's a new site. And you said "half the work"? You think doing the logo is "half the work"? You're an idiot.

what is it your site?

why use an existing logo for a NEW site, even if i had to use an existing site and content for a design u can still change the logo for the contest only and if the client likes the old one still u make a version for him with the old logo.

Why enter a contest that has rules like: "no used designs" and "no identifiable tour elements" and blatently disreguard these rules?
:321GFY

I've been thinking about it... and I really hate bitching... but I thought the voting was going to be limited to GFY members only.

Exactly.

Again, no answer on how can we use designs we were contracted to do for someone?

Yep.

*bowl*

I hear ya Nina. I'm sure next time the contest rules will be much different.

Cool then, after the votings done let me know what you want for it. If it's good and the price is right as you say, you'll probably have it sold ;)

That is Mafiaporns Brand Logo.. THis is what will be used on Shirts,Baseballcaps and Mafiaporn Propaganda.

Mafiaporn will eventually have 3 tours and will always use the same branding logo. We plan to do 3 tours per each domian soon.

True, but if I had entered one of my clients designs from this week, I could have had lots of Canadians voting for "their" site in the contest pushing my design up in the ranks.

Of course this is very profitable for you either way SNOW, your affiliate program is being sold all over this contest, I guess you wont see error in the results since they benefit you each direction.

Check it, I enter a clients domain in the contest, you dont think theyre employees carry the votes, I win TV & you get affiliates, very simple. Thats why its borderline man.

:2 cents:

Damn, our score is so low I think even TGF is kicking my ass, lol.
I wonder if ppl watch the whole tour, or just th esplash page. Maybe I should have rotated the tour/splash page and make the first page more eyecatching:mad:

7. Tours may not be blatantly designer identifiable until AFTER the competition. What this means is, the voting is going to be anonymous. You can't put your name on the thing or something so that people will instantly recognize who did it. If your particular style is picked up on, that's acceptable (and really unavoidable anyway), but don't "mark" your tour by putting your company url on it or something.

#1 may be disqualified.

Snow didnt design it dumbass

Isn't the voting supposed to be over too... I've seen the restults change a few times on some over them over the last 10 minutes

Snow is not a designer. He didn't do the tour, he owns it.

No shit sherlock, I never said he did. It's the brand genius.