no he did not, but the branding snow speaks of is a double edged sword. Meaning: people have seen mafia bucks and their sites "announced" plenty of times recently.

This can cause high ratings because they are voting not only for a site but for the branded entity that is so clearly apparent.

To have a recognizable name or logo is just as bad as if nina had used her own pics, which was the reasoning for rule #5 in the first place.

As I posted before: rules ARE rules.

But the rule you quoted was for DESIGNERS! Genius.

And people could also give it a low mark because they hate snow. ( no offence snow. :) )

It says not to make it "DESIGNER" identifiable. And it's not. Nothing about it being a client job or part of a program or any of that nonsense that you people are creating in your own minds. Don't interpret. Read.

OK how many people here know who actually did the tour for Snow?

I thought you did Kim???

My point exactly. I was never going after Snow, the OWNER, but whoever did it obviously has pull with the brand name that could cause some unfair votes. Doesn't matter anyway, it's a kick ass design, if it wins it wins. Tours look good.

Time to watch the Lakers kick some ass.

I did but that's because snow showed me the site last week

Well yes, I'm a graphic goddess, you ought to know from peeking over my shoulder all the time.

That's not the point however, though I suppose people will give it a 1 now since they don't like me. :(

Somebody said it was designed this week

I like you :winkwink:
Actually the vote is about over so don't worry.

okies - what I've seen so far looks pretty - but some of my whole fuckin SITES load quicker.

Ya - I'm testing your 'skills' on dial up - the same as most of the surfers will see it - "80% of surfers will wait 8 seconds before trying another link" 30+ seconds - dream on

grannies gone wild made me weep

When is the voting finished?

Good Point I never thought of this. So being the fact most like me I have nothing to worrry about.

DO NOT TEST LOAD TIME.. PEOPLE are hitting this like a bat out of hell and I don't think it's on a fast server..

AMEN on that brother :)~ Mine isnt doing too bad better then I thought it would of lmao BTW Nice design IM in heaven looking them over. DIdnt know there was alot of talent here. Good luck and I think the voting will be done fair even If I lose :) :2 cents:

very true Snow. Load time should not be a factor as none of these tours are on the servers they would normally be on, plus this is purely for the contest and it's being hammered. :)

I think alot of people just looked up the tour and then went to the next one, because they couldnt be fucked going through it all and because of some erorrs etc.

At least next year we know what would best attract people :Graucho

Please look at the tours and look at how the pics are clickable.. its pretty cool. Alot of the sites have little new feautures. Dont just look at the splash, look at the whole site.

most of my free hosted sites load quicker than these entrance pages...

ya - vote on speed too -80% of surfers will wait 10 seconds max before they exit

okay, well, the speed of the host in not in question here is it?

What matters is the rules. Who uploaded when and what graphics have been used (or resused as we've seen) in contest. Original. Effective. FUNCTIONAL.

Zexy.com was designed within the time frame alloted, by the designer qualified to design the site (NOT hired).

Zexy.com has intracate layers and interactive animations based on where the user is lead through the design. A judging basic.

Zexy.com is compressed, fast loading, and within page sizes (including graphics) allowed within the contest rules. I checked.

Zexy.com is sexy. It's art, has a theme. It makes me want to see more and is an effective design, created to convert.

Regardless of what I think, there a few other sites in that mix I can appreciate. But from a designers point of view, art and content blend to create an erotic (non obtrusive or confusing) picture. Straight up sexy.

*Edited for latenite typo's - Cynd

True dat

when does the voting end?

Hey, I dont think my site is being viewed enough - I can't believe it's got so few points. Are people progressing BEYOND THE SPLASH PAGE??? I dont like this voting at all..

Yeah when does the voting stop?



:winkwink:

i saw very little that impressed me..... not being rude but judging on the basis of looking for something different that stands out. They all looked like cookie cutter sites of each other.


I'm more into sites that do things DIFFERENTLY, and I saw little of that there.

there is no art without money

haha, like there's no meal without a burger, right ;)

let's not be so extreme. people need to have fun too.

Cheers,
The Machine

it's not extreme, just a fact of life. Poor people don't own origional Picasso's and Rembrants.

Nope but poor people painted them.

Its what people exploit of the artist that justifies the price after the work is done and the artist is dead, its about supply and demand.

well why do you need to own them? it's mostly for showing off, not for the love of art. and this again is a rather extreme example.

as i said, people need to have fun and in this and many other cases, money is not that important.

point made and taken. A LOT of work did go into those sites - I suppose I just expected something a little more........


which is a good note for the reputation of many of the designers. Working with a good ORIGIONAL idea most of them would kick ass.

Oh gawd.

This was supposed to be a fun showoff contest for designers. It's not supposed to be about money at all.

Some of you really need to learn how to play and have fun with something.

Amazing how such a good idea for a fun little contest gets turned into this mess.

It's all good no mess. Just alot of opinions. That's a good thing. And it is fun.

So it's only art if someone buys it? Uh ok.

yup.

just like you're only a whore if you get paid. If you do it for free you're just a slut.

Rich people are essentric - poor people are crazy.

If someone buys it then it's art. If no one buys it's just a painting.


Life is cruel, deal with it.

Crazy competition!...

and I know, I have most worse design!

I just got BANNED!!! WTF..hehe i don´t know what happened... it stopped at a ugly design and then it told me I already had voted..hmm I pushed the back button and tried again 2 times..then my ass was toasted..LOL