Results of GA WinterFest 2014 Photo Contest

I have been remiss in my duties towards you, my few but dear readers, and have not reported the outcome of the GA WinterFest Photo Contest, SecondLife section. 

There has been a lot going on in my SecondLife, but the delay could possibly also reflect my disagreement with the jury's choices. Below are the top three in the competition according to the jury's decision.

"Catching Snowflakes"
Lycx Resident
Winner - 1st Place

"Snowshoeing"
Tomais Ashdene
First Runner Up - 2nd Place

"Over the Top"
Benjamin Glendale
Second Runner Up - 3rd Place

The Winner

It is with great joy I present to you all the second place winner as decided by the votes of the jury Apollon Allen.

Along with the honor Apollon will also receive the diploma above and 25.000 L$. You can see all three of the original contributions here.

This is the distribution of the jurors votes for Apollons wonderful contributions.

As you can see from the score sheet a majority of the jurors voted for Apollons pictures. Three jurors had them as winner, while one juror had them in second place and two others had them in third place.

Apollons contributions received a total of 105 points from the jury, making them the unthreatened winner of the contest.

My warmest congratulations to you, Apollon!

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I would now also like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who took part in my project for art and peace in SecondLife "Nakna avatarer i SL" ("Nude Avatars in SecondLife") by sending me all your wonderful contributions.

Thanks also to the jurors for taking the time, the effort and pains to judge all the contributions from your very own point of view.

Second Prize Winner

It is with great joy I present to you all the second place winner as decided by the votes of the jury Qju Hapmouche.

Along with the honor Qju will also receive the diploma above and 5.000 L$. You can see the original contribution here.

This is the distribution of the jurors votes for Qju´s wonderful contribution.

As you can see from the score sheet one juror had this picture as winner, while three jurors had it in second place and two others had it in third place.

The contribution received a total of 82 points from the jury, placing it clearly in second place..

On Christmas Day, December 25th at 12 pm (noon) SLT, I will post the winner as decided by the votes of the jury.

Thank You Jurors

Sketch of the O J Simpson jury by Bill Robles

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the function that you have performed is one of the least important tasks that you will ever be called upon to fulfill. With the return of your votes, your service in this project is complete.

I know that your efforts with this project has involved sacrifice on your part. I trust you end it knowing that you have made a meaningful contribution to the process and hope that you have enjoyed the experience.

You have been a serious, attentive and extremely diligent jury. It has been my pleasure to have worked with you. On behalf of everyone involved in the project, I thank you each and everyone of you.

I greatly appreciate your willingness to serve and your service. You are now discharged. Thank you very much!

Big hugs and kisses on the cheeks,
Bock

(I confess! I just adjusted the "thanking of the jury" that American judges are instructed to give when a jury is discharged after a trial to suit my purposes and added the kisses and hugs.)
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Facts about the jury
The jury consisted of 21 persons. (15 women and 6 men, 14 Swedish and 7 Internationals representing Europe, Australia and the North and South Americas).

Considering that I asked 27 persons I was totally overwhelmed by the response and willingness to take part. Only one who was invited declined to take part due to real life emergencies, while five did not respond at all.

Attention jurors 3 and more about the contest

The contest for best picture in my project for project for peace and art in SecondLife "Naked avatars in SL" is soon coming to an end.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, please let me remind you that your votes must be filed in my email or inventory at the latest on November 30th, 2010, at 12 AM (midnight) SLT (that´s December 1st, 2010, 09.00 EMT.)

Looking at the score sheet I can see that the outstanding votes can still change all the three winners... This is going to be exciting!

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For those of you not selected for jury duty let me give you the plan for announcements in the contest.

All announcements will be made at 12 PM (noon) SLT on the following dates

First Special Award - Sunday November 28th, 2010, 2.500 L$,
Second Special Award - Sunday December 5th, 2010, 2.500 L$,
Third Special Award - Saturday December 11th, 2010, 2 500 L$,

Winner Third Place - Sunday December 12th, 2010, 2.500 L$,
Winner Second Place- Sunday December 19th, 2010, 5.000 L$ and finally 
Winner of Best Picture- Saturday December 25th, 2010, 25.000 L$.


The newly created "Special Awards" are my own capricious choices, while the three winners are the result of the votes from the jury. Please note, the fact that someone gets a "Special Award" does not mean they cannot also win by the jurors votes.

The Contest - Jury Reminder: Only 5 Days Left

Dear friends in the jury, this is to remind you that I will need your results at the latest on November 30th 2010.

That´s only 5 more days!

Attention jurors 2

 

Due to the fact that I have received several votes on the contributions listed below, I must again stress that votes are not allowed for the following contributions in the contest for best picture in the "Nakna avatarer i SL" ("Naked avatars in SL") project:


# 1 - Bock McMillan (my own contribution),
# 38 - withdrawn from the project by the contributor, 
# 95 - Hedda Millar (my own contribution), 
# 97 - Wild Zepp (my own contribution), 
# 100 - Ars Northmead (my own contribution), and finally 
# 108 - not a contribution to the project

If I receive votes on the above mentioned contributions the juror will be contacted again and asked to deliver new votes.

Attention jurors

Today I discovered I had forgotten to tag four of the contributions with the "Nakna avatarer i SL"-tag when posting them. I corrected the mistake immediately.

The four contributions that were not previously tagged were numbers 8, 29, 41 and 48.

If the two jurors that have already voted wish to change their votes, please send me a new notecard.

I am sorry for any inconvenience this mistake may have caused you.

The Contest - Jury Selection Started

 

As I have told you earlier, dear readers, I am having a contest to choose the best picture among the contributions I received in my project for peace and art in SecondLife, "Nakna avatarer i SL" ("Naked Avatars in SL")

I will start my jury selection today. 

Each of the intended jurors of my choice - and after careful consideration - will get a note card as seen below. Hopefully they will all accept the invitation and want to take part in this! 

Among the intended jurors I have selected both women and men of any sexual persuasion known to man - and some maybe beyond, but let´s not go into that!

Change of Plans

Due to recent events, I do not think it will be possible to go through with the contest in the way I outlined the other day. I have therefore decided to cancel it in that form. 

Instead I will ask - or perhaps force - a few of my friends and family from outside Swedish SecondLife to help me reach a decision on which picture should receive the prize of L$ 25 000.

So no there will be no jurors, no public voting and no party!

What About A Contest?

I was thinking - pffft yeah I do do that sometimes - about this several times today. In the back of my head or actively.

Let me just toss out this idea to you all and let's see how it flies.

There are in my possession 108 contributions of wonderful pictures in my project "Nakna avatarer i SL" ("Naked avatars in SL").

Even if we take away my own contribution, my contribution of Ars, my contributions of my two alts, Wild and Hedda, the contribution that was withdrawn and the entry number 108 - which really is just a sneak photo at an event, there are still 102 amazing pictures left.

I love them all for different reasons, but still I think that some are on the whole a tad bit better than the rest, and one could possibly even be considered the best in show.

What if I offered to pay L$ 25 000 to the winner, the rest get nothing.

I think if we could get a jury consisting of five people who were willing to go through all the 102 contributions and each give the ten pictures they like best points - in falling order from first to last - 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point(s).

From the jurors votes we could select the five or ten that get the highest total scores put these pictures out for popular voting. Everyone who wanted to take part would then be free to vote once on the three contributions they liked the best giving them the points 12, 10 and 8. Voting would of course be free of cost.

From the sum of the popular vote we would award the prize to the picture that got the highest score and the one on the winning picture would receive the prize money on Christmas Day, December 25th 2010.

For the final prize ceremony we could have a party on the field by my barn. I could get a DJ or two to play for us.

Just a rough idea yet! Please tell me what you think about it and if you have any suggestions for changes.

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P.S. I would of course not be a juror or take part in any other way than donating the money and the use of the field and paying for the DJ´s.