St. Patrick's Day Icon Contest Winners

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For the past few weeks we've been running a little contest, mostly just for fun, for icon artists to come up with a handful of St. Patrick's Day themed icons for the desktop.  The rules were they had to cover the 5 major desktop icons, be submitted to the Misc Icon gallery by March 17th and have a preview image posted to the contest forum thread. 

We ended up with five qualifying entries competing for 3 prizes (1 year WinCustomize subscriptions).

To decide the winners, our moderator team cast their votes on their top 3 favorites.  Additionally, we ran a short poll this week asking for the users to vote on their favorite as well.  Typically, when we run a contest, the views of the moderators and judges vary to some extent from results of public voting.  This time however, the results for both judge voting and public voting were identical.  The top three in both sets were spot-on the same, with the 4th place in user voting being a tie.

Here are the results:

1st Place - Po'Smedley
2nd Place - RPGFX
3rd Place - gh33da

Congrats to all of our winners!

The follow-up poll question is:

Should we run similar mini-contests in the future?

UPDATE: Po'Smedley has decided to give away his winnings from the icon contest!  Check out his thread here  on how you might get the 1 year WC sub (and a bonus premium suite).

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Should we run similar mini-contests in the future?



Contests are good and I think the "Mini" contests are a great idea..
So Yes, you should... LoL
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
yeah congrats all!
He Po' don't take the big head now Ok!
Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Congrats to all the winners (especially the community that gets great icons).

I'd love to see more of these (but I'd like to see them the month previous to the "event").
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Congratulations to everyone

Should we run similar mini-contests in the future?



Contests are good and I think the "Mini" contests are a great idea..
So Yes, you should...


Agreed

It's My Secret
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Congrats to all.  They were all great submissions!

 
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well done everyone!
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks everyone.

My subscription is good for 2 years, so I'm offering up my prize.
Check out this thread for details.

WWW Link
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
congrats Po, and all the other submissions! They were all nice work. And thank you WC and community for the second place finish! This was a really cool idea, I think more mini contests would be a great idea. Making these icons actually inspired me to start on my first ever IP! It'll be based on the ones I submitted here, but without the St. Patty's Day theme.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top


Congratulations to everybody that joined. They were all great icons! It's great to do something you enjoy and others recognize you for it.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
to all


Should we run similar mini-contests in the future?



10000% agreed

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Contests are great. Mini-Contests are good but need more lead time so we get more entries.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
^^^ Text is hard to read on old eyes.  Bigger might be better for a font like this. 
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
^^^ Text is hard to read on old eyes. Bigger might be better for a font like this.



Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
congrats to everyone, you are all to be applauded for your work! and yes more contests......
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Mini WB contest next eh   

Congrats and thanks to all who participated and those who placed   
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i would definitely say yes! this can really bring the community closer together!I think it's fascinating to see the unique talents of each of these of artists!it also shows that each one of these artists push each other to be the best they can be.not everyone has their level of skill, but for the rest of us that do not do what they do,let us do what we should... give them our respect and admiration!
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Everyone's a winner in these kind of things. People are encouraged to skin and submit their ideas. Look at the great offerings we had not only for this event but for Valentine's, Christmas, and Halloween. I can hardly wait for the next holiday. And if I ever win the lottory I'll offer a super prize for a complete suit just for my birthday!   

Having a mini contest adds to the entire event. Someone who might be afraid to go up against the "heavies" in the yearly contests can hone their skills in smaller events where the pressure is far less. I love not only the fantastic skins that come out of these things but also seeing the new names. Congrats to all the participants and to the administrators for hosting this fun event.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sea Hourse put it in a nutshell perfectly.... so ditto #18....and    to all the entries as well as winners.....all superb....  
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Congrads Po' great job!It was a fun project and I am glad I could be a part of it !Also thanks WC and community for your support!