Golden Tom Competition 2008

Exactly what Cianty said.

Already sent you a PM about it as soon as I read your message, Ash!

Wish I could have entered this, really looking forward to seeing the entries though. Any idea if there'll be more of these in the future?
p.s. will we see all the entries in the hall of fame or just the winners?

I responded to your pm's earlier, but I did want issue a public:

You guys are awesome

<3
ashton

@jackanory: Yes, there will be more
I forget the answer to the next question, Tom'll have to answer it

Admin Tom wrote:

cianty wrote:

From what I get now, there will be Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mentions and the rest. Am I right?

As always my friend

So, yes, there will be places 1, 2 and 3, honorable mentiones (noteworthy submissions), and further entries (aka the rest). Altogether every entry will be shown.

I just wanted to wish everybody luck. I'm really looking forward to seeing all the entries.

There are some great modellers/painters on this forum so I imagine the quality will be excellent.

jackanory wrote:

there'll be more of these in the future?

Yes, that's very likely.

jackanory wrote:

will we see all the entries in the hall of fame or just the winners?

ALL the entries will be published.

@all: Judging has commenced!

Hooray! Oooh, I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's entries. This was a lot of fun, can't wait to see the winners.

Hey guys!

Just a little update on Golden Tom #1!

We have had a little trouble getting the submission folder to the last 2 judges (the zipped file just kept screwing up), so this has caused a slight delay. I am still eagerly waiting for the last 2 judges to submit their votes. Let it be said that their votes will be crucial as we are having a tie for GOLD and BRONZE!

Hopefully their votes will tip the ballance

Until very soon!
Cheers,
Admin Tom

Thanks for the update, Tom! I really can't wait to see the most likely awesome models that are gold, silver and bronze (and the rest too, of course!).

me too Tom, im realy interesting in watch the work of the people.
im sure that ill get
thanks for all the work

im sure that all the people thanks you all the work that you need to do for doing that competition amazing.
congratulations

Thank you for the words of encouragement Cianty and Xarly22!

Meanwhile another judge has submitted his votes and we are only waiting for the very last one (due tomorrow!).

Things are starting to get exciting!

And I'll be away for the week

luckily, teh intarwubz is freely available all over the world, and as such, this forum is too!

do not fear Eliazar, you are able to stay on top of the works and results!

I'm gonna camp out in front of my computer awaiting the results! hot soup for everyone who joins in!

Yeah, I hope the place has internet access.

If not, the first thing upon return will be checking out the results

*jitters with excitement* .... no that's *squirming because I have to go pee...*

Nope, still jittering.

(haha, I don't think that'll make sense. but it's funny to me)

I can't wait! I really can't wait to see how this first competition turned out.

Keep us posted!

Ashton wrote:

I can't wait! I really can't wait to see how this first competition turned out.

Me neither!

I'm checking every couple minutes to see if master Tom has posted something at last. He sure keeps us waiting...

A quick Haiku to pass the time.

We can't wait to see
Golden Toms.
Anticipation

Thank you, UnderBheit.

Man, I'm sooo excited about this! Can't wait to see the entries/winners.

Heeeey guys!

Sorry to strech your patience that much, but this is hopefully the very last update before the winners can be announced for good! (And believe me, it will be worth it!).

What I can say so far is that we have a BRONZE.

However, after the last judge's votes came in, the points shifted (again!) and we now have a tie for no less than GOLD.

So I have called out a "Lightning round" (or "Knock-out" round) to determine which of the 2 entries will take Gold and which Silver. The judges have been asked to vote for only one of those 2 entries. The one with most votes will take 1st place, the other automatically taking silver.

Thank you for your patience guys!
It really is so hard to decide what the best minis are (even for 6 judges!) which only goes to show what a wonderful job you have all done.

I'll talk to you guys very soon!
--Admin Tom

PS: During our little delay, I haven't been idle. In fact, apart from battling with buggy emails and .zip files of the submissions, I have used the little extra time to pimp the medal icons a little, with the invaluable help of our gif-master matt So the wait will be all the more worthwile.

so, 6 judges, 1 vote, 2 models.. couldn't that lead to a tie? again? and again? and again?

you guys are in for a long night!! good luck with the jobs/education tomorrow! haha

Ezekiel wrote:

so, 6 judges, 1 vote, 2 models.. couldn't that lead to a tie? again? and again? and again?

Indeed it could!!! But I am really hoping it won't! Unfortunately no system is perfect.

(Oh but I don't think it will get settled tonight... although 4/6 votes are already in...).

Intensity in ten cities.

That is awesome! so intense.