Teen Challenge #50: Last Teen Standing

[TLL]

TEEN CHALLENGE # 50


Special round: This time we gonna make a knockout challenge. We'll have tree round till the final. Each round will be one week. After this week our 3 judges (mike correiro , dave palumbo and coldrum) will judge the entries of every group.
-The first round starts with 6 groups of 5 participants. Every group will have 2 winners. Then 12 go to the 2nd round.
-In the second round we can have 3 matches with four teens in each match and again 1 winner out of each match
-The final is going to be a 3 man match.

the judges will base their decisions on the basis of :
1. idea (out of 5 )
2. clarity of idea (out of 5)
3. quality (out of 5 )
4. style and technique (out of 5)

so 20 Points max.



match fixtures :

MATCH 1 : pokepetter vs. TZA vs. johhnythebomb vs. alex c vs. zelda geek

MATCH 2 : evil_sloth vs. sketcheth vs. shmaba vs. lewis vs. rockett

MATCH 3 : ijacobs9 vs. TLL vs. a la bapsi vs. bluefruitbowl vs. constantrequiem

MATCH 4 : ronald liu vs. originaldoive vs. jake kobrin vs. vibhas_virwani vs. paperx

MATCH 5 : goog vs. auncer vs. omerta vs. cecil vs. justin.

MATCH 6 : ethan karnopp vs. the amaranth vs. lilnebo vs. takmask vs. numlaut

Topic: We'll have 3 topics every round. You can choose one.
EDIT: Edited Justins one-word-topics in.The topics in brackets are the old ones. The new ones are just more open for interpretation.

1. Caught (caught red handed !!!)
2. Path (long way round ...)
3. Sign (sign of life)


The Rules:
Anyone ages 13-19 may submit an entry at any time before the deadline. Please host your image on a remote image-hosting site instead of uploading it to the CA server. This makes it much easier to transfer it to the poll thread.



the deadline is 1st of august

[paperX]

sweet, i got heaps of work for uni next week ^^; but I'll try my best not to puss out :P best of luck everyone!

PS: personally i think "Last Teen Standing" sounds better :D

[luverly_marie]

Awesome :D First time I've done this sort of competition, looking forward to it.

Could you elaborate on "2. long way round ..." ?

[vibhas_virwani]

by the way :
just in case someone missed it , each round will last one week
so the deadline is 1st of august

and i hope no one copies , coz if anyone spots that a character pose or background etc. is copied then we might disqualify their entry ... (sorry i hope that doesnt make me evil ... but we gotta be fair )

please post your finals and works in progress here itself !!!

we will take your entries to a final burning thread and the judges will relply with the results over there !!!!

when posting your final entry please mark it as final in the post as unfinished work or WIP's will not be taken for judging

another thing , if someone may want to back out for any reason , then PLEASE say it asap as TZA would like to participate as well ,and maybe someone else too could ....
thanks
-vibhas

[Goog]

Are we gonna e-mail our entries to anyone, or post them here?

[ethan karnopp]

'could you please elaborate on 'long way round?'
i agree

[Rockett]

I think those subjects are up to your own interpretation; "long way round" could mean anything you want it to.

Oh man. There are awesome people in my group. Let's do this!

[vibhas_virwani]

all those topics are totally open for interpretation !!! and trust me , the idea matters .... you guys are the artists , put down your own interpretations for those topics and dont worry , if u screw up the topic it will probably be mistaken for humor or a unique idea ;) ...
you could translate it literally , or like a phrase as a substitute for "the harder way " (coming from the phrase : learning something the hard way ) or add some kind of humor to it etc. its upto you ...
(sorry im not good at explaining things that well ...at least i tried ... better or worse ?? Lol , artists dont really need to be good at explaination ... they leave the explaining upto their art :) )
again , judges will not just judge ur entries on the basis of the quality of art , but on the concept and ideation as well :)

PS: yes i too think last teen standing sounds better :P maybe we could change it , TLL ? :P
cheers !!
-vibhas

[luverly_marie]

I think those subjects are up to your own interpretation; "long way round" could mean anything you want it to.

You can't interpret something if you don't know the basic definition. I knew what it meant, but I've never heard the expression before.

I PM'd vibhas_virwani and he said that it meant the "harder road." The no shortcut, detour, or easy method to a goal or destination. :)

[vibhas_virwani]

yeah , well thats one way i interpret it :)

[Justin.]

To be completely blunt, I don't really like the topics... I like parts of them, but 1 word topics really leave the door alot more open than anything else, like

1. Caught
2. Path
3. Sign

[Nibras]

Wait so everyone listed up there has 1 week for their submissions
or do the people in match one go first?
or does everyone just start because this is the first round?

[xinranliu]

I'm pretty sure everyone has to submit something in the first round, then 2 winners will be chosen from each match, ending up with 12 teens standing for the second round.

Good luck to everyone. I'll do my best to surpass myself.

[Evil_Sloth]

I believe... some bitches be going down...
Good luck to the dudes in my group. Bring out the best shit guys!

[TLL]

@ Justin.: If everyone wishes to change the topics we could do that.
Your new one-word-topics are good and they fit to the old topics. so if someone started to draw an entry (with one of the old topics) he can keep on working on his painting.

[Nibras]

wait does that mean we can use justins one word topics?
Dang am really gonne have to work for this one, might as well start drawing down some ideas

[TLL]

wait does that mean we can use justins one word topics?

Yes it does ;)

[Shmaba]

Thanks TLL and vibhas. Get to work, I expect to get completely slaughtered in my group. Don't disappoint guys.

[Dished]

is there still time to sign up??

[bluefruitbowl]

Enter appropriate smack talk here.

[vibhas_virwani]

my pleasure shmaba :) sorry dished , but you can be our third reserve :)

[zelda_geek]

I guess I'll be the first one to post my work in progress :) (caught red handed) Hope it's not too bloody:P

EDIT: Done some more, but it's still a WIP. A lot of flaws and thing I have to fix, but I think it's coming along:)
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/5349/caughtredhandedv1thumbnxw2.jpg

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/6699/caughtredhandedv2uu5.jpg

[pokepetter]

Because of the dead guy's pose it looks like he didn't struggle or even was alive before he got stabbed. The killer also have a very unnatural pose and looks stiff. Due to his expression it looks like he regrets the murder. Why does the rest of his body tell the opposite?
The composition is bad, background boring, low range of hues and why is there a shadow on the ground to the right?


(Why am I helping my enemy...)

[luverly_marie]

You should study a sleeping body since you're dead your muscles aren't being used. The feet would be pointing out and leaning a bit on their sides.

The killer dude should have a little more swooping action in his pose. Sort of wild, since well, he just stabbed the guy.

I think the light should be lower and the officer should have the most. Kind of like if a police car's headlights were on high beam from behind him.

[zelda_geek]

About the body, I haven't really cared about it yet, cause I just started to block in an idea. The body is not supposed to lay like that (I promise), it's just that I made a rough 3d model for reference, and I haven't changed anything yet. It's like that because I just started. I thought I'd just show my idea:) And I'm well aware of all the aweful and missing elements, but I will hopefully get better when I work on it a bit more.

I'm thinking about putting a policecar in the background and maybe some spectators.

[Dished]

awesome! better than nothing :D cant wait to see what everyone comes up with

[a la bapsi]

Aren't WIP's not allowed in the regular LMS?
Just teasers, right? o:

[zelda_geek]

I'm going to be away for a while now. I'm not sure how long I'll be gone. In the worst case scenario I'll be gone for a week and won't be able to work more on my painting. Most likely I won't, but if I do, the picture above must be my final.:/

Anyway, looking forward to see what you other guys come up with:)

[ConstantRequiem]

I know that most of the work at conceptart.org is mostly scifi/fantasy related, but does that mean that these pieces have to be? I mean concept art is technically anything. I'm not aiming for straight up realistic (like a tuscan landscape), but something set in now more likes? without supernatural whatevers?

(sorry to be a bother)

[xinranliu]

I think that as long as it sticks to the topics all styles are accepted.

[vibhas_virwani]

thats true , use ur own style :) . originality is good ... :)

[Lewis]

dang, this is gonna get hard

if I knew in what group i was gonna get placed i wouldnt have supersmashbrawled so much, but work on my draftsmanship :davi:

Good luck to everyone!!

[Evil_Sloth]

Hey Zelda, nice piece bro but a few perspective inconsistencies like the ground pattern not lining up with the rest of the image. Make sure you make and follow a perspective grid hardcore otherwise you get into trouble with sets you image off wierdly.

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7594/zeldabm1.jpg

[kool-ka-lang]

awwman I wanted to be in this. :(

Oh well i would've lost by the first round anyways. :)

[Rockett]

First work in progress... just a value sketch. Meant to be "a sign of life". Think it makes any sense? Also, is it too dark? My monitor is very bright, so I like to check what others can see. :^^:

http://i34.tinypic.com/any3kh.png

Another version, in an attempt to bring more attention to the 'sign of life', being the one old, decrepit, surviving creature down there. Thought about lengthening the canvas downwards to show more of him, since as it is he gets lost.

http://i37.tinypic.com/ivyc80.jpg

[Nibras]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!! theres only 2 days left!!!!!!!
aggggggghhh time frigin flys
Dang it i only have half of the basic sketch :(
gotta work!

[a la bapsi]

yeah haha
i don't think i'm gonna get past round 1

[TLL]

@ Rockett : Your second attempt looks much better to me because I can see the sign of life in there. So your attempt to bring more attention to the 'sign of life' was successful ;)

[Rockett]

Thanks! Here's another update... He was still crouched down too far. Will start adding in the color now and tweak it more along the way!

http://i35.tinypic.com/jj75kw.png

[bluefruitbowl]

blah. wip. haven't decided if it's sign of life or caught red handed, yet.

Rockett - fantastic depth you've got there. I really like how there are so nmany levels with things going on.

[vibhas_virwani]

@rockett : just one thing ... i think the light coming from the torch is a little wierd , its angle seems awkward or smthing ...
but it looks great so far !!!
i think ill start on mine later today :)

[Rockett]

Vibhas: You're right; in my rush the angle of the light from the flashlight is all screwy. Easily fixed though, phew!

bluefruitbowl: Glad to hear the depth is perceptible, thanks! I'm really enjoying your picture so far; the colors/shading seem a bit muddy or grungy, in a way that compliments the picture quite well. Her face does seem a bit squashed (or perhaps her neck a bit long?), but nonetheless looks good so far.

[vibhas_virwani]

alright , im getting started on my piece ....
topic is long way round ...
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc132/vibhas_virwani/longwayroundsketch.jpg
chasing the sun ...

[Rockett]

Vibhas: The mountains look great so far. Will you be adding the sun in any form to the composition?

Began to add color on mine, should be done very soon now. The first one is the original, the second has been sharpened. Any opinions as to which looks better?

http://i38.tinypic.com/28ivm91.png http://i38.tinypic.com/nytn3b.jpg

[a la bapsi]

Looking great, rockett, you should try a mix of sharpened and blurry to direct the eyes to where you want them to look.
..I'm glad you're not in my match this round. x_x

By the way...Do we need our teen challenge borders around our finals?

[TLL]

By the way...Do we need our teen challenge borders around our finals?

Would be nice.

[Nibras]

Hmmmm heres my little work through
Still not finished hope to get it complete by tonight and tommorow
just started on it today about 1 hour so far lol
425159

425160

425161

[Spooky Roller Disco!]

Sorry but i didnt have as much time on my hands than i thought, so i wont be able to enter the challenge. Good luck to everyone else ;)

[xinranliu]

Wow... everyone has some really nice stuff so far. lilnebo may I ask you what topic you've chosen?

Btw that period idea is sick.

[Jacob Kobryn]

Wow... everyone has some really nice stuff so far. lilnebo may I ask you what topic you've chosen?
.
Sign I think?

My piece is finished (?) but I can't post it right now. I chose the topic "Caught".

PS. Someone (TLL?) should post a thread with all of the final images in Finally Finished like they do with the real Thunderdome.

[Rockett]

PS. Someone (TLL?) should post a thread with all of the final images in Finally Finished like they do with the real Thunderdome.

That'd be fun. :)

P.S. Should have mine tomorrow.

[a la bapsi]

PS. Someone (TLL?) should post a thread with all of the final images in Finally Finished like they do with the real Thunderdome.


http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=132435

[TLL]

@ jake kobrin: I've already done that. a la bapsi posted the link.

[Jacob Kobryn]

I mean in the Finally Finished section of the forum. That thread is in the Challenge Arena.

[a la bapsi]

Oh.
Well, that would sound like a pretty good idea.

[vibhas_virwani]

@rockett : yeah thats the idea !! the paths leading to the sun and the milestone says "the sun
999999
Kms. "
and the topic is "long way round " (not just path )

@jake : yeah we should do that when its done . by the way , awesome entry ...
-vibhas

[Jacob Kobryn]

Thanks Vibhas. Good luck. I like how yours is coming along so far.

[Evil_Sloth]

Ok so here's mine, might fix a few things before it's due.

I chose "The long way round" the dudes on the ships are now deciding to go the long way round to avoid the Tsunami.

Hey Jake I saw your finished one, man have you improved like a Chinese hooker after a few years on the streets. Great work little man.

Steps:
I acutally started off by going out of my room down to the bay and did a painting of the real boats down there to begin with.
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7913/yacktskg9.jpg
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2446/step01dn2.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7766/step02jx9.jpg

Full Rez (http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4497/tc50fullrezie5.jpg)

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5061/finalib5.jpg

[Lewis]

Good stuff sloth

Ill be away for 4/5 days guys (vacation :D), already seeing some wonderfull drawings. Keep it up and Ill see the result when i come back!!
Cheers, Lewis

Oh, and here's my entry:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9017/tc50lewiscaughtiz0.jpg

[TLL]

@ Lewis Really like your idea. great work.

[Alex Chow]

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/8157/signsoflifewr2.jpg

I promise this is the last time I'll use morbidly obese people!

I used the environment of the Mac commercials where people stand around in an empty room. The middle guy is obviously me :yum:

I sought for a more humourous way to portray the topic. My technique still has a long way to go before my works end up something like Evil_Sloth's :davi:

[a la bapsi]

Veyr creative, amaranth, wouldn't have thought of that. :D

[Justin.]

http://www.justinoaksford.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/TC50_2.jpg

Justin.

"Caught"

[Nibras]

I think this is just gonne go as my final
God it looks so sh*t
I clicked on it by mistake and the size changed to and went to down to half the actul size so now it looks like pish
425795

[vibhas_virwani]

long way round , background only ,
its taken more about 30 -35 hours already on it , been working on it for like 10 hours each day for the past three days already ...
now tell me what all i can fix ....
its still a WIP !!!
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc132/vibhas_virwani/longwayroundbackgroundpreview.jpg
ill develope the idea 2mro ... (like add the text on the milestone , make the paths go more towards the sun etc. )
last minute cramming as usual ....

@justin : thats looking amazing man !!!

[Goog]

final...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b250/Googprod/shasssss.jpg

[a la bapsi]

loving the expression on that egg-stealing guy. xD

[bogan]

I just joined the challenge because of a dropout, so I just did some thumbnails for a Sign of Life :D

An astronaut finds something smelly... and Jimmy Bob Joe finds the rest of his team...
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f268/chowbogan/teenchallengethumbs004.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f268/chowbogan/teenchallengethumbs007copy.jpg

[Jacob Kobryn]

Shit Sloth! I thought you were posting your inspiration for your piece! I swear I could see that hanging in the Legion of Honor! Awesome!

[ConstantRequiem]

Justin- I really, really like your Police Robot. I would call it "PoPoBot"

JohntheBomb - thats hilarious.

I have no WIPs to post. But its coming along nicely :D

[TLL]

@ vibhas: Your piece really looks outstanding.
But it looks like you've got the same problem as I have. You need to much time (30 hours is insane ^^)


I've tried some kind of comic stile this time:
http://mokiji.de/mokiji/129582.87b9d2ce7c9d73d4abf7dfbe9f42e05c.jpg

[Shmaba]

Alright I'm done. I decided to work with Path
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a77/PhantomBlaze/fantasy%20art/Path-to-VICTORY.jpg

[Rockett]

This is oddly low-res for me.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2a6qz5v.png

[vibhas_virwani]

Lol , thats true TLL , but sometimes its worth it ... im making this at 600 dpi and 16 X 12 inches , coz i want to get it printed out later ... :)
by the way, i have read a lot of comics and ur piece is so typisch auf german comics :D , it reminds me of my old german comics that i had :P , nice piece .
and i still have a LOT of work left on mine (going to start now ) ... :S

[Justin.]

So is the deadline NOW or 24 hrs from now?

[a la bapsi]

I thought August first meant, the last moment you can turn your entries in is at 11:59 on the first. ._.

[sketcheth]

So....I don't know if I'm too late or not...I assume since everyone else already posted I am? But...the Teen Challenge deadlines have always been rather vague. Take me to the final if you want or not...I'm a few hours over...and also...depending on your time zone...less...maybe even early...I think we should make some clearly defined deadline rules?

Aaanyways, I worked too much on this not to at least post it. It was a great learning experience whether or not it amounts to anything. Thank you TLL for doing this. :)
Ah well. I got "caught."
...or at least, there's one just about to be caught, anyways...

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/pancakeofwrath/teen_challenge_50_caught_sketcheth.jpg

[vibhas_virwani]

deadline is 1st august 11.59 pm :) which means as long as its 1st of august anywhere in the world , ur good ...
so basically , the rest of the day ...
@sketcheth , you should take yours to the final thread ...

anyway here is my final
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc132/vibhas_virwani/final-5.jpg

[TLL]

Great one sketcheth. Of course it's going to poll. I think we should give everyone who hasn't finished his entry by now time till 11:59 today (GMT)

By the way. After I've seen the entries of sketcheth or Justin I just wanted to ask something.
Where do you get your brushes from? Do you create them yourself? Do you have tutorials? Or are this paintings made with normal PS brushes?

@ vibhas: It's definitely european comic stile. But I know this stile more from french comics I've read as a child (like Spirou,Gaston Marsupulami etc.

[DefiledVisions]

hey, how does one join in on these challenges?

[a la bapsi]

There was a signup period before this three part challenge. I think you can fill in for any pussouts or something, not sure.
We will have teen challenges in the future you can participate in. :]

[a la bapsi]

And, geez, Vibhas, ever considered matte painting?

[DefiledVisions]

Allright, thanks bapsi :) gonna hang around and see how it goes then, and wait for next challenge :D

[vibhas_virwani]

@a la bapsi : lol , nah ,id rather have the whole thing painted by myself like this one ;) ... so ill take that as a compliment ??

[TLL]

@ DefiledVisions The next Teen challenge wont be a "last teen standing challenge" This was a special round because of the 50th Teen challenge. The next last teen standing will be at maybe 75th teen challenge.
But of course you can join the normal TC as every other teen can. TC #51 is going to start in a few days or maybe a week for those guys who didn't pass the first round of this challenge.

[Justin.]

TLL, I make my own brushes, but not alot of them. Sometimes I will see a sparth brush or a M@ brush or a Cicinimo brush and think "that's a good idea", and then I'll make my own version of it. You can never use a brush to it's full potential unless you are the one that created the brush. I only used 3 brushes.
The Round Brush,
My "gear type" brush (for the buildings and mountains)
And very loosely, a "cloud brush" on the clouds (it's easy to do clouds with the round brush though)

TLL, a good way to learn is to get Vyle's DVD from the G place. But you have to listen to him. They are there to answer a production problem. Before you use them you should understand how they work, and how to replicate them with simple brushes, because then your brushes will be ALOT more potent. They only exist to save time, and to create abstract shapes you might not be able to create on your own. You don't want the Brushes to be what defines you, you want the skill to be what defines you. (I've just seen so many people who use brushes but don't understand them, it's getting on my nerves. Some people even steal the brushes, then claim them as their own)

[TLL]

Thanks Justin.

Ok so what happens now?

There is still time till 11:59 today for all those who aren't finished yet. Then a group of judges is going to judge the entries (this will last maybe 1-2 days) and then we'll start round 2.

[Justin.]

no prob. Thank you for being so super-involved with the competition! You are doing a great job.

[Nibras]

alright cool :D
i doubt i'll get through but it would be cool if the judges had time to gives some crits, or maybe thats just asking a bit too much am not sure

[Evil_Sloth]

Damn you guys in my group!

vibhas_virwani: Hey dude beautiful look piece I'm really jealous of the control that you have but 30 hours! I can really see where that time went but it looks like your suffering a bit from a classic case of noodling.
Rendering out things without concentrating on creating elements or working out issues.
I'd say for next time stop yourself when you get into 400x zoom for 4 hours at a time mode, zoom out, work out what the image really needs and get to it.
With all that value, colour and edge control you displayed in that piece you could pump out some pretty bitchen stuff dude.
Anyway in answer to your email I used a sketch up base and then used painters auto paint feature on the 3d model base to get rid of the lifeless edges and it also tones the canvas like if you were painting traditionally.
Then mostly used photoshops Dry Chalk brush in dry media and the spot healing brush to "heal" any spots of value that look out of place or brush marks that look random.
Awesome dedication, I'll try rendering out a piece for 30 hours, I think my best is 8.

[vibhas_virwani]

Lol , man all that went right over my head ... i didnt know we had a dry chalk brush :P dry media ?? , whats a heal tool ?? lol , whats noodling ?? lol , all i used here was spray brushes and ink splatter brushes and the regular round brush of photoshop 7 (i dont have photoshop cs2 ) . i need to leasn about all those tools like the heal tool , burn , dodge , sponge smudge etc.
but it took me 30 hours mainly for the reason that i had just started sketching and i didnt know what i was going to draw , so i just kept erasing and sketching till i got this :P .
and thanks , i will try ur technique as well :)

[Jacob Kobryn]

So what do we you think we should do to the puss-outs? Make fun of them? Get Davi to post their names at the top of CA so we can shame them? ;) You all have 3 and a half hours to get your entries in. It's already 12:30 here but it's only 8:30 in Hawaii...

[ethan karnopp]

So what do we you think we should do to the puss-outs? Make fun of them? Get Davi to post their names at the top of CA so we can shame them? ;) You all have 3 and a half hours to get your entries in. It's already 12:30 here but it's only 8:30 in Hawaii...

unnecessary.

[Justin.]

@ ethan, It's all in good fun man, lighten up. For LMS they made puss-out posters, didn't see you ridiculing them.

[Jacob Kobryn]

I was a puss out in LMS... and shit man, I paid for it...

[a la bapsi]

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/7116/pussypm5.jpg
something to that effect. I'm up for prodding at pussouts...so long as it's not over the top or anything, there must have been some good reason why they didn't make the deadline. :\

[Justin.]

you mean like the fact we only had a week? :p

[paperX]

sorry im a bit late guys...imageshack kept screwing up...uploading mine now

Edit: here it is...

I was gonna pussout cuz I have a major uni assignment to finish today but then I saw Jake's post and decided the prospect of him ridiculing me isn't worth it :P meh...guess no sleeping for me tonight :D

pretty rushed:
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/292/paperxtcfinalms0.jpg

[ethan karnopp]

@ ethan, It's all in good fun man, lighten up. For LMS they made puss-out posters, didn't see you ridiculing them.

I think since it IS all in good fun there is no reason to ridicule anyone. I'm not upset by any means but some people may have just had a busy week y'know?

On a side note: when is this going to be judged and by whom?

[vibhas_virwani]

i think ethans right , we are just teens , we had only a week and some of us do it as a hobby . there is no point ridiculing anyone , and i think there is barely anyone who pussed out anyway ...

@ethan : by the way read the first post by TLL , i asked mike correiro , dave palumbo and coldrum to judge us and they had all accepted it .
im hoping that they will be out with the results in a couple of days , they will reply in the final thread itself .

[Jamie Romoser]

sorry guys couldnt make it this time broke my collar bone riding my bike out for 6 weeks really bummed.

[Jacob Kobryn]

i asked mike correiro , dave palumbo and coldrum to judge us
Oh man... that's intimidating.

[ethan karnopp]

sorry guys couldnt make it this time broke my collar bone riding my bike out for 6 weeks really bummed.

sorry to hear man, and i'm glad i had someone to prove my point of 'shit happens'

[Justin.]

Wow, way to take someone else's plight to make a point.

Sorry to hear OmertA.

[vibhas_virwani]

get well soon omerta ,
mike correiro PMd me his results , just waiting for dave palumbo and coldrum now ... :)

[xinranliu]

OmertA: Geez.. poor you!

Sloth's entry was really great!

can't wait for results :D

[ethan karnopp]

Wow, way to take someone else's plight to make a point.

Sorry to hear OmertA.

So ridiculing someone else's plight is fair game, yet using it as an example to prove a point is uncalled for? I never said I was happy to hear about OmertA's misfortune, but rather that it simply proves my point: shit happens, and there is no need to ridicule anyone because of that.

[Justin.]

I'm not even going to fucking argue with you anymore now that you've brought someone else in who is completely uninvolved. Personally, I don't like being used as an instrument for a childish internet argument.

[a la bapsi]

Ladies, please.
Pull back those claws.

[bluefruitbowl]

Ladies, please.


consider your audience, please.


in other thoughts, any word on how goes voting?

[vibhas_virwani]

two judges have already voted , please check the finals thread !!!

[Jacob Kobryn]

Fuckin A man... I was joking.

[a la bapsi]

consider your audience, please.
what?

[bluefruitbowl]

what?

Haha, oh, man, i'm sorry. i'd just come home from a eight hour road trip and was completely grouchy/annoyed. i think i was trying to touch on the sexism of your comment but really ended up being like RAWRIHATEYOO.
sorry.

[a la bapsi]

I forgive.
Though I don't understand how a girl can be sexist...against her own gender. :o lol