Beta Sketch Awards 2009 - Winners up!

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:34 pm

Sorry for the slow update..

We compiled the list of winners and sent it off to the award makers. Once the awards are completed, we'll be able to display the winners.

There were lots of ties this time around, but I think everyone will be happy with the amount of awards given.

Angelic-Lair · Post by **Angelic-Lair** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:08 pm

We wanted to thank everyone involved in the summer sketch awards! We really enjoyed taking part in it!

We can't wait to see the winners! ^__^ Any idea of when they might be formally announced?

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:33 am

Right now, we're shooting for some time around the 15th of the month. It'll depend on when the awards are completed.

ReiTheJelly · Post by **ReiTheJelly** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:46 pm

cutiebunny wrote:Right now, we're shooting for some time around the 15th of the month. It'll depend on when the awards are completed.

Could you announce the winners now and then give them their awards later? Waiting 11+ days from the final tally seems excessive, but maybe that is just my perspective...

Angelic-Lair · Post by **Angelic-Lair** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:17 pm

ReiTheJelly wrote:Could you announce the winners now and then give them their awards later? Waiting 11+ days from the final tally seems excessive, but maybe that is just my perspective...

We agree with Rei.
Seconded.

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:41 pm

As much as I'd love to show off the winners, one of the organizers has requested that we wait until mid-month to reveal the winners. Unfortunately, with so many participants and so few volunteers for this project, we have to work with what we have.

If an 8(ish) day wait period is excessive, perhaps more people could volunteer next time so that this project could have a quicker turnaround.

Angelic-Lair · Post by **Angelic-Lair** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:53 pm

cutiebunny wrote:As much as I'd love to show off the winners, one of the organizers has requested that we wait until mid-month to reveal the winners. Unfortunately, with so many participants and so few volunteers for this project, we have to work with what we have.

We understand completely, and we appreciate the efforts of everyone who volunteered to help make the summer sketch awards a reality. ^__^

*tries to remain patient*

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:54 pm

(points above) Sorry for the Team America reference. I've been dying to use it.

So, here's the skinny. Our award graphics have magically disappeared. The person designing the awards had computer problems and it looks like the graphics have been lost to cyberspace. In short, you've won nothing!

Fortunately, we at Project A-ko HQ have been working hard to make sure that you do get a little graphic for your entries. So, the awards graphics will be coming and will hopefully be done in the next few days.

That's all for now.

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:34 am

Zero has saved the day and was able to make our award graphics. The winners for each category have been posted, along with each corresponding award.

Thank you for all the pms I've received for award graphic help. I'm sure that the organizers for the cel awards would love to have your help!

Speaking of which....

Enjoy and congrats to everyone who won an award! Thanks to everyone who voted and contributed to this project for making the sketch awards a success ~

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:46 am

Yay! The awards are finally done

. My apologies to everyone for the wait on the winners announcement(s). It was partially my fault, since I was out of town for a little over a week and had very little Internet access during that time

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A BIG congrats to all the winners (and there were a LOT of them!) -- and an even bigger thanks to everyone who participated (both entering and voting)

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NOTE: this year, you may download your awards as a single zipped file containing all of your personalized trophy images (woo!).

klet · Post by **klet** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:16 am

Woot! Congrats to all the winners!

Thanks to Zerospace, Cutiebunny, Killua, Animeobsessed, and Dark-water-dragon for all your work on the competition!

Nat.R · Post by **Nat.R** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:31 am

Congratulation to all winners!

and thank you very much for all your votes ^_^

Post by **sensei** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:19 pm

Wow

This is the first time I've placed in one of these contests. Many thanks to everyone who supported my entries, and many congratulations to all the winners.

Not to mention appreciation to cutiebunny, zerospace, and all the underheralded volunteers who worked on this contest and handled the design of the website and the voting process, which I thought was very smoothly done.

Golly, I can't say how many times I suggested that the academic organization on whose executive board I served for a time do something similar. Alas, they're still getting used to 1980s technology, and so all we got was a mailing list. If they'd just hire some of you keen, committed cyberbrains, a lot could be done to move academia into the last decade of the 20th century.

And ... one final reflection ... I think one of the real winners was Studio Pierrot, especially the amazing artists who did the Saiyuki series. I'm enjoying seeing the other Goku, Sanzo, and Hakkai winners.

Belldandy16 · Post by **Belldandy16** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:22 pm

klet wrote:Woot! Congrats to all the winners!

Thanks to Zerospace, Cutiebunny, Killua, Animeobsessed, and Dark-water-dragon for all your work on the competition!

i second that!

as always you guys did a totally awesome job!

thanks for making it so fun for all of us!

kathpatty · Post by **kathpatty** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:03 pm

Ditto !!!

And I had my first time winning too !!!

Glad many I voted for won, and sad some didn't ! What a great way to see new sketches

Anime-Beta TNG

Beta Sketch Awards 2009 - Winners up!

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