Beta Sketch Awards 2009 - Winners up!

Blaster · Post by **Blaster** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:52 am

Its going to be real close in some of the categories. There were many entries that were hard to choose between

aernath · Post by **aernath** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:14 am

Once again, a bang-up job on the site!
Being able to compare items is such a terrific help!
Everything ran smoothly, and I really enjoyed all the animated sequences!

But I think my favorite thing, is seeing all the really great pieces out there that I wouldn't see otherwise. This way, I get to see some fantastic artwork that, either I wouldn't be looking for, or don't know anything about yet!
It's like Greatness Overload, but in a good way.

I look forward to seeing the final choices, but really, I think I enjoy just seeing all the entries the best.

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:16 am

Nice. The voting process worked really well and it was tough to decide on several of these categories.
To everyone who submitted pieces- thanks for showcasing your artwork. I was pleased to see a few items I was outbid on via YJ and Mandarake

samiamew · Post by **samiamew** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:24 am

Thanks muchly Keropi

*off to vote now......*

LLslickD · Post by **LLslickD** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:02 am

All voted up! Thanks again guys!

ReiTheJelly · Post by **ReiTheJelly** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:12 pm

I just wanted to say again how much I ADORE the compare feature! It makes deciding which piece to vote for much easier.

Belldandy16 · Post by **Belldandy16** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:53 pm

WOW what wonderful artwork!
loved the site and the compare features. awesome job you guys! thanks so much for organizing this!!!

i think the hardest category for me was the Hanken...

incredible incredible pieces in there!!!

Eternal Squall · Post by **Eternal Squall** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:55 pm

Is anyone else having trouble voting? I go along my merry way, here a vote, there a vote, every where a vote, vote......then I come around to about 10 votes left, I choose my next selection of the upcoming category and it kicks out the first category I had done.....so if I place a vote in Robot, it drops my accessory vote, then when I pick in romance, it drops my action vote.....and so on into an infinite loop!.....and I have tried an infinite amount of times.....so if anyone would like to tell me how to properly use a website, I would much appreciated it.......

Does the website have a prejudice against people that voted Ron Paul for Prez????......

LLslickD · Post by **LLslickD** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:37 pm

Eternal Squall wrote:Is anyone else having trouble voting? I go along my merry way, here a vote, there a vote, every where a vote, vote......then I come around to about 10 votes left, I choose my next selection of the upcoming category and it kicks out the first category I had done.....so if I place a vote in Robot, it drops my accessory vote, then when I pick in romance, it drops my action vote.....and so on into an infinite loop!.....and I have tried an infinite amount of times.....so if anyone would like to tell me how to properly use a website, I would much appreciated it.......

Does the website have a prejudice against people that voted Ron Paul for Prez????......

Try this:
http://basketch09.zero-space.net/index. ... =vinstruct

...but the Ron Paul thing wouldn't surprise me lol

Eternal Squall · Post by **Eternal Squall** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:10 pm

ok, no worries.....I used my powerbook to put an end to all the nonsense, but the original PC i was using was still giving me fits. If anyone could explain the stated problem 2 spaces up, I would most certainly listen while stroking my chin and uttering "I see"....

Great entries people,

Creature category was amazing!!!!!!!

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:11 pm

Eternal Squall: Your PC might have been dropping the cookies to store your votes--votes are not permanently stored by the site until you submit the final form. The site does not set a time limit on the cookies either, since it removes them once you submit your final votes. I don't know what your privacy/cookie settings are like in your browser, but my guess is that it's deleting them on you for some reason or another

. If you don't mind, can you please let me know what browser you were using? I'd love to investigate a bit further anyways.

Renee · Post by **Renee** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:41 pm

I'm also having trouble voting.

It appears that my browser is only allowing 20 votes.

I tried changing my privacy settings and allowing all cookies from the awards site but it did not help. Still limited to 20. I'm using version 6 of Internet Explorer.

By the way, all of the entries are wonderful!

Cordelia · Post by **Cordelia** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:04 am

Managed to vote successfully. That was pretty fun. Kudos to the team that made it happen!

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:17 am

To Renee and anyone who has the problem where their browser will only store 20 cookies:

You need to update your browser. IE was limited to 20 cookies at one time -- that limit has been increased to 50. Running these updates is important, anyways and should be done regularly. Here's a direct link to the update that you need: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937143/

Your other option is to use Firefox or another browser that already has a 50+ cookie limit.

Apologies folks, I had totally forgotten about the cookie limits!

Eternal Squall · Post by **Eternal Squall** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:33 am

zerospace wrote:Eternal Squall: Your PC might have been dropping the cookies to store your votes--votes are not permanently stored by the site until you submit the final form. The site does not set a time limit on the cookies either, since it removes them once you submit your final votes. I don't know what your privacy/cookie settings are like in your browser, but my guess is that it's deleting them on you for some reason or another . If you don't mind, can you please let me know what browser you were using? I'd love to investigate a bit further anyways.

I see...... I was using IE, but was able to vote using safari later. I'll have to give a lecture to my PC.....Cookies should never be dropped, unless I am lost in a forest or they are ginger snaps!