2008 results.

Finally, we've got results! First of all, we'd like to congratulate everyone nominated, all of you are wonderful iconmakers. Seriously, there aren't any bad iconmakers here.

A big thanks to everyone who actually sent in their samples, and parle, my partner in crime. :)

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See you all next year! :)

PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE VOTING. Improper votes will NOT be counted. And this post isn't dial-up friendly. Take caution! Voting will end on July 17.

The Rules.
→ There are 26 categories.
→ You may only vote once in each category.
→ You may not vote anonymously.
→ You must vote for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
→ All votes will be screened.
→ You cannot vote for yourself.

I spent a long, long time compiling samples, uploading icons, and making this post. Most of the iconmakers spent their own time choosing icons. Please remember this when you vote, guys. Vote based on ability, not just because you're friends with a certain iconmaker or because they're more popular than their opponents. Votes are SCREENED. No one will know who you voted for. The point is to reward people for their ability, not for their popularity/trendiness. And don't worry about voting against either me or parle just 'cause we can see the votes.

Other specifications:
→ For best icon community, you are grading the icons as a whole. If one iconmaker is great, and the others not so good, then that would not make it the best community.
→ When placing a vote, you have to specify first, second, and third (unless the category only has 1 or 2 people in it). Votes will be counted as points. 1st gets 3 points, 2nd gets 2 points, and 3rd gets 1 point. The points get added up to determine the winners. If a category has only 1 person in it, a 'yes' or 'no' vote will suffice.

One more time: PLEASE LOOK AT THE SAMPLES AND BASE YOUR VOTES OFF OF THEM. Let voting commence! Comment to one of my comments to vote. Please don't post comments outside of the threads I've already started, and keep all questions inside the FAQ thread. This is to keep the sanity of everyone tallying votes. XD Anonymous comments or comments outside my comment threads will be deleted.

If you'd like to pimp:

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Please note: there were some nominations with less than three "official" votes, the ones closest to being official (that only had first, second, third marked) were counted as official. :) So if you were short a vote, you got in.

People/communities marked with an asterisk (*) have already sent us their samples. Again, these samples are due March 10th; please email them to ljvgia@gmail.com

People marked with an arrow (^) have had their samples collected by us. I'd like to mention here that it isn't our fault if the samples aren't what you wanted. You could have sent in your samples, yeah?


Reposted;

Once you've been officially listed as a nominee, it'd be great if you could email us (ljvgia@gmail.com) with a few sample icons that pertain to each of the categories you were nom'ed to. We'll end up doing them ourselves if you don't (so voters have something to go on in case they don't recognize your name), but it'd save us a lot of trouble. We will need 4 icons for each category you're entered in.

Also, you can repeat icons, so if you have an icon that you want to use, say, for Best Textless AND Best of Final Fantasy, feel free, just let us know. Icon comms will need to compile a set of their best icons, however. Each iconmaker has to contribute at least one icon to the set, to be fair. It is fine to send us more than 4 icons if you have more than 4 iconmakers in your community. Most Underrated icons are basically just what you perceive to be your best icons.

WHEN YOU SEND IN YOUR SAMPLES, GIVE YOUR USERNAME SO WE KNOW. :) WE CAN'T JUST GO BY YOUR EMAIL.

And again, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to leave them here.

Things are beginning to die out! If you haven't nominated anyone or voted, you have less than two days left to do so. 8) The nominations will close tomorrow evening. If you'd like, feel free to snag a banner and give it a pimp one or two more times, spread the word that nominations are coming to a close soon~

Official nominess -- please make sure to have your samples in by March 10th. 8)

The final list with all nominees will be posted tomorrow evening~

And we move swiftly from pre-contest into the actual nominations round of this year's LiveJournal Videogame Iconmakers Awards! (Don't act too excited, guys.)

'Kay so. During this round, you guys get to nominate people for the various awards. This will go on for about a week, depending on participation. To nominate someone, reply to the comment that has the name of the category you're nominating someone for. Comment with the name of the nominee in LJ-tag form. OPTIONAL: IT'D BE NICE IF YOU COULD ALSO PUT THEIR NAME IN SUBJECT OF THE COMMENT SO IT MAKES IT EASIER TO NAVIGATE ONCE THE COMMENTS START TO STACK.

For your nomination to count, you will have to have 3 people comment to your nomination saying that they second, third, and fourth your nomination.

Note: If there are less than three "official" nominees, the ones closest to being official will also be counted until there are at least 3 official nominees.

Other Rules: (copypasted from ljamia) You may not nominate yourself, nor can any nominations be made anonymously. Anonymous comments are disabled. Also, do not comment outside the comments we've already posted. That is to say, you can comment to any of my comments, but you cannot post your own. This is mostly just to prevent clutter.

There are 15 series categories (these were chosen by you guys in the pre-contest) and 11 more general categories, making a total of 26 categories.

If you would like to pimp this post, here you go! Please help us in spreading the word so that the nominations are spread out as equally as possible.


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* If you do not wish to have your own nomination count--that is, you are uncomfortable with receiving an award, having your icons posted, etc., you have only to tell me so by commenting to the FAQ and stating that you wish to be withdrawn. You can do this at any time before voting is put up. I respect people's right to choose and if you don't wish to be entered, it's in your power to stop me.

The official nominees are (February 21st/12:20AM CENTRAL):

→ advocate Best Kingdom Hearts Icons (1)
→ luxrays Best Tales Of... Icons, Best Use of Color, Best Tutorials, Best Iconist (4)
→ alvanista Best Fire Emblem Icons, Best Iconist (2)
→ anniereckless Best Final fantasy Icons, Best Typography, Most Unique (3)
→ astrokittie Best Devil May Cry Icons (1)
→ creampop_orange Best Katamari Damacy Icons (1)
→ puncture Best Eternal Sonata Icons (1)
→ discover Best Eternal Sonata Icons, Best Tales Of... Icons (2)* (we also need your BTO.. samples! ♥)
→ dizzily Best Xenosaga/Xenogears Icons (1)
→ downburst Best Tales Of... Icons (1)
→ elwhyenen Best Phoenix Wright Icons (1)
→ enacting Best Typography (1)
→ fearthechopstic Best Pokemon Icons, Best Fire Emblem Icons, Best Iconist, Best Textless Icons, Best Super Mario Bros. Icons (5)
→ minrathous Best Shin Megami Tensei Icons, Best Suikoden Icons (2)
→ gravira Best Pokemon Icons (1)
→ haloradio Best Typography, Best Shin Megami Tensei Icons, Best Devil May Cry Icons (3)
→ highside Best Kingdom Hearts Icons (1)
→ snowdrifts Most Underrated (1)
→ inquisitory Best Tales Of... Icons, Best Xenosaga/Xenogears Icons, Most Unique, Best Shin Megami Tensei Icons (4)
→ mangoninja Best Legend of Zelda Icons (1)
→ microcake Most Unique, Best Use of Resources (2)
→ milkdfed Most Unique (1)
→ neonclover Best Tales Of... Icons (1)
→ noctem Best Katamari Damacy Icons, Best Use of Color, Most Underrated (3)
→ ozette Best Legend of Zelda Icons, Most Underrated (2)
→ tsurugi Best Shin Megami Tensei Icons (1)
→ powercorrupts Best Final Fantasy Icons, Best Use of Color, Best Cropping (3)
→ rabanastre Best Cropping, Best Textless Icons, Best Iconist (3)
→ sakura_201 Best Xenosaga/Xenogears Icons, Best Typography (2)*
→ sarajayechan Best Fire Emblem Icons (1)
→ koizumi Best Super Mario Bros. Icons (1)
→ relares Best Tales Of... Icons (1)
→ so_vayne Best Use of Color, Most Underrated (2)
→ consequences Best Final Fantasy Icons, Best Kingdom Hearts Icons, Best Typography (3)
→ reconquista Best Tales Of... Icons (1)
→ terra Best Suikoden Icons (1)
→ theatrically Best Use of Resources (1)
→ unite Best Phoenix Wright Icons (1)
→ vibrator Best Final Fantasy Icons, Best Textless Icons, Best Cropping, Best Iconist, Best Grayscale Icons (5)

BEST ICON JOURNAL/COMMUNITY;
→ kyoukatabira (chakuura, demonography, eliminate, takaki, & vibrator)
→ icontemplation (powercorrupts, corporeal & immoral)


People/comms marked with an asterisk (*) have already sent me their samples.

Once you've been officially listed as a nominee, it'd be great if you could email us (ljvgia@gmail.com) with a few sample icons that pertain to each of the categories you were nom'ed to. We'll end up doing them ourselves if you don't (so voters have something to go on in case they don't recognize your name), but it'd save us a lot of trouble. We will need 4 icons for each category you're entered in.

Also, you can repeat icons, so if you have an icon that you want to use, say, for Best Textless AND Best of Final Fantasy, feel free, just let us know. Icon comms will need to compile a set of their best icons, however. Each iconmaker has to contribute at least one icon to the set, to be fair. It is fine to send us more than 4 icons if you have more than 4 iconmakers in your community. Most Underrated icons are basically just what you perceive to be your best icons.

Got questions? Ask here.

We'd also like to point out that Best Icon Community is both journal AND community. Sorry for not adding it in beforehand! :)

Nominations are closed, thank you!

Once again, welcome to the Livejournal Videogame Iconmakers Awards here at ljvgia, hosted by myself and vibrator. This year we're following in the footsteps of ljamia and having a pre-contest round.

This round is specifically so we can tell which series to put for the "Best of..." awards. Last year I didn't do so well with picking popular series (I'm not HIP and COOL), so it's better to have a general consensus on which series are the most popular.

For this round, all you have to do is comment with one series that you would like to see in the "Best of..." category, and people will comment to your comment if they agree with your nomination. Please try to keep nominations to series for which a lot of icons are made, and preferably also made by a variety of iconmakers so we have diversity. We aren't going to police this post and deem what's popular or unpopular, though. (your votes will decide that!)

Feel free to nominate/vote for as many series as you like, but please make sure that you only have one series per nomination comment.

There isn't a set limit for the amount of noms that make it to the next round, but it will be those with the most votes.

Nominations will close at midnight (eastern time) on February 29th, 2008. If you have any questions, please ask at the FAQ post.

Want to link to this post? Go here. Feel free to watch the community to be up to date, as well!

Clarification! This is for series, guys. For example, you'd put down the Final Fantasy series, not FF1, FF2, FF3, FF4, etc. If you've done that already, please delete your comments (or we'll delete them for you). Devil May Cry and Resident Evil have already been put down, guys. Please stop trying to put them down again.

EDIT: Tally as of 8:29 PM(eastern) February 15

Final Fantasy - 36 votes
Kingdom Hearts - 27 votes
Shin Megami Tensei - 23 votes
Tales of... - 22 votes
Phoenix Wright - 20 votes
Devil May Cry - 15 votes
Xenosaga/Xenogears - 15 votes
Eternal Sonata - 14 votes
Guilty Gear - 14 votes
Pokemon - 14 votes
Legend of Zelda - 14 votes
Super Mario Bros. - 14 votes
Fire Emblem - 12 votes
Katamari Damacy - 11 votes
Suikoden - 11 votes
Disgaea - 10 votes
Okami - 9 votes
Super Smash Bros. - 9 votes
Odin Sphere - 8 votes
.hack// - 7 votes
Shadow Hearts - 7 votes
Shadow of the Colossus - 7 votes
Lineage II - 6 votes
Sonic the Hedgehog - 6 votes
Silent Hill - 6 votes
Wartech: Senko no Ronde - 6 votes
Animal Crossing - 5 votes
Castlevania - 5 votes
Dead or Alive - 5 votes
Resident Evil - 5 votes
Metal Gear Solid - 5 votes
Harvest Moon - 4 votes
King of Fighters - 4 votes
Magna Carta - 4 votes
Soul Caliber - 4 votes
Assassin's Creed - 3 votes
Baten Kaitos - 3 votes
Mana - 3 votes
Spyro the Dragon - 3 votes
Trauma Center - 3 votes
Darkstalkers - 2 votes
Ragnarok Online - 2 votes
Tomb Raider - 2 votes
World of Warcraft - 2 votes
Front Mission - 1 vote
Half Life - 1 vote
Mass Effect - 1 vote

Noms are closed, guys.

Hello, and welcome to the second annual Livejournal Videogame Iconmakers Awards! As you can see, we've created a new community to make everything easier. And this year vibrator is officially co-maintaining this with me, so we get to do half the work that levels usually does! XD

Feel free to friend the community, but please don't join (membership is only for maintainers).

As a spin-off of the Livejournal Animanga Iconmakers Awards (located at ljamia, we'd like to thank levels for creating the original idea and letting us shamelessly copy use her format. ♥

Thanks for reading, and I hope that this year's contest turns out great!