The Neutral Zone

Week 197 Banners

2008-04-30T07:44:35Z

Week 197 - Result & Update

2008-04-25T21:37:37Z

I still have no clue what's going on with Ghostie. Last I heard from her she said that she has "walking pneumonia" and hadn't really been well since Christmas. I can only hope that she's OK and taking care of herself.

I can't get the poll down or edited as we can only do that to our own entries for some reason, so anyway, here are the results:

FIRST - emmy_roo
SECOND - emmy_roo
THIRD - glasscat_9 (I'm sorry your second entry didn't go up, I don't think it arrived in time)
MODS CHOICE - psychokittymiss

I'll check to see if there are any Promotions once I get my database software back up and running (it's just one thing after another round here!). The banners will be done, but I'll have to do them from scratch as Ghostie has the templates (knew I should've saved them!) and I'll have to get the awesome lemonrocket to help with yours, Emmy.

Well, folks, I'm at a bit of a loss now. I don't know whether I should keep going or go on a hiatus until we know what's up. Words of encouragement happily received! :(

Hello Everyone

2008-04-23T15:15:01Z

I'm not sure what's happening at the moment, I've been off on holiday for a week or so and haven't heard from Ghostie.

I'll look into it. If I don't hear back from her shortly I'll get that last poll sorted out and arrange banners.

Laura

Week 197 Vote

2008-04-10T21:51:51Z

Thanks for participating, folks! Remember that it's against the rules to vote for your own icon(s).

01. 02. 03.

04. 05. 06.

07. 08. 09.

View Poll: Week 197: Away Missions: Weird Is Part of the Job

Reminder

2008-04-09T12:00:03Z

Submissions for this week's Away Missions: Weird Is Part of the Job challenge are due by 4pm CST (10pm GMT) tomorrow! Number of entries so far: 4

Week 196 Banners

2008-04-08T01:06:55Z

No hotlinking, please; save to your own computer and upload from there. More information about the banners/insignia we use can be found on this community's user info page.

Week 196 Winners

2008-04-07T11:20:41Z

Congratulations, everyone! This week's 1st place winner will advance to the Best of April vote!

FIRST PLACE
by alien_dreams

SECOND PLACE
by lemonrocket

THIRD PLACE
by r_scribbles

MOD'S CHOICE
by isiscaughey

Week 196 LIST OF ENTRANTS

Banners will go up later tonight.

Housekeeping
Submissions for this week's Away Missions: Weird Is Part of the Job challenge are due by 4pm CST (10pm GMT) on Thursday!

Poll Reminder

2008-04-06T15:06:31Z

The poll for this week's Leonard Nimoy challenge will be closing tomorrow morning. If you haven't done so already, please go vote!

Quick Link
The new challenge, Away Missions: Weird Is Part of the Job, can be found here.

Best of March Banner for codarose

2008-04-06T14:57:12Z

The Best of March!

2008-04-06T01:18:33Z

Congratulations, dradiscontact – your icon was chosen as The Best of March!

Your banner needs to be animated yet – I'll post it in the next day or so.

The Best of March list of entrants.

Week 197 Challenge – Away Missions: Weird Is Part of the Job

2008-04-05T02:07:16Z

This week's mission explores all the bizarre situations our favorite characters find themselves in while on: Away Missions: Weird Is Part of the Job! (Subtitle is a quote from Kathryn Janeway). Show us your favorite away mission moments!

Mission Specs:
* Entries must be original icons made for this challenge.
* No larger than 100x100 and 40K
* You may submit up to 2 entries.
* JPG and GIF formats only!
* Add any text, animation, textures, etc., that you'd like.

Need help finding screen caps? Try this list of resources.

Submissions are due by 4pm CST (10pm GMT) on Thursday, April 10th. JPG and GIF formats only please!

As always, you have two ways to submit your entries:

* Via email: nz_submissionsATyahooDOTcom (if you submit this way, please remember to include your user name, and also please put "Neutral Zone," the week number, or the challenge title in the subject line).

* Via LJ comment: post your entry in a reply to this post. All comments will be screened, so only you and the moderators will be able to see your entry. If you're looking for web space in which to place your entries, there is a list of options on this community's profile page. When you submit your entry, please be sure to include the image ["img src" tag] as well as its direct URL. If you don't know what an image tag is or how to use one, you can find directions here. Your LJ submissions should look like this:

http://usera.imagecave.com/neutralzone/monthlywinners08/feb2.gif

Questions? Post them as a reply to this message (separate from your entry posts, please).

Housekeeping
Remember to cast your votes in this week's Leonard Nimoy poll!
Also, last call to cast your vote for The Best of March – the poll closes tomorrow!

Week 196 Vote

2008-04-03T22:28:00Z

Thanks for participating, folks! Remember that it's against the rules to vote for your own icon(s).

01. 02. 03. 04.

05. 06. 07. 08.

09. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14.

Poll Closed

1. emmy_roo
2. isiscaughey
3. r_scribbles
4. stargater
5. lemonrocket
6. alien_dreams
7. jaxonii
8. robyriker
9. stargater
10. isiscaughey
11. lemonrocket
12. emmy_roo
13. jaxonii
14. robyriker

Housekeeping
Remember to cast your vote for The Best of March! The poll closes Saturday.

Reminder

2008-04-02T12:12:19Z

Submissions for this week's Leonard Nimoy challenge are due by 4pm CST (10pm GMT) tomorrow! Number of entries so far: 3

The Best of March Vote!

2008-04-02T02:02:03Z

Worth Repeating
* Do not vote for your own icon(s).
* Do not ask people to vote for your icon(s) or your best friend's icon(s).
* Please focus on the icons, not the people who made them.

Note: The two icons listed under #5 should be judged as a single unit.

Good luck! Voting will end on Saturday.

1. 2. 3. 4.

5.

Poll Closed

1. jeanlucbev
2. psychokittymiss
3. robyriker
4. dradiscontact
5. robyriker

Week 195 Promotion

2008-04-02T01:53:42Z

Congratulations!!

Lieutenant Commander jeanlucbev

USS Icon Information
Official Crew Roster
Recruit, Crewman, and Petty Officer insignia are available on this comm's profile page.

Week 195 Banners

2008-04-01T01:16:15Z

No hotlinking, please; save to your own computer and upload from there. More information about the banners/insignia we use can be found on this community's user info page.

Promotions, if any, will be posted tomorrow.

Week 195 Winners

2008-03-31T12:15:06Z

You all must have thought I was a complete arse making a fuss over the micro text in icon #10. Fact is, the icon didn't decide to animate itself for me until this morning. *boggles* Until now, all I saw was frame #1, which contained no readable text. How utterly embarrassing.... My apologies for pointing fingers. :(

Congratulations, everyone! This week's 1st place winner will advance to the Best of March vote!

FIRST PLACE
by jeanlucbev

SECOND PLACE
by robyriker
by lovetruthbella

THIRD PLACE
by callmelydia
by jeanlucbev

MOD'S CHOICE
by empress_leia

Week 195 LIST OF ENTRANTS

Banners will go up later tonight.

Housekeeping
Submissions for this week's Leonard Nimoy challenge are due by 4pm CST (10pm GMT) on Thursday! No entries yet.

Poll Reminder

2008-03-30T21:37:09Z

The poll for this week's Lyrical – "Mad World" challenge will be closing tomorrow morning. If you haven't done so already, please go vote!

Quick Link
The new challenge, Leonard Nimoy, can be found here.

Birthday Trivia

2008-03-30T02:50:51Z

As of today, March 29th, this community is four years old! *passes out virtual cake and punch* Thank you all for making Neutral Zone such a fun, welcoming place on LJ!

In honor of this occasion, I thought I'd post a few interesting tidbits about this comm...

** Your fearless leaders, the_haunt & celestialwillow hail from Wisconsin, USA, and the U.K., respectively.

** NZ's goddess of banner animation, lemonrocket (formerly mrs_spock) hails from New Zealand.

** There are currently 371 members!

For the following stats, please note that a large number of journals listed no location.

** The U.S. contingent of NZ members is spread across 34 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

** The largest concentration of U.S. members resides in California (with Texas only one person behind).

** The non-U.S. contingent of NZ members hail from 18 different countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, The Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, The United Kingdom (including Scotland & The Channel Islands), and Yemen.

** The largest concentration of non-U.S. members resides in the U.K.

** Our flagship, the USS Icon, currently has 61 crewmembers.

And finally, the vaguest bit of trivia yet.....anyone who hung around the Voyager fandom about ten years ago may have known me as Ghostwriter, fan author of much J/C.

Happy 4th birthday, gang!

Week 196 Challenge: Leonard Nimoy

2008-03-29T01:21:34Z

This week's mission honors the man who brought Spock to life: Leonard Nimoy! Your only restriction this time is that your entries should focus on the actor, not the character he plays. Have fun with it!

Mission Specs:
* Entries must be original icons made for this challenge.
* No larger than 100x100 and 40K
* You may submit up to 2 entries.
* JPG and GIF formats only!
* Add any text, animation, textures, etc., that you'd like.

Need help finding screen caps? Try this list of resources.

Submissions are due by 4pm CST (10pm GMT) on Thursday, April 3rd. JPG and GIF formats only please!

As always, you have two ways to submit your entries:

* Via email: nz_submissionsATyahooDOTcom (if you submit this way, please remember to include your user name, and also please put "Neutral Zone," the week number, or the challenge title in the subject line).

* Via LJ comment: post your entry in a reply to this post. All comments will be screened, so only you and the moderators will be able to see your entry. If you're looking for web space in which to place your entries, there is a list of options on this community's profile page. When you submit your entry, please be sure to include the image ["img src" tag] as well as its direct URL. If you don't know what an image tag is or how to use one, you can find directions here. Your LJ submissions should look like this:

http://usera.imagecave.com/neutralzone/monthlywinners08/feb2.gif

Questions? Post them as a reply to this message (separate from your entry posts, please).

Housekeeping
Remember to cast your votes in this week's Lyrical – "Mad World" poll!

Week 195 Vote

2008-03-27T23:17:16Z

Thanks for participating, folks! Remember that it's against the rules to vote for your own icon(s).

Note: Because I didn't specify that the lyrics had to be readable (as I should have), I'm going to give the entrant who made #10 the benefit of the doubt and assume that the micro text in the icon does meet the requirements for this challenge.

01. 02. 03. 04.

05. 06. 07. 08.

09. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16.

17. 18. 19. 20.

21. 22.

Poll Closed

1. glass_cat9
2. halfbloodme
3. jenniferjensen
4. angelus2hot
5. robyriker
6. callmelydia
7. lovetruthbella
8. jeanlucbev
9. isiscaughey
10. alien_dreams
11. stargater
12. angelus2hot
13. empress_leia
14. lifeistoobrevis
15. glass_cat9
16. callmelydia
17. alien_dreams
18. robyriker
19. lovetruthbella
20. empress_leia
21. stargater
22. jeanlucbev

Week 194 Banners & Promotions

2008-03-27T12:19:15Z

No hotlinking, please; save to your own computer and upload from there. More information about the banners/insignia we use can be found on this community's user info page.

Many thanks to lemonrocket for the animation help!

Congratulations!!

Chief Petty Officer dradiscontact
Chief Petty Officer glass_cat9

USS Icon Information
Official Crew Roster
Recruit, Crewman, and Petty Officer insignia are available on this comm's profile page.

Reminder

2008-03-26T12:10:18Z

Submissions for this week's Lyrical – "Mad World" challenge are due by 4pm CST (10pm GMT) tomorrow! Number of entries so far: 6

Week 194 Winners

2008-03-24T11:57:22Z

Congratulations, everyone! This week's 1st place winner will advance to the Best of March vote!

FIRST PLACE
by dradiscontact

SECOND PLACE
by coffee_nebula
by glass_cat9

THIRD PLACE
by isiscaughey

MOD'S CHOICE
by jeanlucbev

Week 194 LIST OF ENTRANTS

Banners will go up sometime in the next few days (animated banners take a bit longer).

Housekeeping
Submissions for this week's Lyrical – "Mad World" challenge are due by 4pm CST (10pm GMT) on Thursday! Number of entries so far: 2

Poll Reminder

2008-03-23T13:33:48Z

The poll for this week's Beardless Riker challenge will be closing tomorrow morning. If you haven't done so already, please go vote!

Quick Link
The new challenge, Lyrical – "Mad World", can be found here.