contest starts TOMORROW!!!

[misstia]

as picked by y'all, the theme is CONDIMENTS!!

here's our rule post....

1. you MUST put at least 'contest' in the subject line or i won't tally the votes for your entry

2. print or video ads are fine

3. all vintage ad rules apply EXCEPT only one ad per contest entry

4. voting (the bane of my modding existence in vintage ads) is a YES in the comments

5. of course non-condiment ads can be posted during the contest

6. hem and haw rule....uh, have a nice holiday weekend? can't believe it's july 7th already!

7. most important rule in our community: HAVE FUN!!!

Comments

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

i'm in a real PICKLE about this contest. see, i'm about to go out of town and am afraid i will never KETCHUP. dammit, once more i just can't cut the MUSTARD.

oh well. i'll just have to look at OLIVE the other contestant's posts.

and yes, i am giggling. ;)

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

is that a Kuo Dawei cat?

<3

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

I've no idea! it's just pretty! the late Mate used to tell me I was giving him the "cat stink-eye" then sent me the picture one day. :)

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

you might enjoy the result of a google search for
kwo da wei cat

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

I'll do that, thank you. :)

[misstia]

very clever! :)

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

Bring on the mayonnaise-laden horrors!

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

I wonder if there isn't a way to make the voting easier? Maybe an omnibus post at the end of the contest period with an LJ survey that will tabulate the votes for you? It's got to be a pain doing it the current way.

[misstia]

i don't actually have a problem tabulating the votes---i just go by date, right down the time of the ad and count the votes...the problem is people seem to have difficulty putting yes in the comments...i still encounter 'i like this ad' or 'this is my vote' and to be fair, i cannot count those....then when i post the finalists, i end up getting messages 'why didn't this ad make it to the finals' and i look and find it got 1 or zero votes and tell them that....

i know when we started having contests people said other communities voted via a yes in the comments....maybe i'll post a reminder that voting is a 'yes' when i announce the weekend event....

tabulating though, i don't have a problem---though once contest there was over 100 entries and that was a little tedious :) .....i should have been clearer in the post my issue with voting!