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It's Raining Men 2019 is Now Over! Winners Announced!

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  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    So, if anyone is having any issues seeing all the images in the Voting Thread, try doing a hard refresh of that browser page. You can do this with either ctrl+r or ctrl+F5. That should clear any cache issues and the images should be visible. Please let me know if you are having this problem and it doesn't work.

  • SBibbSBibb Posts: 599
    Knittingmommy said:

    @gerterasmus I have no idea why it's doing that. All images are showing when I look at the link whether I'm logged in or not. Is this something that just started happening today? I haven't heard of anyone else having a problem seeing the images so I'm not sure if it's an internet issue or a forum issue. I'll look into it and see if Richard might have an idea what the problem is, but at this point I'd say give it a couple of hours and try again in a bit?

    Is anyone else having the same problem seeing the images in the voting thread that @gertasmus is having? Please let me know.

    I'm still seeing all the images, but I did notice that when I looked at the thread on computers with a slower/more intermittent internet connection, it wouldn't load all (sometimes any) of them.

  • xmasrosexmasrose Posts: 1,403

    I have the same problem due, I believe, to a slow internet connection.

  • gerterasmusgerterasmus Posts: 287
    @Knittingmommy It's not just today. Been doing it since the start. That's why I was trying to go to the entry thread, so I can at least see them. Slow Internet is probably due to this: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/336416-how-south-africas-internet-survived-cable-breaks.html Problem is, the exact same images that won't open on my laptop also don't open on my phone or on my PC at work.
  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,889
    edited January 2020

    Voted. I basically just decided to pretend I couldn't vote for my own entries, because otherwise I'd have to compare them to everyone else's more directly, and that way lies despair!

    And thank you, Knttingmommy and everyone else involved with running this contest. I've done this type of thing before, and I know what a herculean task it can be, so thanks for taking this on yet again.

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  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    Okay, I just spent the last two hours updating the Voting Thread. I added links to each image's title text. If the image doesn't load on your page, click on the image title, and it should take you to a new window and load just that one image which should save on resources for slower internet services. Let me know if this works like I think it will. I don't have slow internet so I can't test to see if this will solve your problem. It's the only thing I can think of to do without unhiding the Entry thread and still keep everything sort of annonymous.

    @gerterasmus and xmasrose (aka tulipe) Let me know if doing this helps. If it does, I'll start doing this in future contests as a workaround.

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,131
    Knittingmommy said:

    Okay, I just spent the last two hours updating the Voting Thread. I added links to each image's title text. If the image doesn't load on your page, click on the image title, and it should take you to a new window and load just that one image which should save on resources for slower internet services. Let me know if this works like I think it will. I don't have slow internet so I can't test to see if this will solve your problem. It's the only thing I can think of to do without unhiding the Entry thread and still keep everything sort of annonymous.

    @gerterasmus and xmasrose (aka tulipe) Let me know if doing this helps. If it does, I'll start doing this in future contests as a workaround.

    Maybe next year create a table of blank thumbnails in sufficient number (it can always be expanded), say 256x256 per thumbnail and the entries 2 columns to 4 colums x ?? rows. Each new entry has to be added to the table. Click on the thumbnail to see the full size image in the gallery in the user's gallery. Below that thumbnail is a second linked voting image that takes the user directly to the line on the Survey monkey line for that entry.

    It's more work to set up for sure and really only makes it easier to vote for potential voters.

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    nonesuch00 said:
    Knittingmommy said:

    Okay, I just spent the last two hours updating the Voting Thread. I added links to each image's title text. If the image doesn't load on your page, click on the image title, and it should take you to a new window and load just that one image which should save on resources for slower internet services. Let me know if this works like I think it will. I don't have slow internet so I can't test to see if this will solve your problem. It's the only thing I can think of to do without unhiding the Entry thread and still keep everything sort of annonymous.

    @gerterasmus and xmasrose (aka tulipe) Let me know if doing this helps. If it does, I'll start doing this in future contests as a workaround.

    Maybe next year create a table of blank thumbnails in sufficient number (it can always be expanded), say 256x256 per thumbnail and the entries 2 columns to 4 colums x ?? rows. Each new entry has to be added to the table. Click on the thumbnail to see the full size image in the gallery in the user's gallery. Below that thumbnail is a second linked voting image that takes the user directly to the line on the Survey monkey line for that entry.

    It's more work to set up for sure and really only makes it easier to vote for potential voters.

    I'll have to think about that. It shouldn't be too difficult to figure out how to do something like that and it sounds like a good idea. I'll make a note to work on that before September when I'm starting to get into gear for the next contest. Thanks for the idea. It's a reasonably sound idea.

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,131
    Knittingmommy said:
    nonesuch00 said:
    Knittingmommy said:

    Okay, I just spent the last two hours updating the Voting Thread. I added links to each image's title text. If the image doesn't load on your page, click on the image title, and it should take you to a new window and load just that one image which should save on resources for slower internet services. Let me know if this works like I think it will. I don't have slow internet so I can't test to see if this will solve your problem. It's the only thing I can think of to do without unhiding the Entry thread and still keep everything sort of annonymous.

    @gerterasmus and xmasrose (aka tulipe) Let me know if doing this helps. If it does, I'll start doing this in future contests as a workaround.

    Maybe next year create a table of blank thumbnails in sufficient number (it can always be expanded), say 256x256 per thumbnail and the entries 2 columns to 4 colums x ?? rows. Each new entry has to be added to the table. Click on the thumbnail to see the full size image in the gallery in the user's gallery. Below that thumbnail is a second linked voting image that takes the user directly to the line on the Survey monkey line for that entry.

    It's more work to set up for sure and really only makes it easier to vote for potential voters.

    I'll have to think about that. It shouldn't be too difficult to figure out how to do something like that and it sounds like a good idea. I'll make a note to work on that before September when I'm starting to get into gear for the next contest. Thanks for the idea. It's a reasonably sound idea.

    I can help you set up the table & such. It's not hard. The "Top Likes" in my signature shows an example. As I've done in Novica's Product Review Thread when people make an entry next year they can include the actual entry in the DAZ Gallery in a mini-table with a thumbnail that is linked to the DAZ gallery.

    Then, in the IRM Entry Thread in the Art Studio they make only one post for all their entries but with different tables for different images. And different tables with the same image entered in different categories. That post then will have a table of all of their entries in a seperate tables in one post. They just include a link to the DAZ Gallery thumbnail for the image(s) in their IRM entry category table(s) and that image(s) is linked to the actual gallery page.

    Then you'll have in one post per user that has entered all entries with multiple tables for each category for each image for the poster of that post all the reference data you will need for that user and their entries to make your survey monkey survey & your excel spreadsheet.

    Easier to vote on smart phones that way too.

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    @nonesuch00 Looks good. I'll definitely hit you up for some advice on doing that soon.

  • xmasrosexmasrose Posts: 1,403

    Thank you very much @Knittingmommy but it was already possible, at least in my browser, to right click on either the image if half loaded or on the empty slot to get to open the image. The thumbnails seem to be a good idea.

  • RythRyth Posts: 6

    Voted. Great work people and thank you Knittingmommy for a fantastic contest. First big one I have joined around here and it was great fun working under set conditions, inspirational so to say. I'll definitely be back next year if you host again :) 

  • gerterasmusgerterasmus Posts: 287
    Managed to vote this morning, with 30 minutes to spare. Thanks @Knittingmommy for the links, it helped a lot. Good luck everyone, you didn't make it easy.
  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    gerterasmus said:
    Managed to vote this morning, with 30 minutes to spare. Thanks @Knittingmommy for the links, it helped a lot. Good luck everyone, you didn't make it easy.

    Um, voting ends tonight so you still had some time. I'm glad you were able to vote though. :)  That's probably my fault because I'm always messing up that DazMidnight thing. So if anyone thought voting ended last night, you're in luck. You've got until tonight to vote!

  • SaphirewildSaphirewild Posts: 6,668

    I am so glad I voted early on! smiley

  • AlmightyQUESTAlmightyQUEST Posts: 2,003

    And, voted. Kept putting it off because I knew it would be hard to decide :) . Thanks to everyone who donated prizes to this, to all the participants, and especially to Knittingmommy for organizing all of this once again!

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    Voting is officially closed and I'm sorting through the results. I'll have the winners very soon! Thank you all for participating in the annual It's Raining Men Contest.

  • SBibbSBibb Posts: 599
    Knittingmommy said:

    Voting is officially closed and I'm sorting through the results. I'll have the winners very soon! Thank you all for participating in the annual It's Raining Men Contest.

    Awesome! Looking forward to seeing how it goes. Thanks for putting this together and organizing everything. :-D

  • kimhkimh Posts: 388

    Thank you knittingmommy for putting on such a fantastic contest. It was great fun. I know it was a lot of work for you.

  • SylvanSylvan Posts: 2,711
    Knittingmommy said:

    Voting is officially closed and I'm sorting through the results. I'll have the winners very soon! Thank you all for participating in the annual It's Raining Men Contest.

    Exciting! Good luck everyone!

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    edited February 2020

    Here are the winners for the 2019 It's Raining Men contest!

     

    Winners Please look at your Prize category to see what you've won. You can find that at this post. If one of your prizes is from a vendor's store, make your selection and then PM @Daz_ann0314 with your selections. Please make sure to give @Daz_ann0314 the email address associated with your Daz3d account as your prize will be added directly to your Product Library. Once everyone has made their choices, she will get your prizes added to your accounts. You might need to place your selections in the cart for a brief period. Daz_ann0314 can tell you when. Please PM her or me if you have any questions about making your selections.

    Please allow up to 24 hours for the distribution of any Gift Card codes.

    Thank you, everyone, for participating in the annual It's Raining Men Contest. @FenixPhoenix and @L'Adair will be posting shortly with the winners of the Storytelling category and the New Users category.

    Main Category

    1st Place #21 "Pop" by @Saidge42

    2nd Place #58 Chronicles of The Witcher by @dtrscbrutal

    3rd Place #67 Time Passages by @vwrangler

    Honorable Mention #109 Portrait of a Noble Boy by @MonsterUnderTheBed

    Best Image using Leon

    #41 The Discovery by @Mollytabby

    Best Toon Image

    #1 Donut Shop Cop by @nonesuch00

    Best Image using Carrara

    #32 What We Need, Good King, is a Hero by @Dartanbeck

    Best Re-Purposed Category

    #61 Goldfish vs Merman by @LaPartita

    Best Image by a PA

    #15 The Crow by @FenixPhoenix

     

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  • lilweeplilweep Posts: 2,488

    congrats.

    none of my voted top 3 won.  Well youll always be winners in my eyes.

  • FenixPhoenixFenixPhoenix Posts: 3,084
    edited February 2020

    STORYTELLING CATEGORY WINNERS

    1st Place | A MISSTEP IN THE APPLE GROVE by @Sbibb

    2nd Place | OUR HERO by @Scorpio

    3rd Place | FALLEN FRIEND by @Sisyphus1977

    3rd Place | TO THE MOON LEON by @StezzaKarara

    As there was a tie for third place, we decided to have both winners pick a product from our store each.

    Congratulations to all the winners!

    I'll add the prizes for our category here once more:

    1st Place | 2 Products from FenixPhoenix's store
    2nd Place | $10 Gift Certificate donated by @watchdog79
                     1 Product from     FenixPhoenix's store
    3rd Place | 1 Product from FenixPhoenix's store
    Thank you Gift | We'll be sending a thank you gift to all those who participated in the storytelling category as well as the competition's sponsors. Expect a PM within the next 24 hours. PM me if you qualified but didn't get the PM.

    Regarding the feedback: tomorrow we'll set up a thread and we'll start giving feedback in alphabetical order (by usernames) little by little. Those who wanted the feedback via PM (I believe it was only one user) we'll recieve it once we get to your username. If anyone else prefers to get the feedback via PM let us know!

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  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    edited February 2020

    Best Image by a New User

    #4 Playtime's Over by @Gordig

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  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,058
    L'Adair said:

    Best Image by a New User

    #4 Playtime's Over by @Gordig

    Oh, wow! Thanks! And congratulations to all the other winners.

  • dtrscbrutaldtrscbrutal Posts: 515

    Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions, well deserved everyone!

    I am truly honored to have one of my images selected among so many wonderful artworks! Thank you so much to all those who voted, and another big thank you to the prize donors and special category judges. The greatest thanks is for @Knittingmommy, all of your time, effort, and hard work is greatly appreciated!

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,570

    I'm truly honored. Thanks to all who voted! 

    Thanks to Knittingmommy and all who have helped to make this awesome contest possible. Truly an enormous wealth of amazing art just strolling slowly through the entries thread... fantastic! So thanks also to all who have put your wonderful renders in here! So Cool!

    And thanks to all contributors. Very cool.

    Peace, All!

    Dartanbeck

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,169

    Great job.  Congratulations to all the winners.  Loved them.  Wish there was some way to honor even more of the wonderful entries.

    Thank you again to KM and the sponsors.

    Hope everyone enjoyed this year's Its Raining Men as much as I did.

  • isidornisidorn Posts: 1,601

    Congratulations to all the winners! And if you didn't win, remember this: 

    lilweep said:

    congrats.

    none of my voted top 3 won.  Well youll always be winners in my eyes.

    You might still be the winner in somebody's eyes.

  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235

    Congratulations to all the winners.

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