[Poll] Upitfree.com Contest Finalists!

[wprigjoigj3i40jhgi0435ejh Veteran]

I would like to take a moment and thank everyone that participated in the Upitfree.com contest over the last week. Neowin is the home of some truly talented designers and graphic artists. You guys have all done a great job. This was no easy task, but I have selected (what I believe to be) the 10 best designs as the contest finalists. Now, I would like for my fellow Neowin members to vote for their favorite design. Since this is a community site, community input is important to me. The design I would choose might not be the one everyone else likes. Please keep in mind that the winning design must be "codable," and vote accordingly.

Because there where so many great designs, I would feel bad picking only 1 winner and letting everyone's talent go to waist (so to speak). So, thanks to Contrast Hosting all 10 finalists will receive 6 months of free web hosting! Yea, you read that right. All contest finalists please CONTACT ME so I can get you setup. You can either email me ([email protected]) or send me a PM. The hosting package will include the following:

• 200mb Disk Space
  
• 2gb Monthly Data Transfer
  
• Unlimited Email Accounts
  
• Unlimited Email Forwarders
  
• Unlimited MySQL Databases
  
• cPanel
  
• Hosting for your current domain or a FREE subdomain.
  

So, what are you waiting for? Get voting!!!

1) Visit http://www.upitfree.com/contest/finalists/ and look at all the finalists designs (don't vote until you look at all of them).

2) Vote for your favorite design!

UPDATE!

Well, I have good news and bad news...

The bad news is the contest is over.

The good news is that Cyco is the winner!

Cyco has decided (being the good guy he is) to split his prize money amongst all of the finalists. All finalists please PM me with your PayPal address so you can be rewarded for your efforts.

Thanks again to everyone who participated! The community involvement has been oustanding!

Edited March 8, 2006 by voidunknown

[Bioshadow]

Your PayPal ID is your email address that you signed up with. If you need any help, shoot me a PM. Also, for info to get setup with the hosting, PM me. So, just PM me or send me a PM. :p

Thanks, pm sent :)

[spex04]

Wow, wasn't expecting any split of the prize.. Props to Cyco for that (Y)

[mail]

Well done Cyco (Y). Also Void you can keep my $10 :p as when it is converted to Uk GBP its about ?6 also paypal takes some money too :no:: but generous of Cyco. Well done mate, I really did like your design.

[black.ops]

Congrats Cyco. I knew that void was deciding between yours and mail's and he seems to have chosen you.

And that was really nice of you splitting the money, though worthless. I would have kept it. :p

[wprigjoigj3i40jhgi0435ejh Veteran]

Well done Cyco (Y). Also Void you can keep my $10 :p as when it is converted to Uk GBP its about ?6 also paypal takes some money too :no:: but generous of Cyco. Well done mate, I really did like your design.

I was trying to think of a better way to split the prize money up, but I couldn't come up with anything.

Congrats Cyco. I knew that void was deciding between yours and mail's and he seems to have chosen you.

And that was really nice of you splitting the money, though worthless. I would have kept it.:pp

Yes, I was trying to decide between Cyco and Mail since yesterday. Both where truely great designes. I had a hard time and didn't get much sleep last night. I can't tell you how many times I went back and forth between them. When I started this contest, I didnt think we would have this kind of turnout. Boy was I wrong. Turned out good.

[sundayx Veteran]

congrads cyco

[Cyco]

congrads cyco

Thanks, my vote was on yours.

And that was really nice of you splitting the money, though worthless. I would have kept it.

It was more symbolic then enabling someone to get that house they've always wanted. I never intended to keep the price money if I did win, and when I did I talked to void about it and we agreed it'd be a good idea to split between the other finalists instead.

[hotdog666al]

Cyco's is good, But I feel it lacks personality.

Mails had that extra *specialness* about it.

Anyway, congrats.

[sundayx Veteran]

wow i didnt read about cyco splitting the prize money until now, thats very generous. thanks cyco, voidunknown and all the participants involved

one thing i want to say really, is that neowin should encourage more of these contests, its a creative and fun process and gets members involved

[wprigjoigj3i40jhgi0435ejh Veteran]

wow i didnt read about cyco splitting the prize money until now, thats very generous. thanks cyco, voidunknown and all the participants involved

one thing i want to say really, is that neowin should encourage more of these contests, its a creative and fun process and gets members involved

I agree totaly. I was actually quite surprised at how this turned out and that no one got their panties in a bunch about not winning. :D

[Long]

I don't want the money. You can give some extra to the other guys.

[harleydog]

Thanks, my vote was on yours.

It was more symbolic then enabling someone to get that house they've always wanted. I never intended to keep the price money if I did win, and when I did I talked to void about it and we agreed it'd be a good idea to split between the other finalists instead.

Congrats Cyco! Splitting the money with the finalists is a real class act!

[Jhaedee]

Congrats Cyco! Splitting the money with the finalists is a real class act!

Yeh Cyco, i can't express how nice of a gesture this is. Very generous of you. Your design was very nice and it's not hard to see why void chose it. Good work man :)

Also, i agree with whoever said that there should be more of these competitions on the forums. It's been great fun and the guys involved have been very nice and encouraging.

Thanks to everyone i guess! :D

[+.Aaron Subscriber¹]

Bioshadow rules the day IMHO.

[GatorV]

Oh sad that the contest is over, but I really like the winning design!, Cyco is great.

[Valerus]

I vote for Long.

[. Xs]

Congrats Cyco! :cool:

[d4rkn1ght]

I vote for Mail!

Congrats Cyco!

Quick question.

If I link a transparent gif with the "thumb" in the url, it look like this.

But if I link with the "image" in the url it looks the way I want.

Is linking like this right?

Sorry if this might sound dumb.

[Long]

If any of you want to look at how I did my design, or would like to steal my entry, I'm sharing the PSD on my blog. :)

http://istartedsomething.blogspot.com/2006...reecom-psd.html

[Joe P]

I vote for Mail!

Congrats Cyco!

Quick question.

If I link a transparent gif with the "thumb" in the url, it look like this.

But if I link with the "image" in the url it looks the way I want.

Is linking like this right?

Sorry if this might sound dumb.

You be crazy! I'm sure you just link the image in the url code..

[manifesto]

Voted for mail ;)

[jimbo11883]

Congrats Cyco!!! I voted for ya!!! :woot: