Atmims

Congrats David on winning! I knew you would and you deserve it. I agree with Keith, I thought for sure Lokesh Dhakar's #2 would at least be one of the finalist, but I also thought mine would be one of the finalist too. heh heh. Adrian Mims

Thank you David! It's very encouraging to know that someone liked my entry. Your label design was my top choice and definetly belongs in the top 3 in my opinion. Good luck! I hope you win. Adrian Mims

Russ, If you wanna use my lable that'll be great. If you don't that's fine. Congratulations to the top 8, It would have been an honor to me to make it that far. I have no objections about the top 8 so if there is any complaining about the winner it won't be coming from me this time. Adrian Mims

quote: Originally posted by twit: In the big picture, does it really matter who won? Or how they won? I think not. I think it matters who won! If it doesn't matter to you who won then quit commenting because it doesn't matter to you. All you people that pretend it doesn't matter to you are the ones that turned this into an argument. quote: Originally posted by moycon: I'm going to assume (god I hate doing that) That you've spoken with Simon about this and know his feelings towards it all...If not you might feel more than a little stupid calling everyone who doesn't mind the decision a little stupid. In the end we all are going to feel stupid when Al and Alex tell us there will be no more label contests. Sad No, I haven't emailed Simon and NO I won't feel stupid. I will be suprised though, If I was going to have a contest to have people do a label for my game I wouldn't pick a copy (knowing it was a copy) when there are great label designs that looked just as good and were original. This is a hopeless argument. I'm just waiting for Simon's comments now and that's it. It'll be sad if there is never another label contest because this one was fun. Maybe all this will make the next contest have some rules that'll bring out more original ideas. Adrian Mims

It's Jason that won, not "John" whoever that is.

It's sounds like this contest was a joke to most of you people that say Simons label decision wasn't important. I think the label is important to a game, if it's a good game and has a good label then overall it's even better. The label design was important to me even though it wasn't my game because I would like for once to see a homemade game with a cover that a lot of work was put in to it. The only game labels I know of that use already made artwork are pirated games and I don't think Simon intended this to be like a pirated game. I knew the enemy mine label was a copy as soon as I saw it but I wasn't gonna mention this on the message board because I didn't think that design would win because I figured it was obvious it was a copy just like Jason's Scanners label. I figured both of Jason's designs were done as jokes and they weren't worth mentioning on the message board. I thought both were funny labels, but in know way should win. I think you people saying that you agree with Simon's decision on the contest are gonna feel a little stupid when you find out that Simon wouldn't have picked that deesign if he knew it was copied. If Simon picked Jason's design knowing it was copied from Enemy Mine then this contest was just as much of a joke to him as it is you. Adrian Mims

I'm not critizing Simons decision because I don't believe he would have choose this design if he knew that the picture was copied from a movie poster. It seemed like he wanted it to be professional because he was planning on printing a box and book for it and to me basing your WHOLE label around another artwork isn't professional. If Simon liked this idea That's fine and he should use it in his game. But I don't believe he would have choose it if he knew it was an obvious copy. Adrian Mims

I agree with you, I spent around 15 hours working on mine to try to make it look the best I could and as professional as possible. I'm not MAD that I lost cause I just entered the contest for the fun of it and to make what I personally thought looked good as a cover for the game. I wouldn't want the game to have a cover nobody liked so I didn't care wether I won or lost, I even made a front and back of the box for the fun of it. I'm mad though at what an effortless design I lost to, I'm sure any of us could have did the same design. I KNOW I could have did the same design and made it better. that was one of the last designs I thought would win since it's such an obvious copy. but oh well. It's over now and I wouldn't really care to win now even if Jason's design was disqualified. Adrian Mims

I agree with you, I spent around 15 hours working on mine to try to make it look the best I could and as professional as possible. I'm not MAD that I lost cause I just entered the contest for the fun of it and to make what I personally thought looked good as a cover for the game. I wouldn't want the game to have a cover nobody liked so I didn't care wether I won or lost, I even made a front and back of the box for the fun of it. I'm mad though at what an effortless design I lost to, I'm sure any of us could have did the same design. I KNOW I could have did the same design and made it better. that was one of the last designs I thought would win since it's such an obvious copy. but oh well. It's over now and I wouldn't really care to win now even if Jason's design was disqualified.

Yes that is Dennis Quaid from Enemy Mine: http://www.obisreviews.com/reviews/enemymine.html I've already posted a message mentioning this but it looks like it was deleted. I don't agree with Simon's choice since I just wouldn't feel right using artwork from a movie poster in my game cover. I guess it's too late. Congratulations Jason. I think maybe next time though there should be rules against using existing artwork or clip art. I'm sure the other contestants,including me, are dissapointed that they spent a lot of time and did an original piece of artwork to get beat by a "collage". Adrian Mims