Sprite Jam: Bartender (closed - Winner announced!)

[Tabata]

Every entry/bartender has it's very own charme!

Really hard voting this time - *think* - all well done arts - *think* - how to choose the right one - *think* -  ... but ... there are two of them, I'd love to see in a game.

First one - and  getting my vote - is Ilyich for his industrious little fellow  ...

... and second one (only a very little step behind) is anian with a servant, who seems to have half of the story written in his face. This expression is sooooo goood - very well made! The only point, which isn't hit exactly, is the theme - because it should have been a bartender.   

[Anian]

Vote to Ilyich, cause that's exactly what I thought of when I saw the theme but this is better executed than my idea would have been.

The only point, which isn't hit exactly, is the theme - because it should have been a bartender.   

Yeah, the bloody waiter didn't show up for his shift again and so he had to do his job as well. 

[Sughly]

I'll let this go out a day longer since the votes are still coming in and the votes are so close. Ooooh, so climactic!

[Sughly]

Hmm ok, maybe the votes have stopped after all haha. Ok, without further ado, the winner is...

Ilyich! Congrats! And a big, big thank you to all of the entrants - really loved all of them, you did me proud! 

Oh and the tally I was - Ilyich (first with 5), loominous (second with 4, or 3 depending on whether theo was voting for him or just praising, not sure heh), and ProgZMax & anian (tied for third with 3). A last big thanks to duncanFX and Bob Bannerman for their entries, both very worthy entrants indeed - look forward to seeing more from both of you.

Alright, show's over, I don't have trophies unfortunately so... get out of here! Scat!

[loominous]

I suspect one reason for the slow votes is that it's hard to pick a "winner".

It's a bit like ranking your kids: if you have to pick the "best child" you're sure to have a hard time, but if you instead rank them by more objective qualities such as: "intelligence", "punctuality", "athleticism", etc, it gets a bit easier.

So perhaps it would be easier with some voting categories, such as: Idea/Originality, Personality/Character, Technique, etc, along the lines of the Background Blitz categories.

An additional benefit would be that you'd get multiple "winners", as you may not have gotten the most votes in total, but most in the 'Personality/Character' category, which can be potentially encouraging.

Just a thought!

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Since the sprite jam has been traditionally a last winner picks new winner event, I see no reason to try and model it after the background blitz.  Sometimes, keeping things simple is better.  It's not a 'serious' competition and doesn't need to have detailed statistical ratings imho, but then I feel the same way about all the competitions on this board.

[Sughly]

Yeah you guys are right, I nearly did do catagories but well, I was too stupid and impatient at the time to figure how to best suit them to this comp. Will do next time! Assuming I host again 

[Ilyich]

Whoa, how did that happen? Although, people often choose the third random thing, when they can't choose between the two things they actually like (in this case ProgZmax's and loominous' entries).

Anyway, thank you all! I'll browse through some of the previous Sprite Jams to try and come up with something interesting (I probably won't).

Yay.

[DuncanFx]

Congratulations everyone, but especially Ilyich. A great, diverse selection of entries.

Thanks to those who voted for my entry - really encouraging for entering more competitions here (and for working on my own game).