Every official clock (as well as any clockfan who submitted to the contest) is eligible to vote. Entries can be read here, except Snake's, once again.

READ THIS FIRST, OR RISK HAVING YOUR VOTE DISQUALIFIED:

1. Votes are to be sent to me via PM only. Votes posted in this thread will have the post deleted and your vote will not be counted. I do not want other people's posts influencing clocks who are too lazy to read but want to vote. For the subject of the PM, just mention "vote" somewhere.

2. Each clock can only be voted to win two categories per ballot. That means you cannot have a vote that's just "SageClock Wins x7!" and send it in. You can have "Orange, Orange, Piney, Piney, Strawberry, Apple, Knotts", but no "Orange, Orange, Orange, ..etc". You CAN vote on your own story, if you wrote one, but again only for two categories.

3. Votes should have username (as shown on the entries page), and then story name (if it has one, otherwise, don't worry about it).

4. I vote last, and can use my vote to break ties.

5. You CAN discuss the stories in this thread "I thought Frogbag's story was great, good job dude!", but you CAN'T say what you voted on for what category in this particular thread. Save that for after the winners are announced. If you do, you'll face the same consequence as in #1.

Categories:
Best Overall:
Best Plot:
Most Original:
Best Style:
Best Use of Theme:
Lollermask (Funniest):
Best Poetry:

Deadline for judging: February 13, 2008. Winners will be announced by February 17, right before I head to GDC.

Sorry for being late. I could have probably gotten it done earlier, but I like to relax sometimes.

Christ, mine is impossible to read. Guys, read my story here. Sorry I'm lagging behind again Sage; you know how it is.

that's how i received it. i wasn't going to spend the time reformatting the whole thing, sorry :P. i'll fix the link, though.

Quote from: SageClock;1205293that's how i received it. i wasn't going to spend the time reformatting the whole thing, sorry :P. i'll fix the link, though.

Sorry about that. I tried to send you a properly formatted version, but it was pretty hard to get in touch with you and fire it off. Maybe if you were on AIM more often...

sorry, illiterate

can i vote on which one has the prettiest pictures??

Quote from: ¶¡ηӄ;1205324Maybe if you were on AIM more often...

If I was on AIM more often, I wouldn't get any work done. There's too many clocks and acquaintances who would talk to me for most of the day if they could.

I am always available via my gmail or through the contact page on my personal site (which just sends a mail to my gmail). I check that thing multiple times every single day. Although I usually pop in here multiple times a day too still, even though I don't participate as much as I used to, so PM's are still good also.

Heh, yeah, I'm usually online on Steam and Skype also.

The News banner still links to the wrong competition, Sage...

Hey you finally did it, Sage! I was beginning to think that the winter writing competition was a lost cause...

Yeah, sorry. I kept meaning to do it, but it took being bored from the Superbowl for me to finally sit down and take care of it :P.

For the record, any competition I host will never be a "lost cause". It might be delayed (probably will be delayed :P), but never "lost". Other staff competitions are another story, though.

It's here!

I BE READING!

I'm glad it's online

Man my story is really bad, I can do so much better ;~;

Quote from: ZeppelinClock;1205944I BE READING!

I'm glad it's online

Just finished reading yours a little while ago, very very well done, man. Loved it.

There were a lot of poetry submissions this time 'round!
 
Also, Snake's story was incredible.

I'll get to reading these stories eventually.  Maybe tomorrow if I have a lot of free time.

I'll read despite not being able to vote

Quote from: Sombra;1205984Just finished reading yours a little while ago, very very well done, man. Loved it.

Thank you.

I've read about half of the entries now and the diversity is amazing: brilliant poems, wierd (sic) prose and a myriad of other qualifications apply.

Quote from: IvysaurClock;1206365Also, Snake's story was incredible.