Allright, well I'm going to give some feedback on the contest since without that how would anyone be able to improve further contests~

1) Never shorten a deadline. Ever. Pick a deadline, and stick to it. If for some reason you can't physically get online to make it, then fine extend it. It's fair to give people more time, not fair to take it away.
2) Explain how the rounds work. Obviously there was some confusion as to how it would work considering everyone was still in the contest. I understood that round one was best friend, round two was survivor, three was a birthday party, but nothing more.
3) Explain how scoring effects round-to-round. At the moment our scores seem stupid and redundant. The OP doesn't explain when, how, or why anyone drops out of the contest other than that somehow three people will magically be chosen to be first, second, and third.
4) Shading (if any), not a great thing to put in the scoring tab. It either counts or it doesn't. If you're going to put shading as something required to earn some points, make it something required. Don't do the "(if any)" thing and make it look optional. I'm sure there are people who got either zeros or low scores thinking in that category thinking it was.
5) In the current round tab, say what round it is, the category, and when it ends. That's it. If you can't get on to update a countdown, don't bother with a countdown. It's not worth it, people can count if they want to know how many days are left.
6) When you release scores for a round, put it in the OP. Either in the Scoring tab or in the Latest News would've been fine. Definitely don't leave someone off, and doublecheck to make sure it's correct.
7) If you're going to have rounds, kill people off from the contest. Eeveewings, Angelfromaj, and I have extremely low odds of winning. For Angel their score is so low they won't be in the next round unless they get either a perfect score or pretty near it. That's also assuming everyone above the 10 person mark gets an average score for this round (which was ~23.2). If everyone else gets as low as Angel did in that first round, they'd still need an above average score to not get kicked. Waiting a few rounds to start booting people basically just widens the score gap, sadly not particularly likely any of us at the bottom will draw a masterpiece while at the same time the people up at the top draw duds. So booting the bottom five last round then another five this round would be better for future contests.

Wondering about the odds/think I'm pulling shit out my ass? Here's a spreadsheet of the current scores, plus a grid showing the averages/quarters/what people would get if they had the high/low points in the next round. Note the huge gap between high people scoring high again and low people scoring low again.

http://i.imgur.com/uchZXhx.jpg

All that said, my odds are bad enough that I'm dropping out of the contest since there isn't really a point and the rest of the themes aren't particularly exciting to me to want to just do it for fun. Which fun would be the main point of a contest, but at some point it's ridiculous if you're hoping to win and you get this far behind. Also note using that grid means the chances are low that someone at the very bottom will be able to claw their way up, but it's not impossible. Like I said, there's definitely a scenario where even Angel can still win this contest, it's just highly unlikely to have happen. Plus if you're having fun, stay. Not trying to convince anyone to drop out, just fill everyone in on what the scores are looking like.

e/ Also note I'm using 'Winning' to mean making it to round three. To actually place in the top three? Even lower odds, good luck.

Okay, and there is a purpose for the judging. The judging in each round counts to your full score at the end of the contest. Anyway, I'll take you off the OP.

You wouldn't know that from reading the OP really. It doesn't explain how the system works very well, just gives a template for the judges to judge.

Also, at some point the prizes get ridiculous. There's like ten-fifteen prizes for first. After a while contest creators should split the prizes up and have more winners instead of heavily rewarding the one or two people who place at top. You don't do that for this contest since it's already established what the prizes are, but for future contests people should keep that in mind. Hell, there's more total prizes than there are people in the contest. You could've given everyone a consolation prize or had first pick a prize then second and so on, and winning would've just meant you got your pick of the litter plus a few extras that were static for the top three. But meh.

Ok.. ok.. I dont want to fight so please, ease is down a bit.

Cat2
xD

I don't see my name on the scoring list and I submitted an entry, am I out or something..? ^^'

You're still in Shasta. Sorry about that.

Thanks for the artwork Elyelisa.

Oh did the judges score mine? Sorry I just want to see how I did

Shastabyy - average 35

Oh my o.o
Thanks!

Contestants:

Eeveewings
Hellookittyz
Pyrubble
Ejaffa
Icegirlypro
Funkyghost
Basgetti
Leopardskyz
Shastabby
Tadame
Iwuvcheesed
Chelsearawr
Onnika
Linsdaymice
Elyelisa
Bettybett
Luckybunnyk
Polygone

does this mean i'm out D:? i don't see my name.

moshimoshiz a dit :

Ok.. ok.. I dont want to fight so please, ease is down a bit.

Nobody is trying to start a fight.
Polygone is trying to help you for when you make future contests.

I personally didn't know that the themes were by round. I thought I could use the birthday theme in round one, haha.

I dont see my name on Latest News and on Contestants. I'm I still in or out?

Khfkjh is in.
Lollzycp is out.

ok ty <3

Here is my entry for round 2 ^^

sorry for the quality

Dayyuuum that’s nice ^

moshimoshiz a dit :

Ok.. ok.. I dont want to fight so please, ease is down a bit.

Satash a dit :

moshimoshiz a dit :VoirMasquer

Ok.. ok.. I dont want to fight so please, ease is down a bit.

Nobody is trying to start a fight.
Polygone is trying to help you for when you make future contests.

I personally didn't know that the themes were by round. I thought I could use the birthday theme in round one, haha.

^What Satash said. There just happened to be a lot about this contest that could've been done better so I'm letting you know what you could improve on next time you make one. I even said that in the first post before I listed off the stuff. :P

shastabby a dit :

Here is my entry for round 2 ^^

Spoiler

sorry for the quality

Ohhhh that's so cute!

[size=1]my entry
For round 2: