Vote for Most Usable & Original Dreams!

Vote by November 30th, 2008!

http://www.guichamps.com/vote.aspx
from Stardock Forums

The first event of the 2008 GUI Championships is officially underway!  Today we begin the popular vote phase of the Most Usable and Most Original Animated Wallpapers (Dreams). 

Over the weekend, the judges reviewed all of the submitted Dreams (32 of them!) and cast their votes for what they thought were the most usable and the most original Dreams.  Based on their votes, below are the ten finalists for the two events.

You can see Brad Wardell's scores and comments on all the Dream entries here.

Voting this year works a little bit differently than in years past.  This year you have three points to distribute in any combination you like to the finalist skins.  You must distribute all three points before submitting your vote however.  You must also be logged into the site.

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Voting goes through Sunday, November 30th, 2008.  Up for grabs are Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Video Cards, software from Corel, Techsmith & Stardock as well as site subscriptions from DeviantArt and WinCustomize.

Here are your finalists...

Most Usable Dreams

Above the Stream
By: TCAlienWorks		 Calm Seas
By: CarGuy1		 Churning Waters
By: TCAlienWorks

Distant Moon
By: TheMasterBaron		 Hypnotic Flower
By: TheMasterBaron		 Metal Milk
By: TheMasterBaron

Motion
By: NGTV		 Planktonic
By: ChaNinja		 The Dream Machine
By: TheMasterBaron

   
Tidal Forces
By: TheMasterBaron		    

Most Original Dreams

Brahmand - The Gateway
By: Flyersfan		 Distant Moon
By: TheMasterBaron		 Gargoyle
By: ChaNinja

Life on Europa
By: TheMasterBaron		 Metal Milk
By: TheMasterBaron		 Planktonic
By: ChaNinja

Springtime in the Alps
By: TheMasterBaron		 The Dream Machine
By: TheMasterBaron		 Tidal Forces
By: TheMasterBaron

   
Warp
By: NGTV		    
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Awesome, can we see results in real-time?

Good luck everyone!

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I was wondering why the contest isn't being promoted on http://dream.wincustomize.com?  Actaully, the page is quite outdated with the latest news being about DeskScapes 1.1 and the fact you need Vista Ultimate. o_O

 

Oh, and good luck everyone!

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

you know., it is hard to give a fare vote in this category.., since I can’t use dreams.., well., how can I know which one is better from another one (I hope that was cleared)., I was hoping to see any link to a animated preview on each dream (or at least at one or two) but I haven't seen any.. :P

...I guess I will pass this category, any vote I gave won’t be fare because I’ll just use the static image as a reference to vote -_-

 

anyway., good luck to all of you guys! :D

 

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I'll put animations of mine on youtube if it'll get me a vote ;)

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

I've been posting mine on this thread as I was posting them.  Takes a minute to load because of the flash previews.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

You can view a 2.2mb 6 second preview of my entry, Brahmand, at the following address:

http://www.hillegass.net/files/preview.avi

 

Please note, the small size prevents you from seeing all the fine details, including the starfield in the background.  And it doesn't loop properly since it's only 10% of the animation sequence, but it'll give you an idea.  ^_^

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Better yet, thanks to muckyman for making a video preview of them all!

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Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Wow really amazing preview MasterBaron! now i wont feel bad while voting :D