Design Oatmeal a Home: Voting!

October 31, 2016, 10:25 pm by

I'm surprised there were no Goaty McGoatface entries

October 31, 2016, 10:23 pm by

Voted on every single one. Quite a few of those were less of "This is a design for Oatmeal's house," and more of "Hey, look what I can do!" There were a few designs I really liked, though. ^^ I was surprised to see how many of them were made by artistic novices too, I expected more practiced artists to enter.

That being said, I'd thought about entering a number of times.... It would help if I could stop preemptively upsetting myself by expecting to fail, though. I'm not very good at doing this stuff just for the sport of it when it's my art being judged.

October 31, 2016, 10:23 pm by

Why?

October 31, 2016, 10:22 pm by

- that's a real shame.

October 31, 2016, 10:20 pm by

This wasn’t really their fault! It was an issue with the provider they used. We’re getting it sorted, though! (also did not look at the time stamp, I have quite a few pings about the contest so i’m like ANSWER ALL THE THINGS) Nope, just go through them all till you run out! if you didn’t see yours and went through all of them, I’d suggest making a ticket just in case so we can get things sorted out for you (just to be safe)!

October 31, 2016, 10:07 pm by

- I could see my own, and others have reported being able to see their own as well. I would probably check on yours.

- That was like 10 minutes, not late :p I was just coming back here to say I figured it out, and yeah, it does look like an entry there was previously an issue with. If there's a reminder closer to the voting deadline it might mention for people to double check for any 'extras' they might want to vote on (that way there's time for any other problem ones to get fixed).

October 31, 2016, 10:03 pm by

That’s likely one we had to unhide once we got the image resubmitted by a user. We had two or three entries that they provided an image but photo bucket wouldn’t load for us to update the image on site. I’ll look in to it though! (Sorry for late reply, just getting back from making dinner etc)

October 31, 2016, 10:02 pm by

- Will there be rounds to the voting? I hope so.

October 31, 2016, 10:01 pm by

does anyone know if we are able to see our own entries? just asking because i didnt see mine and i was worried something happened to it :K

October 31, 2016, 9:54 pm by

I'm having so much fun looking at these entries because while some you can tell no effort went into them, the majority you can tell are heartfelt (and adorable) and the voting system IK I said this before, but so much easier and more fun to use.

October 31, 2016, 9:50 pm by

Appears to have just been the one, but it 100% for sure wasn't there before when I went through.

October 31, 2016, 9:49 pm by

Umm...

I just went back to the voting page after having previously voted for everything and there's a new entry there? ?

October 31, 2016, 9:37 pm by

There is absolutely no reason to tell anyone not to enter a contest if they want to. Maybe there should have been pre-vetting but as it is now, if staff accepted an entry into this contest, then it is a valid entry. Everyone is equally allowed to enter. There will be good entries, meh entries and bad entries. That is why we have the voting system. Vote for the ones you like and move on. It's so mean-spirited to tell people not to even bother to enter just because you don't like their entry. If voting feels like you're wasting your time, then don't vote! Do something more productive instead.

October 31, 2016, 9:27 pm by

Ah okay ty! :)

October 31, 2016, 9:25 pm by

I'm pretty sure you can vote up or down as many times as you want.

October 31, 2016, 9:17 pm by

I love so many of them! Good luck to everyone who entered.

October 31, 2016, 9:17 pm by

if anyone is having trouble, what i did was i voted for ones i LOVED and ones i hated, then saved every one that i wasnt sure of and went back for a second round of voting :D that helped me narrow down the entries !

October 31, 2016, 9:17 pm by

Do we have to limit our votes? Or can we go through them all and vote up as many times as we want?

October 31, 2016, 9:15 pm by

The skipping and the one per page tysm for that it makes it easier! <3

October 31, 2016, 9:09 pm by

I love this new voting system! Everyone has been doing a great job :) One thing though: Would it be possible in the future to list say 1/2000 or 1 of 2,000 etc. I feel like I am clicking and choosing, but have no idea how much further I have to go.

October 31, 2016, 9:03 pm by

I want to congratulate everyone that did a real effort on this, there are many beautiful work that was simply amazing and clever. Yet I would like to say something for those who didn't put enough effort. I voted for each entry even when it took me a while, and I don't mean to sound mean but there were way too many entries that put absolutely no effort on it and I'm not saying for those that did a drawing in pencil only, that is fine as long as you did a good job, I am talking about those that put two sticks together and call it a home or anything else that was obviously just an entry to make us waste time. If you know you don't have the time to do something nice, don't bother it will save everyone time. I'm sorry if this upset many of you but it took me so long to look at the entries that I almost gave up and that would only mean missing good entries and not giving them the vote they deserved.

October 31, 2016, 9:02 pm by

aw man i wish I entered

October 31, 2016, 8:20 pm by

Wow there's some clever ideas in here. Everything from tree houses to hobbit holes, from castles to lean-tos. Oatmeal is one spoiled little goaty :D

October 31, 2016, 8:14 pm by

I'm pretty sure I upvoted about 90% of these. Drawing with clearly a crapton of effort? Meh product but terrific description? Creative execution? One little unique detail I liked? Maybe I'm too easily pleased but I think Oatmeal will love most of these ideas!

October 31, 2016, 8:14 pm by

good luck everyone! some are really good. :)

October 31, 2016, 8:12 pm by

Must resist urge to up-vote good art with crap idea...

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October 31, 2016, 8:04 pm by

Ah, thanks.

October 31, 2016, 8:03 pm by

Yes, they show up in a random order for everyone.

October 31, 2016, 7:56 pm by

Also, why are so many people calling Oatmeal a she? XD

October 31, 2016, 7:52 pm by

Are these randomized as you view them, or is everyone seeing them in the same order?

If so, then all the entries that show up last will get fewer votes. <.<

October 31, 2016, 7:43 pm by

Aw heyyy, "Tempest has descended from above in order to play! You receive a storm item so she can get close enough to give you a MIGHTY BEAR HUG." while I was voting! So many of these entries are amazing! Good luck everyone. :)

October 31, 2016, 7:38 pm by

Man, I wish I hadn't procrastinated for fear of failure. There were some really good ones in this, though a little sad no one made a goat tower/clock tower fusion.

October 31, 2016, 7:30 pm by

You've voted on every single entry, good job! That wasn't too bad. I voted up on a few of them. I wish I could see which ones I voted up. Which ones I voted down so I can make final votes on the ones I liked.
I thoroughly enjoy entering these contests.

October 31, 2016, 7:27 pm by

I went through and voted for all of the ones that I liked, giving no thought to effort, ability, or creativity. My entire judgement for each entry was based on personal preference. Thumbs up and thumbs down works great because either you like it, or you don't. I really enjoyed voting in this contest and seeing all the interesting entries. I think it's great that everyone was allowed to participate to get the thank you note from oatmeal, there was probably a lot of people that had no interest in designing a house but still made a entry just to participate in this site contest. I love how great these people are for choosing to participate!

PS - Please be respectful. Don't call out entries, belittle people who drew in MS Paint, call people you don't even know lazy, or outright suggest that someone didn't put any thought into their entry. Remember that there is a real, living person behind each of those entries that is likely to see your comment. Those words are hurtful to somebody, you can live on without sharing them.

October 31, 2016, 7:22 pm by

"You've voted on every single entry, good job!" And yes, I'm going to say mea culpa, it is the first time that I entered a contest here and I didn't read that it had to be anonymous, so I signed my drawing and I am truly sorry. (Even if it shows on my profile that I'm here for like 10 years, I just came back this year after maybe 3 or 4 years out. Some girl even stole my pet's name.)

But you know, I put a lot of effort on my drawing, spent days drawing/painting it, so I just hope that if I'll be declassified, 5 AMAZING entries win. Good luck for everyone tho <3

October 31, 2016, 7:17 pm by

SPEAKING OF GNOMES

(ps this is actually an anteater i think you don't have to have nightmares)

October 31, 2016, 7:17 pm by

"You've voted on every single entry, good job!"

the skip button helped. I thought it would be more of a "thumbnail tabletop" pick-out-what-catches-your-eye voting system.

October 31, 2016, 7:12 pm by

I'm not ashamed to admit that I entered a stick figure drawing. It was fun and who cares if I win? And for what it's worth, I spent the better part of an hour on it, even though it looks like shit. LOL

October 31, 2016, 7:09 pm by

You've voted on every single entry, good job!

YAY!

October 31, 2016, 7:08 pm by

oh my! I'm also glad! My image was 2k px wide, and I'm glad it was resized.

I just saw one image blowing the page... It was put as the img and /img sCode in the text, that's why it was too large. The body of the voting page resizes the image, but not the text area.

October 31, 2016, 7:06 pm by

Now that I've gone through and seen all the entries, I think it'd be really cool if the final design that actually goes on-site could combine different elements from the top 5. Some designs had really cool bits like a unique shape, a great roof, or little homey touches like gardens, weathervanes, gnomes. Lots of things that would look adorable blended together!

October 31, 2016, 7:05 pm by

Voted on all entries and there were some truly beautiful ones. Heck, I wouldn't mind living in some of them! :)

Thanks for a fun contest.

October 31, 2016, 7:00 pm by

Oh, and I at least got a different order when I went thru on my 2nd pass to actually vote, so I'm sure it is randomized. To reassure those (rightfully) concerned.

October 31, 2016, 6:58 pm by

There are 199 entries by my count, jic that helps anybody! Might be off by a few, but ought to be very close.

October 31, 2016, 6:57 pm by

I guess it would be kind of hard for staff to filter the entries, because art quality alone isn't a great thing to judge on.

However, they could at least try to remove entries that are literally just a stock image from Google. Or entries that break the rules by having usernames or something in them when they're meant to be anonymous.

October 31, 2016, 6:54 pm by

I agree with . Filtering out based solely on "quality" can accidentally weed out genuine entries, which wouldn't be fair. But anyone who is entering solely for a participation prize would be put off and not enter, and we'd only be left with entries by people who are trying to win.

October 31, 2016, 6:52 pm by

oh this was so much fun! :D I voted for my favs and I noticed that there were at least 5-8 that were unique/well thought out.
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I think the way to get rid of all the extra entries is to stop giving out exclusive "participation prizes" to whoever participates. The participants should get something, but IDK how to stop all the people who want a consolation prize from entering with non-serious entries too. It seems like not giving a consolation prize would stop all of that; then you would only get honest entries.

October 31, 2016, 6:52 pm by

I am voting based on the idea behind the house and not based on skill. Found some really great entries already (:

October 31, 2016, 6:51 pm by

Not if you put thought into the design! :) I upvoted creative or unique ones, even if the art skills wouldn't be earning them an animation job at Disney any time soon.

October 31, 2016, 6:51 pm by

Voted on every entry, would like to redo some votes to be consistent. I voted depending on effort and how suitable each design was for a goat, not a human. I think a voting system where we are given two entries at a time and voting off the entry we like less until one entry remsins would have been good.

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