Recently, I compiled a list of members who participated in the events of the last phase and included the numbers of those who submitted entries and either their entries were not counted because they did not get to finish their submission or, specifically in the form of graphics, their entries were disqualified because they did not meet the criteria.

The following individuals are people I disqualified:

Krayiss II:

Etah

Valhavoc

Legorii

Lenzar

Sang

Ood

Halc

Rakhai

Ben

Howie

Rathus

Nfolgai

Nariah

Tiberius

Why did I disqualify these entries? The biggest issue was when I looked at these entries, specifically from Krayiss II, I didn't see a Force Ghost or something that looked like any species from the SW-universe. I received entries that were jokes on Scooby Doo, the Ghostbusters, or generic images that people recognize as a ghost.

I understand what the intent of their image was for however, the prompt asked for the image of Jev Sunrider and I did not see that in these entries. Some entries were very detailed and others were more simple in their design. Their quality was not what hurt them. It was the interpretation of the prompt that hurt most.

Now, I thought I had added this in both competition prompts recently but I see that it is only on the Rhelg competition. For that, I apologize. However, let me be clear for this phase's prompts, "Realism, creativity, and originality are huge factors."

If you feel that your entry may not match this criteria, you are encouraged to resubmit an entry to make certain that your unit receives participation points for your entry. I will remove the original entry if I see a resubmission to make sure the most recent image is the one that will be judged.

In the future, I will create graphics competitions that will focus on humor and will state as such in the title of the entry in the form of [HUMOR].

However, what about the entries that are already submitted for the previous phase? I stand by my decision. I know that many do not like my decision to disqualify entries and I know it is a very unpopular action for me. However, this is a competition.

I've not asked for people to be the greatest design nor did I feel that I asked for much in any graphics competition I ran or supported. What's made this time different from the others is I'm asking for people to take the competition and the prompt a little more serious than before.

So, I will leave nothing to chance. I will make certain the prompts are as specific as they possibly can as leaving it vague for the sake of creativity has been counterproductive. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me either in email or PM.

-Shik