Voting can now begin, so please nominate the tree you think has shown the best development over the past 3 years from the entries that were submitted.
Note, this voting thread is ONLY FOR ENTRANTS, as was stipulated at the beginning of the comp. I'm not even sure it's possible to make a poll that only certain members can interact with, so I am really relying on the honesty of the community to keep it "as per the rules".
I could create a separate poll (or somebody else is welcome to) for a general vote ... a "people's choice" type thing where everybody can have a say if that proves a popular idea. The idea behind the "only entrants can vote" was to encourage more people to place submissions when the competition began, not trying to cut people out from having a say... particular apologies in this regard to those who have joined the forum when the competition was already in progress.
In any case, if you entered the comp initially (regardless of whether you submitted a final entry) ... you are eligible to vote here.
Keep in mind we are looking for the entry that developed the best in your mind over the competition, as illustrated by the images each entrant submitted.
Three votes per entrant, which I think is pretty generous given there are only 10 submissions left standing!
Voting will be open until February 1st, with the winner announced soon after.
The entrant with the most votes will be considered the winner ...
In terms of prizes, winner takes all, there is no 2nd or 3rd etc. Entrants are playing for the Matthew Allam (42Mice) pot as illustrated in the entry thread ... and below. I'm not sure about the bag of akadama that was originally tabled by Ken ... but if he is still good with adding that to the prize pool then I will let him sort that out with the lucky winner too!
The entrants are listed in the order their final submission was posted.
I am happy to answer all questions/queries in relation to any of the above, if there is conjecture that requires adjudication, I will implement R3_God mode as outlined at the beginning of this competition. Thankfully this mode is only valid until the end of this competition and will cease to exist as of the announcement of the winner. Another reason to celebrate!
I will put another post below with before/after pics of each finalist for reference ... give me a second to compile that!
Thanks to all for getting involved, and good luck.
