PinkPT Subtext King/Queen 5---Winner Announced

[.:Compact Disk:.]

Robert, I may have difficulties submitting my ratings for Monday. Can you extend the due date because I'm finishing a major project right now and I have to finish some leftover Math homework.

Sure, this round is important, and it is always fun to watch the contestants wait

Ooooo. Robert's evil side is showing! I like it.
x3

[Robert]

I am still waiting on Ammer and CD's ratings. I will hopefully get them soon *wink wink hint hint nudge nudge*

[Ammer]

I am still waiting on Ammer and CD's ratings. I will hopefully get them soon *wink wink hint hint nudge nudge*

Ah, sorry! I was swamped with project's. I'll get it done tonight.

[Robert]

I am still waiting on Ammer and CD's ratings. I will hopefully get them soon *wink wink hint hint nudge nudge*

Ah, sorry! I was swamped with project's. I'll get it done tonight.

No problem

[Robert]

I'm late and I apologize. CD contacted me and said he wouldn't be able to rate this round, so we will have to do without. Here are the ratings:

Ammer's Ratings

Signature 1


_jade_em_
Wonder in the whiteness ... vermilion in the void

I like this subtext a lot; it describes it very well and I think the word "vermilion" is the perfect description.

Rate: 9.75/10

Fiddelysquat
The last bold thing in a colorless world...

This subtext is alright; it's my least favourite out of the three because it's not really sophisticated. I mean, it makes sense but I wouldn't expect this on a signature at all.

Rate: 7/10

WIS
Flaming Tempest in the Mist

This is a nice spin you had on the signature; because we don't know what the picture is of, you took your own interpetation and made a wonderful subtext. Good job.

Rate: 8.75/10

Signature 2


_jade_em_
Huddled within the treacherous gloom

I like this one, it makes sense and I liked how you added the word "treacherous" in there. Good job.

Rate: 8.5/10

Fiddelysquat
Sidewalk reminiscence of a failed romance.

One of my favourites; it actually shows another spin on the signature which I think is a bonus. Good creativity.

Rate: 9/10

WIS
Hostile Streets

I like this one as well; the world "Hostile" fits in very well. Good job.

Rate: 7.75/10

Signature 3


_jade_em_
Heaven's bestowal-
A floral beauty

Hm, great choice of words. I like how you added it was a gift of some sort, good job.

Rate: 9/10

Fiddelysquat
Blossom in the dusk

This makes sense; I can't really tell if it's sunset or sunrise but either way, I like it. Good job.

Rate: 7.5/10

WIS
The Envy of Blossoms

This makes sense, and you bring the "emotional" part to the signature. Good overall effort.

Rate: 7.5/10

Total:
_jade_em_:27.25
Fiddelysquat:23.5
WIS:24


DM's Ratings

ROUND 1 -- People tried too hard. It's too hard to rate!
Also, I've never used this much BBCode in my life. o_o

SIGNATURE 1 --
Jade - Interesting...I like it. However, I did learn that vermillion is a red, and not a green, as I was thinking. oO The only problem -- it's almost too long. Unless it was not meant to have main text (Robert can correct me on this), but there's no room for the main text. 7/10
Fidds - White is a colour, silly. I know what you were thinking, though, the whole monochrome thing. Anyway, it is a very good subtext. It's just a LITTLE blah, for some reason. 8/10
WIS - There are two different meanings of tempest, but unfortunetly, I don't believe you met either one. It does not look like a violet windstorm, and it doesn't exactly look like it's a furious agitation...I don't exactly know what you were thinking, though. 6/10

SIGNATURE 2 --
Jade - I. Absolutely. Love. It. 10/10
Fidds - I like it, but for some reason, I think "Sidewalks reminiscent of a failed romance" (or failed romances) would sound better, but that's just me. 8/10
WIS - It's just...blah. That's really all I could say. I'm sowwies, SIW-SIW. 5/10

SIGNATURE 3 --
Jade - It would've been better if it was faded instead of broken, because there would be empty space. Aside from that, good subtext. 8/10
Fidds - The first time I read it, I swore it said dark. Now I've found myself catching me reading it as dark, still. I like it, though. 9/10
WIS - ...blossom. Popular word, eh? I like it VERY much, but there is just something missing. 8/10

Total:
_jade_em_:25
Fiddelysquat:25
WIS:19


Bangel's Ratings

Signature 1


_jade_em_
Wonder in the whiteness ... vermilion in the void
Not only is it alliteration, but two alliterations! I am very pleased with this one. There are absolutely no critiques I can think of, except possibly a fade might work here. Great job. 10/10

Fiddelysquat
The last bold thing in a colorless world...
I like this one a lot, too. The thing about this signature is that everyone took it and described it very differently, whereas in the beginning everyone went on the same wavelength. All three of you have learned above everyone else that it's okay to do something completely on your own. I like the perspective in this signature a lot, good job. 9/10

WIS
Flaming Tempest in the Mist
I really like this one, too. Flaming is a great adjective that describes both the color and the boldness of this signature. Mist is great description for the white space, too. Good job. 9/10

Signature 2


_jade_em_
Huddled within the treacherous gloom
This one is nice. Huddled is a great word, and all in all it works out pretty well. 8/10

Fiddelysquat
Sidewalk reminiscence of a failed romance.
Hm. I can see where you're going with this, and I do somewhat like it. Reminiscence is a great word that very nearly creates an alliterative effect in contrast to 'romance', which unintended or not was a very smart move. 7/10

WIS
Hostile Streets
Good one, short and sweet. Unfortunately, this signature does have a lot of space, and I don't think this on the signature would be visually appealing. However, hostile is a lot better than a more generic word, so that's good. 8/10

Signature 3


_jade_em_
Heaven's bestowal-
A floral beauty
I like this one a lot. In place of the hyphen, though, I think a fade would look a lot better. I know I said in WIS' rating for the last signature that covering space is in important, but in this signature where the main object takes up the majority of the space, subtext should not take up that much in order to not distract from the main object- in this case, the flower. I love the phrase "Heaven's bestowal", but not so much "a floral beauty". If you think about it, you're describing the flower as "floral", which is pretty obvious and not a great word choice. 8/10

Fiddelysquat
Blossom in the dusk
I like how you commented on the tint of the picture. That was a huge detail to me that no one really captured. This one sounds somewhat poetic, and I like that. However, blossom is almost too generic- maybe something like "perennial in the dusk" would have worked better. 7/10

WIS
The Envy of Blossoms
This one is iffy for me, as I don't really understand it. I don't know if you're talking about the flower's envy, which doesn't make much sense, or our envy of the flower. Either way, this subtext sends mixed signals to me at least and doesn't have a clear meaning, so major marks off for that. 5/10

Total:
_jade_em_:26
Fiddelysquat:23
WIS:22


Robert's Ratings

Judges Notes
Wow, so many amazing signatures, no wonder you guys are in the final!!! Congrats!

Signature 1


_jade_em_
Wonder in the whiteness ... vermilion in the void
Excellent. Ths is an amazing subtext. Nothing I dislike about it.
10/10

Fiddelysquat
The last bold thing in a colorless world...
I like this one too. The only think I dislike is the '...' at the end.
9/10

WIS
Flaming Tempest in the Mist
Another great one. Again, only one small thing, I think you should have changed the word 'in' to 'of'
9/10

Signature 2


_jade_em_
Huddled within the treacherous gloom
You used some great words here, I rreally liek this one.
8.5/10

Fiddelysquat
Sidewalk reminiscence of a failed romance.
I also really like this one. It does have that lonely, lost romance feel.
8/10

WIS
Hostile Streets
Don't like this one as much as the others, but it is still good. I do think you could have done more with this signature though.
7/10

Signature 3


_jade_em_
Heaven's bestowal-
A floral beauty
The words of the subtext itself are nice, but the hyphen seems very out of place. Just having the subtext on two lines is fine, or even a fade would have worked nicely.
7.5/10

Fiddelysquat
Blossom in the dusk
I had the impression that is was early morning/ late evening too! Glad to see someone else saw that. Anyway, I think this subtext is excellent.
8/10

WIS
The Envy of Blossoms
I don't really know about this one. I just don't like th 'Envy' part, it seems out of place. It doesn't fit too well.
6/10

Total:
_jade_em_:26
Fiddelysquat:25
WIS:22


Grand Totals:
_jade_em_:104.25
Fiddelysquat:96.5
WIS:87

CONGRATULATIONS _jade_em_, YOU HAVE WON PPTSKQ5

[Pixa]

Big congrats Jade! I've been spectating, and wish to congratulate you, a very good job! Congratulations on being crowned PPT Subtext Queen!

[Ammer]

Congratulations Jade!

It was a tough decision because all of you shined in various round, so congratulations!

[_jade_em_]

*jaw drops*



Omg. I WON! I think this is the first time I've ever won anything skill-based on PPT before xDDD I spent an entire week coming back to look at this thread as many times as possible and going "Omg, Fidds will have won it" or "It's gonna be WIS" or "Noo, my sigs are rubbish ..."

*runs around hugging everybody*

For the first time in my life I actually feel happy before school xD

[Fiddelysquat]

Excellent job, Jade!

[WIS]

Congrats, jade! ^_^

Congrats to Fidds as well.

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Btw, Lots of judges, seems to be confused with the 'envy' part on my third subtext. Just to clear things up, I meant that the flower was an envy to other flowers of it's kind... if that made sense. ._.

[Blk Mage]

Congrat jade for winning!
And to Wis and Fids for running up both of you great jobs!
Very fun to participate in.

[Divine]

Congrats jade em!! (I can't resist calling you that XP) And great job, the rest of you.

I have a little something to say, though. Some judges were taking points off the subtexts because the words / ideas used would not necessarily be understood by everyone. I don't think this is really fair... especially because other judges were asking the contestants to use the thesaurus to find more descriptive words (which would likely be more difficult to understand). I think rarer words adds to the beauty and uniqueness of the subtext.

I know the other judges may think differently, but blah... just my opinion.

[Forest_Majesty]

Great job Jade!!

Congrats!

[Anoohilator]

Yay grats to you all!

[TDG]

*pulls out paddle and blindfold*

Time to initiate _jade_em_ into the club...

.:Requiem:.'s just out getting the feathers and peanuts, then the real fun can begin...