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The grand prize winner, chr, did a fantastic job on the LED Cube 8x8x8 Instructable. We are happy to be sending him a Zing Laser Cutter from Epilog Laser, all the way to Norway! That's right, this is one of the farthest winners we've ever had, especially for a top prize. Kudos to the awesome team at Epilog Laser for being able to ship it out.
In case anyone is wondering, this will be happening again, so be sure to keep some good ideas at the ready. It's been a lot of fun and we can't wait to see what happens next time.
Also, thanks to all the judges who helped out!
Eric Wilhelm (founder and CEO of Instructables)
Colin Bulthaup (Self-Aware Games, Squid Labs/Instructables co-founder) (http://selfawaregames.com)
Tim O'Reilly (Founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media) (oreilly.com)
Dan Goldwater (MonkeyLectric, Squid Labs/Instructables co-founder) (http://www.monkeylectric.com/)
John Park (host of Make:TV) (jpixl.net)
David Pescovitz (Institute for the Future, BoingBoing) (boingboing.com)
Quinn Norton (journalist) (quinnnorton.com)
Adam Pash (Editor-in-Chief, Lifehacker) (lifehacker.com)
Daniel Reetz (Winner, 1st Epilog Challenge) (http://www.instructables.com/
Amy Dallman (Epilog Lasers) (http://www.epiloglaser.com/)
Phil Torrone (Adafruit Industries, MAKE) (adafruit.com)
Heather Knight (Social Roboticist) (http://www.marilynmonrobot.
Brian Lam (Editorial Director, Gizmodo) (gizmodo.com)
Kristen Stubbs (iRobot) (http://www.irobot.com/)
The laser cutter is awesome!! :D
What's going on? Have they disqualified me for some reasons?
Please answer quickly (the winners will be announced on jan 24th)!
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"Winners will be announced soon."
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"Winners will be announced soon."
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Well, looks like I'll be on edge all weekend!
I am not giving up though... there is always the next time :-)
I do wish the Instructable people would consider a different voting structure. I think it is currently backwards (and I am not saying that any of the finalists don't belong there now because they do).
However... if Instructables would take a page out of almost every other contest I have ever seen; they would do the preliminary picking and "then" let the people vote. The way it is set up now, people have to view "all" entries and that is tiring after a page or two... there may be some really good entries that just get passed up, again with the current system... Just say'n!
Rate it please.
Thanks.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Urbanproof-surviving-clothes/
You've got a great idea going, but it needs more. :)
And, you can certainly add info at any time! Anything you can do to improve your instructable is encouraged. Go for it!
Or maybe the who can nag the most of their friends into creating an account and then voting.
On one hand if i was a social butterfly and had mad skills of presuasion i would be all for it. On the downside if i had a low number of friends, most likley because i had low self esteem and not very outgoing. This type of judging would only further deliniate my self image. -- just thinking outloud to see if i can hear and echo
as one mentioned before, 1000 views with 700 votes .. it is clair that's something is going one ! .. and i belive that instructables with 10.000 views pr. day can also be fishy, you can easely set a proxy server that swiches every sec and refreshing browser and you will got your views !
so i like the way it is now !
Voting: anyone can vote on as many entries as they want
Finalists: Half of these are determined by the votes. The other half are selected by Instructables staff. The total # of finalists depends on how big the contest is.
Judging: A panel of judges looks at the finalists and each judge rates the entries on a scale of 1 to 9. Scores are averaged to determine winners.
Good point and I agree but there are many things already in place that prevent this.
(I'm going to add somet things other people said to this to so I don't have to respond to each one individually so sorry if you already knew this)
Back to the point. This is a contest that is largly based on views so early submission into a contest is a big plus. That's just one of the things you can't do much about. Entries who are on the front page of the contest will be viewed alot more then others that's why not long ago the admins changed it so that "recent entries" comes first so that the new one's get a chance to. And it's but logical that great projects get many many views, that's what nearly every contest is about, finding the best one and one of the best methods is through views.
Now onto votes. You make a valid point and I have seen this happen a couple of times but trust me those don't get through ;) In my view those who win a contest almost always have had there page front page featured and those are not the people to cheat with vote rigging and stuff. If however a lesser ible should spring up enormous amounts of votes without being any good the jury will see this and just not select them to go to the finale or just not let them win. the jury always makes sure that no fraud can happen.
Other then that the jury also picks 5 entries or more that they thought were really good but didn't get the attention they deserved. So even if you entered a little late there is still a chance that you can win. In view theser are again almost always featured instructables. But featured means they think they are great and it isn't more then normal that the great instructables win right? :)
So no there is very little chance that any popularity contest will happen here on instructables.
I hope this ensure's you that foul play doesn't get a chance here :)
Michel
A much better system would be for the "powers-to-be" to select 5 or 10 out of the number of entries submitted. There is just no way possible for a newbie or late entry to have any chance, no matter how good their submission is... and there are a lot of good submissions.
For the general visitor to find the really good submissions it is next to impossible since they will get tired of reading or viewing videos after the first five or so.
I would like to win... but I would rather see the best instructable win than just a popular vote.
The winner in 2009 was by a new user and it was submitted on the last day of the contest. It was just an awesome submission.
Also, the popular votes determine one half of the finalists. The other half is selected by Instructables staff. Judges then rate the entries to determine winners.
Just say'n
My friends and I put together the best Instructable we could and pulled hard to get votes. Now it's up to the judges.
There are some truly great projects in this contest. Thanks to Instructables, Epilog and Ponoko for hosting such a fun event.
Last year only the top ten votes went through though, and the other five were from the judges (I guess) - there doesn't seem to be much information about how this is working this year.
If someone truly networked and got all their friends to look at their entry that would add a couple hundred pageviews or so for a monumental effort. If someone put up some awesome project they can see tens of thousands of pageviews. It's really a quality contest.
So why voting? It gives users a way to help choose the finalists. There's more useful information in there than just the vote count that helps identify cool entries.
What about spamming friends for votes? Good question. We didn't have any policy on this for a little while until we noticed that some were doing it, some were doing it but felt quite guilty about it, and others weren't because they don't like "popularity contests." So now our policy is that it's OK, but please please be nice about it. We don't want anyone's first encounter with the site to be on the receiving end of a friend's spammy message.
I've entered a bunch of contests on other sites and I hate popularity contests. It's completely unfair.
This time around the structure is the same as other contests currently running. Half of the finalists are determined by votes, the other half are determined by Instructables staff. Judges then rate the entries and we average their ratings.
Traffic... it's good for everyone!
But I still like the idea for controlled voting of 5 or 10 of the top instructables being selected; then allow public voting. That would give this site more credibility over a free for all even for the public.
wote plzzzz
ps.im from bosnia can i win the prize
GOOD LUCK ALL
http://www.instructables.com/id/Autocad-Inventor-2011-How-to-make-a-widget/
</shameless self-promotion>
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Gloves/
Advertising in these comments is comparable to drugs. It is based on the overused phrase of "everyone is doing it" and is looked down on by the majority.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Autocad-Inventor-2011-How-to-make-a-widget/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Glowing-Plastic-Spoon-Tulips/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Blokey-Flowers-from-Electrical-Tape-for-Valentine/
Also, is it ok to advertise my entry in these comments? Seems a bit weird given that they are listed above anyway, and the adverts will drown out the actual questions / comments.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Etched-Copper-Board-Valentines-Day-art-wLEDs/
i know there are tons of great entries, but if you feel mine is a contender for the laser cutter, i would really appreciate your vote! a friend and i are starting up a maker/hackerspace in berkeley (east SF bay area), and would love to have a laser cutter available for people to use.
thanks everyone!
I think it's better to list the Instructables by views or rating, but starting with the least viewed or rated, to give a chance to good but not knowed entries.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Urbanproof-surviving-clothes/