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"EXTRA EXTRA GAMEADAY PRIZE - FEBRUARY BANNERS"

Blimey, that was a task and a half. Well done to all who entered, the standard of banners has gone up significantly since the last competition, so I look forward to the next one (as long as I don't have to judge it).

It was a tough decision to pick winning entries, but we narrowed it down to 3. You'll notice that the winning banners are quite simple and effective, fancy stuff is all well and good but when you've only got 15k to play with, you need to sacrifice it sometimes. Okay, enough waffle, the winners are...

Funkygamer for his Comanche Banner
Gabbo for his GetDotted Banner (fifth from top)
Natbuc for his Monsters Inc Banner (blue)

You all win the DVD of your choice from our database, up to the value of £25 - congratulations! Special mention must got to all the people who submitted loads and loads of banners and didn't win, sorry about that! And I apologise for ending the competition slightly early, I wanted to get it finished for the weekend for you.

Cheers
Ali

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Completed Banners:

Funky Gamer - Click here
Er-no - Click here
Edgy - Click here
Gabbo - Click here
Natbuc - 1, 2 and 3
Rainier Wolfcastle - Click here
Lodge (or Darkness_2k, one of you) - Click here
Joe Dark - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
(May need www inserted into link)
PinkPig - Click here
cooldogs - Click here
1/2pint - Click here
messiah_4_ever - Click here
chris_uk - Click here
Rickoss - Click Here
Darkness_2k - Click here
Shaneo - 1 and 2
Doughnut Monster - Click here
No.2 - Click here
Oxide - 1, 2
dFox - Click here
Agent Smith - 1 and 2
cookie monster - 1 and 2
TomUK - Click here
Rakuga - Click here
Mr. Nice Guy - Your page didn't work, sorry
Dr. Duck - Click here
Force of Nature - Your page didn't work, sorry
Weird Kid - Click here
Dav1d - 1, 2

Some Geocities links may need a www inserted to make them work, it's an eternal mystery to me. I'm judging this as we speak.



Ali - please organise this.

1 banner used = FAD prize
2 banners used = GAD prize

Give url's and Ali will make them into hyperlinks in this thread.

Rule 1

Banners must be commercially inspired for the purpose of generating income and profit to Special Reserve or Freeola. i.e. Please do not design banners for UKcheats, Gameaday, Winacar etc. Design banners for SR Membership, Maxx, products we sell, Get Dotted, Freeola, Ram, PC parts - anything which is a source of income to us.

Rule 2

Banners must be under 15k, Indexed gif, 468 x 60 pixels. You can submit RGB gifs but better if they are "indexed" as they will apparently come up smaller.

Thanks in advance. Good Luck.

Tony, you wouldn't by any chance, be accepting them through e-mail, would you?

I don't have a URL at the moment.

New banner advertising the MAXX PC Range.

http://geocities.com/ stef_sharratt/Banners/maxx.gif

Feedback would be more than welcome.

Now categorised!

www.geocities.com/bannercompetition

Enjoy, they are not very good

http://www.abcbanners.com/created/banner-155.jpg

my new one

Wait, I know why. I meant to say:

www.halfpintsbanners.0catch.com/banners.html

I knew there was SOMETHING I missed out :D

funkygamer wrote:
> ½pint wrote:
> www.halfpintsbanners.0catch.com

I get a nasty
> message when I try to view them!

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Tell me more...

Natbuc wrote:

and also if u want to stand a chance make
> sure ur banners are SR style (Comic Sans text, not many pics....nothing too
> flash. >.....hmmm......i'm sorry if that sounds like i think SR's banners are tacky.....i should have worded that another way. What i meant was that the banner doesn't really want to be a amazing spectacle of pictures as the size would be too high and impossible to reduce. :P


and er-no...the link to my banners is www.geocities.com/natbuc1/alibanner

Since some of u are having trouble here is some advice. It would only be nice o me :).

if you wanna try i reccomend www.bannermakerpro.com because u can downlaod a free trial of banner maker pro which is pretty useful for making banners as it has some good options and also a option that allows the file site to be reduced if it is too big for what SR want (15k). This programme is exactly what u need for the SR syle banners and also if u want to stand a chance make sure ur banners are SR style (Comic Sans text, not many pics....nothing too flash. the banner has to be 468 x 60 in bitmap size (banner maker sets this as default anyways) the file size can be no more than 15k (Don't use too many images, or if u do use the online GIF cruncher to reduce the size). Also the banner has to advertise a product or products. e.g. Phones, domains, games, consoles, ect but not services like Forums and GAD.( things that SR sell to get money in other words


I hope this helps some of u confused people.


Oh...and er-no....are my banners o.k because i wouldn't want people to follow my advice if its pointless. :)

Does any1 have any REAL advice for me when i make my first banner...
i have a copy of Flash (skillfully nicked off the school network) and a trial of Fireworks.. what do i do/?

½pint wrote:
> www.halfpintsbanners.0catch.com

I get a nasty message when I try to view them!