10th Anniversary Fan Memorial Contest Winners

[Ryna]

The voting period for 10th Anniversary Fan Memorial Illustation (http://www.pso-world.com/10th_illustration_contest.php) and Literary (http://www.pso-world.com/10th_literary_contest.php) Contests has ended. The results have been tallied and PSO-World is pleased to announce the winners for the Fan Gallery vote:

Illustration Contest - Fan Gallery Vote

Gal Gryphon (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_illustration_2011/fm_gal_gryphon.jpg) by Carma (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=47191)
Sinow's Artifical Bloodlust (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_illustration_2011/fm_sinow.png) by Rock Eastwood (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=49201)
Tension on the Seabed (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_illustration_2011/fm_tension_on_the_seabed.jpg) by Crystal_Shard (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=24566)

Literary Contest - Fan Gallery Vote

The S-Red Blade Story (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_literary_2011/fm_the_sred_blade_story.html) by Xaeris (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=34707)
The Art of Being Together and Why I Wish Not to Own at All (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_literary_2011/fm_the_art_of_being_together.html) by Xenobia (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=54800)
Proof of Madam (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_literary_2011/fm_proof_of_madma.html) by Alena Zouryx (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=10472)



Also, the entries were evaluated by a panel of three non-biased judges. Here are the results of the judges' selection:

Illustration Contest - Judges' Vote

Falz vs Photons (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_illustration_2011/fm_falz_versus_photons.jpg) by Aumi (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=46529)
Gal Gryphon (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_illustration_2011/fm_gal_gryphon.jpg) by Carma (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=47191)
Purple Love (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_illustration_2011/fm_purple_love.jpg) by BlackRaiden (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=71170)

Literary Contest - Judges' Vote

The S-Red Blade Story (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_literary_2011/fm_the_sred_blade_story.html) by Xaeris (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=34707)
Proof of Madam (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_literary_2011/fm_proof_of_madma.html) by Alena Zouryx (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=10472)
The Art of Being Together and Why I Wish Not to Own at All (http://www.pso-world.com/images/contests/10th_fan_memorial_literary_2011/fm_the_art_of_being_together.html) by Xenobia (http://www.pso-world.com/forums/member.php?u=54800)



The winners will receive the following prizes:

Illustration Contest - Fan Gallery Vote

Phantasy Star Online Art Book OR Kotobukiya Elenor Model Kit, Rappy Armband, and Custom Avatar
Rappy T-Shirt, Rappy Armband, and Custom Avatar
Rappy Armband

Literary Contest - Fan Gallery Vote

Phantasy Star Online Book of Hunters, Rappy Armband, and Custom Avatar
Rappy T-Shirt, Rappy Armband, and Custom Avatar
Rappy Armband

Illustration Contest - Judges' Vote

Phantasy Star Online Art Book OR Kotobukiya Elenor Model Kit, Rappy Armband, and Custom Avatar
Rappy T-Shirt , Rappy Armband, and Custom Avatar
Rappy Armband and Custom Avatar

Literary Contest - Judges' Vote

Phantasy Star Online Book of Hunters, Rappy Armband, and Custom Avatar
Rappy T-Shirt , Rappy Armband, and Custom Avatar
Rappy Armband and Custom Avatar



PSO-World would like to thank everyone that submitted an entry and voted. The entries were extremely outstanding. You helped to make this a successful contest.

To the winners, I will be sending you private messages about your prizes.

[Sayara]

Congrats to our winners!

[NoiseHERO]

I knew I'd lose to gal gryphon. D:

I don't deserve a PSO action figure anyway.

I shouldn't have waited till the last minute and ended up with that half-assed linework, Oh well. Grats to the other winners though. :0

[BIG OLAF]

Makes me wish I could draw and/or write worth a damn. Always wanted a custom avatar here. Or hell, any prize, really.

[Alena Zouryx]

Huzzah! \o/

Congratulations, everyone! ^-^

[Xaeris]

PERFECT VICTORY

Ahem. If I could get both grand prizes, I'd get a Shino and an Elenor and make them fight. Oh well. I'll probably get Shino. Now, what the hell am I gonna do about an avatar...

Congratulations all.

[Alena Zouryx]

PERFECT VICTORY

... :(

Guess I'm not as good of a writer as I thought. Pwned. ^^;

[BIG OLAF]

Guess I'm not as good of a writer as I thought. Pwned. ^^;

Heh, that's one of the reasons I didn't even try to submit anything. I doubt I'm nearly as good as friends and family say I am. I guess I'll have to read the winning submissions eventually.

[BlackRaiden]

This is going to be my very first post ever in the site so excuse me while I celebrate. 3rd place but its still something and I'm extremely giddy right now. This is a very awesome belated Happy New Year gift. Congratulations to everyone who participated :-D .

[qoxolg]

Grats everyone :D Like expected Carma won the illustration voting.


Makes me wish I could draw and/or write worth a damn. Always wanted a custom avatar here. Or hell, any prize, really.
Wishing won't get you anywhere. You eventually get better at anything you practice.. it's just that you need to start. Winning a contest is something else though. I don't think I've ever won.

[SpikeOtacon]

Good work from the folks who submitted their works. As for my writers, we're gonna have to have a little talk! I was expecting a bit larger of a turnout, seeing as we have quite a few writers sitting around. If I have to exercise your literary muscles until PSO 15th then so be it.

[BIG OLAF]

As for my writers, we're gonna have to have a little talk! I was expecting a bit larger of a turnout, seeing as we have quite a few writers sitting around.

Wait, huh? Do you have some sort of Literary Mafia or something, Spike?

[SpikeOtacon]

Wait, huh? Do you have some sort of Literary Mafia or something, Spike?

Led by the great Wackofather himself!

[Xaeris]

... :(

Guess I'm not as good of a writer as I thought. Pwned. ^^;

Don't beat yourself up. I've been at this for a long, long time. I'd be obligated to commit seppuku if I had no skill to show for it. Your story started with a strong exposition; I was thoroughly interested. I think it lost steam when it came to finding the parasol.

[BIG OLAF]

Led by the great Wackofather himself!

I feel like I should get this joke, but I don't.

[Sha Sha]

Ah well I didnt even except to place so
everything went as planned
and i screwed up on something so xP
why didnt i notice the screw up when i had internet D=

[Aumi]

Wow, it is honestly beyond me how the judges could prefer my drawing to Carma's... Oh well, I won't complain, it's the first time I've won something with my art. :)

[NoiseHERO]

I'm surprised I even got 2nd I thought everyone here secretly hated me- Oh yeah the names were kept hidden.

[Ryna]

As a reminder to the winners, be sure to check your private messages.

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

I knew I'd lose to gal gryphon. D:

I don't deserve a PSO action figure anyway.

I shouldn't have waited till the last minute and ended up with that half-assed linework, Oh well. Grats to the other winners though. :0
I'm surprised I even got 2nd I thought everyone here secretly hated me- Oh yeah the names were kept hidden.
I voted for yours because I knew rainman was gonna win.

Don't make me take away the vote! (Now that I know its yours?)

You must defeat import shop shipping rates and in-stock numbers to deserve a chance.

[Yueri]

Congratulations to you, winners!

[NoiseHERO]

I voted for yours because I knew rainman was gonna win.

Don't make me take away the vote! (Now that I know its yours?)

You must defeat import shop shipping rates and in-stock numbers to deserve a chance.

There's always at least one line of your posts I can't decipher, but thanks!

But no really-damn I'm failing to sound humble about it, that gal gryphon is making me feel bad. I know it got a landslide of votes. I want a rematch, this time PSU related! D<

sfgafgfhasfgafgafh

[BIG OLAF]

If PSOW held a PSU-related art/literature contest, I probably would enter that one, since the other reason I didn't enter the PSo one is because, well, I never even played PSO back in the day. First time I played it was BB on the PC a couple of years ago.

[Sayara]

If we allowed PSU entries there would of been at least, 20% more entries.
but this was for PSO, not for the whole PS series.

[BIG OLAF]

If we allowed PSU entries there would of been at least, 20% more entries.
but this was for PSO, not for the whole PS series.

Well, I know. That's why I said:


If PSOW held a PSU-related art/literature contest

Hopefully that will be sometime within the next year or so, though.

[Aumi]

I knew I'd lose to gal gryphon. D:

I don't deserve a PSO action figure anyway.

I shouldn't have waited till the last minute and ended up with that half-assed linework, Oh well. Grats to the other winners though. :0

You can still get all three figures. They aren't too expensive either. Try AmiAmi or Hobby Search (AmiAmi is cheaper, though I don't know about shipping). Beware, though, that they are model kits, so you have to assemble them and paint the details on your own. And be sure not to overexert the joints, they can be quite fragile.

[Carma]

Thanks everyone, I put some effort in my illustration so I'm glad it made it. I really liked the other entries so congrats to all who participate :D

[NoiseHERO]

Thanks everyone, I put some effort in my illustration so I'm glad it made it. I really liked the other entries so congrats to all who participate :D

NEXT TIME I WILL FIND YOU AND I WILL DESTROY YOOOUUUUuuuuuuuuuuu /gets pulled away by security

[NegaTsukasa]

All great entries! Kudos to the winners!

[NegaTsukasa]

There's always at least one line of your posts I can't decipher, but thanks!

But no really-damn I'm failing to sound humble about it, that gal gryphon is making me feel bad. I know it got a landslide of votes. I want a rematch, this time PSU related! D<

sfgafgfhasfgafgafh

Don't feel so down man. you're on the front page and got something out of it! I voted yours as well. LOVED the drama of the piece. the tension, the mood, the relation to personal experience. you gave the enemy a powerful ID in that piece that says "I'm a Sinow, this is what I do to hunters who get in my way." etc.
I voted yours for that soul reason. ( I don't really look at skill much in these contests. the artistic skill fluctuates all over the place. can't be biased on solely just that.)

[NoiseHERO]

Don't feel so down man. you're on the front page and got something out of it! I voted yours as well. LOVED the drama of the piece. the tension, the mood, the relation to personal experience. you gave the enemy a powerful ID in that piece that says "I'm a Sinow, this is what I do to hunters who get in my way." etc.
I voted yours for that soul reason. ( I don't really look at skill much in these contests. the artistic skill fluctuates all over the place. can't be biased on solely just that.)

Ah thanks guy, I can stop being a dick now.

[Sha Sha]

I wonder if they will tell us how many votes each piece got
although im sure mine got one, my own, ><

[Ce'Nedra]

I knew Gal Gryphon would win, so much awesomeness in it and great style.

Congrats to everyone and sorry I didn't spend time in reading the stories D;

[Xenobia]

Right, actually just noticed i won, sorry for that, the people who voted for me should deserve my participation. Im not actually a native english speaker, so i surely cant compete in a small "romance" such as the 2 other winners was able to (leaving out the fan art winners yet, since we didnt compete). Grats you 2, you surely was able to proof your writer skill. But why i won with rather limited english knowledge? I do think because i was able to strike peoples heart with my story. At the same time it kinda was filling a missing spot of something we not have had, so it kinda did engulf peoples heart. I didnt truly expect it and im a extremely busy person at times, escpecially this year, i just have had so much troubles and kinda totaly forgot to check out PSOworld which is truly something evil, so i can only ask for forgiveness.

Anyway, im soon going to play my Tera Online Beta. Ofc with a smile on my face since i noticed that a huge amount is sharing someting else which is important to me and i simply had in mind that it does perfectly fit the 10 year anniversary... and its spirit.

Well, the items shouldnt run away, but it may smell a bit like sweat. ;)

More detailed view about the other winners:
The S Red Blade Story: Here its a bit more focused into dialogue and its going into details at times. Mainly focused at one person, and then interacting with many of them. A rather difficult shape but its vocabulary is surely outstanding and i could learn a lot from it.
Proof of Madam: All in all it comes at a shape like a story teller is telling it to another person. Pretty much the shape of a tale, lot of fantasy and good writing, however it isnt as lively such as the first story. Nonetheless, a skillfull piece of work.

All in all, the three storys surely fits each others perfectly in theyr unique style. Interesting to see that there is almost no difference between gallery vote and judges votes.

On the picture art im kinda heading more toward the judges votes:
Falz vs. Photons It is difficult to make a bag of so many different colors looking good, and it simply does. Just wish it is a little bigger sized.
Purple Love It does exceed at its saying, wearing that huge purple ring, in front of a waterfall... the art style is well done. However, picture is oversized and gets jagged when scaled up, smaller size may offer more quality
Gal Gryphon Highest amount of details from those three and outstanding work, however, the expression isnt fully matching. A bit to exaggerating.


Well not gonna continue, enough i say. XD

[Alena Zouryx]

Thank you, Xenobia, and congratulations to you, as well!

I will admit, I was forced to wrap up my story in a last-minute rush, which is why it ended as abruptly as it did. I did do my best to adhere to the assignment -- explaining a memorable moment from playing PSO -- while adding enough canon story elements and ones of my own in attempt to tie everything together. I know I could've done a better job... but I'm notorious for procrastination, and ended up not having as much time as I would've liked to explain the discovery of the parasol more thoroughly, and with more excitement, as you suggested.

But yes, the hunt for those three weapons did truly happen, over the course of me playing the PSO games. And yes, I did complain about their colors clashing with my FOmarl dress once they were found. Another amusing note is that my close friends from high school to this day, recall my daily ramblings and complaints about PSO and trying to find those items. Many people had personal "quests" to find specific items--beside the parasols, I also sought that darned Safety Heart for what seemed like an eternity before finally getting my hands on the thing. I had the intention of including it in the story, as well, but again, time constraints prevented me from being able to include it, especially given that I was attempting to tie in the items to my own character's lore.

I am happy to have been a winner, and honored to have been able to place along with fellow writers of admirable skill, but still, I am my own worst critic, as many tend to be... and I know that I could've presented a better, more thorough piece. Your compliments are incredibly kind, though, and I appreciate them so much. I didn't receive much feedback at all, so I was quite bummed about my entry for a while, and still am a bit disappointed in having rushed the ending.

Still, though, kudos to our community for being as creative as it is--artists, writers, and everyone in between. We're a pretty awesome group of gamers, wouldn't you agree? :D

[Xenobia]

I indeed do agree and i do enjoy to read your feedback too, it got kind of a kind hearted smell.

Besides i now got my stuff from PSOWorld. The thing i enjoyed most is the shirt (that one i got thanks to the users who kinda enjoyed my short story), and the Rappy kinda looks same such as my new avatar in some way, so i kinda got the full package. :D I guess its from PSO Zero (i didnt play it) but it even been implemented in PSO2 as a probably rare spawn. Kinda funny that the shirt is made in Pakistan and then i got it from the US. Well, we are simply globally connected and the Net goes far beyond any bounds which actually doesnt have to exist anymore.

Anyway, been nice to participate, thanks everyone for your support and keep it up raising a great community.