FBTB - From Bricks To Bothans

Just under twenty two hours remain in the sweet sixteen round of the tournament, and so far only six ships have surfaced. Seems like tomorrow is going to be a busy day polishing off those builds and getting them submitted. Friendly reminder that the deadline remains at 8PM PST Wednesday December 11th. The good news is with fewer contestants remaining  the polls won’t take so much time to set up, so, stay tuned for tomorrow night as the rest of the builders report in.

Round two ended last night with the close of the polls, and all of the victorious ships are available to browse below. Some really tough competition and it’s only going to get harder as we progress. We’re back to the five day build and two day voting cycle, putting the deadline for builders in round three at 8PM PST on Wednesday December 11th. All of the submission threads are ready and waiting in out contest forum. We’re down to a quarter of the starting lineup, so with only sixteen competitors left I hope the odds are against any more no-shows from here on out. Good luck everyone and keep up the great work! (more…)

In a rare turn of events we’ve decided to give all you builders couple more days to complete and submit your ships for this round of our tournament. With the deadline originally slated for tomorrow night and only five entries submitted and one confirmed drop out, we now realize we had underestimated just how brutal a five day build window would be while overlapping a major US Holiday. This puts the deadline for this round on Wednesday December 4th, 8PM Pacific time, and the polls will go live that night and end on Friday. The remaining rounds will continue to follow the five day build two day poll layout, just offset due to this extension.

Moving right along to the next phase, the submission threads for the sixteen new match-ups are ready to go with the new deadline less than five days away – that’s December 1st, Sunday night at 8PM PST again update: deadline extended to Wednesday night, 12/4 at 8PM PST.  The results from round one polls can be seen in the bracket above and a full gallery of the winning ships can be seen after the jump.

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In approximately three hours the first round of polls will close and the winners will be revealed. If you have an active forum account don’t forget to log in and check out the competitors, your last minute vote might very well change someones fate. To make things easier for you there’s a full list of poll threads here. The good thing about charting out all the rounds before hand is the winners won’t have to wait for an announcement to start building their next ship. As soon as the poll results are public you’ll know who you’re up against. I’ll have the new threads up tonight, and a revised bracket ready to post in the morning with a gallery of all the winning starfighters. Good luck everyone!

Out of the sixty four contestants who signed up all but one of them submitted their ships on time, so a great turn out for the opening round. Unfortunately two more were DQ’ed on technicalities but that’s still a very promising start. Loads of fantastic builds to sort through means some real tough choices for voters. The polls are now open to active forum members. They’re each in the same threads where the builders posted their photos, and you can sign in and see a quick list here. The poll only last 48 hours, and time is up around 9:30PM on Tuesday night.

Just a quick heads up to all you procrastinating builders: you now have less than five hours remaining to submit your models. Anything submitted after 8PM Pacific Time tonight will be too late and you will forfeit your position in the tournament bracket. So far forty five out of the sixty four have posted. If any of the remaining nineteen miss the deadline their opponent will automatically advance to the next round while the polls will determine the rest. As far as the polls themselves, they will take a little bit of time to set up but I should have them ready within a few hours after the deadline at most. Stay tuned!