Don’t thank me TS, if it were up to me your second entry would have been chucked automatically no questions asked…period.

No need to get your panties all in a bunch. You have no idea what TheBryster and me have collaborated about concerning this dilemma. It is presumptuous of you to assume you know what was said between us. I did agree with him that it was late in the game to make the change.  So therefore, I’m not hiding behind him as you so off-handedly tried to convey but with him, so stand corrected.

The one good thing that may come of this is that TheBryster may be taking votes on the issue of multiple challenge entries. Certainly there are many here who don’t care for it. It would certainly be a funny thing if a gifted artist entered multiple entries and won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place consistently. Then no one need apply.

Yes, it’s a wide and interesting theme and I’m sure many artists here have gone through many variations and evolutions of their work. I for instance am on my 48th take. In the process I’ve manage to come up with about 5 - 6 different concepts some good but I put them aside because I wasn’t completely satisfied and started anew down another avenue. Now that you’ve opened the door, should I find myself likewise strangely compelled to upload them all? That now remains to be seen.

I’m astonished to know that I have such diverse power over you that you allow me to control whether or not you would enter future challenges. Personally I can care less what you decide to do. If you decide to enter a challenge, that’s fine by me. If you decide not to enter a challenge, that’s fine by me as well.

Further, there is no innuendo here, no indirect hinting at something but directness.  I don’t think the warranted sarcasm is what has been keeping the folks away from the challenges. For one, this was my first challenge in a very long…long time and my reason for entering it was obvious. No, I think the reason is all the back door sneakiness that has gone on here over the years and the cronyism.