LOL at pointing out LD..he tries to guess whos everyone is and says it on the post--go look at how often he's wrong.

as for your other point===SPAM! was from the entry itself--
Monty python for goodness sakes....
If I were you I'd apologize fast before ya get yerself flamed for a silly mistake.

I don't get it? How does it refer to spam?

Agree. I guessed Voks and have never pm'd or chatted w/ him.

This is supposed to be fun...why are some of you getting upset about a competition and the standard vote irregularies?

I hope you do reconsider Patim. It's a shame to lose people from this community. It should be about having fun rather than winning or losing. But there are always going to be disappointments here. Losing in the daily comps by a vote, or worse losing by a vote that you gave to someone!
Don't feel too bad.....I worked 20 hours too.....but I wasn't even prepared to post one of my crappy attempts! I didn't want to embarrass myself...
Anyway, onto cleanups. Generally I find them a bit boring. If you are going to go to all the trouble of cleaning up an image (IMO), then you need to add something of interest, humour etc to your chop.....but without obscuring the cleanup too much. Not that these are great, but my meagre attempts at cleanups:
http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/99074/cheap-batard.html
http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/98457/wolf-in-gif.html
http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/93304/abracadeerbra.html
I suppose Mason might have been a bit lucky with his, but that little umbrella he left added some interest to the scene. It just has that 'abandoned' feel to it.
Take the good with the bad Patim. Move on, and keep participating.
Cheers,
Brad.

Just trust me for goodness sakes.
"I'll have Spam Spam spam ....and Spam"

Yeah... my money is on the fact that Shaman didnt cheat to win.

I dont normally do this, but I agree with Scion. (woah I need to sit down)

Spam spam spam and I hate spam are both from Monty Python, which was what his entry was filled with. (Monty Python references)

Plus, not to sound rude, but it wasnt all that close of a competition either. I could see getting upset over the POSSIBILITY of "friend votes" if it was off by 3-4 votes, but not with that margin.

Both were good, his was better.

Oh MY GOD! That was hilarious!!! Yes, I guess I got all upset for nothing, maybe he only told Lord David. He couldn't have spammed that many voters on his own, so I do apologize. All this talk has made too suspicious I guess.

I doubt he even did that.

i knew sean liked monty python ..so i knew that one was his..i guess LD knew too

He didn't tell anyone. He's a very honest guy. I guessed it was his too....

Well, you pretty darn should pm or chat with me. Why don't you? Is it me? It's my bad breath, isn't it?

VOKS, PM!

I was debating whether or not to say anything about what I thought, I sure am glad I did and that you guys set me straight. As for the chat comment LD said to Sean, that makes sense that he just was guessing by the Monty theme. I guess I thought "spam" meant Shaman was spamming people to get their votes. You can understand that, right??? I am obviously not a Monty fan. Ooops, now Shaman will hate me fer-sure!
BUT! Now I can root for Shaman all the way like I promised him I would! Thanks you guys!
Go Shaman!