Ok.
I need to get this out before I go insane...er.

It appears to me...and correct me if I am wrong...that there have been way too many lazy attempts at chops lately. That's not saying that there haven't been good ones...there have. BUT, they're from the same Top 10 people who continuously do excellent work.

Sure, you're sitting there saying..."But, DP...YOU haven't entered anything in quite a while..."

And that is true. Why? Because I'm not going to enter anything that's less than myself.

I'm not going to single out any particular people...but C'MON...Can we please, pretty please try to step the game up just a little??? Be original. Be unique. Have a clean chop. Things that should go without saying.

And I'm not doing this to incite a riot...I do this because I know that there are people here that have way more talent inside of themselves than what I've seen lately.

Thank you.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled broadcast...


[side note: I'm kinda tired of not giving out all of my votes for every contest...Case In Point:
http://photoshopcontest.com/photoshop-contest/1877/infrared-thermometer.html

25 votes avaialble...only 8 used.
8.

And, to be honest, I don't really know if I'll use anymore. I just expected a lot more from that source than what I see. ]

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I agree, but you should say : " ...lazy attempts at chops from veteran users and newbies alike..."

Most of the Iguana and Thermometer chops are horrible to look at.

We've seen better days. Come on, I know everyone can do better than that!

Agreed.

The man from Delmonte, He say 'YES'

Still waiting for arcaico & showcase to weigh in.....

C'mon you two. You know you want to.

hah im guilty of the lizard one. mine was rubbish. dont worry though, ill cook you up something special for the end of the week

Arc would probably agree with me

Armo started it all...

http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/107673/display.html

Well, I liked that one, Eve.

At least it was an original use of source...kinda...

she has a point

for the lizard and the thermometer competitions combined, i have cast just 5 votes. the thermometer comp was a shocker

i didn't cast many for the fish in the wall comp either


is it just a coincidence that these sources appeared round about the same time that we got the month advantage?

Oh...I am TOTALLY shocked about the thermometer entries...
I was expecting a lot more unique uses.

I did cast more for the fish in the wall than for this one, though...

Now listen up all you ass kissers, newbies and vote whores! oops" ... I'll get back to ya later

if it is linked, i dont think its a bad thing, i think its just that people were chopping thier favourite sources of the month, and then theyd come back for the rest. this could be people getting behind with thier daily chops...