hey man, where did you get my picture from?

Or is that Kora?

I thought  you were on holidays. ..


Pentamon

Wow, Kora and Mac Red, you are generous bounty issuers!

Which reminds me, a note to all designers that did not send me their NXT address yet: please forward your address, that I can list them for Darkhorse. Watch out for the Ora assets in your NXT account.

Thanks for all the nice words, Kora. I am not sure that I had created the vibe in the thread, I just responded to an already existing vibe - that vibe that gives me hope about Ora.

I experienced some mourning for the designs that did not get selected for Ora.
 (Hey, a smart copy-cat coin might just take over some of our designs)

So I decided to share with you, my tears in images:

To BoubonicNugz, who posted only twice and then ignored any invitations to participate further: I find this design very recognizable, even through my tears...



To kussaka, who participated a great deal, and followed up on all suggestions with great designs, of whom each one is great.
the starfish:


the 'Escher' - surface:



the kussaka-maximuss collaboration/elaboration:



To maximuss, who discovered us late, but with zest:


Figroll, prolific and persistently churning out variations.
(thanks for the nice words, btw)


the initial swirly design:


and of course the near-winner, as seen through a tear:


To the round group, thank you for your various "O"s:

CoinExchange


dawj20


FragOra


Memminger


shijilal


To the 'starfish loyalists':
Kira (whatever-the-number)


jimclone


To the designers that used pen and paper, thanks for participating:

Purple! and Anna!




These are only examples, enough for you to get the idea.
I feel a little sad.

But life goes on, Ora has a logo, and it carries with it all the hopes of the others.

Pentamon

Congratulations, gvans, you sumitted the winning design!

Ora will be a bit of square peg in a round hole - I like it.
Hopefully that will be a good indicator of things to come!

As you can see, it was close.

number 1: 29%
number 2: 11%
number 3: 27%
number 4:  2%
number 5: 28%

I feel somewhat teary for the designs that did not make it.

Darkhorse, will you help with the bounties? We should take into account the close vote.

Pentamon

GULP! -- that makes it:

number 1: 29%
number 2: 11%
number 3: 27%
number 4:  2%
number 5: 28%

(preliminary)
Pentamon

Will this work?

1. "Vote now!" is broadcast, including start time and stop times for vote.
2. Nodes receive the broadcast, make a snapshot of the current confirmed balance, and keeps that value until the stop time of the vote. So even if all fees are transferred prior to the actual vote is cast, the 'voting power' is still determined at the initial broadcast.

The price you pay, is that the unconfirmed balances in transit are not counted. Is this a big deal?

just a thought
Pentamon

Some of you might want to have a look at the preliminary results, here they are on a spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fqZOFOb-F-_XFXctVaO4NsReSYnu8yeJTxVYqe4gNrQ/edit#gid=1970147027

This might give you time to change your vote, if you wish.
We are still waiting for some votes.
So far 41 votes were cast, 10 more than in the first voting round. Thanks guys.

Remember that the designers have 2/3rds of the vote.
There is an interesting difference between the preferences of the 'general' and the 'designer' population:

Ora enthusiasts (general members) voted so far:
Number 1 - 17%
Number 2 -   7%
Number 3 - 25%
Number 4 -   7%
Number 5 - 42%

The designer population voted like this, so far:
Number 1 - 38%
Number 2 - 15%
Number 3 - 30%
Number 4 -  0%
Number 5 - 15%

And here is the preliminary total, weighted as per our system:
Number 1 - 31%
Number 2 - 12%
Number 3 - 28%
Number 4 -  2%
Number 5 - 24%

If you detect any mistakes, please let me know.

With only a few days left, please encourage others to participate

Pentamon

Excellent, the 'heavy weights' are voting! 
Waiting for kussaka...

figroll, Thank you for the interesting variations. You may want to keep those for the distinct possibility that your design is the 'one'.

It has been an interesting and educational process, for me too.

Pentamon

Thank you gvans, I am not supposed to show favouritism, but I really like the possibilities in this logo.

Pentamon.

Good points, Mac Red.
I agree that all of these designs are potential winners.

We are approaching 30 votes, similarly to the first vote, and we still have most of the week left. I am hopeful that we will get more input.

Pentamon

I am trying to be impartial, yet I would like to emphasize what gvans says here.
I see the effect of color in the choices that people make during the voting.

For example: kussaka's final version that he presented has the very subdued grey and is getting not as many in the second round,


whereas the very same design in the first round in another color, got more votes:



I think, this is due to the effect of color.

I also think that the good votes that figroll's design is getting, is greatly to due to the buoyant colours.


So here is a question to gvans:
How about giving us a few bigger versions of your design, in multicolour?
Maybe try figroll's colours, just to compare.
I am thinking of the small multicoloured versions that you posted in the original post:



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe some of us will realize that design that can change it's colours like a chameleon has an advantage over one that is cast into it's colours?

Bottom line: think of the design separate from the colour, when you vote.

Pentamon

Great, at this point 25 people have voted.

If you get a chance, let others know to visit here for a quick vote.
End of the week, we have an answer.

Pentamon

Final voting week for the Ora logo.

Please go here and vote: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg8688537#msg8688537

Pentamon

What do you mean - Ora linked to NXT via Asset Exchange?

Pentamon

Final voting week for the logo!

Please go here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg8688537#msg8688537

Pentamon

Final voting week for the logo!
Go here, to vote: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg8688537#msg8688537

Pentamon

Please join us for the final voting: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg8688537#msg8688537

Pentamon

I will start the second round voting.

Here is my vote:

Number 1



Ok, I know some of us might get tired of this voting, but this is the last round.
Go for it, guys and girls!

Pentamon

Ora logo - second and final voting round!

Endpoints: 50 votes, or one week only: final day is 14 August 2014

Voting mechanism: Choose only one design.  Post your choice in this thread.

Just give the number, if you find that easier:


Choices:
Colors can still change. Designs listed chronologically.

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Infinite Ora Starfish by gvans:
Number 1

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Ora structure by kussaka:
Number 2

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Fresh, colorful Ora by figroll:
Number 3

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Ora-key by maximuss:
Number 4

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Ora-key by kussaka and maximuss:
Number 5




Please vote by picking only ONE number!

Pentamon

Yes, DarkhorseofNxt, we should get it done.
I like your idea of doing the final vote on the main Ora thread.
I take it you think there is more activity?

Which one is the one you call maximuss-kussaka design?
I find it always better to show the actual image, but some people may vote better by a number, you are right.

Pentamon

Hello kussaka, gvans, figroll and maximuss,

In case you have missed the voting outcome on the Ora logo, I am asking if you four are willing to submit one design each for the final vote?
Please do so in the thread.

The justifications for this final voting run are written in the thread.

I hope to conclude this process in one week.

If, for some reason, one of you does not respond, I will just take the most successful version of your submissions :

gvans:
44 points:


kussaka:
this 'family' got 41 points:

however this group got 68 points, and was more successful:



figroll:
all your 'spinaker balloon' designs got 55 points lumped together, with 30 points going to this initial submission:



maximuss: total 32 points, with 21 points going to:



You can see all the relevant information in these two places:
http://prezi.com/zk-cuegzir2_/logo-for-ora/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fqZOFOb-F-_XFXctVaO4NsReSYnu8yeJTxVYqe4gNrQ/edit#gid=1249974197

Thank you again for a very excellent process.

Pentamon