I coulda sworn there was more entries... but after going thru them, there was only like four that had final entries o.O
Okay, anyway, let's break this down.
IDS: The first entry! But.. your link is dead now and I havn't seen your submission for a long time. Sorry.
Bazza: Yours is definitely one of my favorites, no doubt about that. The feel that I was looking for was there
I still don't like the background that you used for the header though =\ The gradients for the cat looks good, I liked that.
SoReal: I just didn't like the direction your design went. It wasn't exactly what I was looking for. Perhaps you were mislead with my first post? I apologize if it was my fault :P
Nexel: I love how the gradients look. The colors and flow was pretty nice, a plus there. Everything is placed just the way I like it. A great design
Imagenesis: Your design was good! It really made my decision-making on the winner pretty hard haha. Anyway, everything looked good after you asked me for what revisions I wanted. The downfall would be the blending of the header. It made everything look "noobish."
I still could've sworn there was more entries =\
Oh well, the winner is:
Nexelhost
Great effort from all. I'll be holding another design contest probably next week so look out for that. And.. I need someone that knows how to code vBulletin skins to PM me with rates.
You can see the entries at
www.hoangmedia.net/contestentries (I'm uploading them right now)
EDIT: But I swore I saw more entries from more than 5 people. Seriously. Did people edit their posts?