Build Something Competition 2023: Place of Worship

[Vanvlak]

Right:
I have locked voting, and Round 2 will start as soon as I get the polls organised.
We will have two groups with two entries in each.
The winners are:
Group 1 - Mr Tough Guy - Sacred Shinto Tree
Group 2 - Overlord - Chinese Temple
Group 3 - DrMathias - Root-Shrine
Group 4 - ichwillauch - Needle Rock Portal

Congratulations to the four semi-finalists, and also to everyone else for finishing your builds, and making voting tough for the rest of us 

[has.been]

Thanks Vanvlak for doing all the hard work.
Good luck to the four still in it.

[Vanvlak]

Thanks has.been 

Meanwhile: I set up the polls for the semifinals. These will close on SUNDAY 21 MAY - that's today week.
The winner of each will go on to the final round.
Voting for these will be a headache, all four are superb. 

I think a vote of 'WELL DONE' should go to all those who completed their builds; and also to whoever suggested the theme (I am sorry, I did not have time to scroll through the theme suggestion threads to find out who it was - mother's day lunch etc. at my place). This topic was quite clear cut, with no difficult questions, and also produced a very wide variety of interpretations. 

[FifteensAway]

"Thanks Vanvlak for doing all the hard work."  <<<<< Indeed!

Not sure about the first few hours but from then on I lead the voting all the way through the first round - from the rear!   

Thanks to those who voted for my entry and congratulations to those who moved on to the next round.

I can now, when I have a bit of time, start posting images of the full university I built.  Might not be today but soon.

Good luck to the final four - have to go vote now.

[snitcythedog]

Hearty thank you to Vanvlak from me too for running things.  Tough competition again this year and a respectable number of entries.  Good luck to everyone moving on and kudos for those who are not.  All of the entries were outstanding.

[Vanvlak]

Thanks guys 

[Vanvlak]

Sorry for the delay - the weekend came and went with a mess of stuff to deal with; I will try to set up the final by Wednesday. 

[Aethelwulf]

Don't worry about it , You've done a spiffing job so far!

[has.been]

Don't worry about it , You've done a spiffing job so far!

Hear, hear! 

[Tarnegol]

Hear hear here!

[Vanvlak]

Aww shucks, thanks guys 
Should make it by tomorrow, fingers crossed.

[Vanvlak]

And I did - the final round poll is up, go and vote for the winner. I will close the poll on 4th June. Good luck to the finalists, and thanks for the great show to all semifinalists. 

[Aethelwulf]

Well done everyone.

[Vanvlak]

The end (of voting) is nigh: I will close the poll at 13:00 local time (GMT + 2 hours, including summertime) at least if I haven't nodded off in the June afternoon heat here!
It's been a loooooong one this year, with a restart, and a delay (when I got swamped by work) and fake news (when I thought we had 21 entries, as I had used last year's submission email and added up the entries of two years).
I have to again thank all those who supported the BSC, all those who signed up, and those who attempted a build; and most of all, the twelve finalists: thank you for the show.
The final is a tight one, and ichwillauch and MrToughGuy provided us poor voters with a tough choice. Both are winning entries, with one ahead by a short neck.


And it's over for BSC2023 - congratulations to MrToughGuy for the win with the Sacred Shinto Tree!
Good afternoon to everyone, tune in again for BSC2024 in some months' time.

Unless we go ahead with the suggested SmallBSC!

[Aethelwulf]

Thank you Vanvlak for running this excellent competition. And well done MrToughGuy!