Build Something Competition 2023: Place of Worship

[Vanvlak]

How many people submitted entries this year?

Sorry for my long absence - I was away for a break, away from email and stuff, and am now catching up.
In spite of the apparently low number of entries, I have 21 in my inbox, which is not bad at all!
Well done guys.
I hope to get the polls up in the weekend, you are in for a treat 

[snitcythedog]

I have 21 in my inbox, which is not bad at all!

[aircav]

Blimey that’s a great turnout 

[Vanvlak]

Sorry for my long absence - I was away for a break, away from email and stuff, and am now catching up.
In spite of the apparently low number of entries, I have 21 in my inbox, which is not bad at all!
Well done guys.
I hope to get the polls up in the weekend, you are in for a treat 

OK, big mistake in the number.... you might remember I used the 2022 email address to avoid setting a new one up each time; so I was counting both 2022 and 2023 entries!!! Where's the blushing emoji when you need it?
The only excuse I have is I had just finished dealing with a backlog of 237 work threads and was a bit woozy... 
We have 11 entries.

[has.been]

We have 11 entries.

Drat!  I was hoping to be in the top ten. 

[Vanvlak]

Polls are up for round 1, with one group of five and one group of six.
Good luck to all.
I have a rough time choosing, in both groups. 

[Mr Tough Guy]

Are we missing Snitchythedogs Chronomancer shrine, I thought he had submitted his, he was certainly one of the first to finish his build

[pistolpete]

Drat!  I was hoping to be in the top ten. 

Based on past results you could be 

[Vanvlak]

Are we missing Snitchythedogs Chronomancer shrine, I thought he had submitted his, he was certainly one of the first to finish his build

That's true, it was so early I forgot about it; but I never received the photo in the usual email (I just checked again to make sure). Perhaps he didn't finish the painting? I'll PM.

[snitcythedog]

That's true, it was so early I forgot about it; but I never received the photo in the usual email (I just checked again to make sure). Perhaps he didn't finish the painting? I'll PM.

I sent it in before the end date.  There are only 11 entries showing and you said there were 21??  Just reread the thread 
Sent it to the wrong dam address.  Missed the B at the beginning when I copied and pasted and did not see a DNS error come back.  Guess I can past photos now.

[Vanvlak]

Wait a bit, maybe the guys will accept a reset 

[Tarnegol]

No objection here.

[Vanvlak]

No objection here.

Whoa, that was fast - thank you!
Strictly speaking, the rules would say that we go ahead, but as this is a friendly business and there is no prize anyway, what would the participants say to a restart?

Here's my plan, but all participants in this round should agree:
I can reset the competition, this time with 4 groups of 3, that way the winners can pair off, and there would be a third and final round.
Would all participants at this stage agree?
I will send a mail from the competition email, so you can reply there for a degree of confidentiality if you prefer.
I will also see if I can stop the voting for now.

[ichwillauch]

I agree

[Mr Tough Guy]

Yep no objections to a reset, would be a shame to miss a great entry because of a simple mistake