Design a Weapon Contest - Let the Community Choose!

First I would like to say congratulations to the few that were chosen for the design a weapon contest. However, I was wondering if Arenanet could allow a community vote to keep one or more of the honorable mentions that did not win a chance to be amongst the winners. I thought that some of those designs were really impressive and I'm kinda bummed they won't be admitted into the game. First of all, I have no affiliation with the artists who created these weapon concepts, but my favorites that I was bummed to see didn't get in were:

http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...pon07/hm-i.php
http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...pon07/hm-j.php
http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...pon07/hm-n.php
http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...pon07/hm-p.php

ah well, I guess it's Anet's call though. Anyone agree, or is this a bad idea?

I think it should stay a-net's call for a majority of a voting.But maybe we should get like 25% of the vote.

I do like alot of the winners though

If you read Gaile's post in the DAW Winners Announced thread, you will see that possibly some of the non-finalists might end up in the game sometime, somewhere.

I believe that last time the main winners were included in the new chapter that went retail several months later (Factions) and others that didn't make the final cut showed up in Prophecies at a later date.

Yep. Both of the updates that added new skins to Prophecies and Factions (one added the greens like the Rotwing Recurve and Totem Axe, the other added golds like the Gloom Shield and Lotus Staff) used honorable mention skins, and I believe a couple NF endgame greens were DaW entries as well.

maybe there should be one prize

"publics choice award"

or something like that

??? ???

With 1000+ entries, I doubt the majority of the public would look through them all meaning those that got the most votes, would probably those near the top of the list.

I cant believe the third one on the op list didnt win!

Its purty.

Honorable mentions?



Ehm... Nice use of crayons I guess. Maybe I should enter next time >.>

Nice stuff people! I didn't enter but its a shame realyl cuz in the back of my maths book there is some rose weapons very similar and also one that looks almost identical to the Bow with leaves

I'm actually not too fond of those weapons. I like the ones that won, however, I think the first place one should not have been that.

If the community was filled with graphics and modeling experts then yeah, let us vote.

But since it is not... o.o

Hey, I resemble that remark in the fact that I am a graphics artist

I really like that shield in the first link of the OP. I really hope it makes it in somehow.

You don't get it do you, it's not a contest about who can draw, color, etc the best. It's a contest about who has the best IDEA.

I like this one, too bad it's not a winner

That one was probably not chosen because it would look like crap when put in the game.


It'd be extremely hard to create that with enough detail to make it look good.

Uh, maybe you can tell me WTF that is supposed to be.

Seriously, many of the designs are NOT that original or creative.

Even though they may say otherwise, I think that the presentation of the concept was the main thing, not creativity.

Congratulations to those who won, though some are of dubious merit.

I like the third one down, hope it gets put in anyway, it's cool looking

Best idea or not.. what is it?

The thorny flower concept reminds me of PSO. Flower weapons, staffs, scepters, etc is not something new for me.