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GussetBlog Cyber-Goth Gymnastics Photoshop Comp

The Winner!
Gothnastics by sproglette The competition was posted on GussetBlog, the Planet Mu message board and the Cook'd and Bomb'd message board. A few other entries were received via email.

What is Cyber-Goth Gymnastics?

Back in August I went out to a gig a having just watched some of the Olympic gymnastics on TV. I noticed during the women's floor and beam competitions lots of superficial arm waving and raving going on. Then, watching some fucked up cyber-goth dancers later in the evening something hit me. The gymnasts would look exactly the same if you gave them some day-glow baggy trousers, hair braids and a couple of glow sticks. So I got home and made a quick photoshop bodge to prove it. I posted it on GussetBlog, a friend saw it and made his own, and this inspired me to make it a competition. Here are all the entries:

#1 by Dan #2 by richbeyondyourwildestdreams #3 by nadmai #4 by richbeyondyourwildestdreams #5 by sproglette #6 by untitled_london #7 by richbeyondyourwildestdreams #8 by fanny splendid #9 by pidgin #10 by fanny splendid

Judging

The judges were, Grom of GromBlog, Jess from Planet Mu, Cerys from Cook'd and Bomb'd, and Slim and Spokesy from Gusset. The judging categories were Humour, Realism/Photoshoppery, Cyber-Gothiness, and Sexiness. The scores are presented in the table below.
Grom Jess Slim Cerys Spokesy
TOTAL
#1 by Dan
7.50
4.75
6.50
5.25
4.75
5.75
#2 by richbeyondyourwildestdreams
6.00
5.00
4.25
4.75
4.25
4.85
#3 by nadmai
6.75
6.50
3.50
5.75
5.75
5.65
#4 by richbeyondyourwildestdreams
6.25
6.25
6.50
7.00
6.25
6.45
#5 by sproglette
8.50
6.50
5.50
6.50
7.00
6.80
#6 by untitled_london
5.75
5.25
5.25
5.00
3.75
5.00
#7 by richbeyondyourwildestdreams
6.75
6.50
6.00
5.00
6.75
6.20
#8 by fanny splendid
7.25
2.75
8.25
7.75
5.75
6.35
#9 by pidgin
6.50
5.75
5.00
6.75
7.25
6.25
#10 by fanny splendid
7.25
2.75
4.75
6.00
5.00
5.15


Comments from the Judges

Slim:
I pronounce it the best games yet.

Spokesy:
It'll be interesting to see who wins, I just pray it isn't number 6.

Grom (and his personalised bonus points system):
#1: 2 Bonus points for being the first and therefore, most original image.
#2: Is that a toilet or a giant bog roll in the bottom right of the image?
#3: 1 Bonus point for comedy boots.
#4: One point deducted because glow stick is more like a lightsaber.
#5: 2 Brucie bonuses for comedy pant moustache.
#6: 2 extra points for satisfying my boot fetish.
#7: One bonus point for causing my wife to ask "What the hell kind of sick porn are you looking at this time?"
#8: 1 Bonus point. See 'boot fetish' comment above.
#9: One point deducted to having all background characters facing the wrong way.
#10: An unprecedented 4 bonus points for originality.

Scores spreadsheet