2010 Pumpkin Results

Well, the votes have been cast, the pumpkin has been sold to charity, and a winner has been determined. The winner of the 2010 Pumpkin Carving Contest is Graig. He did the Mouth and the Left Eye. An official tally is below.



Graig's Mouth scored 130, and his Left Eye scored 82. Dan's Right Eye scored 87, and his Nose scored 91. Graig's total was 212, and Dan's was 178.

Graig had both the best and worst features. But Dan had the mediocrest features, with is a pretty good achievement too. In hindsight, perhaps Dan's campaign slogan, "The nose isn't a witch. It's you!", was a poor choice.

It's Back - The 20th* Annual Graig vs Dan Pumpkin Carving Contest. In case you're new to this, Graig and Dan each carve 2 of the features on the pumpkin. Who carved what won't be revealed until after voting is complete (this is to prevent any of our enemies from corrupting the vote).

Please take a look at both pictures of the pumpkin and consider both the dark and light conditions. Determine your ranking for the features, and then vote in the handy (and hopefully fool-proof) poll below.


* Number of years has been doubled for dramatic affect.

Candle light

Front Shot

Mouth

Nose

Right Eye

Left Eye

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Who's the big winner?

After a lengthy voting period and with an extensive recount, demanded by the losing party, the pumpkin voting has officially closed and been tallied. The big winner this year were the kids in my neighborhood who got to see the pumpkin as it was perched on our lawn. The other big winner was myself, with a dominating eye-carving performance that was received nearly 33% more points than any other carving. My vision for the eye matched what voters were looking for in a pumpkin.

The final tally was:

A-left eye (Graig): 94 points

B-right eye (Dan): 62 points

C-nose (Graig): 56 points

D-mouth (Dan): 60 points

Total Points:

Graig – 150

Dan – 122

From the start, the left eye wowed the audience with its awesomeness. All the other parts, mired in mediocrity, fought for second place. Coming down to the last three votes, the mouth came from behind to sneak the bronze from the nose.

Next year’s competition will be fierce and hopefully the results will be tallied more quickly. It didn’t help that many ballots had hanging pumpkin seeds, making it difficult to discern voter intention.