Hello, welcome to the first heat of the seventh Official Banner Competition, with your new host, me, Matt

Over the past few weeks you have all been submitting your banners for this competition, the theme of which is "Your Best Graphics". It is now time for you to start deciding which banner deserves to win the contest!

So how does it work? Well, the 85 banners submitted to the competition have been split in to eight groups (5 with 11 banners, 3 with 10). Over the next few weeks, you will get to choose your favourite banner from each group. The two banners that get the most votes in each group will then be put into one final heat, and the banner that gets the most votes in this final heat will be crowned winner of the banner competition

So, without further ado, lets have a look at the banners competing in Heat 1:

1. andybigbro


2. Callum


3. CathalOS


4. Darenn


5. Funky Sam


6. Matt


7. mrs-rko


8. Posting Spice


9. Retroman


10. Rizwan


11. Wasted



Well, there you have it, the 11 banners competing in Heat One . It is now time for you to vote for your favourite.

To vote, please leave a reply to this thread clearly stating the banner you are voting for.

The two (or more) banners with the most votes will make their way through to the final.

Voting Rules
#1. A maximum of 2 votes per person.
#2. Contestants may not vote for themselves.
#3. Do not cheat. We have mods checking if people are making multiple accounts.
#4. Voting closes this Monday at 6.00pm. Votes cast after this time will not be counted.

It's time to get voting - good luck to the contenders!

Darenn and Wasted

Matt and Retroman

mrs_rko and Darenn.

Callum and Wasted

They are all very good. It's amazing how good everyone has become and it was so hard just to pick two. But I have decided on mrs-rko and Matt.

I feel a special mention should go to Funky Sam and Retroman which only just missed out on being part of my selection for the next round.

Darenn and Mrs_Rko

And thankyou kindly Mark.
And almost thankyou kindly Red =] lol, appreciated.

Mrs_rko and Matt

Thanks Posting_Spice and Sky-and-Tay!

what did I do?

Thanks for all your votes so far

You voted for his banner... lol

mrs_rko and matt

Thank you for your votes Spike

Remember you have up until Monday at 6pm to vote. Votes cast after that time will not be counted.

Wasted & mrs.rko

Matt and Wasted.

Thanks for your votes Andy and Jack

Good Luck everyone

Darenn and Rizwan

Is it me, or is it looking really close?

Thanks Andy and Jack!

It's just you >_<
Lol, no it really is looking close actually.

I think there's a couple of favourites, with some other people still in with a chance.

Good to see things are being kept interesting.

Yeag it does Look very close between certain members

There's not much in it at the moment, so remember to keep voting

Still a couple of days left, so there could be a change.

mrs-rko, and CathalOS

I just wanna say a huuuge thank you to everyone that has voted for mine<33