Congrats Billz 
Thanks again! 
Thanks Phil, your my idol lol 
lol Phil, you will always be the hit of the party here @ kirupa =)
Critiques: Please note these are not MY comments, but the comments of other mods, re-posted by me anonymously.
Eberth:
Again this site is nice and itās ok, yet a little uninspiring. I am not sure if it was pointed out to him last week after the competition, but his Menu isnāt that good at all. I canāt totally put my finger on it, but the menu needs to be redone in my opinion. Its plain and uninspiring and a little hard on my eyes following the tracer and the changing words. And it goes dark and blank without the mouse. I do not like the hard to read text inside his other rooms/areas. (The Room markers) His background is a little dark and/or distracting. I think he would have to make substantial progress in these areas to be sotw material. The one thing I really liked, although incomplete, was the Laboratory. nice effect, even though I had to use my imagination to view it.
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Eberthās is pretty good as well. The graphics and fonts donāt match the overall feel of the site. There isnāt much consistency, and the text scroller on the home page is out of place. Besides that, the design is quite nice.
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He is getting much better with his Flash sites. It could still use a bit more work in the transitions area, this isnāt exactly an important thing in a Flash site, but I noticed some section have transitions into them, but before you see them you get a bright flash of white, then they show. And I donāt like that I have to scroll sideways and then down to be able to view his page in my browser otherwise I just catch the upper left corner. Other than that, great use of images, nice navigation menu (although very blurry at times), functional, and gets the message across.
billz:
I took a good long second look at this site and found it excellently done. Everything is quick and speedy on a 56k. And the Artwork is excellent as well. While my first reaction to his site was that it was a little dull, I feel somewhat different about it now. I liked the page turns and the simple speedy effect he had.
I would have liked to see both of them take a little better advantage of space and button size. Sometimes, on both sites, I found myself scrunching at my mouse to maneuver. Not a big deal, but worth mentioning. Also, on Billz site, I didnāt like at all how it seemed the text was stepping on itself all throughout the site. So much room, use it! Thats why I pay extra money for a 19 inch monitor. Thats my biggest beef with Billz site. I voted for Billz. And not because of age, but because of his web design capabilities. And this says a lot considering his competition, and all that that impliesā¦ :o
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Ai, this was tough - picking between billz and akospap. I voted for billz in the end.
Billzās site is very nice and polished. From the strange symbols in the preloader to the cool graphics in the main page, the simplicity and elegance of the design is something that I liked. Cool site!
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i actually shouldāve voted for billz. his was plain and simple, with music in the background which is always a plus with me. the background pics were really nice, tranquil as it may seem.
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Nice, clean, smooth interface. Great use of colors and images, they supply excellent contrast. His site is also functional and easy to navigate. Excellent choices for background music. Only suggestion for change I can think of right now is that arrow that moves over the text in the navigation. Perhaps he could make it move to the spot AFTER you click the button instead of on rollOver.
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Well Iāve gone for Billz - I like the clean simple look of it compared to some of the others.
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Wowā¦ Iāve actually found myself in a situation where Iāve voted with the majority. I donāt know if that means I should tell you that youāve all got good eyes, or myself that Iām gaining taste. Either or I suppose.
I found all of the choices to be examples that I had seen before in other places, and usually done just a cut betterā¦ smoother. Iāve seen most of billz effects too, but his worked without any sluggishness on the compaq here at workā¦ and thatās saying something.
anywayā¦ Iām still terribly impressed by all the entries. Iāve never been able to do a site half as smooth as one of thoseā¦ so in general Iāll just keep my mouth shut and simply say that billz was the best of the bunch.
outboxin:
I have to admit I am biased in regards to this site and have a hard time knowing how to gauge it or compare it. It presents a challenge I have yet to overcome. But while it is excellent and well done, I have a few critiques to mention; The Flash animation at the beginning is Sketchy and is too busy for you to be able to concentrate on the few words of text coming in. Slow the animation down during that brief time and freeze it if neccessary, but it creates a busy atmosphere that I didnāt care for. I like the site in general, but it does tend a tad toward the sterile side, antiseptic feelingā¦
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Ouboxin has a good site overall. It looked too much like an HTML page though. There was too much content and the text was aliased - making it difficult to read large portions of text.
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I really didnāt see a need for the intro. The top and bottom navigations are interesting, I like them, but the bottom navigation menus have a flaw. When you rollOver the buttons to reveal the sub-menu and you scroll up to the last item, it works fine, but if you scroll back down it the menu jumps back and forth from closing to opening. Also, some of the content inside also seems a bit big and spaced out for my taste. On the right track though.
slayerment:
This site is coming close in my books for a site of the week, yet this week I would have to say it fell 3rd in my rating. But only because of Akospapps presence. Slayers work is intriguing to me. I like it very much and am biased to his style. The one thing I would love to see Slayer change is the dark feeling I get when I am at his site. I open it from this thread in the Secret Councils of Kirupa and my whole room goes dark. My eyes have to readjust to the contrast. I would love to see him turn that background into a source of light and contrast for the general dark center of the site as well. This is my biggest hangup with Slayers work. Another slight irritation with slayerments site was when there was a long download such as in Video, the Iris closes and starts to open slowly. This effect almost makes it seem longer than it really is. In this case a percentage loader would improve things, in my opinion. Or perhaps some images appearing the empty fields while this long download occurs, images that are already loadedā¦
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Slayermentās site is nice, but the colors simply donāt mix well. The two graphics on the top-right and top-left seem unnecessary.
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hmā¦seems iām the only one so far whoās voted for slayerments site. i thought it was laid out pretty well. the colors werenāt the best combination, but they still worked together. the art was ok, but it seemed more like pattern work.
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Very nice site here. It changed from last time. It lags a lot on my system, and the next and back buttons seem inconsistant. Other than those, I enjoyed the transitions between objects in each section, the slide effect involved complex masks which were visually pleasing and a nice way to show the content in the sections. It has potential.
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I like slayerās site a lotā¦ I really think itās going to win soon. It looks like he did a massive overhaul since last week and his efforts shouldnāt go unnoticed. Like the rest of youā¦ Iām still not particularly fond of his color choice but I do think his grasp of design/layout principles is improving greatly. The only real qualms I have is the intense download times of the content. But at this positive rate, I think we can expect great things from this site.
akospapp:
Akospapps site was very well done, had a nice, really nice soft surreal feeling about it. Everything was well laid out, the consistent preloader bar was very inspiring. You always know where you are in the download without the percentage numbers. Very clever and unique!! This site shows both excellence and great usability. And the downloads were all very quick and speedy. No files that were too large. Akospapps has all the excellent markers of a site of the week, but for the competition.
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Akospap is another great site. The site is great overall. The only minor tidbit I found was the white/blue color combination. It looked too apple mac like. I like sites with less color, but this site gave an āemptyā feel. Besides that minor tidbit of an error, the animations and transitions are excellent. Great site also.
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I love the choice of Normal, Pop-Up, or FullScreen, the fact a choice is given is a plus. The look is clean, the bouncing boxes were addictingly fun to watch. I didnāt like how the menu closed on me everytime I chose a section or subsection though. I love the colors, I love the layout, the site is easy to use, but can be a bit confusing with those closing menus. And what is the bouncing square on the side? I noticed a counter going up on the bottom, but nothing happened. Definitely keeps my attention, but I am racking my brain trying to figure it out!..lol.
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It was a tough choice between akos and billz but I voted for akospapp in this round! In short, I find akospappās site to bear the simplicity of billz site while having some really dynamic intersection tweens: I was most impressed by the faint line/shape tweens behind the submenu. There are some usability issues, however. That ādrag meā arrow was a little confusing. I kept dragging it expecting something to happen; it appears like a scroll arrow for the textual contents - itās in the right place and it looks like the right itemā¦ but itās just not a scroll arrow. Other than that - superb work akospapp!
**akospapp:
I didnāt like how the menu closed on me everytime I chose a section or subsection though. I love the colors, I love the layout, the site is easy to use, but can be a bit confusing with those closing menus. **
By default the menus are not closing. It is an option at mAgic. āAā is for autohide menu. You switched it onā¦ Donāt turn it on, if it is confusingā¦ :-))
And what is the bouncing square on the side? I noticed a counter going up on the bottom, but nothing happened. Definitely keeps my attention, but I am racking my brain trying to figure it out!..lol.
Yes, it is a hidden game :-)ā¦ If you drag the preloader (when nothing loads) and release it, it falls down, and the counter raises for one (counter++) 
That ādrag meā arrow was a little confusing. I kept dragging it expecting something to happen; it appears like a scroll arrow for the textual contents - itās in the right place and it looks like the right itemā¦ but itās just not a scroll arrow.
Read my comment aboveā¦
Thank you all for your professional analysis.
*Originally posted by akospapp *
Yes, it is a hidden game :-)ā¦ If you drag the preloader (when nothing loads) and release it, it falls down, and the counter raises for one (counter++)
Whatās the point of that?
Thank you for the criticism everyone, I must say that it is really appreciatedā¦
I wish everyone the best in the future and may the best site win next week! :beam:
*Originally posted by RenaissanceGirl *
**Whatās the point of that? **
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Same as the bouncing box at my signature and its counter.
Lot of people are addicted to this kind of stuffā¦
You arenāt one of them, as it seemsā¦ :beam: :beam: :beam: -
To be different from othersā¦
p.s. I had a very good feedback regarding that counter.
Anyway, thx for your question.
That footer/counter is great! useless, but great!
Now seriously, I have no part in that, but IĀ“m gonna say it anyway:
I know it was a close match, and BillzĀ“s site rox, but IMHO AkosĀ“s site is better. But, then, again, opinions are like belly buttons: everyone has his/hers own :beam:
*Originally posted by Guig0 *
**That footer/counter is great! useless, but great!
Now seriously, I have no part in that, but IĀ“m gonna say it anyway:
I know it was a close match, and BillzĀ“s site rox, but IMHO AkosĀ“s site is better. But, then, again, opinions are like belly buttons: everyone has his/hers own :beam: **
Thx, but I think Billzās site is great. And Iām not sad at allā¦ Iām already know I will be the next weeks big looser. Againā¦ I saw very good works there. Againā¦ :*(
āNo risk, no fun!!!ā 
dont say that, be confident, and hope for the best :beam:
akospapp, your site ROX. dont worry :beam:
Hey Akosā¦ Does that āmini gameā on your site ever do anything other than count? I mean it would be different if you did it like 10 times or something then something happened, but instead it just keeps counting!..lolā¦
*Originally posted by lostinbeta *
**Hey Akosā¦ Does that āmini gameā on your site ever do anything other than count? I mean it would be different if you did it like 10 times or something then something happened, but instead it just keeps counting!..lolā¦ **
Thatās what I mean. As fun as it is to have a draggable itemā¦ I really donāt see whatās so cool or unique about it is unless dragging actually does something more advanced then keep count. Donāt get me wrong - I do love your site and I like many things about itā¦ I just donāt see the point of the draggable arrow other than to confuse the viewer.
*Originally posted by lostinbeta *
**Hey Akosā¦ Does that āmini gameā on your site ever do anything other than count? I mean it would be different if you did it like 10 times or something then something happened, but instead it just keeps counting!..lolā¦ **
Yes, of course. When you reach 100 you have 10 bonusā¦ :beam: :beam: :beam:
*Originally posted by RenaissanceGirl *
**Thatās what I mean. As fun as it is to have a draggable itemā¦ I really donāt see whatās so cool or unique about it is unless dragging actually does something more advanced then keep count. **
Did you see this somewhere else? Anyway this dummy counter makes marketingā¦ As we discussing about it, the number of visitors at my page is growingā¦ 
In my library this object has a name: āCreazyPreloaderā.
**Donāt get me wrong - I do love your site and I like many things about itā¦ **
Ok, this is not a topic in this momentā¦
**I just donāt see the point of the draggable arrow other than to confuse the viewer. **
Well, maybe you are rightā¦
