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Jan 28 '08 by Threadless

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People’s Choice Bestee! Polls are open!

The polling place is hereby open! Click here to cast your vote for the People’s Choice Bestee. We’ve nominated the 15 top scoring printed designs of 2007 and now it’s all up to you! The people’s favorite will be awarded a $10,000 prize and of course, the illustrious and shiny Bestee trophy.

The polls will close at 10am CST on Monday, February 11th so make your voice heard and your vote count! Good luck to the 15 nominees!

Vote!

andyg on Jan 28 '08 at 10:28am

Woo hoo!

kennybanzai on Jan 28 '08 at 10:28am

Cool Beaners!

Lhiiiz on Jan 28 '08 at 10:28am

Rock on!

chelly on Jan 28 '08 at 10:29am

ZOMG

tesco on Jan 28 '08 at 10:30am

I voted for andy g

littlem on Jan 28 '08 at 10:30am

wow!

chelly on Jan 28 '08 at 10:30am

congrats to all the nominees!

littlem on Jan 28 '08 at 10:30am

*i'm accepting bribes...

hahahahah

imnathan on Jan 28 '08 at 10:31am

Wee!

KDLIG on Jan 28 '08 at 10:31am

Voted!

Torakamikaze on Jan 28 '08 at 10:32am

this is hard!

valorandvellum on Jan 28 '08 at 10:33am

Oh man!! Who to vote for??

nikolina100 on Jan 28 '08 at 10:33am

oh my gosh!! we can only pick one??!?!? that's so hard!!

kaloyster on Jan 28 '08 at 10:33am

What the fuck, I made it!

sleepyfeet on Jan 28 '08 at 10:33am

oh yay!!

DaniellesGarden on Jan 28 '08 at 10:33am

that was a really hard choice to make.

andyg on Jan 28 '08 at 10:34am

As the old saying goes, "When in Doubt, VOTE FOR ANDYG!"

shirtflirt on Jan 28 '08 at 10:34am

democracy!

yeohgh on Jan 28 '08 at 10:36am

oh yes,,,,congrats JEMAE!!!! VOTED!!!! U R best!!!

jublin on Jan 28 '08 at 10:36am

should i vote for design or designer? AGHHH!

yeohgh on Jan 28 '08 at 10:37am

damn!! i wish i can vote for 1,000 ,000 times for everyone!!! ahha
good luck everyone!!

valorandvellum on Jan 28 '08 at 10:37am

I remember that old saying when I was a kid! My mom used to say it all the time.

sonmi on Jan 28 '08 at 10:37am

congrats and good luck you guys!!

jublin on Jan 28 '08 at 10:37am

i think i'll vote for design since there are two glennz up there. first problem solved jublin

jublin on Jan 28 '08 at 10:39am

vote or DIE!

Raid71 on Jan 28 '08 at 10:39am

voted...good luck everyone

huebucket on Jan 28 '08 at 10:39am

andyg ftw!!!

steven218 on Jan 28 '08 at 10:40am

done - Tree Town by Jérémie ROYER

fatheed on Jan 28 '08 at 10:40am

Wow... I really didn't expect that. To have two designs up is insane I'm so stoked to be nominated and a bit baffled why mine were picked before so many other incredible designs. Thanks Threadless, and thanks to anyone who votes for my designs :)

Flying Mouse on Jan 28 '08 at 10:41am

Voted!!

lemonalle on Jan 28 '08 at 10:42am

voteddd

this is
exciting.

littlem on Jan 28 '08 at 10:44am

this is harrrrrdddd!
hahha

J-Ray on Jan 28 '08 at 10:45am

No problem... 'twas an easy choice :)

lemonalle on Jan 28 '08 at 10:45am

i know... it was. but i'm hoping (and anticipating) that some of the other designers will win in other categories.

Tonteau on Jan 28 '08 at 10:46am

Congrats, y'all!

Ste7en on Jan 28 '08 at 10:47am

im going to take my time on the vote...since its open until feb 11th...thats forever away

Monkey III on Jan 28 '08 at 10:47am

Wow twice glennz and fatheed!
Great shirts everyone.

I totally vote for design btw.

wotto on Jan 28 '08 at 10:47am

can't vote too many to choose from! eep

valorandvellum on Jan 28 '08 at 10:47am

This is difficult!! It feels like if I vote for one designer, the other ones are going to ask, "Did you vote for me??" And then my witty response would be, "Uhhhhhhhhh..."

p.s. No girl designs! The boys rule the school!

phones on Jan 28 '08 at 10:47am

hmmm........not loving the choices here :(

how the HELL did colour coded criminals make it?????

Tonteau on Jan 28 '08 at 10:49am

Highest scoring prints, phones, my dog.

stingerstyler on Jan 28 '08 at 10:51am

wow, congrats all! well done. voterize!!!!

grayehound on Jan 28 '08 at 10:52am

thanks tless for not only including one of mine, but puttin it in the top left position! good luck to everyone in there....every one is deserving

phones on Jan 28 '08 at 10:52am

fair enough- i do love the Ian Leino one i voted for but the rest were.......pretty average designs imo

lunchboxbrain on Jan 28 '08 at 10:53am

Voted! Kudos to all the nominees!

littlem on Jan 28 '08 at 10:54am

*still accepting bribes...

SoulfumeInc on Jan 28 '08 at 10:55am

that was tough....but....voted!

wotto on Jan 28 '08 at 10:55am

takes time to think

littlem on Jan 28 '08 at 10:56am

time to vote.
i'm terrible at making decisions!!

littlem on Jan 28 '08 at 10:58am

i've got it narrowed down to three. can i vote for three, please??

Gigguli on Jan 28 '08 at 11:02am

le vote casted!

Phiffer on Jan 28 '08 at 11:03am

HI YO!!!

boysbeambitious on Jan 28 '08 at 11:03am

Yay, voted~

funkie fresh on Jan 28 '08 at 11:10am

oooooh!! who to vote for...hmmm

Edword on Jan 28 '08 at 11:21am

congrats guyz! I'll get my vote in!

oneitis on Jan 28 '08 at 11:26am

:)

I'm really new here, but 6 of those designs are on my "want"-list ... how am I supposed to choose?

hogboy on Jan 28 '08 at 11:26am

Done. I voted for the dude with the thing & the bit on the side of the whatsit... y'know?

iPear on Jan 28 '08 at 11:33am

Vowted!

Ian Leino on Jan 28 '08 at 11:38am

So many great designs here, I'm honored to have one among them. Thanks Threadless, and good luck to everyone!

ladykat on Jan 28 '08 at 11:38am

Bloody hell, this is hard!

Some of my favorites from this last year aren't in the running... I guess what I love best isn't always what the other voters love best.

BUT those are some excellent designs. I *think* I've narrowed it down to 2 or 3... I might have my husband vote, because I think he'll vote for one of the designs that I like. And then I can vote for one of the others. Heh.

shakethesheets on Jan 28 '08 at 11:43am

This is going to take me a while... Definitely not the choices I expected, but hopefully someone deserving ends up with the prize.

ir0cko on Jan 28 '08 at 11:44am

that was tough, but i voted!

mooseinmyshoe on Jan 28 '08 at 11:48am

daaaamn

this just made my day

mezo on Jan 28 '08 at 11:50am

Eeny
Meeny
Miney
Moe

tracerbullet on Jan 28 '08 at 11:53am

I'm proud to make my voice heard!

*click*

Woss on Jan 28 '08 at 11:57am

I didn't vote for myself!

4 fives on Jan 28 '08 at 12:00pm

Very nice designs. Tough choice, but I voted for Dan Rule.

ALIADOTONY on Jan 28 '08 at 12:01pm

my only critic is that one designer is posted twice...there are plenty more to put instead of someone twice.

sonmi on Jan 28 '08 at 12:04pm

it looks like these are actually just the top 15 scoring designs of 2007, and not ones threadless picked specifically, which would explain why some designers could be up twice!

ladykat on Jan 28 '08 at 12:04pm

Actually, 2 designers are posted twice. But since they just picked the top scoring designs, I guess that's how things go.

ALIADOTONY on Jan 28 '08 at 12:05pm

hogg should be here...

Recycledwax on Jan 28 '08 at 12:08pm

voted! Awesome selection, so hard to vote!

littlem on Jan 28 '08 at 12:10pm

i'm procrastinating

Dick Firestorm on Jan 28 '08 at 12:12pm

DONE.

Montro on Jan 28 '08 at 12:14pm

Good luck everyone!

shimala on Jan 28 '08 at 12:15pm

some have more than one because... "Make your vote count by selecting your favorite design from the 15 top scoring printed submissions of 2007 listed below. "

Spam69 on Jan 28 '08 at 12:15pm

WoW - tough. My vote was predictable and probably the clear favourite but that can't be helped.

iDanSimpson on Jan 28 '08 at 12:15pm

i have no idea what to pick...

Spam69 on Jan 28 '08 at 12:15pm

WoW - tough. My vote was predictable and probably the clear favourite but that can't be helped.

J-Ray on Jan 28 '08 at 12:15pm

^ misuse of bold

Spam69 on Jan 28 '08 at 12:17pm

Haha -oops - does that mean I voted twice? I like the idea of having a block vote.

Maltzmania on Jan 28 '08 at 12:17pm

oh mannnnnnnn

Mikko Terva on Jan 28 '08 at 12:22pm

vote or die

gonsalves 08

iDanSimpson on Jan 28 '08 at 12:25pm

ok.... i made up my mind and voted!

jenraskopf on Jan 28 '08 at 12:26pm

This is really difficult!
I will have to mull this over.

ALIADOTONY on Jan 28 '08 at 1:00pm

Mr. shimala have spoken....! understood

cassiepaige on Jan 28 '08 at 1:26pm

I voted! My vote went to the only design I marked $5 that I bought :)

spacesick 2 on Jan 28 '08 at 1:31pm

I'm with jen, since she messaged me just to tell me about her mulling joke.

this is really difficult! I will have to moll this over.

jublin on Jan 28 '08 at 1:32pm

don't blame me. i voted for the other guy.

Chipmnk on Jan 28 '08 at 1:33pm

Dang, I can't decide.

artdrops on Jan 28 '08 at 1:42pm

voted for............

ladrones on Jan 28 '08 at 1:52pm

mooon man! moooon man! 2k8

d3d on Jan 28 '08 at 1:53pm

creampie on Jan 28 '08 at 1:54pm

I wish D3D was represented. He is my favorite desinger.

Pizazz on Jan 28 '08 at 1:56pm

Vote to the ed!

theurbanraptor on Jan 28 '08 at 1:57pm

VOTED!!!!!

d3d on Jan 28 '08 at 2:01pm

i was lucky to be printed at all in 07 creampie. my scores weren't that great.

disillusioned on Jan 28 '08 at 2:08pm

Even as the "top 15" rule sits in place, I rather wonder how that will affect the designers with two designs for voting...

If voters have an allegiance towards a specific designer rather than a specific design, then those votes could easily be split amongst their two designs, when they would've been compressed into one if you just moved to places 16 and 17 in the list...

Just a thought, but I hope it doesn't hurt those designers who scored well enough to have two designs up.

d3d on Jan 28 '08 at 2:12pm

we're voting for the designs individually, not for the designers. voting for allegiance to a designer isn't in the spirit of the contest.

ilovedoodle on Jan 28 '08 at 2:13pm

voted. Good Luck All!!!

J-Ray on Jan 28 '08 at 2:13pm

What about the highest scoring designs that didn't get printed? There must be some "people's choice" designs that never made it to a shirt.

J-Ray on Jan 28 '08 at 2:14pm

leon is right... vote for the shirt and not the designer

JOHN2 on Jan 28 '08 at 2:24pm

I voted on the shirt with the thing on the thing.

disillusioned on Jan 28 '08 at 2:28pm

Oh, leon, I know that's the idea but I'm saying that's not going to be the case with everyone.

It's an interesting problem that presents itself though, because if you eliminate one of their designs (the lower scoring one) and have someone who likes the designer but dislikes the remaining design, well then.

Clearly, you should vote for the specific design. I was just debating aloud if it might be disadvantageous for designers with multiples posted is all.

Ste7en on Jan 28 '08 at 2:29pm

you too, john?

juliejeremiah on Jan 28 '08 at 4:36pm

I think I'd prefer to vote from among the 15 lowest-scoring prints.

Elbeardo on Jan 28 '08 at 4:42pm

One of those is the shirt that first brought me to Threadless, so automatically gets my vote :D

Jackanapes mk.II on Jan 28 '08 at 4:43pm

Zwee!

telaine on Jan 28 '08 at 4:45pm

I voted for one that I don't own in shirt form but the print is amazing!

realslimnatey on Jan 28 '08 at 4:48pm

man thats crazy! all those guys are on my top 8 mYsPaCe profile

ISABOA on Jan 28 '08 at 4:50pm

where do we write in our choice?

the czar on Jan 28 '08 at 5:21pm

Ahh, hard!

Voted!

squintygirl on Jan 28 '08 at 5:24pm

Voted! Yay!

travioli on Jan 28 '08 at 5:26pm

Voted.

BrandonB11 on Jan 28 '08 at 5:33pm

i only own one of those shirts so tehrefore i voted for that one

lizriz on Jan 28 '08 at 7:53pm

Wow, this is going to be difficult!

vector_guy on Jan 28 '08 at 8:11pm

definitely a hard decision. All are amazing designs!

ObnoxiousMute on Jan 28 '08 at 8:22pm

grayehound ftw.

jstumpenhorst on Jan 28 '08 at 8:24pm

congrats to all the nominees!!

CLGrovo on Jan 28 '08 at 9:31pm

grats to everybody that got nominated!

Wallace Inc. on Jan 28 '08 at 9:37pm

"DON'T PLAY WITH MATCHES!"
Best design ever.

littlem on Jan 28 '08 at 9:42pm

i finally decided

Andreas Mohacsy on Jan 28 '08 at 10:05pm

grey gets my vote

Andreas Mohacsy on Jan 28 '08 at 10:05pm

but congratulations to all... it was a tough pick

funkie fresh on Jan 28 '08 at 10:07pm

aahhh! i just voted!

cliffdogg on Jan 28 '08 at 10:47pm

It was between Graye and Kaloyster's, but Color-Coded Criminals got my vote :)

eyedewtwo on Jan 28 '08 at 11:40pm

It was between Treasure Map and Voyage of Discovery, but the former ended up stealing my vote (and my cash). :)

phyntosia on Jan 29 '08 at 2:55am

Heh, I like all of the designs and wanted to vote for six of 'em! I also noticed at least one by a Kiwi designer (Glennz) and patriotically wanted to vote for his one, but ended up choosing my favourite *design* rather than designer. *sigh*

So do the out-of-print Bestee nominations get reprints, mayhap?

radiomode on Jan 29 '08 at 3:04am

voted! may the best win

fatheed on Jan 29 '08 at 10:12am

I know it was mentioned in the newsletter, but I'm quite surprised a link to the voting page doesn't appear on the main page or on the product page for each design. It is intended that only the regular community vote on them?

Tonteau on Jan 29 '08 at 10:15am

I still haven't chosen. Perhaps $50 would help me make up my mind?

ALIADOTONY on Jan 30 '08 at 3:32pm

Tonteu...dont be cheap...hahaha $200 if it wins..or a tshirt could make my mind..haah

grayehound on Jan 30 '08 at 3:58pm

oh tonteau, you cheap whore. i've been paying $250 a pop to all the other bloggers

Tonteau on Jan 30 '08 at 4:13pm

Pah! At that price you'll only be able to buy 39 votes without squandering your profit entirely. Hardly seems worth it. Cheap whore? Possibly, but I understand the economics well enough not to price myself out of the market ;)

andyg on Jan 30 '08 at 4:26pm

Grayehound has this one locked down. I'm saving my bribe money!

grayehound on Jan 30 '08 at 5:05pm

uh, 39.......carry the two.....oh crap. that f-ing SUCKS! thanks tont! i really needed that!

kennybanzai on Jan 31 '08 at 11:43am

Shaq Attaq for a bestee

jenraskopf on Jan 31 '08 at 2:33pm

New problem. Do I vote based on my impression of them as a work of art or as a shirt I would buy? Because then shirt color plays maybe too much of a factor.

Oh bother.

spacesick 2 on Jan 31 '08 at 2:37pm

oh, piglet!

jenraskopf on Jan 31 '08 at 2:42pm

I like to keep food logs too.

spacesick 2 on Jan 31 '08 at 2:47pm

yeah too bad you QUIT halfway through Shaq's Big Challenge

disillusioned on Feb 01 '08 at 3:53pm

So does this put the date when they announce all the other winners at somewhere like the 18th?

jimmytan on Feb 02 '08 at 2:12am

haha i agree Yeohgh i wish i can vote for 1,000 ,000 times for everyone~!!! haha
good luck everyone~!!!

ShinAkuma666 on Feb 02 '08 at 11:05pm

Voted for the Tree City, did not think most of the designs were all that great...

Chris Carney on Feb 04 '08 at 3:31pm

I couldn't bring myself to vote for any of them

shutyourface on Feb 04 '08 at 11:52pm

Color-Coded Criminals
by Mr. Purple

wish they would reprint the damn thing!

Robsoul on Feb 05 '08 at 10:45am

I Voted!

* See cause today is voting day in CA as well, kind of ironic.

valorandvellum on Feb 05 '08 at 10:54am

Will there be a prize for the runner up??

grayehound on Feb 05 '08 at 11:28am

if you don't vote, you don't get to complain about how everyone chose the wrong person and how the system sucks. get out there and get your whine on!

littlem on Feb 05 '08 at 11:39am

cbuchholz on Feb 06 '08 at 9:08am

whoa!! This is awesome!! I was on vacation for two weeks only to come back and find out I got nominated!! Thanks threadless you guys rock!! Good luck to everyone, there's so many awesome designs it's gonna be hard to pick!!

4 days later

castle on Feb 10 '08 at 6:55pm

polls closing soon!

Good luck everyone!

SupremeBeing on Feb 10 '08 at 7:32pm

Oh wow, I can't wait to see who wins!

fatheed on Feb 11 '08 at 3:45am

Hmmmm. Are the Bestee's happening today or next week? Or later?

Woss on Feb 11 '08 at 3:47am

Excitement.

extrem on Feb 11 '08 at 4:18am

It's so hard to pick only one, but... RHINOES rules!;-)

phyntosia on Feb 12 '08 at 2:19am

I imagine they'll be announcing them next Monday, then..?

27 days later

fatheed on Mar 10 '08 at 10:57am

lol bump