Hi,
It's written that the top 20 of DBP entries will be known about 1 week after the deadline. Does this mean we can expect them to be known very soon or is it going to be delayed? Or maybe, knowing that there are so many contest entries, I should ask: how huge will be the delay?

Regards,
Pawel

DaCoder:

Hi,
It's written that the top 20 of DBP entries will be known about 1 week after the deadline. Does this mean we can expect them to be known very soon or is it going to be delayed? Or maybe, knowing that there are so many contest entries, I should ask: how huge will be the delay?

Regards,
Pawel

L0STlogic:

DaCoder:

Hi,
It's written that the top 20 of DBP entries will be known about 1 week after the deadline. Does this mean we can expect them to be known very soon or is it going to be delayed? Or maybe, knowing that there are so many contest entries, I should ask: how huge will be the delay?

Regards,
Pawel

Where do you see that written?

(i) Semi-Finalist Round of Judging. Commencing on or about July 9, 2007, all Entries will be reviewed, considered and judged in a Semi-Finalist Round of Judging by a panel of qualified judges supervised by an independent judging organization, which will score each Entry based on the Judging Criteria. Those Entries ranked 1st (highest number of points, based on the Judging Criteria) through 20th from amongst the pool of Entries will advance to the Finalist Round of Judging and Participants will be so notified commencing on or about the week of July 16, 2007 (based on the Registration contact information provided and maintained by Participants on the Site). Promotion Finalists will be posted on the Site on or about the week of July 23, 2007.

All winners will get announced on August 13th as planned.  We'll highlight the top 20 at that point in time.  Have seen a great many of the game submissions, everyone did a hell of a job.  It definitely won't be easy for the judges!

--dave

Dave Mitchell [Microsoft]:

All winners will get announced on August 13th as planned.  We'll highlight the top 20 at that point in time.  Have seen a great many of the game submissions, everyone did a hell of a job.  It definitely won't be easy for the judges!

--dave

"on or ABOUT" :)

Also in the rules:

"Sponsor may, at its sole and exclusive discretion, extend an invitation to Finalist Participants willing and able to attend the 2007 Microsoft Gamefest Conference in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. from August 11 to August 13, 2007 (where the Finalist Round of Judging for the Promotion will take place and where Promotion prize winners will be announced)"

I'll happen to be in Seattle at that time (huge coincidence) , does this mean that Microsoft is no longer extending this invitation?

-Thanks,

J Liechty

Dave Mitchell [Microsoft]:

All winners will get announced on August 13th as planned.  We'll highlight the top 20 at that point in time.  Have seen a great many of the game submissions, everyone did a hell of a job.  It definitely won't be easy for the judges!

--dave

The rules say the semi-finalists will be notified at that time (July 16). It doesn't say the finalists will be announced to the community at that time.