Are you serious Mari?????

hey Nadia,
1st I want to say that I remember you, I remember even competing against you on the past and I have full respect for you.

I will shortly comment on what you said as I have to go now.
- The positioning of the logo - yes, it's the same as yours but it's also the same as the current site of MOC systems
- The arrow indicator on the menu - with all the respect, this is not something that is unique for you. it's being used in many sites across the web.
- The tag line - well, you made it a tag line and I made it more prominent with a "welcome" area. About the background, my main version was blue and I've added a gray one as optional as well. I kept it and continued working on it as the CH liked it more than the blue one. anyway, you put there a city image and I made a small abstracted effect. I would go dipper on it but I'm shorting stuff as I'm in a rush.
- The thumbs - I really don't think it's alike. you made it on a white background where I put it on a shadowed block that overlapping the header and footer. You also didn't include titles and no descriptions. You also made it carousel style with the right arrow.
- About the 3 news blocks down. Well, in this I can't say that I came up with this addon first but I've also saw that it was used by other designers and the CH liking this addition. Still, the style of this is different from yours and like the arrow indicator, it's not that unique elements for companies sites. you can see on other contest I'm active on that I made a design that is in the same style and with 3 blocks down as well.
- The address in the footer is also present on the mockups. maybe it was added later but it's still there (and also present on the current site).

I will sum up and say that I think my entries are very visually different then yours.
Really, if I thought that it was the same in anyway, I would be the 1st one to withdraw. I did it on the past and I would do it again if I see a good and real reason for it.

I've being in this community for long time (when it was a part of sitepoint, I even remember you from there) and I wouldn't risk ruining my name by copying or flaming.

I would appreciate if we continue this on private as there are some people here that just flaming without even knowing what they are talking about.

I beg to differ sheeze - as soon as I saw your design submissions, they looked like a copy of mine.. but I didn't say anything, hoping the CH would see this. Thanks to the others who thought the same and voiced their opinion.

My design has evolved from the original wireframe after feedback and my own take on that feedback. Your positioning of the logo, the navbar - right down to the 'current page arrow indicator', the tagline area bg, the position of the thumbnails, the 3 columns of 'action boxes' etc., the address in the footer, which wasn't asked for in the wireframe, that was my own idea..... I don't think I need to go on.... Your black version is a *little* different but still based on my design.... Your blue entries were virtually identical to mine.

I've been around here a long time as you know and I know a rip when I see one :-(
One thing I do agree with is that any one can enter until the last minute, but at least come up with an original design.

Guys Relax

Samsy, so what you are saying is that people are not allowed to enter when there is less than 1 day to the contest? if that was the case the CH would say he's not considering any new designs coming or choose a winner before the contest was ended. You can't say it's "not playing fair" as those are the rules here.
It's kind of weird actually hearing this from someone new around here. yes, it's true, there are designers that enter in the last minute. it might be irritating for some but those are the rules around here. if you can't handle this, maybe you don't belong on the field of design contests. it's actually a very common thing around here to enter a last minute design, I see no problems with it.

And if you bother and read the comments and the brief you would notice that the CH himself visualized the designs here in his mockup, there were no real changes from what I or other presented here. If you look at my design (or Dong's or the rest), you can't say that any design look like other. Oh, and you are not in the position of judging my entries (or others).

By the way, did you comment here just to start a flame war?
There is very thick line between copying and it wasn't crossed here by nobody. Maybe you should browse around a bit more and participate in more contest to learn what is legit and what is not.

@Samsy I think sheeze copy Nadia P's Design

To Dong. First of all "sheeze". He has stolen the basic layout from the other 2 and just changed some colors and add some other icons. But he did it in a terrible way not close to a brilliant design what so ever. He can´t submit something of his own. I have seen this quite a lot. They just enter a contest and when it´s almost finished they rip the best design off and do a similair thing. It´s not fair play. I hope the CH sees this. What do you think (Dong)?.

Goodluck Dong

@Samsy who's last guys are you talking about?

#78 very nice, clean and looks professional. Goodluck Dong :-)

Nice design Dong

working on my entry, will have a 1st draft in couple of hours