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What's the rush in choosing an artwork for the Pokemon? Art really doesn't restrain the other polls much; we could run the art poll in parallel with another competitive poll.
I didn't remember that thread until it was brought up on the server today. Most of what I've been doing has been following the Process Guide. Might also have been due to a large amount of homework, but... meh. Going to try to keep up momentum. :S
Anyhow:
Elegy of Emptiness
DougJustDoug
CyzirVisheen
Caladbolg~