I don't get it

The winners were announced over at sg_lyrical for the latest challenge. For Atlantis, two of my icons got 1st, 3rd and Best Application. Yay, cool, right? Well, here's the thing: for the Atlantis icons, I really just kinda threw some stuff together so there would be more entries. But for the SG1 side, I spent several hours trying to get the icons together and I loved them. I thought they turned out amazing. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. If you go here I made 2, 8, 13. I LOVED 2 & 13. Seriously. I love how they turned out and thought for sure they would get something. But no. #3 got first, 15 2nd, 1 & 14 tied for 3rd and 16 got Best Application.

So, here's what I want to know: What is wrong with the ones I made? Do they just totally look like crap and I have no idea what I'm doing? Should I stop spending the hours I'm putting into my icons and just slap some crap together each week cos that seems to be what gets me winning icons?

I'm just confused and upset and I don't get it.

Meme Time!

Ganked from a few different folks

( HUGE ASS MEME )

Crapload of Ba'al Icons

Whew! Finished. I promised AG I would make her a plethora of Ba'al icons as they seem to be sorely lacking around here. So, I made 20 which are behind the cut. One has a swear, just so ya know.

Comments are good, so is credit. Hotlink and die. :-D

Enjoy!!

( My Ba'al! )

Question for my British friends

So I'm watching this TV show about game show bloopers and they showed a clip from an outtake of the Britsh Family Feud. The question was "Name a polite word or phrase people use to curse." The one girl rang in and said "Bugger." The host and other girl started laughing heartily and the host said "That's very polite, Susie" (or whatever her name was). But it sounded very sarcastic. So my question is: Is this a polite phrase? Or not? Cos I always kind of thought it was. But from that, it doesn't sound like it is. Huh?