And the winners of the 2012 Arena Derby are . . .

[ArenaDerby]

Minty is the most popular pony of the Derby. She wins!

First of all, I want to thank some folks. To everyone who donated pictures to the Derby, I thank you. Without the lovely pictures, the Derby would have been quite dull.   To everyone who sent in predictions, I thank you. You made the competition more exciting.   To some of my fellow mods, thank you for donating some of the prizes! And to the Arena members who participated in the daily races, I thank you. The ponies would have just stood around, grazing if not for you to cheer them on and get them moving!

Now then, here is the final tally of the points. You can see here on the spreadsheet.

Everyone with a smiley is a prize winner!


SourdoughStomper --------------- 247 (I still can't believe I got that many points!)
1. SoSoftSurprise ------------------ 240 
2. Lancer ---------------------------- 234 
3. Crowning_Glory13 ------------- 222 
4. Calico_Star ---------------------- 210 
5. cobalte --------------------------- 206 
kaoskat ----------------------------- 198
6. Rhini ------------------------------ 189 
7. FlitterRose ----------------------- 186 
8. Shenanigans -------------------- 182 
9. Mosspath ------------------------ 177 
10. Sugar.Lightning --------------- 172 
11. ebmerc -------------------------- 170
12. Evening_Moonstone ---------- 168
hathorcat ---------------------------- 167
13. hyenacub ----------------------- 162
14. xkelpiex ------------------------- 149
15. Behemoth ---------------------- 140
16. svleonard ---------------------- 138
17. Peppie -------------------------- 130
18. HavACrumpet452 ------------ 124
19. U2QueenBee ----------------- 115
20. BlackCurtains ----------------- 113
21. elish2 --------------------------- 112
22. rainbowstars ------------------ 102
23. ristvak -------------------------- 101
24. TrixieStix ------------------------ 99
25. Flutterblossom ----------------- 96
26. CrystalSnowflake -------------- 95
27. stephabryant1 ----------------- 93
28. T.L.Squiggle -------------------- 91
29. tsukikakushi ------------------- 85
30. nessa16 ------------------------ 84
Eviecorn ----------------------------- 81
kiwi ----------------------------------- 79
31. Souffaloufagous --------------- 78
32. breyer600 ---------------------- 74
33. ArtemisM ------------------------ 73
34. reanna-mator ------------------ 72
35. ApertureScience --------------- 71
36. Ice_gypsy ----------------------- 62
37. Gogobinsin ---------------------- 60
38. kissthethunder ----------------- 58
39. terabithianprince -------------- 42
40. Enolaalone ---------------------- 40
41. hunnybunny99 ----------------- 39
42. rybett ---------------------------- 27

Here are the prizes:

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* Lavender Cloud
* Garden Stand with Fancy Flora & Sunshine Blossom (yes, I have all whole set, and yes, it counts as one prize)
* Honeydew Hum, Meadow Moon, and Azalea Bloom (counts as one prize)
* MIB Ponyville Minty/Christmas Tree (the tape is cut, but the box has never been opened)
* Pearlized Baby Glory
* TAF Nightglider (has a bit of tail rust mostly removed with toothpaste, and a small dent in her right ear)
* Star Catcher
* Secret Wish
* Styling G3 Rarity
* Heather Winds
* G2 Royal Baby Twins, Jewel and Sparkle (counts as one prize)
* MIB Comet Tail
* MIB Glimmer Wings Ploomette (thanks ponylady!)
* G1 Comics (thanks hathorcat!)
* Zecora! (I really hope that got shipped to ponylady by now!)
* Blind bag ponies, all 4 count as one prize (thanks hathorcat!)
* G4 carriage set (thanks BFB!)
* Toola Roola (thanks BFB!)
* G1 DnP whose name escapes me at the moment (thanks BFB!)
* Cute little bushwoolie (thanks BFB!)
* Tea set #1 (thanks Kiwi!)
* Tea set #2 (thanks Kiwi!)

Stand by for instructions on claiming prizes.

[SourdoughStomper]

I'll PM the 10 winners in a moment, but I'll also spell it out here.

I want you to send me a list of the prizes you want most, in descending order. Meaning the first one is the one you love the best and the second one is the second one you love best, and so on. The first place winner will have dibs on anything, and the second place winner will have dibs on anything that wasn't already picked by the first place winner. And so on, again. A list of 10-15 prizes would probably be best.

There are 10 winners and I want to spend preferably no more than $50 on shipping, so I will need help on the shipping costs, please. Thank you very much.

EDIT: I will keep a list of the progress. I'm still waiting to hear back from two people, and then the shipping process can start. I'll PM them again, just in case.

1. SoSoftSurprise -- Pearlized Baby Glory. SHIPPED.
2. Lancer -- Zecora. SHIPPED.
3. Crowning_Glory13 -- Bushwoolie. SHIPPED.
4. Calico_Star -- G2 Royal Twins. SHIPPED and RECEIVED.
5. cobalte -- G4 blind bags. SHIPPED and RECEIVED.
6. Rhini -- G4 carriage set. SHIPPED.
7. FlitterRose -- Nightglider. SHIPPED.
8. Shenanigans -- G1 Comics. SHIPPED and RECEIVED.
9. Mosspath -- Star Catcher. SHIPPED.
10. Sugar.Lightning -- Dance N Prance Whomever. SHIPPED.

[Moss]

Yay Minty! I knew you could do it! She was fueled by the magic of Christmas.

And thank YOU, SDS, for putting this whole thing together! Without you, the derby wouldn't have happened at all!

[StarlightGaze]

Yay Minty! She was #1 on my list.

[HavACrumpet452]

Congrats to the winners! I guess I'll have to wait for G2 babies to come my way. There's always next year.

[NovelNerd]

Wooo what a race. I'm sure Diamond will have a party tonight.

[Crowning_Glory13]

Wow i can not belive i did so well...i did have a few bad spots. This was so much fun and thanks for hosting!!!!

[SoSoftSurprise]

 
Omg! I can't believe it!
Thank you to everyone who helped put this on! This was my first Derby and it was so cool! 

[Foxtale]

Congrats to all the winners! Next time ill make sure to get my time sheet in on time lol.

Thank you so much for everyone who helped to make the derby a reality this year. It was so much fun. Can't wait for the next one ;-)

[hathorcat]

Congrats to everyone - who took part, to the winners and especially to Minty!!!

Awesome Derby SDS - its been so much fun!

[Sugar]

How the hay did I even place in the top ten?  I've been scraping bottom all this time...

But yay!  I knew Minty could do it!   Way to go, Minty!

And everypony, thanks for my first Arena Derby - it was loads of fun!

[windsong]

Congrats to the winners! Looks like you've got some lovely prizes to choose from!

[Evening_Moonstone]

This was a delightful little event - I'm so glad I could participate!  Thanks for running the derby, I really enjoyed checking back every day and voting.
And YAY Minty!

[svleonard]

Why are some names crossed out?

[lovesbabysquirmy]

CONGRATS to the winners... especially MINTY!:D