All due respect.. I think it is unfortunate that they didn't include Vista support in th icon sets.

Many skinners did Vista skins without having Vista. Some of the XP packs where very short on icons. Just enough to qualify. That almost makes them unusable to even XP users. What kind of harmony is in 1/2 black icons and the rest default? This is a contest to bring your best game.

Some of the best work I have ever seen is in this contest. The icons are so hard to choose from. Every single detail needs to be criticized or praised in order to make a decision. 1 judge out of 3 is using Vista suport as a tool. The other judges might not.

Is it the term "penalty points" that bothers you? If he had said, points added for Vista support, would that have sounded better?

It was made very clear in the forums leading up to the contest that lack of support in different areas would lead to a skin losing a certain % of its value as it related to other more complete skins. Makes perfect snse to me.

If u skin 100%, approach it with pride, bring your A game, submit in a timely manner then as a skinner there is nothing more you can do.

One cannot expect to win by submitting an incomplete skin, even if quality wise, it may be better.

Referring to reply #3, I didn't realize that it WAS in the rules so I apologize if I offended anybody. 2 years from now we'll be having this discussion about icons for Windows 7