Freaky Station On the Wall, Who is the BATOM of Us All???

Finally, its that time of the month, when we bid adieu to one edition of Blog-a-Ton to make way for another in the coming week. Without loosing out any time, lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics who will be joining us in this journey;

• Aryaa (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)
• Gourab
• Randomness
• Nads (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)
• Annu (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)
• Sankhya
• Shikha Kaushik (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)

Hoping to see all of you participating with full vigour in the coming weeks!

So now keeping it short and sweet, here are the final results

BATOM 15

As evident, here are the three Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Just Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM	GOLD BATOM	BRONZE BATOM
Amity	Brijender Singh	Vipul Grover

The BATOMs will soon be mailed their Badge Awards.

The GOLD BATOM 15 who gets his/her own personalised SuperAvatar will be decided by the SuperAvatar Team. He/She gets

• Full body cartoon with any expression / pose (like the new Mascot) Or
• Couple's cartoon (chest height) Or
• Your Superbooth cartoon (depicting 4 different standard expressions).

The Winner will be declared on Facebook.

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

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I Hope You All Had A Great BAT 15 XPerience and will return for BAT 16 too!!!

I'll be back soon with Blog-a-Ton 16

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Vote for the BATOM 15

Voting gets over at 22:00 hrs (IST) on Oct 10, 2010. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 21:59 and not 22:00.

While some of you are busy watching the CWG opening ceremony and others are welcoming the new guests to the Bigg Boss House, I welcome you all to vote for your favourite posts.

But first of all, lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics

• Sagar V
• Sneha Rane
• Anu
• Ram Lakmi (Please provide a bloglink)
• Sharika (Please provide a bloglink) 
• Obsessivemom

Hoping to see all of you actively participating in the coming months.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition,  55 blog-a-tonics participated, 53 of them within the stipulated time.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1.ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

(The two blog-a-tonics who missed the stipulated time are D2 and Vitthal Patil)

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself.
In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3.  Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

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I participated - http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/abc.html

I vote for - 
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

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There is some specific logic behind the above code. So please fill the parameters highlighted in red as mentioned in the code only.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4.  Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

5. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three favourites.
In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

Now coming to the other rules:

• Voting ends at  2200 hrs (IST) on  Oct 10, 2010.
• I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
• After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them. 

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

So, if there is any query about voting, feel free to drop in a mail (marshal[at]blogaton.in). I'll try to get back to you asap.

P.S. Over the next week, you might find the blog temporarily blocked. It might be done for counting of votes. So just be patient and revisit in few minutes.

A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10???

Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics.  Just drop me a mail with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send me that single link).



Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 21:59 and not 22:00 on Oct 10.

Hoping to see as many voters as participants

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 15

Publish the post on Oct 2, 2010 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (IST)!

Date for Blog-a-Ton : Oct 2, 2010

Before I give you the details about posting, lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics

• George Susan (Please provide a bloglink)
• Geetika Gupta
• Sharon Padmanabhan
• Reetam Majumder
• Srinidhi
• Madhu  Padmanabhan (Please provide a bloglink)

I hope to see all of you participating this time.

 

As you already know, the image for Blog-a-Ton 15 has been finalised as:

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

• You can choose whatever title for your post.
• This image should be an integral part of your post.
  

• The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:
  
  <div style="text-align: justify;">
  <blockquote>
  This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton 15</b>; the fifteenth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>.
  </blockquote>
  </div>

• The post should end with the following code. It also contains the credits to creator of this image and hence, is very important to be displayed to prevent any copyright infringement.   Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:
  
  <div style="text-align: justify;">
  <blockquote>
  The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://blogaton.in/2010/10/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-15.html#comments"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>.</blockquote>
  </div>
  
  <div align="justify">
  <b>Credits </b>
  Image - <i><a href="http://wandereringsoul.deviantart.com/art/Alston-Station-113965977">Alston Station</a></i> by <i><a href="http://wandereringsoul.deviantart.com/">Wandering Soul</a></i>
  Courtesy - <i><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">www.deviantart.com</a></i> via <i><a href="http://www.blogaton.in/">www.blogaton.in</a></i></div>
  

• Publish the post on Oct 2, 2010 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (Indian Standard Time)

• After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

• Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="ADDRESS OF YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - Title of Your Post</a> 

It will look like this: Vipul Grover - XYZ and will link to your post.

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

•  Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
  
• Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.  

• In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.

• Return on Oct 3 to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Till then just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite ones. 

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

MARSHAL'S TIP
Spend considerable time in mulling over the title for your post. Remember, a catchy title might lead to more traffic to your blog. So do not waste this one-time opportunity.

DO NOT FORGET -

The GOLD BATOM 15 gets his/her own personalised SuperAvatar with options to go for -

• Full body cartoon with any expression / pose (like the new Mascot) Or
• Couple's cartoon (chest height) Or
• Your Superbooth cartoon (depicting 4 different standard expressions).

In case of a tie at the top spot, the lucky winner will be chosen by SuperAvatar.

So just go for it.

Sponsored by - 

Be a Fan: FacebookTwitter

Looking forward to some great posts

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

The Image for BAT 15 is...

Get Your SuperAvatar Today!!!

 Date for Blog-a-Ton 15 : October 2, 2010

 

After a week of discussions, its the time to declare the 

Image of the Month. 

Of course, the above one isn't the one ;) & :p

But before that lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics who will be running in this marathon with us;

• NewsMan Baba
• Hafsah Qadir
  
• Lolland
• Anuradha Kumari (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)

Hoping to see you all participating in BAT 15. You all will be blogrolled soon!!!

On the basis of the voting over last one week, we have narrowed down to this image for BAT 15.

 Image for Blog-a-Ton 15

 Alston Station by Wandering Soul
Courtesy - www.deviantart.com

Thanks a lot to Rumya Bhatt for making this suggestion.

SOME RULES

1. You can submit ONLY ONE POST for this event irrespective of the number of blogs you maintain.
2. You have to use this image in your post and justify its presence there with your words. To make things easier, you have the freedom to treat it the way you want. Its upto you; which genre of writing you choose, i.e. simple essay-type, article, dialogue, short story (even 55 Fiction for that matter), poem or whatever you feel like.
3. Moreover, its upto you; which mood or tone you choose to set it in, i.e. serious, witty, humour, optimistic or whatever that comes to you naturally.
4. Again, you have the freedom to choose the language of communication. However, we'll suggest you to write in English to put across your views to the maximum members which will also help you when its the time to vote for the BATOM.
5. You are free to give any title to your entry. 
6. Other rules regarding the posting will be conveyed to you later. So kindly wait for that notification on next Friday rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

So, you all have ample time to write it but you'll have to wait till Oct 2 to post it finally along with everyone else.

Please write your posts on time as the late entries will not be allowed to participate in the voting round (though the links will be added to the participants list).

WHAT IS SuperAvatar???

They design personalised cartoon characters for anyone who has ever wanted to turn himself into a cartoon! These personalised cartoons are extremely fun and make great profile pictures on blog and social networks like twitter, facebook, myspace, orkut etc. They design in various styles - couple's theme, Cartoon Photobooth, SuperHero style, Movie Poster cartoon, archies, witty and many more. 

As they claim, "Give us your theme, your pose, your expression - your style... and we'll do the magic for you at www.superavatar.com"

The GOLD BATOM 15 gets his/her own personalised SuperAvatar with options to go for -

• Full body cartoon with any expression / pose (like Marshal's above) Or
• Couple's cartoon (chest height) Or
• Your Superbooth cartoon (depicting 4 different standard expressions).

In case of a tie at the top spot, the lucky winner will be chosen by SuperAvatar.

So just go for it.

Sponsored by - 

Be a Fan: FacebookTwitter

Wishing you all, a free flow of thoughts

Blog-a-Tonically yours

Vipul Grover

HERE COMES THE BAT 15

DATE FOR BLOG-A-TON 15 : OCTOBER 2, 2010

TOPIC DECLARATION : SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Hello friends, welcome to yet another edition of Blog-a-Ton. Thanks for all the support you have been showering over the months which has made this event so popular. However, it was a little disheartening to see a sudden drop in the number of participation in the last edition. So, I am hoping that the trend will be reversed this time. Just to give a break to the set pattern, we have some major changes in this edition.

Lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics before proceeding further

• Kumar Bibek
• Anirban Saha (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)
• Sambarman
• Ansar Zainul
• xyzandme
• c_hego (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)
• Rani

You all will be blogrolled soon!!!

Please go through the following rules before suggesting or voting

• We have changed the format ONLY for this BAT.
• In place of a topic, we will have a common image to write upon.
• The participants will have to take inspiration from this image and write their posts.
• Each member can suggest only one image.
• The image should be inspiring enough so that more and more Blog-a-Tonics can participate.
• While suggesting provide a direct link to the image.  
 

Use  <a href="IMAGE LINK">YOUR NAME</a> for providing the direct link.

• Moreover, ensure that there are no copyright issues related to the image. You may also provide the source of the image below your suggestion.
• If you like any suggestion, VOTE for it (by giving the name of the person who has suggested it) rather than giving a new suggestion.
• In case you have already suggested an image but find some subsequent suggestion better than yours, you are allowed to vote for it. But this can be done only once.
• Rather than criticising the suggestions made by others, kindly give better suggestions.
• Give your suggestions and votes in the comments section of this post. 
• I have the right to discard any suggestion if it is found inappropriate.
• Do not embolden your comment using HTML bold tag.
• Please keep these points in mind to make my job easier. 

In case a comment is not posted according to these rules, it will be deleted.

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

Hoping to receive many inspiring suggestions

 Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

And here are the BATOM 14

Friends, here we are with the results of yet another successful edition of Blog-a-Ton. Though the momentum which we had gained in previous three months somehow dipped with the entries falling this time, nonetheless, the enthusiasm of all the participants was praise worthy.

But before we see the results, let's welcome the new members of Blog-a-Ton;

• Pavarti
• Anubhuti Srivastava
• Fashion History (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)
• Giri
• Laav
• Aastha (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)

You all will be blogrolled soon!

So now without much a do, lets RETURN to the RESULTS

BATOM 14

As evident, here are the three Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Just Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM	GOLD BATOM	BRONZE BATOM
Shruti Damodar	Brijender Singh	Raksha Raman

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

P.S.

1. Brijender's votes were communicated to me directly. 
2. One of Zainab's vote has been discarded as it carried the name and the link of two different participants. 
3. Naveen's late vote has been discarded.

I Hope You All Had A Great BAT 14!!!

Will be back soon with Blog-a-Ton 15

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Please Return to Vote for BATOM 14

Voting gets over at 22:00 hrs (IST) on Sep 12, 2010. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 21:59 and not 22:00.

Lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics

• Vrijilesh
• Mallik
• Abhisek Ghosh (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)
• Nostalgic
• Prasanna Raghavan
• Minal Sanch (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)
• Sahil Palta (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)

You all will be blogrolled on the conclusion of this edition of BAT.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition,  64 blog-a-tonics participated, 63 of them within the stipulated time.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1.ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself.
In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3.  Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

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I participated - http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/RETURN.html

I vote for - 
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

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Replace the parameters highlighted in red with their actual values.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4.  Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

5. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three favourites.
In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

Now coming to the other rules:

• Voting ends at  2200 hrs (IST) on  Sep 12, 2010.
• I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
• After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them. 

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

So, if there is any query about voting or you do not find yourself blogrolled, feel free to drop in a mail. I'll try to get back to you asap.

A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10???

Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics.  Just drop me a mail with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send me that single link).



Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 21:59 and not 22:00 on Sep 12.

Hoping to see similar participation in voting too

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover