Mark Rosewater announced via Twitter that the Top 8 for the Great Designer Search is now locked in, all competitors should know by Monday and they will be announced the general public on Wednesday. Here is his original tweet:
The #GDS2 Top 8 is locked down. Everyone will know their fate Mon. (No access to the emails to do it any sooner.) World will know Wed. - 10/30/2010 8:37pm EST
The panel who picked the Final 8 is made up of: Mark Rosewater, Aaron Forsythe, Ken Nagle, Alexis Janson, Mark Gottlieb and Mark Globus. Nagle, Janson and Globus were all competitors in the previous Great Designer Search.
The show will begin on Nov. 10th after the first design tests are judged. On that day the first design challenge will be revealed.
The #GDS2 "Show" starts a week later on 11/10. The design tests get judged and we reveal the first Design Challenge. - 10/30/2010 9:11pm EST