Wait a second.. The POLL ends at 27th of September? I thought that was the last day to SUBMIT your banner, not VOTE for them!
Hands down, this has got to be one of my top three worst weeks I've had in my entire life.
Now that that's out of the way, I'd like to say that I won't be voting for any of the banners since it's hard to pick from the four I like from this batch of banners.
First off, Entry 6 caught my eye the second I saw it. Even though I'm not a fan of Minecraft or Mario in general, I think it's very creative. Sadly the grass, floating blocks, and undersized pipe with the massive pixelated hearts and the even more pixelated shadow behind the vector with the "E" logo at the bottom alongside the black border just made it look like a well-made signature instead of a website banner.
Entry 8 and 10 are rather similar as they have a vector and bold characters beside them with "MLP Forums", and to be very honest, as someone who makes signatures, banners and other things related, I don't know how to create that aura effect that Entry 8 has, which was also seen in the first Banner Contest.
Entry 10 on the other hand has a nice curvy line to it, which is really attractive, but the weird angle of the vector with the drop shadow effect on it kind of ruins it, and if you look closely, the font has these bits and pieces where the font started and ends, which I think is unique, but I personally dislike it.
Entry 9 is actually quite special, and is actually something which we've never seen before, and if the person who created it individually placed the pixel art one by one, then he/she deserves a medal. The only thing that bothers me is the credits at the very top left corner. Even though credits are essential as you're using their work to create something new, I think it should be placed somewhere else that isn't on the banner.
Anyway, I wish everyone the best of luck on winning the competition, and I hope you all had fun creating them, because I had fun (forgetting to submit my banner).