>>536747504
I expect some would-be entrants are waiting for the themes to be announced before joining. The gap between the voting ending and entry deadline was intentional, people should know beforehand what themes they are likely to get assigned to make before signing up or backing out if they've already joined and don't like the results.

As of now at 15 entrants, it would be the top five themes being assigned.

>>536747928
Anon, there's only two requirements and you're asking for the one that takes more than ten seconds to be waived. Just make a chub, put those awesome bots up and send the email.