The text kills it. The bg and other effects are spectacular. It still is 8.5/10 for me though. Great wall.
the part where the opening in the o's and such looks bad. but i like this wall . p.s. kobe looks high in this pic
I don't like the text on either version, on 1 it's too dark and on 2 the drop shadow is too heavy and it's positioned weirdly, but the rest of the wall is good.