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I'm thinking of making terrain competition, you post your terrain and previously selected judges will judge the top pieces. There would be and entrance fee so the winners could receive a prize. Would you enter or judge this competition. I want to know this before I make a decision to start it. If enough people say yes, I'll make it.

Which would be better a poll to decide the winners of a team of judges? I need to find out what people would want better.

Definantly. Good idea that's been too lnog coming.

We've needed a competition for quite some time. I think we should get a good turn out if its a good subject. I would have hosted one, but I perfer to enter a competition rather than judge it.

OH OH OH CAN I JUDGE?
I like looking at the super cool terrain pictures.

Judge, 'cause I have no way make extended terrain :/

I should probably be a judge because i can make terrain look beautiful as in a map terrain but for modified paint pallet (scmdraft and starforge) i cannot do it.

either... i would enter the contest if i think its something i could win or at least something fun, or i would judge if that seems better...

I'd need judges who know about extended terrian and how it should look the the best peice wins.

I would enter the competition only if it was free-blend custom terrain and of cource... spriteless.

And the quality of blending was the most valuable aspect of the judging.

If not, this is a newb contest, or how about go to Null, and post a threa called, Concept Art Contest.

I'd do either, even though im better at doing the terrain

There will be more aspects of judging other than blends like: Originality, Functionability etc.
And yes, it will be spriteless.

ADDITION:
I need three judges for this contest. If you wish to be a judge PM me. You have to have significant knowledge in terrain so you can judge fairly and accuratly. Remeber, if you are a judge you are ineligible to enter terrain in the contest

i would enter, since i need to up my skills a bit... but if woodenfire enters there'll be no competition

Ninebreaker, your avatar would win this contest.

I disagree here. I think the feel of the terrain would be the foremost judging aspect. If we were making a grotty back ally in some city and someone does a perfectly blended shop that does not give any inclination to being dirty or sullen or what ever else could describe a dirty back ally, I would not judge the peice very high, as opposed to a peice that had slight blocks but gave the perfect impression of garbage laying around and the filth of what lies in a place such as an ally.

And sprite use should be an aspect of judging, not barred completely. Sprites can add to the feel of the terrain.

Well said, brother. Wooden is just full on himself, like the types that go to art college and get a degree in "Graphics art". I'd be willing to participate, I haven't had too many ideas on what to make lately. This forum is getting dusty.

this sounds really fun, ill be one of the judges

yea i can be a judge also. we should also be able to bet on whos going to win also XD gamble gamble yea yea... however being a judge takes out your option of gambling yea good idea we should have one

ill enter can we submit terrain that we already made?

well i think there should be a topic on it.. maybe.. i mean a you know what i mean like

Water Fall

or just like Best Terrain

or twilight i donno something like that. its easier for the judge also

and narrows stuff down

Your comment fails to identify that I indeed included NOT concept art... You are misinformed.

Your comment that you said about "Feel of Terrain" is all good at heart and all, but is not a good reality for when you look at terrain. All good on paper and pencil and tooty fruity with morale n' all, but you lack to consider if it was what i said not a indentifyed terrain piece, but a free-blend that you can create whatever you want. Landscape, Ramp, Bridge, anything you wanted...

Ignorance sadens me.

would you rate higher for something that makes no sense at all for being there but blends perfectly or for something that makes perfect sense in being there but has a few blending problems
blending is not the only factor that makes a terrain good

As does it I, but that is beside the point.

I believe we strive for almost exactly the same goal, you say you seek a terrain blend in which you create anything you want. I say we need to give peices of terrain some meaning besides the simple blends so that they "feel" like whatever we want. I'm not suggesting give up all hope on making something look good, and promoting blockyness or anything. I simply say that given two peices of terrain, that were designed to be some real thing, I would choose the one that more resembles it.
The idea of terrain as a simple tool to expand maps is good, but if you make the terrain surround the whole idea you are trying to present, then it becomse almost something more than simply that. I'm suggesting that we not spend time making complex terrain for the sake of terrain, but for the sake of map making.

I hope that if terrain is entered into a terrain making contest, the skill required to make difficult blends overrides the crude blocky ones that seem to resemble a highway ramp where as the other piece is just an inovative ramp.

I would demand a balanced judging panel for something like this to occur.

I think that you should divid the contest into the two most liked tilesets... Jungle and Twilight and have Concept Art (Mild-Heavy Blockiness + Sprites) and Custom Terrain (Less then 5% Blockiness + No Sprites)...

I could care less if you use Concept Art and Custom Terrain as the names, you could do Newb and Pro if you would profer...



Just some suggestions for the contest. I would hope this gets underway. GL with it.

We should both join the newb catagory! Just for the hell of it.

What if, instead of a free do whatever you want terrian, there was a promt say, just for example, make a waterfall. All who enter must make a waterfall terrain and the judges pick the best ones. This would make it easier on the judges and slightly harder on those who already have good terrian make because maybe they don't have what ever promt the judges pick already made. What do you think about that?

Ok, I have decided on 3 judges, Boyscout, Mp)Marine and Hitok1r1. Everyone I picked expressed an interest in judging. If you no longer wish to judge just say so.
If my idea of a terrain promt is accepted by most it will be you're job to come up with them, any tileset you want. I'm for sprites being allowed but final say will be given to the judges.

Judges should decide on the promt soon and post it tell me.