Phoenix Trial #2 Poll

Phoenix Trial #2


Official Poll



The time has arrived for Hive Workskop judges and voters to determine which arena gladiator has created the most powerful set of command pallete icons.

THE SUBMISSIONS

l0w_kwaliti Originally Posted by l0w_kwaliti Ok, this is my entry, The theme is called "The Conqueror" Gauntlet2021 Originally Posted by Gauntlet2021 Get ready peeps, as your forced to try an entry of Gauntlets Crappy UI. Pyritie Originally Posted by Pyritie THIS IS MY SUBMISSION. Originally Posted by RedBlade I have finished mine. Maybe ill make some changes later. My topic is : Magic Originally Posted by Herio-san This is the final entry for my Goblin Commander icon set. I hope you all enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed making it. Originally Posted by frooker And so, in order to create the most powerful command buttons of them all, I turned towards the liquid soul of the ancient power itself, to forge these mighty weapons: Originally Posted by Scyth-Master Finished... Theme: Infected (28 Days Later) Originally Posted by RED BARON I hope they can be of use to someone... Originally Posted by Dalaran_Guard Okay, well forgot about this until today, so they are a bit rushed. But here they are, I guess. In-game shot within 5 min I hope....

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Judges and voters alike should cast their ballots based upon the following criteria:

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Originally Posted by Wolverabid

Rules:

1. All icons must adhere to the established icon rules.
   
   
2. Active and disabled versions of all icons are required.
   
   
3. No plain screenshots (or shallowly modified) icons are permitted.
   
   
4. The icons must be made specifically for the contest. No previous works are allowed.
   
   
5. Blizzard icon naming conventions must be followed: BTNAttack*.blp etc.
   • Example: DISBTNHoldPositionBlackDoom.blp
   
   
6. Works in progress (WIPs) of the icons are encouraged as they keep the contest active.
   
   
7. The icons must be physically attached to a post when complete. (.blp files only!)
   
   
8. An in-game screenshot must be included with all submissions.

Judging:

• 50% of the score will determined by a public poll. The rest of the score will be determined by one or more specialized judges.
  
  
• Critical judging elements for both voters and specialized judges are:
  • Creativity. The icons' originality and uniqueness are vitally important.
  • Blizzard feeling. Icons should be executed in such a manner that they can be implemented in a Warcraft map and compliment other Blizzard icons.
  • Technical Note. The quality of the icons is the most important thing. They must be detailed yet clear (throwing a lot of elements in a 64x64 image will usually look crowded).

The Judging and Voting Process:

This public poll has opened on 27 July and will close on 10 August, 2007. No one should rely on the above images to make thier decision. Please follow the hyperlinks in the poll or the quotes from the contestants to review, analyze, and test each of the entries. Note: The judging percentages have been slightly modified to place more emphasis on the average user's opinion. 40% of the final vote has been determined by appointed judges. One of those ballots (mine) is being cast in public. The other judges' ballots have also been cast but will be kept secret (as will those judges' identities) until the completion of the public balloting and polling. 20% of the final vote shall be determined by the total accumulated votes of the above public poll. Judges may not vote in that poll. Contestants and all other users may vote once in the poll: contestants can not vote for their own submissions. 40% of the final vote shall be determined by the tally of users who vote in this thread using the included ballot form below. Copy the form in its entirety and paste it as a new post (Reply) in this thread. All Judges, contestants and users may cast ONE ballot for one contestant. Everyone is free to critique more than one submission in their ballot but may vote for only one contestant. Arena gladiators can not cast their ballots for their own submissions. Improperly cast ballots will be invalid.

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Copy and paste the ballot below to vote in this thread.

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[b]I officially cast my ballot for:[/b]


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Creativity:


Blizzard feeling:


Technical Note:


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[b]Comments on other entries:[/b]


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Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for:

Pyritie

6.3/10

Based on the following considerations:

Creativity: 7/10

This was a very creative set of icons. The colors jump powerfully out of the command pallete, grabbing and holding a gamer's attention. Individually, each is interesting and could have a variety of other uses. they work together as a whole somewhat less well as each posesses its own unique character.

Blizzard feeling: 5/10

"Blizzard feeling" is an extremely difficult element to capture or duplicate: trying to outdo the game's original artists is a sore trial indeed. These icons manage to fit the bill fairly well.

Technical Note: 7/10

The detail and clarity of this set of icons commands attention: most powerful and useful!

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Comments on other entries:

l0w_kwaliti
5.7/10
Creativity: 7/10 A good concept; the icons work well together.
Blizzard feeling: 4/10 The red action indicators help somewhat.
Technical Note: 6/10 Rather blurry and indistinct in spots.

Gauntlet2021
4.7/10
Creativity: 7/10 A fine creative theme.
Blizzard feeling: 3/10 Once again, this element is very tough to emulate.
Technical Note: 4/10 Far too dark, especially in the game itself.

Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for:

l0w_kwaliti

Based on the following considerations:

Creativity: 5/10

Not really all that creative, but it's the only entry that resembles typical command buttons and you get a better impression of what each individual icon represents/illustrates. It gets the intended job done fairly well I think.


Blizzard feeling: 3/10

I can only say that the first (Move?) and second icon have a bit of Blizzard feel in it.
The rest kind of sticks out in the crowd.


Technical Note: 5/10

Could use some more work, but it's decent quality.


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Comments on other entries:

Pyritie:
Very creative entry and have a good Blizzard feeling. But it doesn't quite resemble command buttons at all.

Gauntlet2021:
I can hardly see what each icon illustrates.

Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for:
l0w_kwaliti

Based on the following considerations:

Creativity:
8/10
I like the bony looks

Blizzard feeling:
7/10

Technical Note:
This icon looks very sharp and has got depth.
The different icons match eachother and look very nice.
I can easily see what each button means.

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Comments on other entries:
none

Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for:
Pyrite

Based on the following considerations:

Creativity: 7/10

Very creative, but like Archian said, they don't really resemble command buttons.

Blizzard feeling: 6/10

Looks a bit like blizzard I suppose.

Technical Note:
8/10

Needs to get the icons to resemble command buttons more.

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Comments on other entries:

l0w_kwaliti:
I suppose they look decent, but I can not imagine them in wc3. They just don't really fit in with wc3 at all.

Gauntlet2021:
Ok those are some of the most random icons I have seen in a while, I have no idea what they are.

Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for:
fooker

Based on the following considerations:

Creativity: 9\10


Blizzard feeling: 8\10


Technical Note:Technical note: Some just look like recolored blizzard icons, but these sure do give to power of (drunk) force 6\10.

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Comments on other entries:

Gauntlet2021's were kind of neat, but they were to dark to tell what they were very good. Blizzard feeling: 5\10 Creativity: 7\10 technical note: Way to dark 4(or 3...?)\10.

Pyritie: VERY noce icons. Blizzard feeling: 5\10 Creativity: 8\10 Technical note: Some icons dont resemble "stop" or "move" ect very much. 4\10

Herio-san: Creativity:6\10 Blizzard feeling: 6\10 Technical note: Not to detailed..6\10

fooker: Creativity: 9\10 Blizzard feeling: 8\10 Technical note: some just look like recolored blizzard icons, 5\10.

Scyth-Master: Creatvity: 6\10 Bilazzard feeling: 4\10 Technical note: Too Simple 5\10

Dalaran_Guard: creativity: 6\10 Blizzard feel: 8\10 Technical note: Afew look rushed. 6\10

EDIT: I will update this later with details about other ones. :-x

[EDIT by Wolve]

This ballot is valid and the vote has been logged.

Erm, I don't think you should post some of the pictures; either post everyone's or don't post them at all. Besides, my move icon was updated. As well as my screenshot does not show the Attack Ground, cancel, or updated move icon.

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Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for:
Heiro-San

Based on the following considerations:

Creativity:
They're good because they have a very consistant theme, and it's easy to tell which is which.

Blizzard feeling:
It has to have a bizzard feeling? Erm... Blizzard invented these sort of goblins and the zepplins and that sort of stuff... I dunno.

Technical Note:
Very crisp and clear, nice and bright, and I thought you were probably my biggest competition.

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Comments on other entries:
Too busy, perhaps later.

[EDIT by Wolve]

This ballot is valid and the vote has been logged.

Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for: Dalaran_Guard


Based on the following considerations:

Creativity: 6.5/10 I rather liked some of the icons. Very artistic.
Blizzard feeling: 7/10 Quite nice. Not as good of a feeling as Pyritie's, but they DID fit in with any magic-user, as fireball and such look good next to it.
Technical Note: 5/10 The "Hold Position" button... nice way to put the message across, but also sort of looks like they're literally cementing their feet to the ground >.<.


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Comments on other entries:
Sorry Pyritie, but my vote goes to Dalaran_Guard. I thought they were quite nice, but the real put-down on yours, Pyritie, was the stop/Move button. I really don't see what a leaf has to do with anything.
As for everyone else. good job on your entries! I agree with Wolvera on the fact that Gauntlets is too dark, l0w's I found an icon or two hard to make out, Heiro-san's did not fit in with Blizzard, RedBlade's mage was indistinct at times, The attack, stop and Hold Position in frookers you couldn't make out at first glance (Which is vital when you're actually playing, because there has to be a small learning curve, and its no use to have the player confused at what buttons mean in the middle of a battle), and Scyth-Master, some of the buttons had very low detail (i.e. Whats that thingy in patrol?).

Apart from those criticisms, the rest of the entries were quite nice!

[EDIT by Wolve]

This ballot is valid and the vote has been logged.

Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for: Dalaran_Guard.


Based on the following considerations: I like his icons the most.

Creativity: 6/10 - Ok, nothing too wavavoom.


Blizzard feeling: 9/10 - Nice, fits in good.


Technical Note: 8/10 - Looks well made I guess. Could prove usefull.


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Comments on other entries:

[EDIT by Wolve]

This ballot is valid and the vote has been logged.

Scythe Master, your icons were abominations. They are terrible.

Kwilati gets my vote. And fuck the form, I don't base on criterias.

On 10th Aug closing? That's when I'll be back from my vacation! I'll be out of touch on the votes.

Anyway....

Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for:
Herio-San

Based on the following considerations:

Creativity: 9\10 Quite unique Icon set

Blizzard feeling: 10\10 Totally fits within WC3

Technical Note: 7/10 Some of the icons look unclear to me

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Comments on other entries:

Pyritie: Blizzard feeling: 5\10 Creativity: 10\10 Technical note: Artisticly done, but by me, they wouldn't fit Blizz

fooker: Blizzard feeling: 2\10 Creativity: 5\10 Technical note: Hmmmm, no comment on this one

Scyth-Master: Blizzard feeling: 2\10 Creativity: 5\10 Technical note: They kinda..... ummm... don't look good.

Dalaran_Guard: Blizzard feeling: 9\10 Creativity: 6\10 Technical note: Goes well with Blizz icons, but not very clear

RedBlade: Blizzard feeling: 5\10 Creativity: 7\10 Technical note: They look kinda wonky

Gauntlet2021: Blizzard feeling: 7\10 Creativity: 8\10 Technical note: They look good, but yet unclear.

[EDIT by Wolve]

This ballot is valid and the vote has been logged.

Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for:

Herio-San

7.3/10

Based on the following considerations:

Creativity: 9/10

The idea of a goblin set of commands is very unique and uncommon, helped furthermore by the explosives they carry.

Blizzard feeling: 5/10

It's obvious the artwork does not fit like a glove with other Blizzard artwork, but that's a hard job to do. Gotta cut you some slack, eh?

Technical Note: 8/10

For the most part, it's easy to recognize the commands, and it, of course, looks great.

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Comments on other entries:

l0w_kwaliti
6.3/10
Creativity: 4/10 We've all seen the metal plate armor before.
Blizzard feeling: 6/10 Meh. The artwork isn't Warcraft-esque, but which one of these here is?
Technical Note: 9/10 It's rather pretty nonetheless.

Gauntlet2021 (Agreed with Wolverabid on all 3 subjects)
4.7/10
Creativity: 7/10 A fine creative theme.
Blizzard feeling: 3/10 Once again, this element is very tough to emulate.
Technical Note: 4/10 Far too dark, especially in the game itself.[/quote]

[EDIT by Wolve]

This ballot is valid and the vote has been logged.

Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for:
Herio-san



Based on the following considerations:

Creativity: 9/10 - It had loads of creativity with the goblins, and the images within the icons.


Blizzard feeling: 8/10 - It very nicely fits blizzard but is more sharpened and cartoony.


Technical Note: 8/10 - Pretty easy to tell what they are, except for like 2 icons.


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Comments on other entries:

Pyritie:
Creativity: 10/10 - Very Creative
Blizzard feeling: 5/10 - Hardly blizzard type.
Technical Note: 7/10 - Kind of hard to tell what they are

l0w_kwaliti:
Creativity: 8/10 - I like the medival creativity
Blizzard Feeling: 7/10 - It is not all that blizzardy
Technical Note: 8/10 - A little blurry but easy to tell what they are

Gauntlet:
Creativity: 7/10 - Pretty creative
Blizzard Feeling: 3/10 - It doesn't look much like Blizzard's works
Technical Note: 3/10 - Kind of hard to tell what they are and it looks strange and low quality.

Redblade:
Creativity: 5/10 - Magic is pretty predictable and vague
Blizzard Feeling: 4/10 - Doesn't amount up to Blizzard's works
Technical Note: 5/10 - Kind of hard to tell what they are and it is low quality. Also, the human looks weird.

Frooker:
Creativity: 9/10 - LOL!! I love it!
Blizzard Feeling: 10/10 - Completely Blizzardy
Technical Note: 5/10 - Some are just recolors and not that creative. You were so close to winning my vote! I like the glove you got though... But sadly you didn't make it. :p

Sycth-Master:
Creativity: 6/10 - I guess it is kind of creative,
Blizzard Feeling: 4/10 - Doesn't look like Blizzard that much.
Technical Note: 1/10 - Some are just simply plain, blurry, ugly, non-creative, and easy to do in PAINT!! (That is one heck of an insult, especially if you have Photoshop or GIMP or Paint Shop)

Dalaran_Guard:
Creativity: 7/10 - Pretty creative, but I don't know the theme.
Blizzard Feeling: 10/10 - Extremely Blizzardy
Technical Note: 7/10 - Kind of hard to tell what some of them are. Also, it looks kind of predictable.

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Good job to all contestants!

[EDIT by Wolve]

This ballot is valid and the vote has been logged.

Phoenix Trial #2

OFFICIAL BALLOT

I officially cast my ballot for:

Herio-san

Based on the following considerations:

Creativity: 10/10 - Very Creativ and well made, only problem would be that they only are usefull for some maps..

Blizzard feeling: 6/10 - Cartoonish and more real looking..

Technical Note: 9/10 - Easy to tell which is which, only thing is the skill icon, which is lesser then the others.

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Comments on other entries:

Pyritie:
Creativity: 10/10 - Creative, have no mach in Blizzard
Blizzard feeling: 2/10 - As said aboce, nothing similar to Blizzard
Technical Note: 5/10 - Problems of knowing which icon is which, but nicely made.

l0w_kwaliti:
Creativity: 8/10 - I like the medival creativity
Blizzard Feeling: 9/10 - Very Close to blizzard, just giving them an good update.
Technical Note: 8/10 - Difference betwhen them is good, only thing is that attack icon somehow doesnt fit the rest.

Gauntlet:
Creativity: 4/10 - Not that creative, to icons are the same just rotatet.
Blizzard Feeling: 2/10 - Not similar at all to Blizzard, very dark
Technical Note: 2/10 - Some of them are clear to tell what are, others are not. Quality isnt that great.

Redblade:
Creativity: 5/10 - Seen before, but okay
Blizzard Feeling: 5/10 - Have a little to do with Blizzard.
Technical Note: 6/10 - Some of the icons are low quality, others, like the stop hand are well made. The holdposition isnt clear, hard to tell what it is. Attack icons isnt that powerfull looking.

Frooker:
Creativity: 8/10 - Nice ones, only problem for creative is that 3 of the icons isnt changed much...
Blizzard Feeling: 10/10 - Fits well with Blizzard, (some too much)
Technical Note: 5/10 - As said 3 are close to same as normal ones. Easy to tell difference, except for the stop icon.

Sycth-Master:
Creativity: 3/10 - Not realy creative...
Blizzard Feeling: 3/10 - Not at all similar to Blizzard
Technical Note: 1/10 - Very Very low quality, wierd spaces on some of them. Very hard to tell which icon is which.

Dalaran