Techtree Contest #6 ~ The Poll

[DSanhueza]

Today I played Part207's Nomads.

Lets start off with the things I didnt like:
The worker is exactly the same as the basic warrior, maybe u should of have made the worker a little bit smaller or somethin?
The Kodo Pack was very usefull but because of that the whole race was kinda overpowered, love the idea though.
The town hall didnt have any upgrades!

Now what I really liked about this race was the whole concept now if I had to vote right now I would have to go with this race, love how you can bring your rescources to those kodos (u should remove gold return tho, lumber return would be good enough) and that they are the "farms" that provide food, excelent idea! The heroes were alright. Buildings were pretty original so like I said if I had to cast my vote right now I would say Part207's idea is the best, maybe is not as good as it could have been with a little bit of more work but still pretty awesome job.

 

[takakenji]

Overlord Ice was my Favorite Race, Wazz Was Just a Fail Attempt At Being funny This is a Serious project and im Ver yddissapoint at the Immaturity present here. Please Stop Everyone

 

[Wazzz]

No I refuse to stop getting votes for my superior entry.

 

[Kingz]

it's more so your whiny approach (no trolling/flaming intended if it comes off as such) that leads to such a negative reaction. I have seen some of your other posts and see it has that same style of you taking things far too seriously and talking of the 'real world'.

If there is one thing i learned so far in life, it's that the people who keep their mouth shut don't ever do anything good in life. It's my opinion and i will share it with everyone if i deem it so. Im sorry if it comes out as whine, guess people are used to others not ever challenging them in these days.

Fact is, in the 'real world', people don't care about non-profit competitions like this one, and the aim is to just have fun. As soon as you get all hung up about people voting for a submission that you, yourself, didn't like (which is how you come across as being), that is when you start making yourself look like an idiot (again, no offence intended) and it comes across as you having something personal against a particular submission.

I care about the fairness of the contest and how it is coming out to the other participants. As i said, i had fun in the project but it pains me to see a possibility of foul play on the contest since all the contestants contributed and made effort to come up with original and fun races.

I feel like if no one else would challenge the fairness of this poll/contest/future contest, eventually no one will care about it either.

The contests sure did change during the past years...

As soon as you get all hung up about people voting for a submission that you, yourself, didn't like (which is how you come across as being)

I just said that i liked other submissions more, yours had a nice idea but real poor execution and there is a lot more effort to be invested in it, which to me doesn't deserve a first place.

I am again sorry if my twisted view of a good quality race as you made it look makes me look like a whiner, but truth being, i don't think im alone in that thinking and the polls have never been so stacked before in any of the contest i participated/viewed.

This will be my last post on this subject, so i would prefer of you not to bring me up as the bad guy here further in your posts.

PS:

that is when you start making yourself look like an idiot (again, no offence intended)

Saying no offence after a clear offence doesn't work in my book.

 

[Wazzz]

it's more so the fact that you say 'i didn't think his was the best, therefore he didn't earn his votes'

saying 'no offence' means you shouldn't take offence

 

[WerePhoenix]

I was unable to make a big table with point, but I will report my feedbacks a bit later.
My vote goes for Xiliger.

 

[clockwork2]

I voted for your gnomish confederacy.

 

[kari0003]

Soo, When is results coming? Im looking forward to it!

 

[Astaroth Zion]

Soo, When is results coming? Im looking forward to it!

Yep, me too.

I really want to know how the judges value every aspect of the races, hehe thats the best way to contrast entries when you are a rookie like I am. Also to hopefully join the TechTree contest #7 with much more experience.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Wait who are the judges anyway?

 

[kari0003]

Wraithling and Pharaoph_ judges.
Wraith has already asked around bout my, and other races, so i guess he is done with at least a part of the job.
Pharaoph is quite busy about other contest, i think that's why he isn't answering this thread.
Lets hope, that judging is already finished, and only a moderator have to approve it to release the results! - Like with Hero Contest #5 (if i remember well)

It would be great to close this contest too, so hive can move on to another!

 

[kari0003]

Sorry for double!!!!!!!

Contest host is not responding :S What to do now?

 

[Freyleyes]

Well, I think that Pharaoph_ might be very busy atm, keeping the hive arena alive and all, give some time, judging maps aint no walk in a park, and I can guarantee you they wont just abandon the contest

 

[kari0003]

Jeah but just a little respond to tell us that judges are still working, or just say that they checked the thread would be nice. Not mentioning i sent Pharaoph_ a PM, and no answer came.

 

[clockwork2]

maybe they're away from the computer?

 

[Vengeancekael]

Well looks like Wraithling is out and Pharaoh_'s too busy to judge this, so I might end up judging this. I think Kobas will also be doing the same, not sure though. ALLEGEDLY.

 

[GhostThruster]

Thanks for announcing this. Now.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Well seeing how I'm gonna be completely during the next few weeks because of tests, I will not be judging this. And also Kobas has told me that he will not be judging this either.
I have found someone who may be able to judge this though, it's just gonna take a while. But you guys shouldn't worry, the results for this will someday be released. I guess you could kinda start the next techtree contest.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

I'm in as a judge, by Kael's request.
Expect the results before the poll ends.

It's a great sight to have a good response at any contest. You can start a thread with idea brainstorming for the next contest, so that you can gather a poll afterwards and run the next contest really fast.

Good luck everybody.

P.S. Am I the only judge?

 

[Wazzz]

you mean a thread like this?

with results like this?

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Sorry for running late, my breast cancer is back again T_T

Results in three days max.

 

[clockwork2]

errr..Too Much Information Apheraz Lucent.

 

[GhostThruster]

That is...not something I would announce on the internet.

Well um...good luck with judging and fighting your disease.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

7 done so far. I must admit that I am a little disappointed of the entry quality.

Why not? I'm not going to hide it or something, I'm proud to be a fighter, and as such, I am already victorious.

 

[Wazzz]

i was blissfully unaware that there are people on the hive with breasts up until this point, too

so, the results will still be scaled 70/30 for judges/public results?

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

I got that 70% in my hands.

This is the first time I actually consider of giving a total score of zero to some participants.

Generally, by what I saw so far, this is a very weak contest.

 

[Kingz]

Why not? I'm not going to hide it or something, I'm proud to be a fighter, and as such, I am already victorious.

I agree.

Anyhow gl with the judging.

 

[GhostThruster]

@Apheraz: I prefer not to discuss personal matters online. That's just me.

@Wazzz: as Apheraz said, this contest was horrible. This was why I sought to prevent you from having a major say in the next contest's theme.

 

[Wazzz]

hey, can't blame poor entries on the theme when the only restriction was the selection of models you could use

bad contestants != bad contest theme

also let's not forget the time constraint that was put in place

 

[GhostThruster]

...yes you can. A bad theme results in bad entries. A bad theme repels contestants. This theme was pretty much 'innovation' + races must look ugly.

Most of the people were already done by the original deadline. and even so Pharaoh extended it by like 4 days. Get owned kid.

 

[Wazzz]

sorry didn't hear you over the 66 voters on that poll i made regarding the next contest's theme

oh i also forgot to mention the lack of awareness for the contest, the noticeboard seems to be an unused feature

 

[GhostThruster]

Getting more attention to a contest doesn't mean the contest's entries will be good. If 66 voters, nay if ppl had a say in this contest's theme, would the entries have been any better? If anything, now more people will criticise you after all the entries suck and your theme fails.

 

[Kingz]

Blaming the contestants for the contests possible failure is dumb.
Without contestants there can be no contests.

The theme was okay and i enjoyed some entries, i enjoyed making mine and am hoping at least my 2 favorite entries get some prize.

Wait for the judge's decision and move on, what is done is done, no point in arguing anymore.

 

[Vengeancekael]

When I read GhostThruster's race's description, I got all excited and was like, woah this is really creative, then in-game it was like what the heeeeell, I think you'll be getting 0 points for balancing from Apheraz.

 

[Wazzz]

@Kingz: interesting twist on my words. what i stated was that if a contestant's entry isn't good, then why should the theme be blamed?

and it's hardly dumb to draw that conclusion if the problem is that people weren't able to produce something noteworthy despite there being other contestants who did produce something noteworthy.

it's like saying that if 9 unfit and overweight people joined a 100 meter sprint with a 10th fit african contestant, then it's dumb to conclude that the contestants weren't really that strong in the sprint other than the afore mentioned 10th contestant.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Stop the argue, right now.

The theme is impressive, as it shows how much you can be flexible when you get the most strict rules of all - not a single import. Everybody can spam models, skins and icons. It takes great skill to work with only internal resources.

It IS possible to make something stunning - you guys just need more creativity.

 

[Wazzz]

hopefully mine was creative enough, bug fixing and tooltips are where i know i was let down, but hopefully the rest is good to go

on the plus side, i have the public polls to fall back on a little bit weeoooo

 

[Kingz]

interesting twist on my words

I am just saying, without any people to compete, there is no contest.
I didn't blame the theme. Saying the theme or the contestants were the fault is wrong, if the theme was bad no one would have joined, if you had no contestants there would be no contest.

Now individuals handle themes on different aproach and that should be respected in any case.

Exclusions do apply, but im talking in general.

Also my statement was meant to stop further argument, not bring more up, it wasn't directed at anyone or anything, it is just an opinion.

 

[GhostThruster]

@kael: eat my poop. Also SAPPER SPAM FTW!

@Wazzz: can't be bothered arguing with you. Your stubbornness is making me go negative in Halo Reach MLG.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Results will be sent in 24 hours.

If I don't see at least three threads for complains, two requests to redraw the contest, one ban request and a hate-group with my name on it, I will start to think I'm not judging this good enough

Sorry for delay, the Icon contest is running and I'm going for a new project (HoMM V - Castle War).

Oh, I used my rating system, which basically gave you a phrase on your map based on amount of points you got, such as "Wrong Contest" (0-10%), "Blizzardlicious" (91-99%), ..., etc (end of thinking capacity).

 

[clockwork2]

If I don't see at least three threads for complains, two requests to redraw the contest, one ban request and a hate-group with my name on it, I will start to think I'm not judging this good enough

lol, and sounds good, I'm just observing.

 

[Wazzz]

i don't really know how it's observational when you haven't actually seen any of it

anyway, i think results may be coming in soon and that will be coooooool (so long as i win bwapbwapbwap)

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Results are up!

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...test-6-no-imports-results-218627/#post2176244

 

[Astaroth Zion]

Results are up!

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...test-6-no-imports-results-218627/#post2176244

GREAT, I can't wait to see them!!!!!!!!