About the Contests

[The Reborn Devil]

Only if you still have TimerUtils in your map. If you want to change to another system you should at least change it so everything uses that system, instead of having 2 systems using f.ex. TimerUtils while the rest uses f.ex. HSAS.

 

[Element of Water]

It's better to have 2 systems using TimerUtils and 3 systems using something else that's the same, than 5 systems each using their own timer attachment system.

 

[Deuterium]

EoW, I don't get what you're saying... how can you use more memory if you're using your own system instead of TimeUtils or whatever?
And all you say makes me feel as if I'm in the 90's when 32MB RAM's were being used vJass created LIBRARIES so that you can make other systems depend on others and all that. You can make 100 of systems using the same timer system...
Well I'm out of this conversation... we're not getting anywhere

 

[Element of Water]

One system for the whole map compared to loads of different systems. The one system is going to use less memory than loads of others. And, why do you think leaks are a problem? They fill up memory, which eventually makes the computer lag. If you fill up memory with loads of different systems running, you leave less space for leaks/other memory maybe used by different programs or other systems or spells within the map.

 

[Eccho]

Why is this debate here? Figure some theme instead...

 

[Element of Water]

Yeah, ok.

Souls
Spirits
Afterlife?
Ghosts

That kinda thing.

 

[Deuterium]

Day/Night spells I actually like that idea...

 

[Saia_Djinn]

yeah me2 and i would be in

 

[Element of Water]

Meh, I can't think of anything to do with day/night...

I guess something like Eclipse. If it's day it's a solar eclipse and something happens because of it, and if it's night it's a lunar eclipse and something different happens.

But that's crap, as is anything else I might think of about eclipse.

 

[-Berz-]

I have an idea for day/night sun/moon strike, like a beam that deals something to the unit, If that will be the theme I'll do something like that =)

 

[Element of Water]

That's a bit boring. What else? Some kind of cool buff/debuff? Maybe during the day the spell is a buff, and at night it deals damage?

 

[The Reborn Devil]

I like physics. But I guess that theme has been used already. Hmm... Maybe a "missile" theme, like making stones fall from the sky, or changing the attack of a unit, or making a shield of rocks or something like that.

 

[Element of Water]

Missile theme is too general. A lot of the spells made for any theme use missiles anyway.

 

[Deuterium]

Well no Day/Night can have some interesting things done... but need alot of creativity. But I have one little question, in a spell competition we only work on ONE spell right? or is it similar to the hero competition where four were made?

 

[-Berz-]

Deu, depends on you, you can make 2 but each takes effect only at specific time, you can make on and replace it when time reaches day/night time... should count as creativity I guess ^^

 

[Deaod]

It's not a contest about who uses f.ex. TimerUtils in the best way.

Its exactly about that. Someone shows an awesome application of already existing code. Thats called pushing the limits.
But instead you want to figure out how to fix the damn bugs in your TimerUtils implementation, i see.

Or it reveals those who got the time and skills to make their own system

If they actually came up with that system, youd have a point, but since theyre just reinventing the wheel, you dont.
If i were to make my own Knockback system, id take Dusks and look at how its made and then reimplement his algorithms. Want to know why? Because i think his system had a lot of application and thus is (nearly) bugless and works the way youd expect it to. Plus a lot more time went into that system than i could spend on a system i need for a contest that lasts one week (or so).

 

[Eccho]

I like physics. But I guess that theme has been used already. Hmm... Maybe a "missile" theme, like making stones fall from the sky, or changing the attack of a unit, or making a shield of rocks or something like that.

I suggested physics once, but I got the answer that you should be qualified to know too much physics to make a spell, or something. But if I were in, I'd vouche for it too...

 

[Deuterium]

Well, yeah the thing with physics is that it needs alot of background knowledge, thus making the contest unfair for a lot of people.

But really, when would the contest be!? Summer is almost over... :s I think it should be decided upon these few days... (by that I mean 1 or 2 days )

 

[-Berz-]

Yeah I have my school in a week so...

 

[Deuterium]

off-topic:
Oh... poor you!

 

[-Berz-]

off-topic*
I'll be drunk everyday again :< 0 n0z :S

Men not anymore, I have my car now and I'll have to drive so...

Back to the topic:

It would be nice if this would start soon like in a week or two. =)

Physics, sounds fun too (better than day/night) and you're less limited when it comes to ideas
And we would see many new creative spells

 

[The Reborn Devil]

School has already started for me .
And about the physics thing:
You don't have to know physics. If we have physics as theme you could make almost anything, as long as it is somehow related to physics. Like, Rain of XXX, Knockback, Jump, Tidal Wave, Whirlpool, Volcano, Bouncing ball, Black Hole, White Hole, Jump pad (inspired by GMod), Cannon or any other weapon etc.

EDIT: I already have an epic idea. And if the contest doesn't start soon I will make it anyway, because I can't wait any more. I have already waited for 4 weeks to make this spell.

 

[Deuterium]

Yeah... mods, what about we start the contest today/tomorrow?

The topics that seem most wanted are:
- Physics
- Day/Light
- Something related to souls

So?

Really we need this contest to start now, otherwise... it'll be too later for some of us to join since summer would have been over, as it's already almost over to some people :s

Thanks!

 

[Saia_Djinn]

yeah thats really true its my 2nd post in this thread but i looked often and waited long time to get a contest started in here =D

 

[Eccho]

Vouche them if you want to see some action

 

[-Berz-]

OK:

Vote, so that you put a number that is standing in front of the theme:

1. Day/Night
2. Physics
3. Spiritual

2. gets my vote.

 

[MistAssass]

I think that the theme is already decided but if its all about voting ...
#2 gets my vote ... that is !

 

[Deuterium]

vouch*

and ummm... none of the spell mods seem to be around :s
any other mod we could contact on the issue?

EDIT:
I go for 1: Day/Night

 

[Element of Water]

I want soul/spiritual - I have a great idea for it!

 

[The Reborn Devil]

I vote for #2

 

[Saia_Djinn]

#2 has my soul 2

 

[Just_Spectating]

physics seems familiar...

 

[Deuterium]

The problem with physics is that it's too general... I mean, I can make a knockback spell, that's physics...
or, missiles spell, physics...
basically anything IS physics

 

[The Reborn Devil]

The problem with physics is that it's too general... I mean, I can make a knockback spell, that's physics...
or, missiles spell, physics...
basically anything IS physics

Not necessarily. F.ex. Life drain, or mana drain, or some kind of curse. Anything related to life/soul etc. isn't physics. I do know that many things are related to physics though. The nice thing about it is that it's not as limited as f.ex. "night". It allows for tons of different spells, which means that maybe more people will be able to join the contest, thus resulting in more competition.

Maybe I should make a poll about this, so the moderators doesn't need to check every post here.

Edit: Poll made. Link: Poll

 

[Deuterium]

Poll.... smarttt and the thing i like about day/night is that it's sort of limited, and this need ALOT of creativity

 

[Saia_Djinn]

So when are we going to start btw ?

 

[The Reborn Devil]

Physics won. So I guess we have a theme?

 

[Lambdadelta]

Physics....... maths is soo hard. And all those physics stuff.

 

[Yixx]

dont whine. Maths is fucken easy,, and so is physics and chemestry and stuff..
But for the theme of Physics you dont need the real equations, for anything that has anything to do with the powers of nature is physics.

 

[Element of Water]

Yeah, but for anything decent, you'll need complicated trigonometry and/or vectors plus a few equations.

 

[The Reborn Devil]

It is possible to make decent spells without vectors and complicated trigonometry. And unless someone here is going to make a physics engine or anything like that, I doubt anyone here would need vectors or complicated trigonometry or other advanced equations.

 

[Deuterium]

Humm well I don't see anything creative about physics, but supposedly that is the theme... I might join... but we need a mod to check on this!!

 

[Element of Water]

It is possible to make decent spells without vectors and complicated trigonometry. And unless someone here is going to make a physics engine or anything like that, I doubt anyone here would need vectors or complicated trigonometry or other advanced equations.

I will . I'm awkward like that...

 

[The Reborn Devil]

I think I'm going to make some kind of physics engine as well XD

 

[Yixx]

Come on! Host this pl0x! D:

EDIT:

Hax!

OMG 1337th post!

 

[-Berz-]

Hax! It happened!

Now someone must host this ^^

 

[Just_Spectating]

who do we have left?

 

[MistAssass]

wrong question ... do we have someone lesft ?

 

[Element of Water]

Maybe hvo, hanky, dsg?

@Yixx

Woah, I'm impressed. Where did you get all those values from?

Offtopic

1337 posts!











Sorry about that - I'm just happy

You copied off what I did when I got 1337 posts!

 

[Just_Spectating]

[more off-topic] im shooting for well over nine thousand [/off-topic]


Is hanky still around?

does he still post here?