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[Just_Spectating]

still didnt do the toggleable one yet

 

[PurplePoot]

Rawr, waiting on feedback!

 

[wd40bomber7]

still didnt do the toggleable one yet

I'd like toggle-able as well.

 

[Just_Spectating]

put my name on the list for Toggleable

 

[Dil999]

/toggleable!

BTW, Why not try to start this sometime before this coming sunday/monday (I think that is when they usually start) If you start it tomorrow you can give us all two extra days of work- I am usually stuck finishing the entire spell in 2 days because I have too much schoolwork.

 

[Just_Spectating]

heres another idea, bounce?

 

[wd40bomber7]

Oh @*#$ no more physics please. Lets just go with toggleable.

 

[donut3.5]

I think by bounce he meant a spell that hits one target, then another, like chain lightning.
--donut3.5--

 

[wd40bomber7]

Oh! Hmmm, maybe that wouldn't be so bad. However I'm still keeping my vote as toggleable. Though maybe after toggleable we'll go with bounce.

 

[Just_Spectating]

my ideas are victorious!

another? chain events? or complementary spells?

 

[Dil999]

/me changes his mind and votes chain (bounce). I would have a huge advantage considering that I have already built and rebuilt a chain lightning system

 

[wd40bomber7]

Read the rules from past contests. You wouldn't be allowed to use that system unless you entirely rebuilt it after the contest started.
@Purplepoot
I am so ready for that spell contest. Please start it!

 

[PurplePoot]

Yeah, wd, it starts today

Kay, it shall be up shortly. Just gotta select the theme and all.

And wd, he means he would be experienced in making them.

Kay, the verdict is... Bounce! Toggleable will be next.

 

[Just_Spectating]

awsome, i just named 3 victorious ideas

 

[PurplePoot]

Now get off your ass and win one

 

[Just_Spectating]

u should link the contest in this forum cause its easier for others to get into this forum to name ideas too and also to check every contest that has run

 

[PurplePoot]

Ah, that's a good idea, I could link them by the used themes being links to the contests they were used in.

I'll get around to it some time.

 

[Just_Spectating]

another idea,

complement spells

u make 2 spells at least, where one of those spells will be complementary to the other spell or any other spells the hero has

(e.g. first spell : poisoning strike, (Passive/maybe casted) stacks up to 5 times. second spell : poison death sentence, when casted, poisoned units will take 75 damage for each stacked poison the unit has. Will remove poison buff.)

 

[PurplePoot]

The general term for that is Synergy, but as to this...

Maybe for Zephyr (probably not), and definitely not for the Mini-Contests (one spell per, only)

 

[Dil999]

How about a theme based around a race? Example, the theme is Goblin spells, etc.

Another theme idea: Rage.

 

[Just_Spectating]

i like the race idea but the theme judging would be hard to determine if the spell really is what its supposed to be

 

[Herman]

Physics!!!

I Heart Physics

Surprised nobody suggested that

I realize physics covers just about everything, so it should be something involving complex formulas that produce really cool looking effects

Ex. A simple projectile that orbits around an axis, the axis being the line between the attacker/caster and the target

Or multiple projectiles spinning at the same time (like a TripleShot)
Or just more than one shot being fired on that orbit path thing

Or a combo of both

OR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!!! *cough* quadratics *cough*

 

[Just_Spectating]

its not really a topic, all these spells have some physics in them

 

[Herman]

Hmmmmm

I suppose they do

More so they "could"
I guess maybe if "Physics" was a theme, the physics part of the spell would have to be far more profound than the other spell types, and a requirement

 

[wd40bomber7]

Purplepoot, I seriously suggest increasing the points in each category so that there are less ties.

 

[XieLong]

Or you could give half and quarter points, serious

 

[wd40bomber7]

Or you could give half and quarter points, serious

Agreed. Perhaps we should draw up a rubric to make it easier to grade on an expanded scale? Not that I don't trust purplepoot's judgement

 

[PurplePoot]

I'm not sure I like that... there have only ever been (two?) ties, both times with spells which were (IMO) very similar in quality, and with more points... it may just cause nitpicking, which no one ever likes.

Maybe we could try that out for the next contest, though.

A rubric sounds like a great idea, though!

 

[Just_Spectating]

double the points

 

[Herman]

I f*ckin hate rubrics

If you have to make a rubric please for the love of god make it with definite differences between points


Every time I do a project with a rubric, I do awful because every single part of the rubric could be applied to my project, at which point it depends not on how well it was made, but how much the teacher likes me

I hate English class

 

[Just_Spectating]

another idea if not already done


Elemental
as in, each element is a contest


Water spell
Lightning Spell
Earth Spell
Ice Spell
Fire Spell
Darkness Spell
Light Spell
Wind Spell
Nature Spell

 

[Razorbrain]

Intelligence theme?

"Changes the "smart-ness" of the affected, making certain things happend to the affected" is the idea

 

[Matrix]

im late. i was going to give almost the same as Just_Spectating did.
Fire/Nature/Water/Ice

 

[Metov]

whens the next contest?

and for an idea... mechanical something-or-other

 

[DiscipleOfLife]

A Lot + Rapid

Whatever the spell does, it does it many many times during a short time period.
However it must not look like anything gradual or smooth.

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Charge

The spell must take a moment to charge before taking full effect.

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2

PurplePoot tosses a few coins and randomly chooses two different theme suggestions from the theme idea list.
The spell must comply with both of these themes.

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On Death

The spell must be triggered upon the death of a unit (be it generic or specific).

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Ultimate

The spell must be approximitely as useful and powerful as a regular melee ultimate.

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Critter

The spell must involve critters, as special effects, targets or anything you can come up with.

 

[PurplePoot]

The spell must be triggered upon the death of a unit (be it generic or specific).

Seems interesting.

The spell must involve critters, as special effects, targets or anything you can come up with.

Chicken Stampede

The spell must be approximitely as useful and powerful as a regular melee ultimate.

A little (err, way) too vague, IMO.

PurplePoot tosses a few coins and randomly chooses two different theme suggestions from the theme idea list.
The spell must comply with both of these themes.

<3

The spell must take a moment to charge before taking full effect.

Very nice. (Next contest, maybe? Seems like an interesting idea!)

Whatever the spell does, it does it many many times during a short time period.
However it must not look like anything gradual or smooth.

Hrm... not sure on this one.

Next contest...

Either today (unlikely), or next Monday.

 

[Herman]

Last Part

For the multiple times thing, I think he means something along the lines of a spell similar to multi-slash (i think it's called that),

Where the unit moves from place to place, while an attachment model with a tail moves with him, making it look like the unit moved all over the place, slashing down anything it touched

Each "slash-move" would be considered the effect that is done sporadically



Something that happens multiple times, but each occurence is seemingly completely random (cluster bombs that come in waves, each wave can be from .2 - 1.2 secs apart, each wave has 1-3 bombs, etc.)

 

[Just_Spectating]

^(above) Spam much?


ah, i see he's banned..



how about physical?

 

[PurplePoot]

Spam dealt with.

To Herman: I know what he meant, what I mean is that I'm not sure whether I like it or not. Thanks for that, though

Physical? Hmm, possibly, but it would have to be a little strict in some areas (goes through magic immune, stopped by ethereal, etc).

 

[Herman]

Uhh

When's the next contest gonna be??

Also, I am working on a footies map with 20 races (5 per team, each team has a general genre)

I already defined the races, although didn't put any units in yet, but perhaps one of the contests could be geared towards a specific race (I'd prefer a hero spell, but unit spells would be ok, as I plan on making the map somewhat macro intensive)

Here are the race names and their town hall names, and here is the map if that isn't enough

Races:
(Humans)
-Lordship.The Lord's Kingdom
-Order of The Light.Great Temple of the Light
-Dwarves.Dwarven Empire
-Dragon Riders.Dragon Hatchery
-Blood Mages.Battle-Mage Box of Wonder
(Orcs)
-Orcish Horde.Orcish Great Hall
-Ogres.Ogre Sacrificial Altar
-Goblin Tinker's.Tinker's Workshop
-Tauren.Tauren Shrine
-Trolls.Troll Tent Camp
(Undead)
-Skeletal Army.Citadel of Complete Darkness
-Black Scourge.Scourge Interplanar Portal
-Vampyres.Vampyre Tomb
-Cult Warlocks.Sanctum of The Condemned
-Possessed Treants.Possessed World Tree (original I know)
(Forest)
-Elves.Elven House of Ritual
-Treants.World Tree
-Furbolgs.Furbolg Earth-Stone
-Stone Giants.Artifact of Conscious Animation
-Druids.Mysterious Power Source

 

[Just_Spectating]

is there a DPS theme?

 

[Herman]

What does DPS stand for?

 

[Just_Spectating]

Damage Per Second
(otherwise known as DoT=Damage over Time)

 

[Herman]

Ah

I see, I don't think there is

That would definitely be a good one

 

[Just_Spectating]

hehehehe hahahaha hohohoho HA

i got more
hmmm how about Autocasting

 

[Herman]

You cheating whore

He's gettin sooo many!!! GAH

and I don't have one ><

 

[Just_Spectating]

more more more!

any MELEE spell

 

[-Berz-]

Pure Rage? Pasive?

 

[Just_Spectating]

a spell you need to spam in order for it to be good.

 

[PurplePoot]

What about physical, and start it Tuesday morning (So I can get input from you guys)? (Tomorrow where I live)