Next modelling contest

Pyritie · Mar 7, 2009

Mr. Bob said:
lAlso, someone said they wouldn't get approved in the model section. Erm...So? I mean, the model section approval rules are severely flawed in my opinion. I mean seriously, not approving a soldier or something because it is 1500polys? That's bull. For heaven's sake. We act like everyone here has the most crappy computers on the planet.

Kinda off-topic, but the poly count guidelines are there because of WC3, not because of peoples' computers. Simply put, if there are too many polies on-screen at one time, WC3 will flip out and start drawing polies all over the place and make a huge mess.

Levithan01 · Mar 7, 2009

Yeha ive had that in extreme LOTR Builder matches, But ihigh polysd are good for rpgs, Very Detailed and you dont oftenget mass units.

Lord_T · Mar 7, 2009

Eeew, Please. Not buildings!

I'm agreeing with DVO on the big monster/little critter idea, or we could replace a unit in wc3 with one that fills the role. Tauren = Juggernaut orc, Rifleman = Archer, that kinda stuff.

Elenai · Mar 7, 2009

Buildings are fun though, and we haven't done them in a long time.

WILL THE ALMIGHTY · Mar 7, 2009

Modern stuff. You know, soldiers, guns, machinery, etc...

Elenai · Mar 7, 2009

Is difficult to achieve 'successfully' for most modelers.

WILL THE ALMIGHTY · Mar 7, 2009

Fine then.

Make aliens. Tripods, alien creatures, anything.

LiOneSS · Mar 7, 2009

I say everyone make a doodad pack with a theme

skrab · Mar 7, 2009

doodad pack is better then modern stuff

WILL THE ALMIGHTY · Mar 7, 2009

Gah, so boring. I thought we already did doodads? Wulf won, I think.

skrab · Mar 7, 2009

That was long time ago

Pyritie · Mar 7, 2009

WILLTHEALMIGHTY said:
Gah, so boring. I thought we already did doodads? Wulf won, I think.

That contest had a large turnout.

Devine · Mar 7, 2009

I guess we can make up the poll now ...
it'll decide.

Gilles · Mar 7, 2009

I like either a building (has to have animations for melee), or a doodad pack.

Linaze · Mar 7, 2009

I would have to say Altars.

skrab · Mar 7, 2009

Gilles said:
I like either a building (has to have animations for melee), or a doodad pack.

You are the arena moderator why don't you start the poll? o.o

Mr. Bob · Mar 7, 2009

Pyritie said:
Kinda off-topic, but the poly count guidelines are there because of WC3, not because of peoples' computers. Simply put, if there are too many polies on-screen at one time, WC3 will flip out and start drawing polies all over the place and make a huge mess.

Are you serious? D: WC3 has a poly limit?

K, well now that that is not an option, I vote for buildings. (Mostly because that is the only type I would ever join. lol)

WILL THE ALMIGHTY · Mar 7, 2009

I think the polygon limit is very high... You'd need to fill the map with a shitload of WoW models for example.

Mr. Bob · Mar 8, 2009

Still, being as how the tower model for daleran or whatever, is 17000 polys, I think we could not make it to where we resent every freaking model that has a poly count of 2000. lol Or a particle count of like 200. Heck, 500 particles really isn't that bad. At all.

This being said, a high quality WC3 model contest would be cool. But, being as how, I love making buildings, I guess that altars would be fine.

Elenai · Mar 8, 2009

Yay for altars!

Kyrbi0 · Mar 8, 2009

Please be altars. That would be so much awexome... As well as a large quantity of win.

Avator · Mar 8, 2009

I might join a modelling contest if it would be high-poly. I just a perfectionist, so it's hard for me to make something I'm satisfied with when it's low-poly xD
Buildings seem like a nice idea, since people usually think of units what talking about modelling.

Just_Spectating · Mar 8, 2009

someones gotta make a treant shrine

all including

-attack animation
-root animation
-unroot animation
-walk animation
-build animation
-stand animation
-stand alternate animations
-stand work animation
-death animation
-decay animation
-spell animation?

Pyramidhe@d · Mar 8, 2009

is this a request or a suggestion?

Just_Spectating · Mar 8, 2009

suggestion

Rizz_Boomer · Mar 9, 2009

hmm seems to be altars...
im fine with it, but i think the idea of music-models more tickling.

ever thought about a morph-contest?
like the druids/alchemist/tinker/headhunter/"these undead things, wich can be upgraded to Destroyers" just an idea

LiOneSS · Mar 9, 2009

I say doodads. :3

skrab · Mar 9, 2009

what doodad theme?

Rizz_Boomer · Mar 9, 2009

why doodads? i want some nice theme wich needs more creativity...
doodads are like... "Hey a Tree!" or "Hey a Rock!" or "Hey a invisible beware-of-the-invisible-signs-sign!"

Elenai · Mar 9, 2009

Doodads are cheap.

Kyrbi0 · Mar 9, 2009

Doodads can be good, and useful and such. I just prefer unit/building/hero models more. And in this case, with so many seemingly-willing modellers on board, I say "Altars" is a great plan. Mainly because we have so few of those.

Slaydon · Mar 9, 2009

Big and Nice Trees, stones wich is really high detailed could be a challenge..

LiOneSS · Mar 9, 2009

skrab said:
what doodad theme?

the theme is "doodad pack" everyone makes a pack of doodads who go together.

Avator · Mar 9, 2009

*sigh*
And what's the doodad pack's theme? (Too obvious question...)

Is it something like Snow, Modern Age, Future, Mountain Area, Forest, or what else?

Slaydon · Mar 9, 2009

Forest = )=)

LiOneSS · Mar 9, 2009

Avator said:
*sigh*
And what's the doodad pack's theme? (Too obvious question...)

Is it something like Snow, Modern Age, Future, Mountain Area, Forest, or what else?

everyone chooses his/her own one.

Elenai · Mar 9, 2009

Sure lets go with the already been done a million times idea...its not like we have a few hundred billion doodads in the UTM already...

FrIkY · Mar 9, 2009

Elenai said:
Doodads are cheap.

Yeah. I'm for... I would like to see altars. Great and useful idea! (If anyone makes Pandaren Altar, then you can have my babiez!!!1)

LiOneSS · Mar 9, 2009

@ Elenai: At least it will make people participate. and try to be less hostile.

Elenai · Mar 9, 2009

Quality over quantity. And ESPECIALLY quality over cliche'd quantity.

LiOneSS · Mar 9, 2009

Contest are about allowing everyone to participate. even people that don't model that well can make doodads. also, who said you need to make rocks and trees? You might as well build huge elven castles and shiz

Elenai · Mar 9, 2009

Because I have a feeling that people are going to vote for whoever makes:

"zomg bloody demon doodads lulz, lotz of firez, n' bonez, LULULULULULULUZ! DARK SIDED STUFFZ!'VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!111!!!11112"

Kyrbi0 · Mar 9, 2009

Hey, let's not fight. It's kind of silly to fight over the theme to a contest on a site dedicated to the modding of a game on it's last legs.

... Woah, that was emo.

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Let's just make it a poll, instead of yelling at each other. Put "Altars" and "Doodad Pack", along with the other ideas that were suggested.

LiOneSS · Mar 9, 2009

Poll's up.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/f233/model-competition-ideas-poll-119949/

Kyrbi0 · Mar 9, 2009

Ah, cool. Thanks.

**All the people who agreed with "Altars" as a good idea, make sure to vote! Make your voice heard!

**

Avator · Mar 9, 2009

I'm completely with Elenai on this one:
1) There are more then enough doodads already
2) Doodads will cause a load of people to participate, spam the contest thread and the rest of the forum with questions, and in the end half of them will quit and the other half will submit a gray box, claiming it's a disguised toaster!
3) Doodads are made way too quick, causing (just like said in my 2nd point) too many crappy submissions, because everyone will think it's a walk in the park.

Pyritie · Mar 9, 2009

Avator said:
2) Doodads will cause a load of people to participate, spam the contest thread and the rest of the forum with questions, and in the end half of them will quit and the other half will submit a gray box, claiming it's a disguised toaster!
3) Doodads are made way too quick, causing (just like said in my 2nd point) too many crappy submissions, because everyone will think it's a walk in the park.

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/f353/modeling-competition-5-poll-39888/

And we had nine entries, none of which were low-quality at all.

Kyrbi0 · Mar 10, 2009

Pyritie said:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/f353/modeling-competition-5-poll-39888/

And we had nine entries, none of which were low-quality at all.

Exactly. It was a great success; but we've already done it. I am of the opinion that we should never have to re-do a certain Contest theme unless we're desperate. As it stands now, we've got plenty of different ideas that people would be willing to do.

It worked, but I don't think many of us want to see a re-do of a contest like this.

Gilles · Mar 10, 2009

Moving this, we have the poll now.

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