Techtree Contest #5 - Innovation

[Pharaoh_]

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Themed!

Innovation
Contestants are to create a whole new race for Warcraft III melee gaming.
There are no limitations in this contest, so try to be as creative as possible!

• No submission may violate any of the site rules.
• If a submission does not follow the map submission rules the creator will be disqualified.
• Your submission must be posted before the deadline. The post containing your final submission must also contain the following:
  • Several screenshots of race in action.
  • The file in the appropriate format.
• You must show at least one unfinished preview of your submission, before the deadline, as proof that it’s yours.
• Your final submission must be bug free enough to test and play.
• Teamwork is not allowed.
  • Finding testers to help you with your submission is not considered teamwork.
• Imports may be used in the map, however they must all be credited.
• The features that may be edited are:
  • Gameplay constants
  • Game interface
  • Object editor
  • Trigger editor
  • Sound editor
• The map's terrain may not be edited. The current four melee races may not be edited; copy and paste the default units you are about to edit.
• Participants must download the (to be provided) template map, edit it and then resubmit it as their entry.
• The resulting map may not exceed 5 MB in size.
• Your submission may not be started before the official launch of the contest.

• First Place: 50 reputation points and a special award icon
  
• Second Place: 35 reputation points
  
• Third Place: 20 reputation points

• Tell us if you want to judge!

Gameplay	How fun the gameplay is; does the race itself offer various features to experiment with?	/10
Balance	How easily can the race stand against the default races? Is it particularly easy to wipe out or too hard to confront?	/10
The Legion	Are the roles of the warriors shared in a flat manner, are they getting too repetitive or each of them plays a unique and significant role in the battlegrounds?	/10
Originality	How creative is the race from every aspect, technical & conceptual?	/10
Appearance	Does the final output look good? How well do the models bind with each other, resulting the proper feel of an actual race? Does it look like a simple race-edit?	/10

• 70 % of the winner shall be determined by the contest's appointed judge(s).
• 30 % of the winner shall be determined by the results of a public poll.

• The contest shall begin on 25th July 2011 and conclude on 4th September 2011, 11:59 GMT

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[Ahimtar]

looks cool, but...
-do we need to create also 4 heroes for that race?
-is the race supposed to be like fifth race in the game? so we cannot use current models (like if i want to create a troll race, i cant use troll headhunter or batrider models because it would be bad when 2 races have the same guy)?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Anything you want, just make sure it follows the judging criteria and the rules. For example if you don't make use of four custom heroes, suspicions concerning the balance will come up. As for the models, Appearance will factor that, but that remains for the judge, speaking of which, I am not sure if I'm joining or judging it.

 

[Skycraft]

Looking forward to see what people do with this. :3

 

[Pharaoh_]

Test map attached & we're ready to roll this :]

 

[mischief123]

what does innovation mean? cuz if I understand it, i'll definately join.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Anything new and inspiring ;]

 

[mischief123]

well i am making a race called ancient treant. can this be entered?

 

[Wraithling]

You can enter any race idea you have, provided you did not begin progress on the race before the contest started.

At any rate the contest has already begun, check it out here http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/arena-226/techtree-contest-5-innovation-200216/