Terraining Challenge - Barrens

[Rui]

As I said, the Barrens tileset of the Terraining Challenge would come to an end today. This time I decided to fully enforce the rules and make the thread more organized. I'm sad that out of more or less 40 participants, only 5 made submissions. The rest either lost interest or simply didn't complete the requirements of 2 WIPs and at least 1 final screenshot.

Good luck to all the participants.

Barrens Tileset Screenshots

creyzi4zb12 has submited 3 final screenshots. Click here to view his submission.

FGRaptor has submited 3 final screenshots. Click here to view his submission.

Herio-San has submited 3 final screenshots.

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Jaakko has submited 3 final screenshots. Click here to view his submission.

Numeror has submited 3 final screenshots.

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And please this time don't vote for yourself, will make my work harder.

 

[Rui]

This time I'm voting for Jaakko. I loved the third image. Good job.

 

[Dalaran_Guard]

Hmmm.... toughie, but I vote for Raptor. I really like some of the structures that he came up with; they showed some real innovation and talent. Good job to everyone else as well; all the submissions were great!

 

[Chaos Overlord]

I had to vote for Jaakko. This is so stupid, but I really REALLY like his second pic for some reason.

 

[Dalaran_Guard]

This is so stupid, but I really REALLY like his second pic for some reason.

Ya, I'll second that. There is something there that I just can't put my finger on, but it makes for a great pic in any case...

 

[Denu]

I think everyone did theirs either too bland or too cluttered but Jaakko's 2nd is just right.

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

I voted for jaakko too, I liked the camera positions and backrounds in all of them, as well as some other things I liked about it.

 

[Jaakko]

I guess I'm voting for Raptor.

And thanks, I'm so happy now. I just came from my summer cottage. And that Pandaren interface too... ^^

 

[creyzi4zb12]

I guess I'll vote for Jakko too. I liked the third pic, kinda made things a bit orcish.

 

[r0x_yo_s0x]

Jaakko got my vote. I love that 1st pic.

 

[Jaakko]

Wow, your first post on the site? Cool and thanks. ^^
You might want to introduce yourself here.

 

[2-P]

I despise those Orc Fortress doodads, nobody tried to make a purely natural terrain.

 

[demonsofdante]

Agreed, 2-P. I was going to make a landscape but I figured everyone would vote for a fortress before anything else, so i switched mine (and never finished).

 

[Rui]

It seems you are the one who's going to win this tileset, Jaakko.

 

[Pyritie]

I voted for creyzi4zb12 since I think that fortress has the most detail and just looks very cluttered, like a real city.

 

[creyzi4zb12]

yay!! tnx a lot Pyritie!!

 

[Arab4life]

Crezy got my vote,

FG Raptors literarly stands out, not much backround, the fortress is nice though. But it just looks like a fortress standing in the middle of no where alone. Still nice.

Herio-sans first 2 pictures were way too dull, it looked un-finished. But the canyon was really good.

Jakko's was awsome, but it looked too much like a fortress then a barren, i think you should have entered that in the fortress competition.

And Numerors has too much vegatation and plants, it removed the barren look from it, i think you should have lessened the vegetation.

Crezy had a good mix of Barren look, back round, and its not a fortress, but a country side market place. Some vegatation but not too much. I see why everyone likes Jakko's, its great, but un balanced, too much fortress and not enough Barren look.

Thats why Crezy gets my vote. Gj everyone.

 

[Ratherion]

I went with Crezy for about the same reasons, I found the city-ish look much more attractive than the fortress, it gave more room for creativity, which he took full advantage of.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

I'll go with crazy. It has a nice city feel to it, even though it wasn't all that organised and seemed a bit messy.

None of these stand out really, apart from the one with floating rocks. Everyone made a fortress, and it was pretty much all similar, same doodads, same idea. Prety much no one thought of an original concept.

That, and most lack "atmosphere".

 

[Ratherion]

Yea, but then again the barrens are very... barren... not that much room for implementation in a dessert.

 

[Jaakko]

None of these stand out really, apart from the one with floating rocks. Prety much no one thought of an original concept.
That, and most lack "atmosphere".

In my opinion floating rocks belong only to Outland. Then what would have been an original terrain?

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

In my opinion floating rocks belong only to Outland. Then what would have been an original terrain?

Point is, he inovated, even though it would have been better with a back story. People could have made other things than a fortress/orc city. It might have taken a while to find something but it would have been worth the effort.

Perhaps a rainy day on the Barrens? It doesn't happen often, obviously, but it happens at least once in a while, else there wouldn't be much vegetation. it would have had some nice atmosphere.

Or maybe an Oasis? Or a Tauren encampment on top of a high hill/mountain overlooking a large landscape?

 

[Ratherion]

Even that is not that origional.... I liked mine ALOT, a city dangling inside of a volcanic crater supported by chains, untill i realised just how long it was taking to elevate every single doodad up the map, so I had to drop it, I might try again on the Black Citadel one though.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Even that is not that origional.... I liked mine ALOT, a city dangling inside of a volcanic crater supported by chains, untill i realised just how long it was taking to elevate every single doodad up the map, so I had to drop it, I might try again on the Black Citadel one though.

Awesome idea...

It doesn't have to scream "HOLY SHIT NO ON ELSE EVER THOUGHT OF THIS!" for it to be original. Just something people won't expect.
For example, anything else than an orc fortress.

 

[Jaakko]

But keep in mind that originality forms only 1/5 of the total evaluation.

 

[Ratherion]

True, true.... but if you have something more origional you can do things with the terrain that make yours stand out, make it more memorable. I mean a perfectly designed and layed out/spaced Night Elf town is all very good, but can it beat something along the lines of a Dwarf Citadel Of Beer?

 

[creyzi4zb12]

rex

HE!! My idea in the first place was a "monstrous rock elemental emerging from the barrens and a city on its shoulders"....But I gave up...to hard.

 

[Ratherion]

That would have been... awsome... you could have constucted the elemental out of rock doodads to put it into a crouching pose.... woa

 

[Jaakko]

I'm just wondering that what are happening to the votes? I'm sure I had one vote more at one point and Herio had one too.

 

[Ratherion]

I never remember seeing Herio with one, oddly.

 

[creyzi4zb12]

Don't get me wrong. Herio's idea was the best so far as I've known. It's just that the terrain was too plain. Either it needed more doodads, or the rough elevation should've been applied.

 

[Jaakko]

I never remember seeing Herio with one, oddly.

I'm sure I saw a post from wand mirror and one vote for Herio, but I can't find the post anymore.

 

[Rui]

The poll is closed. Jaakko clearly won this one!

And I'll take this moment to announce that the next tileset is Dalaran!