Terraining Contest #12: Poll

[M0rbid]

Horror/Nightmare
Create a terrain that gives the chilling horror feel of a nightmare or is just pure horror in itself.

Welcome to the poll for THW Terraining Contest 12 - Horror/Nightmare! Please read through the rules before voting!

ENTRY RULES:

• No submission may violate any of the http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/faq/
• All submissions must follow the current theme. If any terrain does not fit, a moderator or the host will tell you as soon as possible as to avoid confusion.
• Your submission in form of a screenshot must be posted before the deadline.
• You must show at least one unfinished preview of your submission, before the deadline, as proof that it’s yours. Also you are adviced to keep the original map until the contest is over.
• Your submission may not be started/made before the official launch of the contest.
• Judges may not participate.
• Teamwork is not allowed.
• Map may consist of any resource as long a it is public and not ripped or stolen
• Unless a used resource belongs to either hiveworkshop or Wc3 Campaigns, a link to the used resources must be provided.
• No image editing tools may be used to enhance the terrain previews (however cropping is allowed).

VOTING RULES:
1. Each user can only vote once in the poll.
2. You cannot vote for yourself. If a voter has the same IP as the author then the vote will not be counted and it may result in the disqualification of the entry.
3. You cannot create multiple accounts to vote for an entry in the poll. If a voter has been found to be using multiple accounts none of the voters votes will count in the final result.
4. You cannot bribe users for votes. Contestants who break this rule will be disqualified and lose reputation points.

• First Place: 45 reputation points and your entry on the award icon
  
• Second Place: 30 reputation points and an award icon
  
• Third Place: 15 reputation points and an award icon

User	Entry
Oziris	Click
johannesr	Click
Stranger	Click
elredir	Click
M0rbid	Click
Keiji	Click
The_Olorin	Click
-Kobas-	Click
xDeathKnightx	Click
XPQJ	Click
Error_trigger	Click
Chaos.	Click
Marsal2000	Click
Sir_Elendor	Click
De.Facto	Click

• Azurot
• fladdermasken

Judging will be as follows:

Creativity	The creativity displayed in your terrain.	/15
Detail	The detail of the terrain. Impurities in the detail are rough edges, floating trees etc.	/15
Technique	How advanced are the techniques and tricks you have used, and how well have you executed them?	/15
Theme	How well is the theme used in your terrain?	/15

• 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.

Inviting your friends to vote for you, bribing random members with rep and otherwise cheating with the VB poll system will get you DISQUALIFIED, BANNED from future contests, -REPPED, and possibly INFRACTED. So don't do it!

This includes, but is not limited to, sending PMs out to various users, getting other people to send those PMs, advertising this contest on other sites with the intention to gain more votes (whether it is explicitly stated or not), and so on. If you are suspected of cheating, the staff will notify you and interrogate you over PMs.

Happy Voting!

 

[Crazed_seal2]

There are lots of good submissions.

My vote goes to elredir, its dark, its scary and it feels that way. It looks perfectly set up.

Some people did some good work buy I think elredir did the best.

 

[XPQJ]

am i allowed to vote >_>?
cause i like de.facto's work.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

And my top three is:

1. johannesr
2. Keiji
3. M0rbid

 

[Celaquil]

Even though johannesr's terrain has some very stretched and ugly looking textures in the ceiling and the walls,
I find it the most appealing of the ones apparent, especially in terms of reinvisioning the theme at hand.

 

[Oziris]

I'm voting for johannesr. It's simply awesome.

 

[-Grendel]

i voted for johannesr^_^

 

[Mitzui]

johannesr has the "EPIC TERRAIN". He has a nice concept at all

 

[CeDiL]

The top 3 contestants in my opinion are:

1. Keiji
2. Error_trigger
3. johannesr

Congratulations everyone, you've done a great job here, awesome.

 

[Skycraft]

johannesr gets the Sky vote.

 

[Wraithling]

Yeah, congratulations guys, I enjoyed looking at most of the pieces here. But I felt like I'm looking at two distinctively different themes here - the creepiness of a horror scene, and the disbelieving landscape of a nightmare world.

Host, how did these two themes get mixed together? ;D Its pretty hard to vote if I don't know what is the basis I'm voting on.

 

[Adiktuz]

I voted for johannesr... his entry had a really good horrific feel to it... It was a nice idea with a nice execution... ^_^

 

[GunSlinger]

johannesr for sure.
Loved the use of different doodads and the placing was excellent.

 

[supertoinkz]

Entries that contains creepiness....
johannesr
elredir
M0rbid
Chaos.
De.Facto

I'll vote for johannesr.

 

[Vengeancekael]

My vote goes to kobas' entry, I was going for johannesr, but... meh.

 

[Kala]

Voted Oziris

 

[Midnighters]

My vote goes to Chaos., your terrain gives me quite a spooky feel.

 

[Jaret]

johannesr. It was just... hitting the Horror/Nightmare theme the most for me.

 

[Avator]

I voted for elredir. It really gave me the feeling of the creepy ambush-places in Doom 3
If I was able to choose a second place, it would be Marsal2000 for it's nice and creepy lighting ^^
johannesr did not get my vote (I'm explaining because so many did) because the center character was too bright. It took me out of the moment of the dark creepy room. If she had a creepy light shining on her (because of some demonic light-source or an old lamp), it just needed the right shade and it would be good. Also, I would've put something on the floor, because now it kind of looks like the blind janitor passed recently and pushed everything he could touch to the side so nobody would trip over it. Other then that, I still think it was a nice entry Just not nice enough to be my #1

All other contestants also did a great job with their work. I only spotted 2 that were a bit empty/undetailed, which was a bit of a disappointment.

 

[DEAD FiSH]

I voted for de.facto.

 

[fladdermasken]

That's one giant leap for johannesr...

 

[XPQJ]

i would have voted for johannesr along with the crowd but the ceiling scares me in the wrong way ;p

still beats the shit outta my entry tho xD

I love all the different views that are produced from contests, like everyone is doing the same theme, but almost everyone takes a different approach to convey it, not just in different doodads but in complete different styles of terraining.

 

[Arcisal]

Voted for M0rbid. Loved Silent Hill.

 

[xDeathKnightx]

Lol, i wonder who has won this xD

 

[fladdermasken]

Lol, i wonder who has won this xD

The poll only determines 30% of the winner you know. I won the last contest and I had less than half of what Oziris and Cloudwolf had in terms of votes.

 

[De.Facto]

My personal three favourites:

#1 | Chaos.
#2 | elredir
#3 | morbid

.. sooo my vote goes to Chaos.

 

[xDeathKnightx]

The poll only determines 30% of the winner you know. I won the last contest and I had less than half of what Oziris and Cloudwolf had in terms of votes.

Ahh yeah, good point. But still, you have to admit, johannesr's entry, is pretty damn awesome.

 

[Marsal]

Everyone has it's own taste.

 

[fladdermasken]

Ahh yeah, good point. But still, you have to admit, johannesr's entry, is pretty damn awesome.

I won't toss out my oppinions just yet since I'm a judge. I will tell you this though, it's not my first pick.

 

[xDeathKnightx]

Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you were a judge =/

 

[WarcraftHazNinjaz]

I voted for xDeathKnightx... I wonder why everyone is voting for johannesr? O.O... It's great, but I felt it lacked in the theme's point... If it were a video, or a map and not just a screenshot, it'd be awesome. But, the eeriness/creepiness/scariness just weren't what some of the others had promised. :| And the blood & gore in Error_trigger's entry turned me away from it... It needed a little more liquid form, because Blizzard's default blood spatters just look too... ketchup-y?
Well, I guess that's why everyone's entitled to their own opinion...

 

[Adiktuz]

its because everyone's point of view is different... as for me, it gave me the best creepy feeling...

 

[WarcraftHazNinjaz]

its because everyone's point of view is different... as for me, it gave me the best creepy feeling...

That's what I said. I was simply stating my opinion. For some, that was indeed the best. I simply felt that was an image, that should have been a video. There were aspects in all I found served as exceptional terrain, or obstacles with no purpose.
For instance, the blood I mentioned for Error_trigger's. That, coupled with the models used, made me feel that it was more a really twisted food fight, than a courtyard that was overrun by undead. And then again, there was the lighting in Marsal2000's, which really brought his to life. That was my second choice.

 

[Adiktuz]

I just answered this:

I wonder why everyone is voting for johannesr?

^_^

 

[WarcraftHazNinjaz]

I just answered this:


^_^

Mhmm. I apologize if I came off as rude. I was explaining my earlier comment.

 

[johannesr]

Even though johannesr's terrain has some very stretched and ugly looking textures in the ceiling and the walls,
I find it the most appealing of the ones apparent, especially in terms of reinvisioning the theme at hand.

I can barely even see the ceiling myself, guess it's a monitor brightness thing :/

PS: Why is the Terrain contest 12 notice lowercase in the notices and not like the others?

 

[xDeathKnightx]

PS: Why is the Terrain contest 12 notice lowercase in the notices and not like the others?

I was thinking this too, but i thought is was only me :\

 

[Boombladoom]

my vote goes to Chaos. reminds me somehow of lord of the rings and swamp of sorrows from wow

 

[CMarket]

Chaos., hands down. Honestly, I was expecting more from this contest and only Chaos.'s entry lived up to my expectations.

johannesr's entry is good, possibly even second best, but while his entry focus on one room, Chaos. has an entire realm. An oblivion of sorts. Both fit the theme quite well, but in my opinion C's entry shows superior terraining skills.

 

[fladdermasken]

I was expecting more from this contest.

Really? Personally I can't think of a worse theme for a terraining contest. Cards on the table, I didn't like the contest prior to this one either. And gun to the head, I haven't enjoyed a single contest theme so far, but whatever that's irrelevant.

Point being that I really hope we land on a much more open minded theme next time around.

 

[xDeathKnightx]

Really? Personally I can't think of a worse theme for a terraining contest.

I agree =/ Something more, Peaceful, would be easier to do as a picture or something to do with wildlife.

 

[CMarket]

Really? Personally I can't think of a worse theme for a terraining contest.

Ok, I might have said it wrong. I agree that the theme is difficult to create, especially since most terrainers focus on landscape and scenery, but it's also the theme I like the best. But, yeah, it's not one easily achieved using the WE.

 

[Adiktuz]

I don't like the theme either... because horror/nightmare is a pretty vague concept...

 

[elredir]

johannesr's entry is good, possibly even second best, but while his entry focus on one room, Chaos. has an entire realm.

isn't it harder to terrain a small space,because of the limitations of the WE,besides that,imo,closed spaces(like rooms)are a little more fitting for a horror theme because they give you that feeling of"no where to run"

both terrains are great,but both,at least to me,seem unfinished
i for one like Keiji's entry the most

 

[johannesr]

imo,closed spaces(like rooms)are a little more fitting for a horror theme because they give you that feeling of"no where to run"

This.

 

[Adiktuz]

oh yeah, maybe that explains why I haven't felt the horror on those terrains... they're too large...

apperance-wise, I think keiji's was the best on that... but considering the theme, I voted for johannesr... ^.^

 

[CMarket]

closed spaces(like rooms)are a little more fitting for a horror theme because they give you that feeling of"no where to run"

Well, I suppose it's how you look at it. While a room has far less space, there's always the idea that if you escape it (or the building, or possibly even the town) you'll run away from the horror of it. If you find yourself in a nightmare otherworld like Chaos.'s than there isn't really anywhere you can run to get out, it's just delaying the inevitable.

But, I suppose it is a matter of opinion more than anything else

 

[elredir]

well that's the point,hope of survival,if you believe that there is even a very slim chance that you can escape,every moment that endangers your life is horrifying.

while if you know that there is absolutely no chance,you abandon all hope,and thus no longer fear what might happen to you.

But, I suppose it is a matter of opinion more than anything else

totally agree

 

[Adiktuz]

maybe, coz I'll be more horrified if I had no chance of survival... ^^

 

[Marsal]

When will the poll judging end?