Creative Universe Art Contest #3

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Dave Toome wrote: And Syklon has demonstrated very well that XTM sector/ship can
look better than the vanilla (most of the time).
I think it's a matter of an opinion.
Dave Toome wrote: On balance I would vote yes, but there's already a thinnish coverage
of categories, so maybe not .... dither dither.
That's right, if we ban/move Syklon, we gonna lose a good contributor :)

Dave Toome wrote: Also I was thinking an animations category, trouble is with biggish downloads ?
short videos? of what?
Dave Toome wrote: Perhaps we should have a running 'Contests Score'
Actually, I am keeping a record of who won when - at the bottom of the page.
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Post by enenra »

Congrats to all winners. :)

And it seems like I have to make some more screens... I used up almost all of my best ones. :D
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fiksal wrote:That's right, if we ban/move Syklon, we gonna lose a good contributor :)
I'm fine with whatever you guys feel you need to do, as I do understand some may feel that I have an unfair advantage since I'm one of the few people that can enter XTM 0.7 shots.

That said I would like to point out my shots don't just pop out of thin air, I tend to take anywhere from 5 to 50 screenshots of a single subject and then pick the best ones, so a fair amount of effort goes into each shot to make sure it shows off what its supposed to. :wink:
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Syklon wrote: I tend to take anywhere from 5 to 50 screenshots of a single subject and then pick the best ones,
Yep, I agree. X3 by itself, is a good looking game. But it takes effort to take a good looking screenshot. Same applies to modded games.

I personally look at the overall composition, and not just pretty colors.
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fiksal wrote:I think it's a matter of an opinion
The votes have spoken :)
fiksal wrote:if we ban/move Syklon
Wasn't even thinking ban :o , but possibly a 'mod category',
re-thinking probably best not to spread it too thin.
fiksal wrote:short videos? of what?
I meant pre-meditated creations of game action, not like 'right shot at the right time'.
Something as good as trailers for certain mods Roguey, XFP, XTM (etc),
but probably not as polished or with audio, or as simple as a few dozen frames.
I think FRAPS is the 'cheapest' in-game vid maker, but even coarser/simpler is just
pressing F12/PrtScr repeatedly & stitching together with eg Jasc Animation Shop
(eg like my 'set them free spacefly' anim, it's a bit rough & jerky, but its fun).
Not sure how many players would bother to enter though :(
fiksal wrote:I am keeping a record of who won when - at the bottom of the page
Doh, I read that & forgot it was there, but there's no 'running score'....

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Syklon..........6
DSE [ITF].......5
Dave Toome......4
western.........1
SymtTec ltd.....1
fiksal..........1
jlehtone........1
correct me if that's not right, or maybe that a bit too competetive...
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fiksal wrote:
Syndrome wrote:Yay! I was the runner up for the sector screenie :D
These are your scores then: 6 0 7 4 5 7 6 2
(if you noticed I count vote for your own as 0)

Syndrome wrote: I don't think we should allow mods to be part of the screenshots personaly.
modded games?

if enough people feel that way, the modded game can be its own category
Syndrome wrote: Anyways. When's the next comp?
right after I get comments about categories/contest. What to add/remove/keep.
Right, so I did make an imbarasing mistake. I mean, ha! I was just testing you :wink:

I kinda realised that you never actually showed the runners up a bit later. So at first glance and if I have everything strait by now (which I probably don't), I'm guessing number 3 would be the runner up.
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Dave Toome wrote: Wasn't even thinking ban :o , but possibly a 'mod category',
re-thinking probably best not to spread it too thin.
Hehe :)
Not sure yet. If to think about, none else is posting modded, if we create a separate category.
Dave Toome wrote: I meant pre-meditated creations of game action, not like 'right shot at the right time'.
Well it could be something. Would you rather have a separate category or post under Cinematic?
Dave Toome wrote:correct me if that's not right, or maybe that a bit too competetive...
ok :)
Syndrome wrote: Right, so I did make an imbarasing mistake. I mean, ha! I was just testing you :wink:

I kinda realised that you never actually showed the runners up a bit later. So at first glance and if I have everything strait by now (which I probably don't), I'm guessing number 3 would be the runner up.
hehe good :)


here are scores with totals:
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X3 Combat :
1:00 1 3 0 1 4 1 4 6 | 20
2:00 6 5 4 2 7 6 6 3 | 39
3:00 7 4 3 5 6 0 5 7 | 37
4:00 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 8 | 17
5:00 0 8 6 6 3 7 7 4 | 41
6:00 5 7 7 7 5 3 3 2 | 39
7:00 3 6 5 4 0 4 8 5 | 35
8:00 4 2 8 3 2 5 2 1 | 27

X3 ships :
1:00 4 2 0 1 4 4 1 9 | 25
2:00 7 3 8 5 8 1 3 4 | 39
3:00 5 7 5 3 3 0 5 6 | 34
4:00 3 6 7 0 5 7 4 3 | 35
5:00 1 4 2 2 2 3 0 1 | 15
6:00 8 8 9 7 7 8 8 5 | 60
7:00 0 9 6 4 1 6 7 2 | 35
8:00 6 5 4 8 6 2 2 7 | 40
9:00 2 1 3 6 0 5 6 8 | 31

X3 Sector :
1:00 5 4 0 3 7 3 3 6 | 31
2:00 4 6 3 5 6 4 4 5 | 37
3:00 3 2 4 1 2 2 2 7 | 23
4:00 7 3 5 0 4 5 1 3 | 28
5:00 2 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 | 13
6:00 6 0 7 4 5 7 6 2 | 37
7:00 1 7 6 6 3 6 5 4 | 38

X3 Station :
1:00 1 1 1 4 2 1 3 5 | 18
2:00 4 5 3 2 4 0 1 4 | 23
3:00 2 3 2 1 1 4 0 1 | 14
4:00 3 2 4 5 3 2 2 2 | 23
5:00 0 4 5 3 5 3 4 3 | 27

X3 Cinematic :
1:00 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 | 10
2:00 1 3 2 2 0 4 4 3 | 19
3:00 0 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 | 17
4:00 3 2 3 1 3 3 3 4 | 22
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About animations:
fiksal wrote:Well it could be something. Would you rather have a separate category or post under Cinematic?
I was thinking a seperate category, cos it would be difficult to compare
still & moving images objectively.
Perhaps 'Cinematic Stills' & 'Cinematic Animations' ?
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ok, will do. Any others?
Ready for the next one then?
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Rock'n'roll it :D
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Post by A Team »

Just to let you know i'll throw my hat in the ring for the next contest. My screenshots will be taken using the XFP mod. I warn you i am new to all this but i am currently taking screenshots of all the XFP ships, so as i am at it i'll see what i am come up with.

PS great work on all the screenshots so far.
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A Team wrote:Just to let you know i'll throw my hat in the ring for the next contest. My screenshots will be taken using the XFP mod. I warn you i am new to all this but i am currently taking screenshots of all the XFP ships, so as i am at it i'll see what i am come up with.

PS great work on all the screenshots so far.
sounds good.

new contest will start any minute now... well... once I get home :)
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Contest posted
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I'm with A team on this although i better ask radar hazard if he'll get 'em on to a image hoster

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