Contest: "Guess the scene!", Discussion topic -- post here please! |
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Jun 28 2008, 09:02 AM
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Master of energies Council Member Posts: 3317 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Magyarország |
"Guess the scene!"
The idea is based on a nice drawing of Sir Carnifex. The "Guess the scene!" series will last for 9+1 weeks. There will be one picture in each of the 9 weeks, showing a scene from an Infinity Engine game (usually from the Baldur's Gate series I suppose). There will be a few questions stated about the picture, with a total score of 6p (which means perfect answers to all questions). Bonus points can be given for very outstanding answers, but the total score (after bonus points) may not exceed the allowed maximum (6p). The last, 10th week is an exception, as there will be no guessing: instead, the picture will show some new situation, and a simple (and probably BG2) mod -- inspired by or related to the picture -- will have to be created. The winner of the week will be the person who gets the highest score. The winner of the contest will be the person with the highest total score (score of week1 + week2 + ... + week10), but we will also announce a winner who won the most weekly contests (as he or she may be different from the person with the highest total score). Depending on the number of participants, we might announce more winners at the end of the contest series. The prizes will be BWL forum portraits from our Gallery and custom subtitles. The main winner (the person with the highest total score) will get the Gold Cross of Modding, but this has another prerequisite: he or she must have a valid submission (a working mod) for the 10th week contest, with at least 50% score. If no such partipicant exists, the Gold Cross of Modding won't be awarded to anyone. I'm the organizer of the "Guess the scene" contest, but the judge won't be necessarily myself. The picture might be created by a different person each week (but this isn't necessary). Each week, the picture and the associated questions will be posted by the picture's creator in this topic (please do not post replies in that topic, only the person who publishes the drawings can add new content there; please use the present topic for discussion). How to enter: you automatically enter the contest by sending a submission (please see below). How to submit: Submissions are nothing else than answers to the questions of that week. Submissions should be sent in the form of a forum Private Message (PM) both to the person who posted the picture & questions and to me (Baronius). If the submission is only sent to the picture creator (judge) or only to me, it won't be accepted. (Hint: you can use the field "Carbon copy to other members" in the private message sending form to add additional recipients.) One participant can only send one submission, and within one day, he or she can send another submission to replace the first one. If there is a replacement, the first submission will be ignored, and the replacement will be judged. Replacements sent after one day will be ignored. Submissions sent after the deadline will not be judged. Remember, it's "Guess the scene", so don't hesitate to guess! There are no minus points! Any questions are welcome! -------------------- Mental harmony dispels the darkness.
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Jul 29 2008, 06:05 PM
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Retired team member Posts: 490 Joined: 8-April 08 From: U.S.A |
QUOTE(Lroumen) I'm sorry but I just see blots in the picture that may be people, but it's not clear what they are. Besides, if there are supposed to be people in the picture, then there should be many more since it's a fair/display. There may also be amnish guards in the picture since they are all over the city anyway and there is no reference as to saying that they only appear after the incident at the promenade. They may well be present to guard the fair/display. So I argue that this picture may still be correct for after the escape in that sense. Sorry about the blots. I was in a rush to get the picture done before I left on vacation and I completely failed to notice that the resizing of the picture did that. In the original drawing, the people are quite clear. So, for that, I admit I messed up. Adjusting my scanner may also prove helpful in the future. QUOTE(dxidek1983) Well the 2 question messed it all up. That's beacuse you posted a picture that is not in game. You can't make a picture of the promenade before the party left the dungeon beacuse such thing doesn't eist. The player sees the promenade for the first time after he leaves the dungeon. You could paste a picture from the promenade a year before game time and ask the same answers. The competition is about the game. Nowhere did we state that what is in the picture had to be seen in the actual game. What matters is that: 1. The Promenade exists, so I wasn't drawing something that nobody had seen before. 2. Everything else that was major was included in the drawing. 3. Since the Promenade has a pattern to it, it's obvious what a reconstructed version would look like. Now, if it were some 20th Century maze-like building, then I could see not being allowed to rebuild it. But it isn't. 4. Nothing says that the viewpoint is that of the player. In fact, some were rather upset because I DID make ONE of the pictures from the viewpoint of the player (which I stated). I can't win, can I? ---------------- I will tally up the three-week score and post it soon. -------------------- "Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." - Italian Proverb
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