Originally posted by Lana
Well, duh 😛And considering how many duels most of us have done so far, having a break for the first round for the tournament would be nice.
Agreed....the more I think about it, the more I like it.
...anyway, it's well past my bedtime. I'll be back to take stock tomorrow, and see where we are with the signups (6 so far) and rules discussion and stuff.
I realized a slight flaw in the idea Lana....but it's fixable.
If we just say "Round 1 is an open signature forum as long as it's below the size requirements" what's stopping someone from starting a sig, say, now to enter in round 1? Heck, they could technically just pull out an old sig they've done if they didn't have time for a new one. I think that defeats the purpose.
The easy solution is to give a general idea of what to do, not an actual render, so that there's direction for it, but also allows for some freedom. For example, I could say "Signature has to deal with Gilligan's Island in some way." Or, "Develope a signature that has a theme of 'fear' to it." I won't actually use those, but they're decent examples.
It will eliminate urges to cheat or be lazy, but will also allow freedom. Sound good?
Then later rounds will switch to normal duel format.
Originally posted by DigiMark007
I realized a slight flaw in the idea Lana....but it's fixable.If we just say "Round 1 is an open signature forum as long as it's below the size requirements" what's stopping someone from starting a sig, say, now to enter in round 1? Heck, they could technically just pull out an old sig they've done if they didn't have time for a new one. I think that defeats the purpose.
The easy solution is to give a general idea of what to do, not an actual render, so that there's direction for it, but also allows for some freedom. For example, I could say "Signature has to deal with Gilligan's Island in some way." Or, "Develope a signature that has a theme of 'fear' to it." I won't actually use those, but they're decent examples.
It will eliminate urges to cheat or be lazy, but will also allow freedom. Sound good?
Then later rounds will switch to normal duel format.
That's actually a very good point....
im definetley in! i wont win, but it would ne noce to see how far i could make it. im up for any rules, but who would judge such a gargantuan task? in fact, this task is so gargantuan, that u think no one man/woman ( 😖hifty: ) could take it on. hint hint, digi and lana (unless lana wants to participate?)
Heck, who knows, this could become the new oscars
I've figured out a way to divide it up... fairly...
Have like an East Coast West Coast division, like in Sports, where its like....
8 on one side of the bracket, 8 on the other, and then the overall winners of their brackets go against each other, for supreme leadership..
ALso, I guess i'm in.. I can use photoshop now!
^^ Yeah, that's kinda how I was planning it anyway.
And to address pac's question, I'll be doing most of the judging, but will be asking people to be guest judges from time to time. For example, to remain unbiased, there'll obviously be another judge in any match I'm in, but if we have brackets we'll know who I'l face next if I win. For those I'll bring in an outside judge, so no one can accuse me of picking an inferior sig so that I'll have an easier opponent in the next round.
...up to 11 now...
Originally posted by KENobi™
I say the final round should be a doozy...Animation, transparency, the whole shebang...with a fairly large file size limit...say, 500KB to give the competitors a lot to work with.
Damn....well....maybe.
But I like the first round idea of "an idea" rather than a render, to allow freedom. I was also thinking, for later rounds, posting 2-3 renders and allowing participants to choose any of them (1, 2, or all 3) to use.
The final round, well I may have an idea to work the large-file thing in Ken. Have like a best out of three, with a normal sig (<50KB), an avatar, and the mammoth thing Ken's suggesting.
The only problem is it would be a disadvantage to some who might be good enough to ge the finals based upon their sig-making, but know nothing about animation and such.
Originally posted by DigiMark007
The final round, well I may have an idea to work the large-file thing in Ken. Have like a best out of three, with a normal sig (<50KB), an avatar, and the mammoth thing Ken's suggesting.The only problem is it would be a disadvantage to some who might be good enough to ge the finals based upon their sig-making, but know nothing about animation and such.
Well that's where your best 2 out of 3 would come in then. If they suck at animation they could at least give it a try, but if they are killer with sigs and avatars, then they could still win.
Sounds fair to me. If they had enough skill to get to the finals they still have a chance.
Originally posted by KENobi™
Well that's where your best 2 out of 3 would come in then. If they suck at animation they could at least give it a try, but if they are killer with sigs and avatars, then they could still win.Sounds fair to me. If they had enough skill to get to the finals they still have a chance.
Yeah, sounds cool.
And I think I'll scrap the multiple renders thing for rounds 2-3. We're doing enough new stuff already, and one render per match is plenty, especially after the freedom we'll all have in round 1.
...still at 11, I think. Anyone can feel free to PM and/or contact anyone else who might be interested. We'll probably close it at 16 unless there's a sudden burst of extra interest.