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Posted 24 September 2012 - 07:55 AM

I had an idea for a skin contest, and whether or not it goes through is dependant on how much people are interested in competing.

Okay, so, my idea was, hold a human/pony skin contest where at the end of each round the winner of that round gets to choose the next theme, and gets to decide the champion of that round. That champion then becomes the leader of the next round, and so forth.

The only rules would be that the leader of a round cannot compete in their round. They can, however, compete in any round after that. Also, and this choice is dependant on everyone's idea, there may be a restriction on the amount of times people can be a leader. The final rule is that each round is a different kind of skin (Meaning "Human, then pony, then human, then pony) to mix up the competition a little and get people out of their skinning comfort zones.

So leave a comment on what you think, if you think any other rules need to be added, and if you think you would be interested.

And as always, have nice day.

#2 ScratchVinyl

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 08:19 AM

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#3 Hieros Godhead

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 08:30 AM

So basically what this is is the draw something challenge but making skins?

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 08:45 AM

Draw something challenge? I don't know what that is so my answer is

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#5 AlphaSpaceWombat

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 09:31 AM

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 10:24 AM

Thanks for explaining what you don't like about it, Alpha.

#7 Karkat

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 10:48 AM

This seems like a good idea...but...
it needs to be about 20% cooler.....

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 10:54 AM

YEAH!

also, this could be a great thing in case people want to use an awesome skin but cant make/find one

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 11:20 AM

I think it would be awesome, Get all of the skinners together and find out who really is the best skinner. But instead of what you said have more of a tournament, Like a panel of judges ( the admins ) and have them narrow it down to the final two skinners to be judged, The judges would also pick the theme for the skins, The skinners should be allowed to have a reference though. Definitely worth trying

I would totally compete in this, I know Harl would to.

Edited by Thunder Strike, 24 September 2012 - 11:20 AM.


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Posted 24 September 2012 - 11:27 AM

I don't really know about having a board of admins, the main twist
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was that the winner of the round got to pick the next theme and winner.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 01:40 PM

So if I somehow win one of the contest I'll have a batch of Oddworld skins? Neat!

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 01:49 PM

Yes, yes you will...

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 02:36 PM

I will definitely compete.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 03:16 PM

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I like that idea.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 03:20 PM

I will definitely compete.

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I like that idea.


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Posted 24 September 2012 - 03:47 PM

Now I'm not a skin shop owner, but I'd imagine this wouldn't be too popular amongst those who are because they are already bogged down with a huge number of requests. Skinning takes time, and is worthwhile if it was someone's request but if it's just to win an arbitrary contest then it could feel like a bit of a waste of time.

Also, what are they going to make skins of? So so many have been made already, I challenge you to find me one canon pony with a good colour reference that hasn't been made into a skin.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 03:56 PM

A lot of people are not understanding how it works, it seems, so I will clarify it.

Firstly, I choose a theme for the first round, and judge the entries submitted.

^ The winner of that round ^ gets to pick the next theme and judges that round.

Rounds rotate in this fashion: Pony skin, Human skin, Pony skin, human skin and so forth, to get the skinners a little out of their comfort zones.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 04:01 PM

I have a VERY important question,


What is the time limit for each round?

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 04:03 PM

This still isn't decided yet because I'm still unsure on the number of people competing. This thread isn't so much as an announcement of the contest, more of a test to see if anyone would be interested. From the number of positive responses so far I feel that I will probably go through with the contest.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 04:06 PM

So it's the drawing one, but with pixels? Sweet. Time limit should be 3/4 days.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 04:16 PM

Thanks for the time limit idea, could you please link the thread everyone seems to keep mentioning?

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 04:41 PM

could you please link the thread everyone seems to keep mentioning?

http://www.brohoof.com/forums/topic/5271-the-doodle-challenge/

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 04:57 PM

This still isn't decided yet because I'm still unsure on the number of people competing. This thread isn't so much as an announcement of the contest, more of a test to see if anyone would be interested. From the number of positive responses so far I feel that I will probably go through with the contest.


time limit could be like a day. Since I know some people need that long, or longer. but to test them you give them a day.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 05:17 PM

http://www.brohoof.c...odle-challenge/


Yeah, I guess saying the competition is like this but with skins is accurate.

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 08:40 AM

Alright, I've been working on the rules and instructions so I'll just compile some here for you guys to analyse.

Rules

Each round lasts 1 day, (This is one I'm unsure of, because I want it to be challenging but not impossible)

Every second round is a Human skin round, to get people out of their skinning comfort zones

Round themes (Not type of skin) can be whatever the round leader wants, but it must adhere to the above rules.

Themes can range from "Make a Halloween-themed skin" to specific things like "Make a skin of Zero from Borderlands 2". In the Halloween round, you would make a skin of something relating to Halloween. In the Zero round you would make Zero, as he looks in Borderlands.

You must post a picture of a skin as it looks ingame (I'm not sure if they should have to post the .png, because some people might want to not publicly release their great skins). The round leader probably doesn't want to have to go ingame and test every skin out to see what they look like.

This is a first draft of the rules, and I'm posting them for you to give your opinions on what might need changing, or even rules that I might want to add.

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Posted 27 September 2012 - 05:06 PM

Bumpity bumperson...

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Posted 27 September 2012 - 06:24 PM

who?

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Posted 27 September 2012 - 06:39 PM

1 day is too short. Some skinners can do their skins really quickly, especially if they're simple. The time limit should be set by the person setting the task, and they should be able to decide a limit of up to 3 days or summit.

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Posted 28 September 2012 - 01:36 AM

1 day is too short. Some skinners can do their skins really quickly, especially if they're simple. The time limit should be set by the person setting the task, and they should be able to decide a limit of up to 3 days or summit.


1 day is more than enough time. I know one skinner who takes more than a day to make one skin, Because he make Extremely HD skins. Another rule should be that you are NOT allowed to do HD skins period, They just don't seem to come out right and they give you more to work with. Part of a skinning challenge is giving you as little to work with and doing the most with it.

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Posted 28 September 2012 - 03:03 AM

1 day is too short. Some skinners can do their skins really quickly, especially if they're simple. The time limit should be set by the person setting the task, and they should be able to decide a limit of up to 3 days or summit.


Hmm, I guess. I still think three days is too long.

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Posted 28 September 2012 - 03:28 AM

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Posted 28 September 2012 - 03:32 AM

Are there gonna be like formal judges or anything? Or is it just gonna be a one person thing? Because if not I am willing to help judge if I have the time that is.

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Posted 28 September 2012 - 05:03 AM

I kind of already explained that a page ago, but I might as well explain it again. In the first round, I judge it and pick the winner. That winner judges the next. Round and picks the next winner, and the cycle continues. So basically if you were to win the first round, you would get to pick the theme for the following round and judge it

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Posted 28 September 2012 - 08:40 PM

Okay then well then I will just delight in seeing what goes on here, because sadly I am bad at skin making lol.


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