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The5thSeraph

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

21 Feb 2007 at 17:25 - 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSecorsky

You can print off your design and mail that, no?

They might as well allow e-mailing as that.

But I suppose... if they do allow that then it might be a nifty idea.
I noticed in previous competitions some people actually used 3D modelling programs to do it. I'm not that good with 3DS-Max... but I'm sure I could make a simple weapon mesh.... Texturing however really is my forté. I really wish that A-Net would let me actually make the texture for a set of 15k armour.... I'd be totally elated! ^_^

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

21 Feb 2007 at 17:26 - 42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jecht Scye

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSecorsky

What would be a nice prize, as a thought Gaile, would be for the winning designers to get one of the weapons they designed in game as a present. Shouldn't hurt the game/economy/whatever at all, and let's them show off thier new toy.

You know what stinks... having great ideas in head but lousy drawing skills. Sigh...

I know the feeling.

Ditto........

Tide to Go

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

I War Torn I [Torn]

N/Me

21 Feb 2007 at 18:19 - 43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darksun

Wah! thanks guys! they even used the same color I was thinking for the crystal thing. I started making some designs for Nightfall before it came out. I was kinda dissapointed that they didn't have a contest before the game came out, but here it is! W00t!

It's smaller than I had intended, but it's still damn cool to see your stuff in-game!

what did u make? I made a sword for tyria and a hammer for nightfall, need to know witch one not to put in ( I love my sword though).....did u make a hammer? axe????? ???? ???? ????

Divinus Stella

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Wales

Steel Phoenix

21 Feb 2007 at 18:33 - 44

Sounds like a fun contest, i have some great ideas, but i suck at drawing so its not even worth entering :P

The5thSeraph

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

21 Feb 2007 at 23:03 - 45

So we can submit multiple entries?

Do we do them all in the same package or each one in a separate package? It could be quite costly if the latter.... given the number of ideas I've already come up with.... mentally speaking. ^_^

zidane888

Core Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Seattle WA

[Oops]

W/R

21 Feb 2007 at 23:18 - 46

Some of the entries for the last contest I submitted...I almost didn't submit the shield because of how crappy it looked, but Anet art team made it look real nice.

I'm still waiting on the 'design an armor' contest.

http://andreroux.com/swords.pdf

Kuja

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

MA

Kame

Mo/W

22 Feb 2007 at 00:00 - 47

That's cool, didn't know the ever popular exhaulted aegis was fan submitted!

Brandon1107

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/

22 Feb 2007 at 00:08 - 48

i wanna enter, i got some great ideas, BUT i suck at drawing =(

i'll try though.

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Karr's Castle

W/E

22 Feb 2007 at 00:32 - 49

Quote:

Originally Posted by zidane888

Some of the entries for the last contest I submitted...I almost didn't submit the shield because of how crappy it looked, but Anet art team made it look real nice.

I'm still waiting on the 'design an armor' contest.

http://andreroux.com/swords.pdf

Ho man! you made the Forgotton Sword? I love that thing! My Warrior has the Forgotton Blade, Exalted Aegis & Kurzick armor. It all goes so well together and the blade works really well, because it's a female character.

I tend to have a really tough time designing swords, so it's especially cool to me.

Primusq

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Behind you.

LaZy

22 Feb 2007 at 00:47 - 50

A question about contestant who's not a resident of one of the mentioned locations:

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Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source....

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Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from residents of....

So, if a friend of mine who lives in one of the mentioned locations send the entry for me, while I'm listed as the contestant with my own location and name, will the entry be valid? as I can see, its not a requirement that the resident who send the entry will be the contestant.

I truly do not care if the prizes are sent to the address the entry came from, just if my name/country will be the one to be mentioned in the winners list, in the case I win.

ShadowsRequiem

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Inde is Smoking [Hawt] *ToA*

W/E

22 Feb 2007 at 00:49 - 51

Quote:

Originally Posted by zidane888

Some of the entries for the last contest I submitted...I almost didn't submit the shield because of how crappy it looked, but Anet art team made it look real nice.

I'm still waiting on the 'design an armor' contest.

http://andreroux.com/swords.pdf

omfg those are awesome!!!
send them in again

sindex

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

California

Swords of Night & Day [SWRD]

22 Feb 2007 at 01:01 - 52

I wish I could be an artist like some of you guys; unfortunately I have to stick with my writings on my trilogy. I mean it’s amazing at times what they can come out with just pencil and paper. I just wonder who will get it this time?

The one Casey Squid

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Northeast

Knights Of Thulcandra [KoT]

W/E

22 Feb 2007 at 03:20 - 53

Quote:

Originally Posted by shivanSoule

mathematical question? wtf?

only accepts gamers from North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Just seems funny to me that Rhode Island is excluded

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

22 Feb 2007 at 08:11 - 54

Here are some answers to generic and specific questions, to the best of my ability to furnish them:

You may enter more than one piece of art, but history suggests that's not a good idea. Put your efforts into one, maybe two good drawings. Don't send us a mass; they'll be unlikely to make the cull.
Only one entry will be passed along to the upper rounds of judging from any one person, and a person can only win one prize.
We cannot -- I mean literally cannot -- spawn or generate items in the game on the Live Server. I'm sorry, but that means that we cannot give a weapon of the winners' designs to the winners -- they will need to obtain that themselves. That is why there are other prizes, instead.
You cannot "relay" an entry from someone else. The entry must come from the artist, must be his/her own original art, and any other submittal is fraud.
We need the original art for a variety of reasons including establishment of originality, as someone suggested, but more importantly for ease of judging. We do not have time to open emailed entries from thousands of people, scan the images, and put them into judging. Nor does the team have time to open thousands of images to judge each. We offer other contests with emailed entries, but simply put, we've listed our entry requirements, and they will not change.
The rules are reviewed and approved by an attorney. The rules seems to get a bit longer each time, but in part that is due to the fact that each time, we are reaching out to people in more countries and are including them in the contest, so long rules are a small price to pay for a global contest, imo.
We are only able to offer contests, and award prizes, in countries or regions in which we have had a legal review of the contest rules. This explains the "exceptions" or the restrictions on rules, and we are sorry for that.
Canada has unique laws for the Province of Quebec, and those laws preclude residents of Quebec from entering contests of this nature. There is a similar legal restriction on contests in Rhode Island.
So, too, are we required to state that we will required the completion of a mathematical question, for in fact Canada prohibits contests without this requirement as part of the parameters of winning.
However, let me say that for a full-out random drawing, I could see the justification for the "math question." But for contests where winning is not random, where the entries are judged by an impartial jury of judges, and where winning certainly can be proved to take talent and skill, I have to wonder if the "math question" section of the rules is relevant. We may have simply included that because it's standard "boilerplate" for all contests, including random drawings, but for a contest of this kind--a contest of skill--I'd rather like to know if we must, so I will check with our attorney.
Someone wrote to ask about the location exceptions within the U.S. or affecting U.S. citizens. Our attorney told me that your legal residency is indicated by where you are registered to vote. So if you're a California resident stationed in Iraq, we don't look at where the entry came from, but where the contestant is a resident. Therefore, a deployed serviceperson would be eligible to participate. However, someone who had been stationed in Germany and is a resident of Germany living on a military base would not be eligible to participate. Since that isn't for us to establish, I would probably predicate an assessment of eligibility on the address given for the shipment of any prize.
Please feel free to direct questions about the oddity of laws to the respective governments. We do not set the laws; we only observe them.
Yes, much of this is confusing.
I apologize for that confusion, and wish more than anything that our contests could be even more global, and much less guided by rules and red tape. But I do appreciate that such requirements are necessary in this day and age, so that's what we do.

Basically, I hope that everyone who can enter will enter. The prizes are good and the fame is long-lasting.

Spellforge

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guildless

N/

22 Feb 2007 at 08:42 - 55

Thank You Gaile

zaza

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Tiger Tail

N/R

22 Feb 2007 at 14:08 - 56

Quote:

Originally Posted by zidane888

Some of the entries for the last contest I submitted...I almost didn't submit the shield because of how crappy it looked, but Anet art team made it look real nice.

I'm still waiting on the 'design an armor' contest.

http://andreroux.com/swords.pdf

wow those are nice...send them in

LONGA

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Thailand

Agot

N/

22 Feb 2007 at 14:34 - 57

I have some ideas for my weapon. Too bad im not qualified by place.

Chewbacca Defense

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

667 Neighbour of the Beast

Ttgr

22 Feb 2007 at 15:10 - 58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

So, too, are we required to state that we will required the completion of a mathematical question, for in fact Canada prohibits contests without this requirement as part of the parameters of winning.

I knew there was a reason to pay attention in Math class! I hope you guys won't make the math problem too difficult.

c_ras

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Eternal Deliverance

R/

22 Feb 2007 at 15:18 - 59

I for one am entering the contest. I happened to miss the last contest, but I'm eager to send in my design this time around. I may not have the artistic ability of Picasso, but I'm proud of my design and will be sending that it. I gave a little love to the Rangers and made a kick ass bow since I think there aren't a whole lot of bows that have an unique cool look.

- Aldoros of Faydark

Psuedo Halgoen

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

GMT+10

22 Feb 2007 at 15:21 - 60

Please please please PLEASE!!! can some of you design some amazing caster items.

Fire Rm

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Israel

All The Ectos Are [GoNe]

E/Mo

22 Feb 2007 at 15:54 - 61

will israelian ppl be able to join it too and send drawings? =o

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Karr's Castle

W/E

22 Feb 2007 at 18:26 - 62

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psuedo Halgoen

Please please please PLEASE!!! can some of you design some amazing caster items.

Way ahead of you buddy!

I have a necro staff design & a Ele Wand I feel really good about. Ever since I made an Ele I've felt like they get crappy weapons.
NF changed the trend a bit with the Portal staff & Voltaic want, but off-hands are not very creative.
I'll post stuff after I send em in.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

[LIST][*]You may enter more than one piece of art, but history suggests that's not a good idea. Put your efforts into one, maybe two good drawings. Don't send us a mass; they'll be unlikely to make the cull.
[*]Only one entry will be passed along to the upper rounds of judging from any one person, and a person can only win one prize.

If more than one of your entries are good, will 1 be picked for the top 10 and the rest entered into the "honorable mentions"? Or do they toss the rest?

Tide to Go

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

I War Torn I [Torn]

N/Me

22 Feb 2007 at 19:26 - 63

if you win do they name the weapon by the background name u can send in? or do they make teir own names?

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

22 Feb 2007 at 19:49 - 64

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chewbacca Defense

I knew there was a reason to pay attention in Math class! I hope you guys won't make the math problem too difficult.

It won't be. Usually the math problem is something like (2 + 3) * 5 or something.

c_ras

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Eternal Deliverance

R/

22 Feb 2007 at 19:55 - 65

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tide to Go

if you win do they name the weapon by the background name u can send in? or do they make teir own names?

I am sure they will make up a name since more than likely they arent sure where they will put it in the game yet. If it goes as a green, it will probably be named after some boss or named something like the end game items are.. On the other hand, if it has a cool name, your weapon may influence the name of the boss or something else. I personally wouldn't mind seeing my bow design going gold. If I can find a scanner, I'll see if I can post my design.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

It won't be. Usually the math problem is something like (2 + 3) * 5 or something.

Or could be something easier like a differential equation.

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Karr's Castle

W/E

22 Feb 2007 at 20:16 - 66

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tide to Go

if you win do they name the weapon by the background name u can send in? or do they make teir own names?

Iron Wingbow & Gavel of the Nephilim were named by the creators, so it probably a matter of whatever the find cooler/more appropriate.

demonblade

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Home

W/A

22 Feb 2007 at 20:39 - 67

didnt win

Feminist Terrorist

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Oh Noes! The 'burbs!

22 Feb 2007 at 20:56 - 68

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Someone wrote to ask about the location exceptions within the U.S. or affecting U.S. citizens. Our attorney told me that your legal residency is indicated by where you are registered to vote. So if you're a California resident stationed in Iraq, we don't look at where the entry came from, but where the contestant is a resident. Therefore, a deployed serviceperson would be eligible to participate. However, someone who had been stationed in Germany and is a resident of Germany living on a military base would not be eligible to participate. Since that isn't for us to establish, I would probably predicate an assessment of eligibility on the address given for the shipment of any prize.

Thank you for addressing this concern. Too often, citizenship and residency concerns block the military community from participating in contests simply because the requirements aren't specifically spelled out. No matter where we are, we're still Americans, but we aren't always treated that way. I'm not saying that Anet does that, but it happens in plenty of small ways.

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisiana, USA

Boston Guild[BG]

W/Me

22 Feb 2007 at 21:05 - 69

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonblade

didnt win

Wow, that's a nice blade. Why didn't they pick that one?

HKSdivision

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

22 Feb 2007 at 22:36 - 70

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonblade

didnt win

OMG, that sword is beautiful!!! I would have loved to wield that in game! Nice job demonblade! I want that sword nowwwwwwwww!!

Shady79

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

HotD

22 Feb 2007 at 23:23 - 71

holy crap.......... this one >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> runic blade

Shady79

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

HotD

22 Feb 2007 at 23:26 - 72

OH AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT MAKE IT DROP IN HOH ONLY (like the RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing runic blade) (I would need to kill someone)

ravensong

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Croatia

Me/

23 Feb 2007 at 10:13 - 73

One thing confuses me...
...since contestants (spelling?) from Europe must be 18 years old or older but for example an older member of my family can enter in my name,right?

So since im 17 years old ,all what its need to be done is to mail my drawings in someone elses name,for example my father, for prize recieving,and if so I just have to write at the back that he is entering in my name and that its actually my drawing and that i wish to be recognized by my name? Am i right?

edit

and one more thing...can we fold drawings for envelopes? :P

WinterSnowblind

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

23 Feb 2007 at 12:08 - 74

Awesome job, you really need to send that sword in again. Maybe they didn't pick it because there was to many others they wanted to use? But that's a seriously nice sword, one I'd definetely use with my Warrior.

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Karr's Castle

W/E

23 Feb 2007 at 15:54 - 75

Quote:

Originally Posted by ravensong

One thing confuses me...
...since contestants (spelling?) from Europe must be 18 years old or older but for example an older member of my family can enter in my name,right?

So since im 17 years old ,all what its need to be done is to mail my drawings in someone elses name,for example my father, for prize recieving,and if so I just have to write at the back that he is entering in my name and that its actually my drawing and that i wish to be recognized by my name? Am i right?

edit

and one more thing...can we fold drawings for envelopes? :P

Sounds like this falls under the "entries cannot be submitted by anyone but the creator". You can fold it any way you want, I did.

Fender

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ohio

XoO

23 Feb 2007 at 19:23 - 76

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

We cannot -- I mean literally cannot -- spawn or generate items in the game on the Live Server. I'm sorry, but that means that we cannot give a weapon of the winners' designs to the winners -- they will need to obtain that themselves. That is why there are other prizes, instead.

Sure you can, you've done it before. Wintergreen weapons. Birthday presents. Rollerbeetle prizes. Just add another function to an existing NPC.

Mr_T_bot

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2006

23 Feb 2007 at 19:30 - 77

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

[*]We cannot -- I mean literally cannot -- spawn or generate items in the game on the Live Server.

I don't know how stupid you think we are, but who do you think that is going to work with?
How do birthday presents work? Holiday prizes and items? Especially, holiday collectible items that can be found as drop or from quests and item spawners. There has to be a way of knowing what a weapon or item is so that it can be created somehow in the person's inventory, or at least linked to there. And there is no reason that that can't be applied to these items. You might get away with saying that if you didn't specify your position with "literally" because the likelihood of something being "literally" undoable when it is already being done in some manner just defies logical reasoning.

Lone_Prodigy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/R

23 Feb 2007 at 19:50 - 78

Cool contest... I actually have a really cool design for a lightsaber (obviously not eligible

), so I think I'll make it a Focus.

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

23 Feb 2007 at 20:43 - 79

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr_T_bot

I don't know how stupid you think we are, but who do you think that is going to work with?
How do birthday presents work? Holiday prizes and items? Especially, holiday collectible items that can be found as drop or from quests and item spawners. There has to be a way of knowing what a weapon or item is so that it can be created somehow in the person's inventory, or at least linked to there. And there is no reason that that can't be applied to these items. You might get away with saying that if you didn't specify your position with "literally" because the likelihood of something being "literally" undoable when it is already being done in some manner just defies logical reasoning.

Whoa, I'd suggest you pull back on the Hostility Potions -- clearly you've had too much!

The only thing that "defies logical reasoning," is your not parsing the statement properly. If that error was the fault of poor composition on my part, then I apologize.

When I say "we" I mean "we" as in players. Individuals. Devs on the Live Server. No dev can go into the game and put in a Dev Hax code and generate this sword or that amount of gold. Obviously we can code things, but that wasn't my point. Someone asked about handing out items, and my response as intended to address what I thought was the suggestion, by explaining that it isn't possible that this could be done on an individual basis via personal hand-outs.

So when someone says "Make me the sword that I designed," how could that be done? Program to drop only for certain players? Show up in their inventory? Add a new NPC? All of those things take a great deal of programming, and frankly, I'm not going to ask the programmers to do that for a community contest, when there are other cool prize options. After all, with enough effort, anyone should be able to acquire the item that he or she designed. However, no amount of effort in the world will allow him or her to acquire some items that we can give outside of the game. So in the end, we offer three things: website recognition, in-game inclusion, and real-world prizes.

Ultimately, the option of offering the contest, and determining what prizes to give, is fully ours. The option of entering, of course, is up to each individual. Thanks for understanding.

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

23 Feb 2007 at 20:48 - 80

Hey, guys,

I think I'm going to write up a FAQ on this. It seems it might serve multiple purposes and would be helpful to all. I want the FAQ to be useful for all contests, so it will be somewhat generic, with the actual rules page giving specifics for any certain contest.

Are there any other questions that you wish to have included?