Wintersday Contest Winners Announced

Mister_Smiley

Mister_Smiley

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...07/default.php

Need i say more?

Some of them i really like. But i'm really confused on the Fifth place winner, cause that just looks like one big bubble. Anywho I Really like the top 4 places, but there all nice. I can't wait to get mine...

netniwk

netniwk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Bellgium

W/E

FIRST
*reserved for degrading comentary*
had the same idea as #5

KANE OG

KANE OG

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

Ogmios Graybeards

W/

WTF!? Number 6 had that thing beat hands down.

KANE

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

Quote:
a hat that sits on the top of the head will make the character appear to be bald, which naturally requires some amendment to work around.
So, how will Anet do a crown when it removes the models hair?


I liked all of them (except for Mamath's Raindeer hat). The snow globe thingy would have been... interesting.

In the end, I like the idea of a frozen crown the best, but I have no idea how Anet will implement it.

VanDamselx

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Buffalo, NY

[TTBH]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mister_Smiley
http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...07/default.php

Need i say more?

Some of them i really like. But i'm really confused on the Fifth place winner, cause that just looks like one big bubble. Anywho I Really like the top 4 places, but there all nice. I can't wait to get mine...
Fifth place is a snow globe. I think it's cute

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

wow Nian will be pleased....and I like the hat (#6) too, though not very guildwars-y.....
congrats to the winners !!! (and still wish they would show the honorable mentions' designs as well instead of just names, though maybe those HM's will put their entries up now that they have announced the winners <hint, hint>)

cant wait for my new hat!

Saraphim

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

E/

So is that Nian from here?

Gratz ! Looks like we'll be wearing your headgear then, and damn fine it is too. Nice job.

Halmyr

Halmyr

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada! eh!

~none~

W/Me

The 5 one is a snow globe <.< I have a tone of those.

Basicly, its a litle glob full of water and litle plasti piece.

When you shake it around it, and set it on a table or flat surface, its snowing inside.

Jumping Is Uselss

Jumping Is Uselss

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

-... . .... .. -. -.. / -.-- --- ..-

Holy [email protected] #4 and #6 owns all the others!

Saraphim

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Halmyr
The 5 one is a snow globe <.< I have a tone of those.

Basicly, its a litle glob full of water and litle plasti piece.

When you shake it around it, and set it on a table or flat surface, its snowing inside.
Perfect for a dancing Necro.

I think they all look pretty good.

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jumping Is Uselss
Holy [email protected] #4 and #6 owns all the others!
I really like 4 too. Although, maybe too much like Avatar of Grenth?

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

I don's suppose someone could post pictures for those of us that have cranky network admins that block certain sites?

SerenitySilverstar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

All very damn cool ideas. Congrats Nian, that Ice Crown is perfect.

Would have loved to see the snow globe slosh when I ran

eeks

eeks

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Sydney, Australia

Lubricated Volcano Love [Club]

Rt/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Saraphim
So is that Nian from here?

Gratz ! Looks like we'll be wearing your headgear then, and damn fine it is too. Nice job.
From what I've seen of her artwork, it appears so. Grats to her, and everyone else.

I think they're all great; Sure #5 doesn't look like it had as much artistic effort put into it as the others, yet hell. I'd take a snowglobe over another pair of antlers any day. If they do indeed implement it, I wonder how it'll turn out?

Besides, it's an adorable concept.

Hobbs

Hobbs

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

#4, #2, #6, #1, #5, #3.

Is the order in which i'd rank these. I wonder which one(s) they'll use as they didn't always use the winners of design-a-weapon cometition, they sometimes used the finalists entries. At a first glance at #4 I was like "Master Chief omg!" but then it wasn't .

Dreikki

Dreikki

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Kemi, Finland.

Pirates of the Searing [YoHo]

Mo/

#2 was shmexy.

Vinraith

Vinraith

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2006

Huh, I had the same idea as number 1 (with the center open and sans fur lining), but can't draw for shit. Congrats to the winners, I'm looking forward to my frost crown.

Scarlett Romanov

Scarlett Romanov

Guest

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
So, how will Anet do a crown when it removes the models hair?

In the end, I like the idea of a frozen crown the best, but I have no idea how Anet will implement it.
Haha. I like the Ice Crown too. Very cool looking. They'll implement it like they do all other hats. Some of us will be bald wearing them. *sigh* Tis the only downside to such a pretty hat...

WinterSnowblind

WinterSnowblind

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

I love the Ice Crown, but it will be pretty much pointless if it makes your hair dissapear. I'm also pretty confused, I thought we were only getting two hats this year, yet there are six winners, and the bit at the top only says we'll be getting the play made Grenth hat, which was number 4?

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

maybe we get the other hat designed by the anet team and nian's is grenth's?

xReLx

xReLx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

Mo/

5 is leet.
123

Hott Bill

Hott Bill

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Shards of a Broken Crown

R/

I love Nians (Grenth?) Hat and the snow globe, I have to say the snow globe is my favorite by far.

beanerman_99

beanerman_99

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the clouds

[Sage]

E/

I like them all in different ways. Very creative. Good job to all winners. Beats my idea of a Candy Cane Head LOL.

So...are ALL these hats going to be available during Wintersday? Cause I don't know if I will have time to get them all OH NOES!!! Xmas is really busy time for me going to all the parents houses and relatives and friends.

xshadowwolfx

xshadowwolfx

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

California | Ascalon

Mo/

*Note: The hat that appears in the game is based upon a player concept, but will not look precisely like the submitted idea. The art team sometimes makes adjustments to player art to assure the design is compatible with other game designs, and artists also often need to modify a design to properly adjust it to character models. For example, because of how character art and armor works together, a hat that sits on the top of the head will make the character appear to be bald, which naturally requires some amendment to work around. With all player-submitted designs, the art team chooses the winning designs and then adjusts them to fit into the Guild Wars world.

Bald... ...bald santa hats do not look good.

Well congrats I really love the frozen crown, though I have no idea how it is going to look without hair....

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

I think only the 1st place winner will get the Hat made. Dwyana will come from the internal I'm guessing.

Gaile said in another forum there will only be 2 hats this year.

But, yeah, losing the hair totally changes the winning illustration (which is very nice BTW).

beanerman_99

beanerman_99

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the clouds

[Sage]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
Gaile said in another forum there will only be 2 hats this year.
oh... Well maybe they should do forum polls to pick the Winnars I like the Grenth Hat and the Snow Globe.

WinterSnowblind

WinterSnowblind

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Everyone is invited to see the grand debut of the two new Wintersday helms—including the player-designed* Grenth helm—at 12:01 AM Pacific time (-8 GMT) on January 1, 2008, and every three hours throughout the day.

To me that sounds like it's only the Grenth one we're getting.

shrouded^god

shrouded^god

IGN: J C A C H E

Join Date: Sep 2006

843

[Liar]

Grats to Nian, very nice and we can only hope ANet does it justice for the IG version.

beanerman_99

beanerman_99

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the clouds

[Sage]

E/

that would be weird that the Grand Prize Winner was not chosen tho....

shrouded^god

shrouded^god

IGN: J C A C H E

Join Date: Sep 2006

843

[Liar]

Quote:
Originally Posted by WinterSnowblind
Everyone is invited to see the grand debut of the two new Wintersday helms—including the player-designed* Grenth helm—at 12:01 AM Pacific time (-8 GMT) on January 1, 2008, and every three hours throughout the day.

To me that sounds like it's only the Grenth one we're getting.
I think what this is suggesting is that they're using Nians entry for the grenth helm...

Rexion

Rexion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

[Luck]

E/

so the hat we will get from Grenth is the hat that was selected as grand prize??

that is a really cool hat, i'd love to have that
i hope it is dye-able... like the glowy hand armor/chaos axe.

Kha

Kha

Sins FTW!

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Angel Sharks [AS]

Well I didn't win, but I was a finalist at least. I liked second place, but the rest were kind of a disappointment in my opinion. Most weren't original enough for my liking. Snowglobe was funny though.

Here's my entry: Grentch Cap

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

Holy freakin crap.
So.....we get these hats right?
They're all so amazing and creative.

Snowglobe head ftw.

Edit: aww looks like were only getting one? oh well, at least it's a good one.
And were really only getting 2 helms this year? wonder why they stopped doing the 2 from kamadan.

And who wants to bet that our characters will look bald with the new hat.

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

We only get the 1st Place, I believe.

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kha
Well I didn't win, but I was a finalist at least. I liked second place, but the rest were kind of a disappointment in my opinion. Most weren't original enough for my liking. Snowglobe was funny though.

Here's my entry: Grentch Cap

Cool hat, but probably too close to the Jester hat from last year? Just a guess.

Stolen Souls

Stolen Souls

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

All are very nice. If they indeed use one of these I'll be happy. Much better than the Halloween crap, imo.

Favorites are 1st and 3rd.

shrouded^god

shrouded^god

IGN: J C A C H E

Join Date: Sep 2006

843

[Liar]

Actually, Kha's design is my favorite ^_^...and would of eliminated the problem with not having hair...and the ears would of been cute on my monk -.-

SerenitySilverstar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mordakai
But, yeah, losing the hair totally changes the winning illustration (which is very nice BTW).
I'd imagine they'll render it like the antlers from the previous two years - you keep your hair with those two.

Sub Frost

Sub Frost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Portugal

R/

Had a similar idea to #1 :P too bad my design skills aren't that great.

Grats to Nian, to the top 6 and the Honorable Mentions for there good designs.

Fluffiliscious

Fluffiliscious

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

US

Gods Army of the [Dead]

E/

Ooo, they're all pretty snazzy. Good job to everyone who won and to Kha