[BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

[Frank Munoz]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

Aren't we supposed to approve work that's good and leave it to the community after words to vote for what they think is the best?

Yes, this +1,769,777

It doesn't matter what your boss wants.
It doesn't matter what your supervisor wants.
It doesn't matter what you want.

It's what WE want, the community.

[Emithith]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

Yes, this +1,769,777

It doesn't matter what your boss wants.
It doesn't matter what your supervisor wants.
It doesn't matter what you want.

It's what WE want, the community.

Damn straight. We don't what the people who are rating the skins are deciding to give us, we want what we want. We definitely have a right to a vote on the ones that are deemed worthy of being voted on.

[Zageron]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

The only issue with this ideal is that FFR needs to look good. We can't have poor skins on our game. Straight to the fact, I'm not going to build the code, or separate the images on a skin that looks horrible. "We" is not 4 people, and for GUI the matter is something else entirely. Velocity and myself will only build the skins that the judges deem worthy, and only the ones that are fitting. I'm not trying to dampen your creative spirit, but if your artistic ability doesn't reach high enough you will get harsh results. My reviews are fair! I am not an artistic person but I have a good artistic taste, I also trust the reviews of my fellow judges if I feel that the results were a bit high on most of the submissions.

If you have any issues with me or the way I stated this, feel free to speak.

[condoct]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

Again, which is why judges should only look for quality. No other opinion should matter.

Also, if it's too difficult to separate the images then why not use that as the reason to not aprove it?

[Zageron]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

I altered the first post a bit. j_a if you have any issues with my changes I have your original post backed up, so just send me a shout on skype. If anyone has any issues they would like cleared up, just say so and I'll fix it up.

[YoshL]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

so i probably used too many fonts in mine that the judges wouldn't have. would it be fine if i included both .png and .psd files in my submission?

[yo man im awesome]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

I'm actually liking Condoct's judgine system a little better, to be honest.

[Zageron]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

so i probably used too many fonts in mine that the judges wouldn't have. would it be fine if i included both .png and .psd files in my submission?

Certainly. Include the fonts while you're at it.

And Conduct, I believe our judging system is following yours pretty much exactly. I don't see how it isn't.

[condoct]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

Not really. Instead of using a scoring system, have the judges vote whether they think the skin should or shouldn't be used. Which is where I said to have the approve or unapproved concept.

[Emithith]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

why do the judges have to use scoring? "judging" is a broad term, which approval/disapproval falls into. I am definitely on with condocts idea, but.. I'm no judge! But, I still say that if there was a skin that I didn't know I would've liked, because it never got in, I would feel a little disappointed at the judges.

ALTHOUGH, I can agree with Zageron, because I know the feeling of having to code and rip apart something really annoying.

[Zageron]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

Also regardless of how something looks, if it's poorly done we wont use it in the game. It doesn't take a lot to "build a skin". Making it look like it belongs is more difficult.

I look forward to getting more submissions. I have already stated that linkisdoomed's skin is very good. If you think yours deserved a better ranking, think about what link did. (But dont copy it)

[YoshL]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

Certainly. Include the fonts while you're at it.

i'm probably gonna include a .txt file or something with explanations of transitions and other elements not able to be shown through static images...if that's ok

[Zageron]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

i'm probably gonna include a .txt file or something with explanations of transitions and other elements not able to be shown through static images...if that's ok

Yup sure, if you want to have buttons animated (like glowing effects) just include the effect in your submission and explain.

[justin_ator]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

I'm down with Approve/Disapprove, if you guys want to overhaul. The scoring system was simply a spin-off of the simfile judging, meant to get us started with a -somewhat- reasonable system. We can switch systems if you guys decide to.

[Linkisdoomed]

Re: [BW Contest] I'll Skin You Alive!

Wow, I just saw my submission, and forgot how underdeveloped the skin looked. So, here's some eyecandy for you guys: