Moddb Ultimate Player Contest

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Your challenge, should you choose to accept
Design, build and submit to Mod DB & Addon DB your ultimate tournament player model which fits the theme bellow.

The competition sponsor is Tournament.com, an exciting new service which puts gamers head to head for real cash prizes. Currently in beta, Tournament.com is giving players a $20.00 bonus for signing up to play their favorite games - to get involved check out Tournament.com.



Prizes
The three best entries will receive:

1st Place: $100 Tournament.com account & $100 to spend at the Mod DB Digital Store
2nd Place: $50 Tournament.com account & $50 to spend at the Mod DB Digital Store
3rd Place: $25 Tournament.com account & $25 to spend at the Mod DB Digital Store

Theme
The tolling of the midnight bell echoes through the moonlit halls of the New York Museum, breaking the silence. For a 100 years, this stone monolith has stood as a testament to human knowledge in all its forms. Ancient tomes and forgotten texts line bookshelves of impossible height, spiral staircases and dust-lined corridors make what was once a place for late-night study into a shadowy labyrinth for tonight's bloody cabal.

The rules of this deadly ballet are simple: A combatant of any race, size or species may enter. Only one may leave. It's going to be a long night at the Library.

Rules
All entries will be judged by Mod DB and Addon DB staff with visual build quality, attention to detail and suiting the competition theme key assessment criteria.

The competition will close on June 17th with the winners announced a week later on June the 24th. The best entries will be showcased in this feature on Mod DB and on Addon DB as the editors choice spotlight.
There is no limit on the number of entries you may submit.
In any and all cases of dispute the Judges' decision is final.
The model has to follow the theme given for each competition.
The model does not need to be compiled for a particular game engine.
You can not re use old models and/or textures all work must be newly created, evidence of reuse will result in disqualification.
Keep in the spirit of things and show off your work in progress shots in the competition forum thread.
Evidence of use of image/photo manipulation software to enhance the final render will result in disqualification. Use of such software is only permitted in order to crop/resize images, add your name/e-mail/site/etc., or to add a frame/logo.
The theme is inspired by the Matthew Reilly novel Contest - check it out for ideas.
Maximum Triangles: 8000
Maximum Textures:
1024 x 1024 Diffuse
1024 x 1024 Specular
1024 x 1024 Alpha
1024 x 1024 Normals
1024 x 1024 Glow

For More Information visit http://features.moddb.com/303/ultimate-tournamentcom-player-contest/

Good luck to everyone.

Ged

I dont mean to be harsh but isnt that a rather small prize considering the amount of work it takes to make a decent 8000 triangle model with all those maps?

CheapAlert

Well it's an okay prize. I think just anyone here could wipe the floor there since modDB is composed of just Source modders with little creativity in character design and just model unskinned conventional weaponry all day.

Neo_God

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I dont mean to be harsh but isnt that a rather small prize considering the amount of work it takes to make a decent 8000 triangle model with all those maps?

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I agree, I would rather put forth more effort in the challange that Game Artisans put together. Which is only a 5000 poly limit, and a first prize being an 360 Elite or $500.

Matabus

I would think a lot of people would do these kind of comps for free. It's supposed to be fun. If you have a serious problem with the prize money, you don't have to participate.

Emil Mujanovic

I agree with Matabus. I thought the point of a 3D contest was to prove you've got what it takes to win. That and personal experiance.
Polycount comps don't usually front high-end prizes, yet people enter (most don't finish and I'm guilty in that department too).

-caseyjones

Ged

yeah I like the challenges at C4Dcafe and they never offer a prize, this is just a strange way of presenting a challenge/competition because it does not seem focused on fun but rather on professionalism and the prize but I suppose we can make it what we want.

Panupat

I never entered challenges here, but I think when participating in challenges without prizes, it has to be a community activity to make it a good challenge. Like Polycount challenge, you know you'll be working with, and get feed back from, respectible artists you're familiar with. That experience in itself is a pretty valuable prize.

When there's prize offer tho, I think it needs to be worth the effort. Like cgtalk official challenge. Like this one, it feels like prize for kids and young gamers. Can be kinda insulting if you offer this to professional artist I think