Ahoy Conquer Clubbers! The countdown to the Winter Olympics has begun, and Vancouver is looking forward to welcoming the world to its snow-covered shores. Here at Conquer Club, we're hoping to have a little fun and do something special for the games, and the Foundry has chosen to kick off preparations with a competition to create a Winter Olympics themed version of the recently quenched Vancouver map!
With only 10 days to go until the opening ceremony, the race is on!
If you wish to take part in this medal event, then you will need to take heed of the following rules:
Competition Rules:
The competition is for a graphical revamp only: territory names, border connections and army locations must be unchanged from the live version of the Vancouver Map. An outline of the existing map will be made available to all participants, as well as overlay images that can be used to add army circles in the correct position for the Large and Small maps.
Each participant will be required to submit two images; a large map (800x650 pixels), and a small map (630x512 pixels). It should be noted that the small map may be created by resizing from the large.
It is the mapmaker's responsibility to understand and comply with Foundry standards regarding image size, use of copyright-free images, etc. Maps not meeting Foundry standards and/or raising any copyright concerns may be withheld/removed from the competition. (Information about use of Olympic images/brands)
To enter, you will be required to host your map files using Photobucket or some other file sharing program, and a link must be provided to [player]MrBenn[/player] by 11:59pm GMT on February 10th 2010. Late submissions may not be considered for entry.
Submissions should be Final Forge standard, and the winner will be selected by the Foundry Foreman and an anonymous panel of judges.
Once the winner has been chosen and announced, the Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics map will replace the Vancouver Map for the duration of the Winter Olympics, February 12-28th.
The competition winner (and collaborator, if applicable) will be awarded an Official CC Contest Medal.
Entrants to the competition will be understood to have agreed to the terms of the Copyright agreement: The author retains copyright on their work, and gives Conquer Club permission to use the imagery free of charge, for as long as Conquer Club sees fit on the Conquer Club website. Conquer Club cannot sell, lease, or lend the right to use the images to anyone else. The author swears that their map is their own work, or a legal derivative work and by submitting it, do hereby claim all responsibility for that being true.
[spoiler=The Small Print]1. The Competition is organised by the Foundry Foreman on behalf of Conquer Club 2. The Foundry Foreman reserves the right to cancel or amend the Competition, the Competition Notice or these Rules at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be posted either within the Competition Notice or these Rules. A copy of the Rules may not be obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope to anywhere. 3. In the event of any dispute regarding the Rules, Competition Notice, conduct, results and all other matters relating to a Competition, the decision of the Foundry Foreman shall be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into. 4. To qualify to enter the Competition you must be a member of Conquer Club. 5. The Foundry Foreman assumes that by entering the Competition either you have legal capacity to enter the Competition and agree to the Rules (i.e. that you are of sufficient age and mental capacity) or your parents have consented to your entry of the Competition and use of these Rules. 6. The Foundry Foreman reserves the right to disqualify any entrant if he has reasonable grounds to believe the entrant has breached any of these terms and conditions. 7. Competition entries must be made in the manner and by the closing date specified on the Competition Notice. Failure to do so will disqualify the entry. 8. Proof of posting cannot be accepted as proof of delivery. The Foundry Foreman cannot accept responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorised access to entries, or entries lost or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions, virus, bugs or other causes outside his control. 9. Prize winners will be chosen at random unless specified otherwise in the Competition Notice, from all qualifying entries within 28 days of the closing date specified in the Competition Notice. 10. Prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash, premium or credit alternative. The Foundry Foreman reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value at any time. 11. Prizes are awarded at the Foundry Foreman's discretion and no prizes will be awarded as a result of improper actions by or on behalf of any entrant. 12. The Foundry Foreman cannot accept any responsibility for any death, damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant entering the competition or as a result of accepting any prize. The Foundry Foreman is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, telephone lines or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer or mobile telephone related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Competition. [/spoiler]
the.killing.44 wrote:Can you just post the .psd? Seeing how we're not allowed to change borders or anything, couldn't it just be easier for you to give us the whole thing.
Or just the border layer(s).
The outline map IS the border layers...
I should add that the outline/borders have been provided as a guide, and that you needn't feel compelled to use them as a layer as they stand. If you wish to draw your own border layer, feel free to use the outline as a starting point to trace from. Alternatively, feel free to use them as they stand (although you will need to watch out for the areas around the bridges, for example).
PB: 2661 | He's blue...If he were green he would die | No mod would be stupid enough to do that
the.killing.44 wrote:Can you just post the .psd? Seeing how we're not allowed to change borders or anything, couldn't it just be easier for you to give us the whole thing.
That would be kinda unfair to people who don't use photoshop.
the.killing.44 wrote:Can you just post the .psd? Seeing how we're not allowed to change borders or anything, couldn't it just be easier for you to give us the whole thing.
That would be kinda unfair to people who don't use photoshop.
Yeah, seconded. It's a competition after all. Not sure if I'm going to participate, let's see if I get a good inspiration, then maybe...
damnit how am I gunna have anything to complain about when you actually do what I think is a great idea? I'm so very happy to see this occurring. I'd participate in the creation of the themed map if I had artistic talent, but instead I'll just have to come back out of semi-retirement to play a couple games on it. I haven't even played on the original yet.
shakeycat wrote:I wish I had entered! I didn't know the due date until it was too late I had assumed it would be today with the opening ceremonies.
Yeah, same here. I only had a couple hours to come up with something. I would really enjoy to see some of the other versions that everyone did. I posted mine, ...
congrats sam.
Last edited by porkenbeans on Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I had assumed it would be today with the opening ceremonies.
