Nov 07, 2007, 03:29 AM // 03:29
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jul 2006
Guild: [kiSu]
Profession: W/
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Contest Fairness
Tell me if you see anything fair in this:
Name A Boss:
Winners: Oni/Naga/Yeti (me)
Honorables: Oni/Naga/Yeti
Finalist: Oni/Naga/Yeti
Following Contest no more than a month after prize distribution:
Halloween Art:
Grand Prize: Kanaxai (10x more than mine)
Winners: Vizu (10x more than mine)
Honorables: Panda/Island Guardian (10x more than mine)
Finalist: Oni/Naga/Yeti (mine)
Last edited by darktemplar32489; Nov 07, 2007 at 03:42 AM // 03:42..
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Nov 07, 2007, 03:36 AM // 03:36
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#2
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Oct 2005
Guild: Posers and Wannabes [nubs]
Profession: W/E
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Coughing up rights to original artwork that may be used in a game to generate revenue for a company .. should merit a slightly better payoff. Sorry, my major was art .. call me biased.
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Nov 07, 2007, 03:40 AM // 03:40
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#3
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jul 2006
Guild: [kiSu]
Profession: W/
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Coughing up rights to original boss name that may be used in a game to generate revenue for a company
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Nov 07, 2007, 03:43 AM // 03:43
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#4
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Oct 2005
Guild: Posers and Wannabes [nubs]
Profession: W/E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by darktemplar32489
Coughing up rights to original boss name that may be used in a game to generate revenue for a company
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Huge difference between a few letters of text and hours spent on actual art. Why not be happy that you won and enjoy your spoils?
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Nov 07, 2007, 03:45 AM // 03:45
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#5
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Banned
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Let's just face it, ANet has no problem using names that are RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing retarded.
Art is a selling point, though. It definitely does merit a better payoff.
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Nov 07, 2007, 03:45 AM // 03:45
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#6
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Debbie Downer
Join Date: May 2006
Profession: N/Me
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Guild Wars was never intended to have valuable items, everything is equal, blah, blah.
I don't think players will go "You have teh Kanaxai, OMG you lucky SOB Grats!" (unlike the meme that is a reference to...)
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Nov 07, 2007, 04:09 AM // 04:09
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#7
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Mar 2007
Profession: Rt/
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I really don't think that the Brand the boss contest winners really put as much of an effort in for the name as the Halloween art contest people put in for their art work.
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Nov 07, 2007, 04:20 AM // 04:20
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#8
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Insane & Inhumane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by leprekan
Huge difference between a few letters of text and hours spent on actual art. Why not be happy that you won and enjoy your spoils?
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This is basically what I was gonna say, so quote for truth.
Edit: Also on a side note to the OP: Some of those boss names that were put in were rather corny and didn't take much thought. But the art submissions cost those people time and money for the most part, *Way* more effort then you put in. So I suppose that defense is vain.
*Waits till thread is closed*
Last edited by Brianna; Nov 07, 2007 at 04:34 AM // 04:34..
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Nov 07, 2007, 04:26 AM // 04:26
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#9
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Earth, sadly
Guild: BORK
Profession: A/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by leprekan
Huge difference between a few letters of text and hours spent on actual art. Why not be happy that you won and enjoy your spoils?
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Because he's a guru whiner.
Oh, and all of the names were really crappy. They shouldn't even deserve what they got.
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Nov 07, 2007, 04:37 AM // 04:37
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#10
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So Serious...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: London
Guild: Nerfs Are [WHAK]
Profession: E/
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Your name got selected and not mine, which I considered good (but I'll simply accept Anet's decision, it's just a game!). How fair is this?
My point being, don't be so greedy.
/close-thread-before-flame-fest
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Nov 07, 2007, 04:51 AM // 04:51
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#11
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Sins FTW!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: USA
Guild: Angel Sharks [AS]
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Yes, because coming up with some cheesy name that just combines a few objects or plays on an already FAMOUS name in former pop culture really is on the same level as artistically carving a pumpkin, designing a costume, or drawing/painting a picture. ANet's choice in boss' names isn't exactly something to wave a flag about. What happened to being thankful that ANet gives us these contests to be creative and make a difference in the game instead of worrying about some arbitrary price people put on virtual objects?
You hear that sound? A thousand tiny violins...
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Nov 07, 2007, 05:00 AM // 05:00
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#12
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jul 2006
Guild: [kiSu]
Profession: W/
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close thread
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Nov 07, 2007, 05:07 AM // 05:07
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#13
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Mar 2007
Guild: Astral Revenants
Profession: P/W
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Monique
Let's just face it, ANet has no problem using names that are RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing retarded.
Art is a selling point, though. It definitely does merit a better payoff.
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Nov 07, 2007, 05:34 AM // 05:34
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#14
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Ultima Thule
Guild: Legacy of Echovald [Echo]
Profession: P/
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Usually it is the contest losers who complain that the rules were stupid, the result was rigged, blah blah, lag, crappy team, stupid map. But at Guru even the winners complain, simply amazing!
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Nov 07, 2007, 08:49 AM // 08:49
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#15
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are we there yet?
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: in a land far far away
Guild: guild? I am supposed to have a guild?
Profession: Rt/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fril Estelin
Your name got selected and not mine, which I considered good (but I'll simply accept Anet's decision, it's just a game!). How fair is this?
My point being, don't be so greedy.
/close-thread-before-flame-fest
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exactly.....OP be happy you won something. many people didnt. (anet didnt have to give anything away for any contest, so be happy they did and that you were one of the lucky few who got some recognition).
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Nov 07, 2007, 08:54 AM // 08:54
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#16
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Academy Page
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Sæby, Denmark
Guild: A Few Good Men
Profession: Mo/
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darktemplar32489 if you are unhappy with your free Yeti then I will take it off your hands for free
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Nov 07, 2007, 10:30 AM // 10:30
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#17
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Scotland
Guild: Dragons of Torment (DOA)
Profession: Me/
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for thinking up some name that probably only took a few minutes the prize was not just the mini but to have your name on a boss thousands would see. You have the honour of being able to go out in a group and say i named that boss.
for spendingin hours or days on a piece of art winners got the chance to own a slightly more expensive mini. Tell me does that sound fair to you? It certainly sounds like the artist got screwed. And those that didnt win the art conteste spent hours making things that got no recognition, whereas the brand a boss losers wasted a few minutes. If any group was hard done by its the artistic element of our community
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Nov 07, 2007, 12:22 PM // 12:22
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#18
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Jul 2006
Guild: [kiSu]
Profession: W/
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Ya, my name will be on a boss, but how many people kill him and say: thats the boss the I made. .00000000000001%
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Nov 07, 2007, 12:24 PM // 12:24
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#19
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Bubblegum Patrol
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Singapore Armed Forces
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Quote:
Originally Posted by darktemplar32489
Ya, my name will be on a boss, but how many people kill him and say: thats the boss the I made. .00000000000001%
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So you're basically saying here that the importance of your submission isn't really noticeable or relevant, and therefore you should be given a big prize?
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Nov 07, 2007, 12:49 PM // 12:49
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#20
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jul 2005
Guild: Charter Vanguard [CV]
Profession: N/Me
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wow, a whiner and a bragger in the same post. you got a rare mini nonetheless... you don't really have a lot of footing here.
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