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Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby MrBenn on Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:21 pm

Ahoy Conquer Clubbers!

The votes have been counted and verified...

Without further ado, it gives me great pleasure to announce the winner of the Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 Competition:


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Large: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/WintOlyVancouver_L.jpg
Small: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/WintOlyVancouver_S.jpg

Congratulations to samuelc812, who designed the winning entry =D> =D>

All that remains for me to do now is to pass the baton on to lackattack (who hopefully won't drop it).

In the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for some more Winter Olympics Fun, CC Style.

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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:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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)
  4. 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 MrBenn by 11:59pm GMT on February 10th 2010. Late submissions may not be considered for entry.
  5. Submissions should be Final Forge standard, and the winner will be selected by the Foundry Foreman and an anonymous panel of judges.
  6. 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.
  7. The competition winner (and collaborator, if applicable) will be awarded an Official CC Contest Medal.
  8. 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.

Useful Files:
The Current Vancouver Map: http://maps.conquerclub.com/Vancouver2.L.jpg
An Outline/Borders Map: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/vancouver-outlineborder-800x650.png
Large Map Army Circles Overlay: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/vancouver-armycircles-800x650.png
Small Map Army Circles Overlay: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/vancouver-armycircles-630x512.png


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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby MrBenn on Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:29 pm

Very many thanks to shakeycat for giving access to the source map files in order to provide the above links. =D>
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby the.killing.44 on Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:30 pm

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).
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby MrBenn on Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:36 pm

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).
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby captainwalrus on Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:21 pm

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.
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby natty dread on Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:31 am

captainwalrus wrote:
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...
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby MrBenn on Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:46 pm

With a little bit of help, there's a slightly cleaner (and more consistent) version of the border / outlines now available:

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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby phantomzero on Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:51 pm

MrBenn wrote:Very many thanks to shakeycat for giving access to the source map files in order to provide the above links. =D>


The outline map link isn't working for me.
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby MrBenn on Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:15 pm

phantomzero wrote:
MrBenn wrote:Very many thanks to shakeycat for giving access to the source map files in order to provide the above links. =D>


The outline map link isn't working for me.
An Outline Map: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj32 ... 00x650.png

The correct link is this one: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj32 ... 00x650.png
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby sargonflex on Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:18 pm

there is no snow on the shores in around van. only mountaintops. maybe their is enough snow? we see.
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby bedub1 on Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:06 pm

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.
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby MrBenn on Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:42 am

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Only a few more days to go...
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby porkenbeans on Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:36 pm

MrB,
Are you going to post the entries ?
It would be very interesting to see what everybody came up with. :D
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby MrBenn on Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:19 am

Once the winner is announced, I'll leave it to other entrants to share their entries should they desire...

Just waiting for the results of the voting before I announce a winner :-s
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby porkenbeans on Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:31 pm

Can we just go ahead and post them here if we want ?
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby Evil DIMwit on Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:26 am

A slightly pre-emptive game to celebrate...
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby MrBenn on Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:58 am

The votes have been counted and verified...

Without further ado, it gives me great pleasure to announce the winner of the Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 Competition:

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Large: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/WintOlyVancouver_L.jpg
Small: http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/WintOlyVancouver_S.jpg

Congratulations to samuelc812, who designed the winning entry =D> =D>

All that remains for me to do now is to pass the baton on to lackattack (who hopefully won't drop it).

In the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for some more Winter Olympics Fun, CC Style.

Oh, there's also another foundry competition in the pipeline... keep your eyes peeled for that too ;-)
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby porkenbeans on Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:15 pm

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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby shakeycat on Fri Feb 12, 2010 1:29 pm

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.
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby AndyDufresne on Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:36 pm

Congrats for working on everything on short notice!


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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby porkenbeans on Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:12 pm

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.
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby Industrial Helix on Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:24 pm

Congrats Sam, it's nice and simple and still has a good feel of the winter Olympics.

I was gonna try out, but to be honest, I had no real idea of what to do.
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby lackattack on Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:06 pm

Well done sam =D>
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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby samuelc812 on Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:21 pm

Thanks guys, for some reason the quality went a little strange :-k

In my opinion the Large is of better quality...

Anyway have fun! :)

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Re: Vancouver 2010: Winter Olympics

Postby porkenbeans on Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:43 pm

Maybe if you try saving it as png file, instead of jpeg.
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