[Ishan]

18th June 2003 18:40 UTC

The AVS Knockout Tournament!
So here it is!
In this tournament there will be a limit for 20 contestents, so hurry!
There are no limits for what you can use, but there will be a consideration for the topic given by us judges and the fps.
This will be for 4 weeks and some contestents will be eliminated after every week.
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The format is:
20 -> 15 -> 10 -> 5 -> 1
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I guess it is very clear for everybody.

Judges are:
1.Ishan_rocky
2.Anubis
3. Doggy Dog

No ripping allowed and no cheating!
If anyone has to say anything about the format or someone has some differences he say so in the other thread.
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THE TOPIC FOR THE FIRST WEEK IS:
Alpha blending
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Last date for entry of first week: Tuesday, 24th June 2003

Runar

18th June 2003 18:44 UTC

Runar has started working in ten seconds.

Raz

18th June 2003 18:56 UTC

Raz has begun working later :D

mikm

18th June 2003 19:20 UTC

Hope this link works...I Quick Replied so I couldn't attach a file when I edited it and I didn't want to double-post:

http://www.geocities.com/michaelthecat/mbdm.zip

(the link works for me, but I know people have had trouble with files on geocities pages in the past)

btw...this goes incredibly fast. It looks best between 10 and 30 FPS.

Deamon

18th June 2003 21:09 UTC

I've started working on it, count me in :)

[edit]
I indeed can't see your preset m^2k
[/edit]

anubis2003

18th June 2003 21:31 UTC

I was able to see michael's preset.

mikm

18th June 2003 21:43 UTC

ok...here it is attached

sidd

19th June 2003 06:09 UTC

ive also started.. im in

[Ishan]

19th June 2003 07:05 UTC

19 entries left! Hurry!

Raz

19th June 2003 07:53 UTC

ker-explode

Magic.X

19th June 2003 08:22 UTC

/me Starts AVS, begins work :D

Zevensoft

19th June 2003 08:41 UTC

:D

[Ishan]

19th June 2003 09:41 UTC

uh..zevensoft i dont see any Alpha blended Dm in that(sorry i did'nt mention DM in the start) But that must be understood.

Magic.X

19th June 2003 10:49 UTC

Hehe! Alphaspiral :D

skupers

19th June 2003 12:54 UTC

I'm in too and working on an avs preset.

mquadrat

19th June 2003 16:27 UTC

Didn't include ColorMap APE and Convolution Filter, 'cause I think you all have these already.

shreyas_potnis

19th June 2003 16:33 UTC

me in, I said that earlier also. wait for some time

Runar

19th June 2003 22:50 UTC

Here's my preset... Ugh ugh.

anubis2003

19th June 2003 23:57 UTC

15 left - I think. Looking good so far.

Raz

20th June 2003 00:18 UTC

14 left.

[Ishan]

20th June 2003 07:25 UTC

Check out the other thread, i think we'll have to get this thread deleted:(

Raz

20th June 2003 07:57 UTC

Nah, save it for next round, now stop discussing it in here.

Zevensoft

20th June 2003 08:30 UTC

Re-Entry (Due to previous being invalid)

:weird:

shreyas_potnis

20th June 2003 09:42 UTC

my entry:

Deamon

20th June 2003 11:26 UTC

Ok here goes, my first shot at alpha blending :). Guess I'm out already, having seen some of the submissions, but I still have to give it a shot right? Did a lot of forum searching on what alpha blending is, hope this is what the judges ment. :rolleyes:

I hope the next round (if I'm in) is really something with names as it should be, instead of a technique contest.

About the preset:
It's supposed to be a huge powerball which is heated on an intergalactic furnace. :p

nixa

20th June 2003 12:29 UTC

Its alpha blended...and its a fractal

sidd

20th June 2003 15:16 UTC

he rollercoaster
he got early warning
he got muddy water
he one mojo filter.
he say, one and one and one is three
goto be good looking cuz hes so hard to see

Runar

20th June 2003 17:17 UTC

Argh, I submitted the wrong version of my preset. May I upload a new file?

anubis2003

20th June 2003 17:28 UTC

I don't see why not.

[Ishan]

20th June 2003 17:38 UTC

yea, go on.

Runar

20th June 2003 17:49 UTC

Good, just thought I'd ask so I didn't start a riot or something, hehe.

Nic01

20th June 2003 19:43 UTC

My entry... I'm not sure if it qualifies...

I'll prolly re-entry this preset once I make the ripples a getosc ring (music detection) or once I find a better effect.

EDIT : Oh yeah : UnConeD, don't bitch about the realism ;) :) :p

anubis2003

20th June 2003 21:47 UTC

It has alpha blending, so it qualifies.

Raz

20th June 2003 23:48 UTC

9 Places left.

skupers

22nd June 2003 20:30 UTC

I finished my preset: alpha-ray damage (2 more dead). The alphablending is used to create the orange rings that act as a render and alphablending is also used as a way to change the colors. In around 10% of the beats, it'll go to a d=-d maximum blended mode. If you look carefully you can see that the center of the rotation is also the center of the colorchanging alpha. I hope you like it, because I sure do. :up:

(required ape's: channel shift)

sidd

23rd June 2003 07:26 UTC

heres my update..
i think the judges had better be careful to make sure they get the finished version of these presets. It seems everyone is sending in updates.

When is the deadline btw?

[Ishan]

23rd June 2003 07:36 UTC

Tommorow is the deadline!

Deamon

23rd June 2003 11:29 UTC

ok I'm dead... :p

skupers

23rd June 2003 13:37 UTC

Siddhartha_one's preset is damn stylish. I really like the cartoon look and the orange colorscheme.

dirkdeftly

25th June 2003 04:03 UTC

bullox. and i just happened to have an excellent alpha blending preset (that, of course, unconed hates) laying around. just my luck i had to be in iowa when you organized this.

stupid iowa. :hang:

anubis2003

25th June 2003 05:24 UTC

You know you still could have submitted it when you made that post(unless you are still in Iowa). By my time, anyways, your post was still on the 24th.

Raz

25th June 2003 08:00 UTC

That was the whole point on the post.

sidd

25th June 2003 09:50 UTC

so how many did you judges get in the end?

anubis2003

25th June 2003 15:56 UTC

I have 12. I'm pretty sure that's all of them.

Deamon

25th June 2003 21:10 UTC

and some results yet?

anubis2003

25th June 2003 21:42 UTC

I've sent off my scores to Rocky. I'm sure Doggy Dog and he will be done soon.

I figured I might as well post the entire group of presets in case anybody wants them all together.

[Ishan]

26th June 2003 06:37 UTC

since there are only twelve have we to eliminate only two??
and anubis check your PM's i have sent mine scores.

Where is doggy dog anyway??if he is'nt around here are only two of us to decide the results??that wont be fair.

sidd

26th June 2003 07:14 UTC

liquid cross kicks arse! well done raz..
my favs are that and nixa's fractle one.

Seeing as there are less entries than expected, how about we kick 4 instead of 5 per week

edit, whoops, didnt read that reply.

Deamon

26th June 2003 08:36 UTC

My personal two favourites:

Shreyas - After the party empty disco
nixa - Alpha fractal

dirkdeftly

26th June 2003 09:19 UTC

okay, i did this in one afternoon, and it's about all the time i could get to work on it after i found out about the contest, so i hope i'm allowed a late entry...

here it is...protonagative ahahahawmemggi.


<edit> less fuckous now...

skupers

26th June 2003 11:45 UTC

My favourites were actually my own preset and siddhartha_one's mojo filter preset.

Calrobowiz

26th June 2003 12:16 UTC

Well I know that it is to late to submit but here is my preset if you want to take a look. I know that it doesn’t look that good but it's my first and only one (for now). All I did is change the axis of "Vertical Bouncing Scope" and added some color. The scope also appears to "bleed" as it goes down. I think it turned out ok for my first try. Oh and I love your preset, Atero.:)

anubis2003

26th June 2003 12:36 UTC

Sorry Atero and Calrobowiz; we've already done the judging.

Calrobowiz

26th June 2003 13:07 UTC

That's fine. I know that mine wouldn't of won any way.

[Ishan]

27th June 2003 06:13 UTC

Results are out! it was really tough to judge, almost all were good but there has to be some result ai'nt it? so - Runar and Mquadrat have been eliminated(sorry for you two)
I'll let you'll know the next topic very soon.

Raz

27th June 2003 08:40 UTC

Heeey, we want to know the final order. Who won, who came second, who came...

[Ishan]

27th June 2003 09:30 UTC

All right here is the order -
1.M^2k : 25 points
2.Raz and Skupers : 24 points
3.Nic01 and Shreyas : 22 points
4.Siddhartha : 20 points
5.Zevensoft : 17 points
6.Deamon and Magic : 16 points
7.(eliminated)Runar and Mquadrat : 15 points
All points are out of 30.

Doggy Dog

27th June 2003 11:18 UTC

Umm, how much points did Nixa get overall ?

Deamon

27th June 2003 11:19 UTC

so I'm still in ?!?! sweet :) I never expected that. Thank you God :D.

Runar

27th June 2003 11:30 UTC

:(
ah well.

Raz

27th June 2003 12:01 UTC

Woooh, bring on the next title :D

anubis2003

27th June 2003 15:32 UTC

Doggy Dog, Nixa had 12 points + whatever you gave him.

sidd

27th June 2003 16:12 UTC

do these points have any affect on future rounds?

[Ishan]

27th June 2003 16:34 UTC

Nixa got 22 points overall he goes in 3rd position alongwith Nic01 and Shreyas,sorry i forgot to type it earlier.

Calrobowiz

27th June 2003 16:59 UTC

Congratulations, M^2k :)

skupers

27th June 2003 18:54 UTC

Wow, 2nd is not bad at all :).

anubis2003

27th June 2003 19:31 UTC

Originally posted by siddhartha_one
do these points have any affect on future rounds?

Raz

27th June 2003 20:26 UTC

Good decision anubis, just slightly offtopic here but shouldn't it go to the point where there are quarter finals, semi finals and finals.

mikm

27th June 2003 20:56 UTC

wow...i'm amazed. :D

Magic.X

27th June 2003 20:59 UTC

Could you guys please start next round not before tuesday? Otherwise i will be out too as my company send s me somewhere else next week where no pc + no i-net. So i could still do it when i arrive.

Thnx.

anubis2003

28th June 2003 00:54 UTC

Is that alright with everyone else? It doesn't matter to me.

mikm

28th June 2003 01:19 UTC

yes

klowndes

28th June 2003 05:04 UTC

I know I have like no clout, but here's a theme I'd really like to see: Paranoya. His presets are still some of my favorites, and I haven't seen anything like them in a long while.

[Ishan]

28th June 2003 05:54 UTC

klowndes you could have pm'ed me if you had an idea.

klowndes

28th June 2003 05:56 UTC

Sorry, I don't post much here, usually just browse. But now I guess my idea's out in the wild.

shreyas_potnis

28th June 2003 06:27 UTC

3d, place, quite a good start :)

dirkdeftly

29th June 2003 06:02 UTC

umm, paranoya's style is boring, unoriginal, and way too easy to replicate.


and i hate you all.
bastards.

:mad: :hang: :cry: :igor:

shreyas_potnis

29th June 2003 08:36 UTC

ok, I am in the contest, so it is not fair from me to give suggestions, but anyway, Ishan and anubis, quickly decide what the next theme should be...:D

Raz

29th June 2003 09:20 UTC

I have a suggestion, how about if we do this again we actually have the tournament. eg Name V Name, Name V Name, Name V Name unitl we have the quarter, smis and finally the final. Just thought i'd put that in here for the next time around because i don't think this is going to be implemented now.

Deamon

29th June 2003 10:57 UTC

Then names should be selected along scores from the past round. It would be much fairer if I for example would compete against Magic.X than against m^2k. I don't know if it's doable, the differences are quite high. But we might do it in a future tournament.

Btw. How very remarkably friendly and relevant are you again, Atero :p, even if your right. I agree on it that we shouldn't start replicating other peoples styles. The tournament was about own styles, right? We could use the word paranoya as theme, just like other words like fire, water, digital, and so on. But we shouldn't start copying other peoples styles.

And even if we'd start copying other peoples styles, we should not take somebody like Paranoya, but earlier someone like El-Vis or Tuggummi. Not UnConed for sure, he's too hard for the major part of us.

Raz

29th June 2003 15:37 UTC

No replicating styles is my opinion. Why would you want a whole bunch of presets that all look like past presets, come on the idea was to be creative not copy someones own style. Besides if you like paranoyas presets then watch paranoya presets, you don't need new ones.

13373571

29th June 2003 16:27 UTC

Raz: Let's not have a knockout tournament (like I think you're saying) because people can get knocked out in the first round against someone who was just really lucky to get a subject he was good at. Example:

First round is someonenotgoodatmath vs. UnConeD and the subject subject is krazy cool ray traced crap. Someonenotgoodatmath might be able to beat UnConeD while making any other type of preset, but he just happens to get this one and get knocked out unfairly.

I say the best contest would be: judges say "make a preset with just a superscope, a preset with no custom-programmable parts, a remix of BLANK, a copy of El-Vis's style, a preset that is clearly inspired by the title "giant orange hippo wearing a tutu", a good use of XOR, and a flow preset. No re-using old material. start NOW, submit your pack within fifteen days." and then after fifteen days the judges look through all the packs and gives each preset a score out of 10 points. The sum of each of the judges scores for a pack = the pack's total score. The judges can't talk to eachother or anyone else about the quality of the presets until they have all submitted their scores to the head judge (who doesn't vote and is a trustworthy person). The head judge releases the total scores after he recieves all the other judge's scores.

I think that this would be the fastest and fairest way to do a competition...

[Ishan]

29th June 2003 18:13 UTC

it's really too confusing for me:(

Raz

29th June 2003 18:17 UTC

Nice idea for a comp but i still like my isea, so what if people get knocked out straight away, they should've been better in that area, and anyway, it shouldn't be raytracing because only a few can do that, it should be a title, you know something anything can be done with.

Runar

29th June 2003 18:38 UTC

A knockout tournament would have to be combined with a league, at least if this tournament's contestant amount is something to go after.

13373571

29th June 2003 18:55 UTC

Again raz, what if someone who isn't that good just happens to come up with a really good preset based on "satan's fearsome sci fi space furby" one round and knocks out someone who otherwise would've won the tournament but just couldn't come up with a good interpretation. Just two presets (one from each opponent) isn't enough material to decide who's the best overall imho. I could be wrong.

Why don't we just do both types of tournament, one after the other or at the same time...

edit: runar, it won't be about something to go after.

Raz

29th June 2003 19:10 UTC

yeah that was my point, do another tournament like i said. Ad if you can't come up with a good interpretation, tough, you should've done. It doesn't matter what they could've done, it's what they do. Rival tournaments aren't meant to be user friendly, they're supposed to be complex and intimidating, and if you fail, you lose, you're off the team, tough. Just because some good people might get knocked out doesn't mean it's not a good idea, if they're such good avsers they wont get knocked out. You see my point?

13373571

29th June 2003 19:22 UTC

Just because some good people might get knocked out doesn't mean it's not a good idea, if they're such good avsers they wont get knocked out. You see my point?

some good people might get knocked out

if they're such good avsers they wont get knocked out.

Raz

29th June 2003 20:59 UTC

Nah my idea was so that we can have a _proper_ tournament :p

13373571

29th June 2003 21:12 UTC

This is like trying to talk to a giant orange hippo while wearing a tutu and not feeling just a little bit silly.

Do whatever, I give up.

Raz

29th June 2003 21:21 UTC

Stop with the orange hippo now, it's getting old.

We can have many tournaments, how about we concentrate on this one before our ambitions outgrow us eh. :)

13373571

30th June 2003 02:02 UTC

The new contest hasn't been posted, so nothing's going on with this tournament. Let's all time ourselves and see who can eat a happy meal the fastest. That way everybody gets a prize.

This is such a pointless post.

[Ishan]

30th June 2003 07:05 UTC

Originally posted by 13373571
This is such a pointless post

13373571

30th June 2003 07:47 UTC

Somebody post the next challenge before this thread gets too far off subject. I should be shot for all the stupid crap I've posted already. Don't make a witty comment about that.

Deamon

30th June 2003 09:18 UTC

this is a witty comment to 13373571 :p.

Though I do agree with you, this is getting way to far off-topic, let the judges come up with the new topic fast before everyone is annoyed and not in the mood to go on anyway.

[Ishan]

30th June 2003 09:43 UTC

Allright the topic for the next week is:
DEVIL'S NIGHTMARE

The contestants to participate are:
M^2k,Raz,Shreyas,Nic01,Deamon,Siddhartha_one,Zevensoft,Magic,Nixa,Skupers

Last date for submission of presets:
Sunday,July 6th, 2003

mikm

30th June 2003 14:51 UTC

devil's nightmare?
i don't understand.

sidd

30th June 2003 15:12 UTC

there aint much to understand about it.
you just do a preset that suits that title, or that style..
up to you..
you could interpret it as a really hellish preset, or a really saintly preset (the devils nightmnare could be something that the devl fears).

shreyas_potnis

2nd July 2003 13:45 UTC

so where to submit it?

Deamon

2nd July 2003 20:16 UTC

here, I guess. I'm working on it, shouldn't take too long any more.

Deamon

2nd July 2003 22:15 UTC

Ok here it is: another peaceful night in heaven. If this isn't the greatest nightmare of the devil, I don't know it anymore. Watch the dark blue sky, the little cute clouds, the sexy falling stars, and of course: the cross, in all it's power.

I hope you guys like it :)

Deamon

anubis2003

2nd July 2003 22:18 UTC

1 down, 9 to go.

Deamon

2nd July 2003 22:21 UTC

down? :( bad word selection amigo :p

EDIT:
and don't fuck me on FPS, I realise it's slow on the slower machines under us, but hey, it's night, remember? :)

anubis2003

2nd July 2003 22:24 UTC

didn't mean to diss the preset - I actually haven't looked at it yet. I am going to wait until I get all of them before I look at them - keep it a little more fair.

Deamon

2nd July 2003 22:29 UTC

True. I hope you'll get them all in time, activity is quite low after releasing the new title. Though maybe that means everyone is working really hard on their presets.

skupers

3rd July 2003 07:44 UTC

I'm working hard on my preset, which will most likely be called "dance of the seraphim". The scopes, which already look amazing in my opinion, take up a lot of time to tweak for the best response. The problem with my preset is that a part of it only works in 320x200. That shouldn't be a problem if I say it in the comment, right?

Deamon

3rd July 2003 09:18 UTC

Not with me, I've quite some presets which only work in square window sizes. Just put it clearly in the comment and you should be fine (I guess, it's of course still up to the judges)

[Ishan]

3rd July 2003 10:11 UTC

no prob with me.

Magic.X

3rd July 2003 17:27 UTC

Heh, want something really scary huh? Lets see.... :D

skupers

3rd July 2003 19:42 UTC

Dance of the Seraphim

www.pantheon.org/articles/s/seraphim.html

Seraphim

Divine creatures from the Old Testament, associated with the Cherubim, and later taken to be angels. The root of Seraphim comes either from the Hebrew verb saraph ('to burn') or the Hebrew noun saraph (a fiery, flying serpent). Because the term appears several times with reference to the serpents encountered in the wilderness (Num. 21.8, Deut. 8.15; Isa. 14.29; 30.6), it has often been understood to refer to "fiery serpents." From this it has also often been proposed that the seraphim were serpentine in form and in some sense "fiery" creatures or associated with fire.

It is said that whoever lays eyes on a Seraph, he would instantly be incinerated due to the immense brightness of the Seraph. They are described as very tall, with six wings and four heads, one for of the cardinal directions. One pair of wings are for flying, one for covering their eyes (for even they may not look directly at God), and one for covering their feet (which is almost certainly a euphemism for genitalia). They are in the direct presence of God.

In Isaiah's call-vision in the Temple, he sees Seraphim surrounding the throne of God, singing praise to God; the "Thrice Holy" hymn (ch 6). In this instance they are angelic beings but in the Book of Numbers, seraph-snakes are sent to punish the Israelites.

Some of the Seraphim are Metatron, Kemuel, Nathanael, Gabriel, and Lucifer.

Deamon

3rd July 2003 20:00 UTC

Nice :), though I don't see what it has to do with the topic, except the nice story you added. The preset looks great on the other hand. I'm not sure what it's supposed to look like (I run it with about 6 FPS) :s. Now let's see what the judges think, will they fall for beauty, or will they think it hasn't got to do enough with the topic?

skupers

3rd July 2003 20:09 UTC

Not enough with the topic? That research cost some time and I was trying to make something that looked like Seraphim. I originally had snake-like thingies, but they were too slow.

Deamon

3rd July 2003 20:57 UTC

I was just about to edit my reply when I read this, having read the text more carefully and only then realising the depth of it. Should indeed have taken you quite some time to find that all out. Sorry skupers, I didn't mean to be so harsh (or wathever the word is, in Dutch, which you understand: lomp). Also the preset looks great, it also contains a shitload of quite some nice skills. It just didn't look like an angel to me, but then again, nobody knows how they look. I guess I expected something with wings and a golden ring on it's head or so. So, I take all my words back, and my excuses to skupers. It's a great preset with the best background I've yet seen. Congrats, I hope you accept my apoligies.

skupers

3rd July 2003 21:52 UTC

No problem, I forgive you. I have to admit that without the explanation, you don't really see the connection to the topic.

Raz

4th July 2003 00:18 UTC

So i went for the classic, satanic look, so sue me :p

Raz

4th July 2003 00:23 UTC

Oh yeah by the way, recommended resolution, 350x350

And i didn't edit _just_ to piss off the people who would be retarded enough to care :p

anubis2003

4th July 2003 00:28 UTC

why a square window, raz?

Raz

4th July 2003 00:32 UTC

Because there's that damned problematic text in there. What is the concept with the "w" and "h" variables in the DM to make it the same, erm cant explain, like 80% of the window size for everything, for the window? I can't think, brain needs sleep.

shreyas_potnis

4th July 2003 09:03 UTC

my entry, I hope my topic is correct, as I didnt understand it much.

13373571

4th July 2003 12:45 UTC

I think an earthquake in hell could be a nightmare for the devil... It's not as if the topic had well set boundaries anyways.

edit: it looks more like "journey through the devil's digestive system" to me though :) still very responsive and devilish, I'm not trying to say it's bad, the walls just remind me of what I saw in biology class with that pulsation and whatnot. Ok i'll stop now.

[Ishan]

4th July 2003 15:14 UTC

only M^2k,Siddhartha,Zevensoft,Magic,Nixa and Nic01 left now.

Deamon

4th July 2003 16:51 UTC

yep, it's much more quiet than previous round, I hope they'll still submit.

nixa

4th July 2003 18:45 UTC

I dont have much time for anything right now bacouse I have the most important exam in my life next week(if I write it good I go to uni I want if not I go to the army and write it again next year) so all i could make is this half ass flow + orange/red colormap preset. If the deadline is after 9 June ill make sure to update.

sidd

5th July 2003 02:17 UTC

pant pant wheezz.
im rushing to get this preset done.. i really hope i dont end up taking stupid shorcuts and making outlandish sacrifices just fo rthe sake of getting it in on time... but thats probably what will happen

[Ishan]

5th July 2003 12:22 UTC

There are still 4 days to go, so take your time.

sidd

5th July 2003 19:18 UTC

4 days?
well i quote you on this one:

Last date for submission of presets:
Sunday,July 6th, 2003

13373571

6th July 2003 02:42 UTC

There's a little date and time to the lower left of my post, I think that that will be the "official" timing that will be used.

[Ishan]

6th July 2003 06:02 UTC

oh, sorry, i made a blunder mistake.
So, what about the submissions??

sidd

6th July 2003 07:42 UTC

Ok

Deamon

6th July 2003 09:30 UTC

I'm on vacation from next thursday, for about 3.5 weeks :(. Please let me at least know if I made this round, and maybe if I'm on to the next round the judges can give the next topic fast (tommorow or so) I can submit for the next round as well.

[Ishan]

6th July 2003 14:47 UTC

what about M^2k,Zevensoft, Magic,Nixa and Nic01??

anubis2003

6th July 2003 15:50 UTC

nixa did one.

Raz

6th July 2003 15:57 UTC

Since there's so many and they don't seem to have realised the seriousness of the date ya think you can give them a day or two more?

anubis2003

6th July 2003 16:17 UTC

It's fine with me, but i'll leave it up to ishan and snoop to decide.

Deamon

6th July 2003 17:46 UTC

:(

anubis2003

6th July 2003 17:52 UTC

sorry daemon - maybe we can postpone starting the next round - i dunno. Summertime isn't the greatest time to do a tournament like this - too many people goin' on vacation.

Doggy Dog

6th July 2003 18:37 UTC

Um, it would be nice of ishan to pm deamon the theme for the next round or something, so he can do the preset. If he qualifes and isn't able to do a preset it will be unfair for the people who didn't qualify. I think it would be better for everyone to PM him the theme for the next round, so he can do the preset and send it to Ishan who would post the preset here after the theme has been announced to everyone. If he doesn't qualify, ishan just wouldn't have to post teh preset. That's just my opinion.

Magic.X

6th July 2003 20:49 UTC

HA! Just in time.

Here is my submission, hope you'll like it.

I used the delay and slideshow ape.

As the slideshow ape is a bit tricky with redistribution, you may have to set it up yourself. Copy the Fire Folder into the avsdir and set it in the ape.

It should work this way.

anubis2003

7th July 2003 01:33 UTC

Anybody else have theirs? 3.5 more hours according to my time.

mikm

7th July 2003 01:43 UTC

didn't have much time for this one...was in the car a lot.

basically, it is just a cross. in the background, there is a basic fire that freezes over every 10 or so beats.

anubis2003

7th July 2003 01:47 UTC

Waiting for zevensoft and nic01 - i hope they submit, otherwise the next round is going to be a bit small with only 5 people.

Nic01

7th July 2003 05:12 UTC

Grr.... :mad: :mad: :mad:

Hope it qualifies... (otherwise, :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :hang: :hang: :hang: )

shreyas_potnis

7th July 2003 12:15 UTC

so zave out?

anubis2003

7th July 2003 12:29 UTC

I guess. Nic was 12min late on my time, but I'm sure there is some time zone that we can use to count his on time.:p

IshanRocky

7th July 2003 16:00 UTC

I just wanted to tell that if anybody wanted to pm me, he would have to do to this new account: IshanRocky(without underscore).

And Deamon,I'll send the topic to you just now.
and since i have to hurry on this topic,i did'nt consult anyone else, so dont bitch if the anyone does'nt like the topic.

Deamon

7th July 2003 17:07 UTC

Thanks Ishan, I appreciate it, I hope I can get some things done in time.

mikm

7th July 2003 21:31 UTC

Ishan: you don't need a new account. Just PM a mod and ask for a new name.

Deamon

7th July 2003 22:52 UTC

erm.... Ishan? I just found out it's not possible to send attachments with PM's. When the final preset is done, should I post it here, which means everyone knows the topic for the next round, or what? I can hold it for a day or two if you like. Let me know soon please.

Now let's hope I'm on to the next round, I'm quite proud of this one :)

anubis2003

8th July 2003 01:12 UTC

You can e-mail it to anubis2003@msn.com if you want to. I'll post it when the topic has been released.

Zevensoft

8th July 2003 04:45 UTC

Woo hoo I'm out!

Deamon

8th July 2003 09:47 UTC

Ok Anubis, I'm mailing it to you right now. Please note that the preset is designed for framerates between 6 to 8. I've watched it on a creepy fast computer and with framerates too high it looks still pretty nice, but not as it's ment to be. (you can lower FPS with the options -> display -> window performance slidebar).

[edit]
I't's a square window preset, if you view it with other resolutions it'll draw ugly lines along the borders, which are not ment to be.
[/edit]

Raz

8th July 2003 14:37 UTC

I'm pretty sure telling the person EXACTLY how to view your preset otherwise it will completely break down doen't help...

anubis2003

8th July 2003 15:18 UTC

A'ight. Got the preset. Here's a zip with all of the presets from this round.

sidd

8th July 2003 17:46 UTC

...
my preset isnt in that zip.
doesnt bother me, i already have that one. I would have deleted it anyway!
:D :D

anubis2003

8th July 2003 17:53 UTC

Sorry. Didn't even realize that I didn't have yours.
Updated zip attached.

IshanRocky

8th July 2003 18:20 UTC

Originally posted by m^2k
Ishan: you don't need a new account. Just PM a mod and ask for a new name.

anubis2003

9th July 2003 01:37 UTC

E-mail sent.

shreyas_potnis

9th July 2003 09:30 UTC

so, when will the winners be announced?

IshanRocky

9th July 2003 10:58 UTC

Doggy Dog has sent me his scores, Anubis is left.

anubis2003

9th July 2003 15:02 UTC

Mine'll be done later today.

[Ishan]

9th July 2003 17:05 UTC

I know that it must be annoying for you'll but now my account is working allright, so if anyone needs to pm he can do so in this.

Raz

10th July 2003 09:55 UTC

scores?

anubis2003

10th July 2003 12:37 UTC

Just wait for ishan to post them - he has all the scores now.

Raz

11th July 2003 19:37 UTC

hello............

shreyas_potnis

12th July 2003 06:47 UTC

so, where's Ishan?

anubis2003

12th July 2003 06:54 UTC

I dunno. Maybe his cat died or something... He should have posted the results by now...

[Ishan]

12th July 2003 07:05 UTC

Sorry for being late I was sick for a few days, here are the results:
1.Skupers -> 22 pts
2.Nic01 -> 21 pts
3.Siddartha_one, Raz,Nixa -> 20 pts
Eliminated : Shreyas(16),Deamon(19),MagicX(16),M^2k(19)

Nic01

12th July 2003 08:24 UTC

WHOO! :)

Damn 2nd place... didn't expect that :P

Hurry with the 3rd topic to make up for the time lost now...

Down to 5 people... now things get pretty serious... :|

13373571

12th July 2003 08:42 UTC

those scores were really close...

congrats skupers for 1st place

Mr_007

12th July 2003 10:57 UTC

good race!

skupers

12th July 2003 12:46 UTC

:)

shreyas_potnis

12th July 2003 17:27 UTC

IMO Siddharta's was the best, anyways...

anubis2003

12th July 2003 18:59 UTC

How many we gonna drop in the next round? 2?

Phaze1987

12th July 2003 19:37 UTC

This contest is going nice...Too bad i didnt had an internet connection when it started :( Oh well,next time!

[Ishan]

13th July 2003 09:50 UTC

I'll let you guys know the next topic very soon (after consulting anubis and doogy dog)

anubis2003

13th July 2003 12:56 UTC

Isn't the next topic already chosen?

Raz

13th July 2003 12:59 UTC

Yes, because Deamon had to already submit it even though he got eliminated...

anubis2003

13th July 2003 13:01 UTC

Yeah, but I think we should still use the same topic. That's my vote anyway, Ishan.

Raz

13th July 2003 13:33 UTC

Why wouldn't you use the same topic exactly?

anubis2003

13th July 2003 13:38 UTC

I don't know. I think I may just go ahead and post the topic and make it easy.

[Ishan]

13th July 2003 14:07 UTC

what's happening to me??? It seems i'm a bit too sick.:(
Anyway the topic was:
------------------------------
Glow in the dark
------------------------------
Now i told you'll that it would be a bit tacky cause i decided it myself, so please dont bitch:p

Last day for submission-
Sunday,20th July 2003

anubis2003

13th July 2003 14:13 UTC

And lets put the end time at 23:59 GMT on that day(July 20).

[Ishan]

13th July 2003 14:34 UTC

that's ok, but how many will be eliminated in this round?

anubis2003

13th July 2003 15:44 UTC

I say 2.

Raz

13th July 2003 17:19 UTC

Hehehe, oh man i have the sweetest idea. :D :D :D

[Ishan]

14th July 2003 08:57 UTC

I had one too:D, too bad i cant participate:(

Deamon

15th July 2003 11:19 UTC

damnit! I'm in an internet cafe at the moment, though I wasn't hoping on reading this :(. I only lack one f*cking point. Anubis? Could you still post my preset, even when I'm eliminated, I still put a lot of effort in it. Thanks. Too bad the previous topic was a bit hard for me, this one worked out much better for me, I thought. Oh well, next tournament better :).

Greets to you all from Londen, have a nice vacation :).

nixa

16th July 2003 12:58 UTC

Here is a preset. Im not sure if it fits the theme but it doesnt really mater becouse today at 22.55 gmt im going on a much deserved vacation to Dubrovnik so i wont be here for the final round.

Btw. that test went preety good and I was 35th out of 1300 by test scores and 167th overall (school grades+test) so now im a student :)

Doggy Dog

16th July 2003 16:50 UTC

Have a nice vacation :) man. Svaka ti cast na testu :).

[Ishan]

16th July 2003 17:58 UTC

"Svaka ti cast na testu "
was does that mean??:rolleyes:

Doggy Dog

16th July 2003 18:38 UTC

Something like "Congrats about the test" in Croatian :).

anubis2003

17th July 2003 01:30 UTC

Here's Deamon's preset for you to see although it won't be in the competition.

sidd

17th July 2003 04:50 UTC

hmm, i really hate to do this, but i really doubt that i could be fucked making a preset by sunday. I have an idea, but i cant see me following through with it. Im having way to much fun at the moment.

Im on holiday btw, i took a vacation in a small country town, where i know noone. Its great, this is the first ive been on the internet in the past week and a half i think. (probably the longest ive been since i was about 13 :D) Blessed net-cafe's.

Any way, if i dont get anything in, im really sorry to fuck up the whole tournament, (though im sure its not that big a deal to you all. Raz dude, cant wait to see your sweet idea so i guess ill check back again on sunday.

tata

[Ishan]

17th July 2003 10:42 UTC

:( Nixa also gone, and less chances of Sid submitting a preset also:( Only Skupers, Raz and Nic01 left. I say let this be the final round.

Jaak

17th July 2003 19:29 UTC

Phaze whants to ul one of hes, w8 him up... and sid? where are you gone from FF?

Phaze1987

17th July 2003 23:49 UTC

huh ? Im not in THIS contest jack,i made one for the VENOM contest lol! :D

skupers

19th July 2003 15:14 UTC

T Tauri

My preset for the "Glow in the dark"-theme. 320x200 required for the text. Required texer bitmap is included in the zip-file.

sidd

21st July 2003 03:44 UTC

well, im back... well.. not really, im just taking the laptop with me everywhere now. But where are nic01 and raz's presets, its monday here... i guess it isn't everywhere else.

Jaak, im on holiday.

And skupers, man, that is one wickid preset, but couldnt you just put the text in a comment?

anubis2003

21st July 2003 03:48 UTC

Yeah, the deadline was 3 1/2 hours ago. Don't know what's up with nic and raz.

skupers

21st July 2003 07:07 UTC

Not everyone reads those and I wanted to make sure that people understood how my preset is connected to the theme.

[Ishan]

21st July 2003 14:38 UTC

If the deadlines over(which it is:rolleyes: ) then we have only two presets to judge.

sidd

21st July 2003 16:07 UTC

hahaha.. lol..
i was really looking forward to raz's preset.. seeing as there are only two left, i suggest we give them time, and let the other two update also.
but thats just me, and im not moderating.. soooooo

Raz

21st July 2003 16:18 UTC

Oh shit... i'd forgotten about this. I've done something but its not what i wanted. Here:

anubis2003

22nd July 2003 01:40 UTC

Are we accepting it? I could care less, but it is kinda unprofessional *cough* *cough*

Raz

22nd July 2003 01:47 UTC

My deepest apologies. *grovel**grovel* ;)

Raz

24th July 2003 23:28 UTC

Erm... hello?

anubis2003

25th July 2003 00:45 UTC

Ishan? Are we accepting? Snoop?

Doggy Dog

25th July 2003 08:21 UTC

I would accept it.

skupers

26th July 2003 10:21 UTC

Maybe you guys could hurry a bit, I will be on vacation from next week thurday (2-8).

anubis2003

26th July 2003 15:16 UTC

A'ight. Sent my scores. I'll let Ishan decide what counts.

[Ishan]

26th July 2003 15:44 UTC

yes here ther are(ohhh the suspense:D),hold on to your butts:

1.Raz (23)
2.Skupers(22)
3.Nixa (20)

Congrats to Raz!!!!
(you should ask a mod to give you a CT;) )

skupers

26th July 2003 16:35 UTC

Was this the last round or will there be another one?

[Ishan]

26th July 2003 16:50 UTC

with only three people do you expect to have another round?:rolleyes:

Raz

26th July 2003 17:20 UTC

Yay :D :D :D

Thanks.

Custom titles or rewards aren't necessary. :D

skupers

27th July 2003 09:33 UTC

Congratulations Raz. You deserved it.

That last round had amazing presets. Raz's preset had great colors, I loved Nixa's flow preset (is it a fractal?) and ofcourse I like my own preset.

I was 2nd, 1st and 2nd in the rounds. That isn't bad either :).

sidd

27th July 2003 10:06 UTC

heh, well now that its all over, i finaly found some time and energy to make my own preset today.
I dont expect you guys to accept it, so dont get all huffy with me.
Included is the texture, redfluidplastic.bmp, i have no idea where it came from, but i hgope whoever made it doesnt mind me using it.

Raz

28th July 2003 21:25 UTC

So... aren't we making a pack out of this or what?

[Ishan]

29th July 2003 08:41 UTC

all one has to do is take the two zip packs(which anubis made in previous pages) and the last round presets and then send it to some one who can make a nice installer script.(i'm not too good at it:( )

anubis2003

29th July 2003 15:30 UTC

And here's the third round presets. I would have put all 3 rounds in one zip, but it's too big to attach.

[Ishan]

29th July 2003 17:52 UTC

so, anyone with a nice installer script?

mikm

29th July 2003 19:34 UTC

Pimpbot.

Deamon

4th August 2003 11:48 UTC

Do we start another tournament? Maybe this time with more contestants ;). Anyone care to join in another one?

Raz

4th August 2003 14:09 UTC

Aw, not right now, please, i'm going away in 20 minutes. Back in a week.

Deamon

4th August 2003 16:14 UTC

no problem mate, have a nice vacation :)

Deamon

5th August 2003 09:41 UTC

So do we start another round? We can open signup for it now already, I'm quite confident Raz will be in again, and so will I. It'll take some time for everyone who wants to to join in, so maybe open a new thread for it? That is, if there is enough interest in it.

[Ishan]

5th August 2003 09:44 UTC

I'm ready for it. I can become a judge again if you all agree if you dont i can becomr a contestant.:)

Deamon

5th August 2003 13:25 UTC

Sure, be whatever you want :) We need judges so it would be great if you'd take that task on you again (with some others), though if you'd like to join as contestant, which is fully understandable, we'll select other judges. But yes, I agree on you becoming judge, you did a nice job previous tournament.

[edit]
so should I open a new topic for it? I guess almost everyone except previous round contestants don't read this topic, if we want more and new contestant we have to draw some attention ;).
[/edit]

sidd

5th August 2003 15:25 UTC

ill be in again.
Though i seem to be spending too little time online, and too much time in the cinemas lately.

Deamon

5th August 2003 17:23 UTC

:) good to hear you're in, enjoy the movies.