Contest - we need one!

Boys and girls,its been a long time since there was an AVS contest.A new contest would be a breath of air during these days of boredom.What do you think ? Contest or no contest ?

No.

Well not at wa-dot-com anyway... too much n00by n00bs so it would take FOREVER to go trough all contest entries...

Or you can make 2 groups - advanced and newbie.Its better on the forums,DA is slow and not all AVSers are there...

true not all avs artist are at da, only people who know better are at da.

And da is much better than the forums or wa-dot-com will ever be, why? Because there is much more community spirit there.

Winamp-dot-com? nobody ever comments the avs packs there...
forums? just a bunch of people post pumping and flaming each other and too much tech talk here, no wonder n00bs don't feel welcome when all they receive is a bunch of code lines in response.

argh...never been to dev art 🙁

Yeah but for those of us with dialup deviantart isn't exactly the easiest of sites to navigate.

You forgot the purpose of this thread...COntest or no contest ? 🙂

OK here ya go:

Contest aim: a good opensource ape project

Best wins ... erm, uh ... a warm handshake! 🙂

I could take part if it's a color manip contest, otherwise .. no thanks 🙄

What ever you please, just get an idea and start working on it. This isnt bound to any topic then creating some Apes 😁

Flow contest would be nice, You could only use 1 superscope & 1 dynamic movement 1 effect list & 1 trans effect of your choice... Then we would have a pack with some pretty fast flow presets that would run in high resolutions 🙂

Im thinking: "new picks 2" 😁 😛

Minimalistic AVS??? This seems to be stuff for peopel like UnConeD who can superload the scripts with one GB of mathcode and more. 😛
and new pick 2 would result in an over FLOW of noob pres.

But maybe we could do both, APE contest and this one.

i think tuggs idea is good, only wed have to change the conditions because i bet hes planning something.

Well my idea is that we would then have PROFFESIONAL n00b presets 😛 (sounds bit stupid eeh?) Anyone can make "cool" presets with load of effects, but what if the effects were limited? That requires skill to make them look good, not just "toss it up"...

But if you like using effects then go ahead... just a thought... 🧟

I really like tugs idea. One scope, one effect list, one DM and lets say two trans effects, we want more than one decent preset tug. It would take a lot more skill to make that look better, and it might deter noobs if it's like that.

Ok, i didnt say thi idea was bad. But we'd need What about Buffer Save and Effect Lists?

scope, one effect list, one DM

i don't think we need a limit for buffers, it's not as if you can do much with them without more effects.

Ok maybe not that much limited, but speed is the key here nevertheless. I think it would please a lot of people who think "AVS is slow & crappy" 😁

Hmm... maybe...

1 superscope
1 dynamic movement
2 effect lists
1 buffer save (with save)
1 buffer save (with restore)
2 trans effects (General APE's allowed, like colormap, texer, convolution)

I think the presets would still work pretty fast if nobody goes over those limits, but of course if they don't use any GIANT superscopes or GIANT DM's with numpoints 10 000 and grid size 100x100 🧟

Good idea? I dunno 🧟 Would be nice to see a pack full of simple presets made by the "AVS - elite" 😛

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One more thing, i think some effects could be "free" like fadeout since it really doesn't slow down the preset at all.
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Free effects should be: fadeout, brightness, fast brightness. All the misc except buffer.

brightness sucks up quite a lot of fps when dealing with simple presets, maybe it's not so noticeable with the heavy effect presets, but it does suck up a load of fps. Fast brite also sucks fps up a bit, but i agree, it could be free too since it is pretty basic.

Are we going to keep this idea then. Shall we keep these as the final terms? Who's going to judge? Where's it going?

Im in if that's what you are asking 🙂

Vote? Or make another thread and vote there? i dunno... what is the best way to deal with this?

I agree with everything...Lets do it ! But not on DA my password doesnt work and recovery pass doesnt work too...🙁

Should we start a thread and start taking in submissions or what?

what`s wrong with this one ? You already finished the preset ? Btw can the superscope be replaced by a pic for example ?

how about these as the final terms?
Flow preset contest
terms:
1: one superscope (can be replaced by any render object)
2: one dynamic movement
3: two effect lists
4: two buffers, one save, one restore
5: two trans effects, including simple movements limited to very few lines (General APE's allowed, like colormap, texer, convolution)
6: one other render object
7: any ammount of fadeout, brightness, fast brightness and all the misc except buffer.

edit: what about clear screens? should they be unlimited or counted as a render object?

GREAT! I agree. Everyone who wants in just say YES or I AGREE.Have fun! Oh and who will decide who`s preset is the best ? I propose me Raz Tugg and Anubis 🙂 (me cause i started the thread and had the idea 😛)

I don't know about fadeout... It can be used as a very good render for flow presets... (See FF6 - Tuggummi - Smoothies)
Invert can also be used as that, though the beginning strobing would make the preset-viewing experience not-so-relaxing...

I suggest that the submissions are e-mailed, with limit of submissions. Maybe limited updates? (Otherwise we'll copy the real-life model of beta-version releases of games... *shudders*)
For those that go over the limit, the latest update will be the one graded/voted on no matter what...

I also suggest that contestants have 1 wildcard render/trans... Different people tend to have different specialties...

We'll see how this contest grows out 🙂

P.S. : Post the participating presets over DA too once the contest done in a pack 😉

whoa,seems like i had a good idea.Im amazed 🧟 !

what about Multiplier, can that be used an unlimited amt. instead of fast brightness--> it would go much faster

congrats. on the major dude