Design a Competition - VOTING

[SpikeSpiegel]

Here we go with another poll! Thanks to everyone has joined this competition, good luck in the voting phase!

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Spoiler for Falsifying Journals:

Falsifying Journals

After a long day, what do the False Gods do? We don't know! Through research, though, we know that at the conclusion of each day, they write in a journal or diary.
So: It's your turn to write (7) entries as a False God. Maybe Neptune writes about his dying mother before he accidentally overdoses. Maybe Fire Queen writes about her pet dinosaur and her recent apartment eviction notice. Who knows what these gods write, so be as funny or serious (or both!) as you can!

Rules:

• One journal (7 entries) per person, from the perspective of only one False God.
• There must be 7 entries, each dated, and the dates must be consecutive.
• Minimum of 25 words and a maximum of 350 words per entry. We will be using this tool
• You must mention at least 3 cards (upped or unupped) from that False Gods' deck.

Spoiler for Example Submission:

Neptune

October 11th, 2010
Tough day at work. Even tougher now that Mom is sick again. I went to go see her at the hospital, she's having trouble breathing. They say her body temperature is extremely low.....

October 12th, 2010
Oh God she's getting worse, but the doctors are hopeful. I, on the other hand...

October 13th, 2010
So I called my siblings to get a flight, immediately, into the area, but they can't get in because of the local flooding. Mom hasn't much time, they say that her lung tissue has literally congealed. I really don't know what I'll do without her....

October 14th, 2010
Today I thought I saw a blue crawler floating right in front of me. I tried to grab it, instead I snatched at the air. I'd call my therapist, but I can't leave Mom's side...

October 15th, 2010
Mom hasn't awoken in the past 19 hours. I haven't slept for the past 24 hours. I keep seeing things little squids everywhere, and I just want to sleep, so I might have to take some pills...

October 16th, 2010
She's not going to wake up, is she? Oh God. She's going to die... I still haven't slept, but Mom has a prescription for sleep medication, she doesn't need them. Oh God, I'm sick.

October 17th, 2010
Well, it's 11:00pm and she just died. Like a shockwave, the news rippled through the entire town, and everyone is mourning. I hate this, but I just swallowed a handful of something, so I'll be sleeping...
Goodnight.

FAQ
Q: Can I write more/less than 7 entries?
A: No.

Q: Why seven days?
A: That is the duration of a week, so you can spread out the plot. Besides, journals are written in daily (usually).

Q: Can I mention other cards?
A: Yes, as long as you fulfill the original request of three from the FG's deck

Q: Uh.... I don't know too many FGs
A: Here's a list of FGs for you!

Spoiler for List of False Gods:

Akebono
 Chaos Lord
 Dark Matter
 Decay
 Destiny
 Divine Glory
 Dream Catcher
 Elidnis
 Eternal Phoenix
 Ferox
 Fire Queen
 Gemini
 Graviton
 Hecate
 Hermes
 Incarnate
 Jezebel
 Lionheart
 Miracle
 Morte
 Neptune
 Obliterator
 Octane
 Osiris
 Paradox
 Rainbow
 Scorpio
 Seism
 Serket

Q: That big, bad, mean Dm1321 already submitted a journal of Neptune! And he used Flooding, Arctic Squid, and Congeal!
A: Don't worry, you can write as Neptune as well, you can even use those cards! It's okay! Have fun!

You have TWO WEEKS to submit and voting will last one week.
Post your submissions in this thread.

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Spoiler for Competition: Ecosystem:

Competition: Ecosystem

by Terran 3

In every world, there exists a natural equilibrium. The strong prey upon the weak, while the scavengers scour the land free of the dead and dying. Placid beasts graze contentedly as winged predators exult in the thrill of the hunt...

General Concept

In this competition, participants are given the goal of creating an ecosystem consisting of the creatures found in Elements itself.

Rules

We know that the world of Elements is populated by a myriad of different creatures. But what do we know of them? What kind of habitat do they live in? How do these creatures survive in the wild? Do they hunt? Do they ambush smaller prey? Or do they obtain sustenance in a whole new way? You decide!

Each participant is given the task of building an ecosystem in which the creatures of Elements can roam and interact with one another. Don't be afraid to incorporate non-creature cards into your ecosystem. For example, Boneyard may represent a piece of cursed land, where the dead awaken from their slumber and feed upon the living. Creativity is the name of the game here.

Entries are submitted in the form of writing, around 300-500 words in length.

FAQ

Q: How long does this competition last?
A: It should range from one to two weeks.

Q: The creatures I want to use are already in another entry!
A: No problem, there's no restriction that says participants can't write about the same creatures.

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Spoiler for Replace a Shard Challenge:

Replace a Shard Challenge

So everyone's complaining about shards being OP, right? Well, here's your chance to make 'em redundant! In this challenge, you'll design a card that has the same ability or effect on another card as one Shard of your choice. Extra points go to new combos and subtle mechanics that weren't there in the originals.

Rules:

• Pick only one shard. If you have more than one idea, you've got to submit twice or partner up with another person.
• The new card you create has to cost quanta of the same element as the Shard you've chosen.
• It does not need to have art, although that's a very nice idea.
• Any cards submitted should be submitted in the general Card Ideas & Art forum and linked back to the competition page.

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Spoiler for All hail RNG!:

All hail RNG!
To thank RNG for her never ending support in the elements matches, we will build her some altars.

Rules:

• Take a photograph of the altar you built and send it to the organisers.
• The only limitation for the altar is, that you have to build it yourself. In real life. With hands or tools n' stuff.
• The community will vote on the best altary RNG altar for 3 topics:
  
  • 1: Altary altar. How well could that thing be described as being an altar.
  • 2: RNGyness. How well does that picture fit to RNG
  • 3: Awesomeness. How awesome is it? Does it make you want to build one yourself?
• The sum of the scores will decide the winner

FAQ
 - Where do the stamps go in a letter?
Top right. No clue what it helps for this competition though.

 - Do Mark cards count as pillars?
Yes, they count as pillars and in-element cards. Still, what's the relevance?

 - What are the thoughts of a photon, crossing the event horizon of a black hole of the size of around 2k suns, if its origin is earth in the year 1971, 2nd december at 2 afternoon sharp, in Zürich (swizzerland), Bahnhofstrasse, on the tinfoil hat from the guy walking bast the chocolate shop, caused by a reflection from the solar flare.
It will think about pizza. Also I'm done answering imaginary questions that have no relevance to the topic on hand.

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Spoiler for Elements the Film - Competiton:

Elements the Film - Competiton


In the not so distant future, a big Hollywood producer discovered the amazing world of Elements the Game and decided it would be perfect for the big screen. And now they need you, as someone who plays and loves Elements, to design and create the advertising posters for said motion picture.

Rules:

• You must design and create a film poster for the upcoming Elements film.
• The film can be of any genre, and the poster should match. Your poster could depict War 7 whilst the next entry depicts a fire elemental who falls in love with a water elemental. It's totally up to you.
  
• This being a film poster and not just fan art, you must include the following aspects:
  
  • Title - Can be anything that includes the name 'Elements' or 'Element' or 'Elemental' or something similar. 'Elements', 'The Last Element', 'Elements: The Dark World' or 'Elements IV: The Quest For Peace' are all valid examples.
  • Release Date - Just make this up, or just use July 7th 2017. So long as there is one, it doesn't matter when.
  • Actors, Director and Producer - We want to know who's going to star in your block buster. You can use real names, made up names or even forum members.
• Other bits you may want to include; a tag-line or catchphrase, a web address for more info, a QR code or any other film poster norm.
• Your poster should be of a decent size and resolution (not too big nor too small) and should conform to all forum rules on language/ discrimination/ pornography etc.
• Submissions should be posted in this thread.
• Voting will last for 1 week. The poster with the most votes will win. If there is a tie for the most votes, a second vote will be held. The winner will receive a swanky forum icon which has not yet been designed.

FAQ

Q: What do you mean when you keep saying "film"? Doesn't that mean a thin layer of something?
A: If you don't use "film" in your local dialect, replace it with "movie" and see if all becomes clear.

Q: There's an Elements film?! Wow, when can I expect to see it?
A: There is no elements film. I lied. Sorry. Unless there is one, in which case I totally called it.

Q: But someone is going to enter with a super amazing poster with special effects all over the page and they'll just win completely. How can I possibly compete with that?
A: Minimalist film posters can look better than posters jam-packed with explosions and lightning and ninjas etc. Go with any art style you think is the best.

Q: But my free trial of Photoshop just expired and I'm too poor to buy it. How can I possibly compete against the arty giants?
A: There are other softwares on the web which you can download for free or very cheap. Failing that, use MS paint. Failing that, doodle it on a sheet of A4 and take a picture.

Q: But my computer just exploded and the explosion caused all my paper to catch fire as well as causing me to sprain both my wrists so that I can't draw at all. What can I do?
A: Cry.

Q: But vrt just entered. What can I do?
A: Cry.

Q: But I've just been chopping onions. What can I do?
A: Cry.

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Spoiler for Create a Card and a False God Competition:

Create a Card and a False God Competition

Creating cards is fun.  Creating FG decks is fun.  Why not combine the two into one super awesome competition?  For this competition your task will be to create two cards, and then to build a False God themed around using those two cards and one in game card.

Rules:

• The two cards you create must be of different elements or card types (or both).
• You are free to use a deck image builder tool like this, use a drawing tool, or just use the deck export tool with card substitutions.
• The three cards don't all have to be related to each other, you can have your FG focus on two strategies, or tie them together in some other way.
• Your FG should be difficult but beatable, like most of the ones in the game.  This is of course difficult to test with CIA cards, but that's what voting is for.

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Spoiler for Paint-With-Element Competition! :

Paint-With-Element Competition!



Rules:

• Rules are very-very complicated in here (Just kidding).
   Just create the image of your dreams by using only the elemental forum icons, which are the following:
  
  Spoiler for available icons:

  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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• The image can be whatever you wish and you can participate with only one submission, so choose it wisely.
  If you wish, you can take a look to the following link for inspiration: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/visual-arts/paint-with-element/

First, Second and Third Voting Phases

• After the end of the submission phase, there will be 3 voting phases. In the first phase, the five submissions which have gathered most of the votes are moving to the second phase. In the second phase, the two submissions which have gathered most of the votes are moving to the third phase. Finally, in the third phase, the one submission gathering most of the votes will be declared the winner and his/her creator is going to be awarded with the brand new Chroma Award Icon! 

FAQ

Q: Can you provide us with a pic example?

A: Just one? Hundrents of examples in here!


Q: Is there a size limitation of our image?

A: No, but it should be small enough to be viewable by every forum member. Please, avoid making something like 150 x 150 icons.
30 x 30 icons is a good size imo.


Q: How long the submission phase will last?

A: It varies, but it normally won't exceed a week or so...

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Spoiler for What's up doc?(Doctor):

What's up doc?(Doctor)

Description: Build a deck that heals itself, and has a ttw average of at least 11.
Rules:
The deck must have a turns to win average of at least 11 (or lower).
(Worth up to 5 points. The lowest turns to win average and any person with exactly an 11 turns to win average will be awarded 5 points. The 2nd and 3rd lowest will be awarded 4 points. Then 4th and 5th will get 3. And of course 6th and 7th will get 2. Finally, anyone else who met the requirement will be awarded 1 point. These games should be played against ai3 and with no less then 20 games. It is worth up to an extra point for doing 100 games with your deck as long as it falls under or exact of 11 turns to win.) [For TO to decide: Should these points stack? Like if a person with the exact 11 turns to win get a total of 6 points? I think so because it will make going after such a hard task more worth it.]

The deck must contain 13 healing cards. (Worth half a point for each healing card after.)

A deck must be no larger then 46 cards.

Healing shards (including shard of focus) & shard of bravery are banned (Up for TO to decide if the other shards should be banned. I just thought for a deck building competition the other shards shouldn't really matter. And maybe the healing shards could be unbanned but not counted towards any points. Plus over half the community wanted to see shards allowed for competitions.)

With these cards in your deck, for each one you will get half a point.

Spoiler for cards for cards to include that give you half a point each:

Hover over cards for details, click for permalink

Deck import code : [Select]

52i 52k 52m 5f3 5f5 5oi 5rj 5rt 623 8pk

FAQ:
Question: Whats up with the weird numbers? Like 11, 13, and especially 46.
Answer: for 46;I felt a deck size cap was necessary with the 13 healing cards rule and a half a point after each healing card beyond that. Also I originally thought 42 to go along with the convenient numbers theme, but felt it was too low so I raised it to 46 because 6 is in my kong username.
For 13; 13 is bad luck, so its used to make this competition harder.
 And for 11; 11 is supposedly the start of something new, and if a healing deck can win 10 PVP2 matches in a row, that deck may be a new hit in the community because it would also give the option for EM's, kind of a best of both worlds type of deck.

Question: Why were the points issued out the way they were? I thought it should be something low for each condition met so players are encouraged to meet more conditions. Then based on self evaluation of how hard each condition is I assigned a low number of points throughout.

Question: Why is it another 80 games for bonus points? Isnt that a little much?
There are n00b's that play for more then 80 games to then start going on ai4. You can relive the experience, or go through yourself for the first time, veterans getting a second feel for how new players feel is good so that they can make more decks to help out the newer players or even edit some of the newer players deck to better kill what AI3 is actually throwing out, instead of general advice that makes decks better. Not to mention games against the AI are fast anyway. And if your a new player, then these extra 80 games will help you along your progress a lot in this game, have fun!

Question: Why did you choose those cards to give us half a point each for?
Answer: I chose those because they were underused cards from elements with no healing cards in them. It might be a little large though for this competition..GOOD LUCK! HAVE FUN!

[majofa]

You can copy old competition ideas?

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/competitions/art-competition-icon-art/

[SpikeSpiegel]

You can copy old competition ideas?

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/competitions/art-competition-icon-art/

All submissions that reach a poll are checked by at least one CO. So if they are here it means that they follow competition rules; specifically, it was sufficient to check the rules of this competition, that you can find here, Majofa, to have an answer to your question.

PS: this is just a poll thread; in the future, if you have any questions about competitions, please contact one of COs via PM.

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Voting ends in four days. Have you voted yet? If you haven't, please be our guest and go ahead!

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Congratulations to eljoemo for winning the competition!

Expect the Elements the Film competition to be hosted soon! (Or not.)

Since the voting is over, this topic is now locked. Thanks for voting!