Title: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: cKleinhuis on July 01, 2014, 02:01:06 AM these are the final results of the still frame competition 2014
Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Pauldelbrot on July 01, 2014, 03:22:49 AM Something's dodgy about that table. I'm damn sure I voted on every single entry but two here have zero votes? And there are at least five entries listed with the same name, not three...Odd.
Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: KRAFTWERK on July 01, 2014, 09:44:30 AM Congratulations to Torsten and Zakar.
Great images guys!!! :toast: :toast: :toast: Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Sockratease on July 01, 2014, 10:43:11 AM Congratulations Taurus and Zakar!
Wonderful and deserving images. Something's dodgy about that table. I'm damn sure I voted on every single entry but two here have zero votes? And there are at least five entries listed with the same name, not three...Odd. I also voted on every image and was confused by this, until I noticed that the member who posted the images in question had 5 entries, while the limit was 3. I thought we moved the 2 extras out of the competition section, but since we apparently missed that, I guess zero votes is a way of showing they were disqualified. Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: pulsar69 on July 01, 2014, 11:00:59 AM Congratulations to winners and to every participant !
Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: simon.snake on July 01, 2014, 12:47:22 PM While I am happy for the winners, once again (I think I mentioned this last year) the top entries are all 3D ones.
For the next competition can we have separate 3d and 2d sections? Those of us who haven't played with the 3d programs are really missing out. I agree that there were quite varied entries to the competition and long may that continue. Looks like another successful competition. Well done to the organisers, and to the competitors. Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: cKleinhuis on July 01, 2014, 01:19:48 PM right, i will see to take that into account, it is an open discussion, 2d/3d/film i would be perfectly fine with it, i like the idea of the "topics" like resemblance and axolotl, so we are going to look into it and see what we might come up with
Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: taurus on July 01, 2014, 07:50:04 PM So also at this point a big thank you to all the submitters for the competition and especially to those who supported my entries. I feel honored...
Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Sockratease on July 01, 2014, 11:59:59 PM For the next competition can we have separate 3d and 2d sections? Those of us who haven't played with the 3d programs are really missing out. We've done that several times. We just didn't want to do it every year so we can have more variety. We've done general 2D and Strictly Classic Mandelbrot categories. Maybe a Julia Category or some other specific formula might be fun? Or even give a specific location (not too deep) and see who can make the nicest coloring or mapping of it? Feel free to offer ideas! Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: simon.snake on July 02, 2014, 12:31:53 AM Or even give a specific location (not too deep) and see who can make the nicest coloring or mapping of it? Feel free to offer ideas! That's a great idea. Would really bring out the artist in every competitor, and would be really interesting to see what could be achieved from the same starting point. Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Phitek on July 02, 2014, 01:26:27 AM I'm pleased that there was such a high degree of participation this year!
Well done to everyone who entered! And thank you for all your votes! Onward. Ever Onward! It's not the winning that matters, it's the taking part. :worm: Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Caleidoscope on July 02, 2014, 12:56:32 PM Congratulations Taurus and Zakar! And well deserved.
It was an exiting competition and the quality of each and every entrance was very high. :beer: (I can only you a offer a beer for the smileys are disabled somehow) Quote from: Sockratease on July 01, 2014, 11:59:59 PM Quote Or even give a specific location (not too deep) and see who can make the nicest coloring or mapping of it? Feel free to offer ideas! I also think this is a great idea and would give some surprising and even exciting results. Too bad we have to wait a year (or not?) Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Sockratease on July 02, 2014, 01:10:22 PM Or even give a specific location (not too deep) and see who can make the nicest coloring or mapping of it? Feel free to offer ideas! I also think this is a great idea and would give some surprising and even exciting results. Too bad we have to wait a year (or not?)Thanks Simon and Caleidoscope O0 I'd be glad to organize a monthly challenge section. We can start with this one, and discuss / poll for the next one during the month this runs. We'd need to also decide on a voting system to test (see the general discussion thread for 2014 Results for a lively discussion of the merits and shortfalls of many possible systems of voting!). Who can think of a decent location? It should be reasonably easy on the processors so many people with different software and hardware all can play. I'd say no deeper than whatever ChaosPro's deepest zoom is (I forget that detail, but it's a good limit in my mind so 32 bit systems limited to freeware have a chance). Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Caleidoscope on July 02, 2014, 03:59:05 PM Good idea Sockratease, so everybody can participate and will not be limited because of the software they use.
Maybe it's best to put this on a separate forum to get more attention, don't you think? Greetings Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Sockratease on July 02, 2014, 05:39:00 PM ... Maybe it's best to put this on a separate forum to get more attention, don't you think? I can do that. I'll run the concept past Christian and try to have a sub-board in the contest section for "Challenges" set up by the weekend. We can split this discussion or leave it and summarize in the new section O0 Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: cKleinhuis on July 02, 2014, 06:10:35 PM i have prepared the analysis as descriped in the above paper, so, if you wish i can provide an voting system as described in the paper, but keep in mind we would need some votes for each entry to make it work ;)
Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Sockratease on July 04, 2014, 02:58:31 PM i have prepared the analysis as descriped in the above paper, so, if you wish i can provide an voting system as described in the paper, but keep in mind we would need some votes for each entry to make it work ;) That's one idea, but personally I prefer a simpler system. If we choose that method, we'd likely have to impose the "must vote on every image" rule. Or find a way around the need to do so for the formula to work (which I see as the biggest drawback to that technique as I see it - and in my opinion the thing that will ultimately prove it not good enough for the contest) (I also believe using the gallery's star system is not conducive to a contest and a totally new system must be found). But if we want to test many various voting techniques, that is as good a starting point as any. I'd like to start this idea of Monthly Challenges soon (August 1st, so it has a full month?), and maybe start a new child board in the contests board and let this "one location for everybody to map/color" idea be our first challenge. I envision a thread for posting entries (can the gallery be set to post entries to the challenges to that thread?) and a voting thread with a poll for the next challenge's theme. The voting technique would be different each month so we can get real experience seeing each one in action with plenty of time for the community to establish which one is most suited to our smaller voting pool and unique range of personalities present on this forum O0 This would have no prizes of any kind and would just be a challenge to keep us amused and to test various alternative organizational techniques for The Big Contest next year. So, to keep this discussion going - what sort of location would folks suggest? A not too deep minibrot? An embedded julia type thing? A seahorse, elephant, or dragon? A classic spiral? What sorts of limits should we impose? The obvious one is "No Layering" but there may be some who don't want too extravagant mapping techniques like restricting color cycling animated gif images, or images of beautiful women in orbit traps :clown: Maybe I can make the board and have the first post be a poll with these options, and any others suggested here? We have all month to decide, but the sooner we make an organized effort and make it Official that this will happen, the better! Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: LhoghoNurbs on July 04, 2014, 07:59:48 PM Monthly Challenges is a nice idea, although it might be hard to invent an interesting and unique challenge every month. Also, instead of 12 times per year, it could be 11 or 10 -- i.e. no monthly challenge during the annual contest...
Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Caleidoscope on July 04, 2014, 11:39:04 PM Quote So, to keep this discussion going - what sort of location would folks suggest? A not too deep minibrot? An embedded julia type thing? A seahorse, elephant, or dragon? A classic spiral? Maybe stupid, but why not every month (or 6... a year, it is a lot of work Socratease :) a challenge within certain restrictions, every time different and maybe even with fun ideas from the participants themselves (?) And I would suggest to put this on a seperate board, no matter if it's a julia or whatever. You know, in my view pfffff there are so many artists here and they know so much about stuff I can't even pronounce, that in my simple opinion I think it will be fantastic to see how they take up the glove, accept the challenge no matter what and make the best of it. All of them winners, all another view, another interpretation of the challenge they were confronted with! Goodnight, I'm gonna walk the dog and hit the pillow. :snore: Greetings from the Netherlands. Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: cKleinhuis on July 05, 2014, 05:33:36 AM people, this is developing and obviously the is the demand not only for a good voting system for the annual compo, but a demand for a monthly compo, we are going to rovide that soon, lets just take a breath and enjoy the annual results, we will come up with something very soon!
Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: LhoghoNurbs on July 19, 2014, 08:12:35 PM If there are too many contests, then many people might get emotionally tired of taking part in each of them ... and they will soon start skipping them. This may reduce the number of participants in the annual contest. If there is one contest, then everyone will be focused on it.
Here is another idea:
Title: Re: Competition 2014 - Still Frame Results Post by: Sockratease on July 19, 2014, 08:36:59 PM If there are too many contests, then many people might get emotionally tired of taking part in each of them ... and they will soon start skipping them. This may reduce the number of participants in the annual contest. If there is one contest, then everyone will be focused on it. Here is another idea:
That's odd. I have had the opposite experience! First, there will still only be One contest per year. The concept we were discussing is just a series of monthly challenges with no prizes or anything and the only reason to even declare any sort of winner is to test voting schemes for the next real contest. My experience at 3D Art sites is that there are often many contests running at once, each with prizes (which we are in no position to do) , and many of them are monthly. It keeps people in practice and sometimes the narrow theme of a challenge can force people to work within timelines and on a theme they may not otherwise have tried. Granted, the 3D Crowd is hoping to one day get graphics work, so such things have more value to them. But nobody should feel pressured to participate - it's all just for fun. I have had little time to set this up in it's own forum, it may be easier to use the gallery. Still not sure on that... |