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Danae
24-07-12, 18:11
As you know, we are upgrading the Official Neocron forums! (OMGYAY I know!) With this upgrade comes a need for some updated avatars and smilies. We are very aware we have some extremely talented individuals in the community, so we're bringing this challenge to you! There are two different contests under one heading.

Contest 1. Design a set of NC Themed Avatars - They can be anywhere from 70x70 to 100x100

Contest 2. Design a set of NC Themed Smilies - These can be any width but please do not exceed 20 pixels high.

The rules are simple, you must make your submission obviously Neocron themed. You may NOT infringe on the copyrights of other individuals (IE steal artwork from other companies/games/movies/tv shows/artists other than yourself). You may try your hand at one or both contests.

What will the winner(s) get? 1 WoC 3 PA PLUS the honour of having their NC Themed Smilies and/or NC Themed Avatars featured on the new and improved Neocron forums!

Excited? You should be! We are... ;)

Please post your submissions in this thread; All submissions will become the property of Neocron and the Neocron IP holder and no monetary reward nor compensation will be given. We reserve the right to pick and chose what avatars and smilies we decide to use.

Need some help and/or inspirational material as you get started? You can always download the Neocron Fansite Kit (http://neocron.com/fileadmin/nc21_downloads/NC2_FANSITEKIT_ENG.zip) .

The contest ends August 17th. Submissions must be received by midnight EDT (that gives you 6 extra hours if you're in Germany :D). The thread will be closed at that point, and winners will be announced that following Sunday, August 19th.

Good luck!

Michael Corvin
26-07-12, 02:07
Hi

here is my Submission for the Neocron Avatar Contest.
I tried to make some Categories to fit all needs for Class and Faction Friends, the WOC1 and 3 Versions of the PAs are Missing because i can't wear them with the most of my Chars to make Screens in the correct size and angle. I'm sorry for that..
Anyways I hope the whole Bundle follows the same Line of Design ^^

Here is the Overview:

http://www.pixeltransformer.com/ncc/NCC-Avatar-Overview.png

(Yes - sorry - i know, the Admin Avatars aren't a Part of the Contest but they complete the whole Set =D)

I Hope you like the Set
regards

Corvin

@Danae
Should i zip the single Files and Post the link here or send to you via Email or something else??
I hope i dont have ti Post everyone of them seperatly as Image =P

MadMeleeFreak
26-07-12, 03:37
Lol. Awesome stuff as allways. I'm not even going to start thinking about doing something now.

@Mods: You might aswell have asked Michael right away to do some stuff for the forums ;).

Dark-Destroy
26-07-12, 07:59
I'm not even going to start thinking about doing something now.


Nothing to add... :lol:

Nidhogg
26-07-12, 10:07
here is my Submission for the Neocron Avatar Contest.

That's set the bar really high straight away. Very nice work. :)

enigma_b17
26-07-12, 10:15
ah here, I haven't even had time to turn my laptop at home on!
Great work MC

Danae
26-07-12, 18:13
Even if you think Mr Corvin has the avatar contest sewn up, give it a go, you'll never know if you don't try - and remember this two contests in one thread; no one has submitted any smilies yet! :) Keep your submission coming, I know there are very creative buggers out there, have some confidence and enter the contest! :D

Riddle
26-07-12, 19:24
Awesome work mr Corvin,I like the sets, some great ideas including the factions nice, may have to use biotech one as Logan has always been affiliated to them :) but no emporium? :( Go on ya know you want to �� I'm fed up of me avatar and due to the new forums may make a change myself!

Morpheus
27-07-12, 00:56
...
Very N.I.C.E. !!! ;)

Danae
01-08-12, 16:29
Come on folks :D There's still time for more submissions - I want to see some drom and mutant smilies!

Trivaldi
08-08-12, 15:16
Only a couple of days left guys! Are you just going to let Mr Corvin walk away with that prize? ;)

Dribble Joy
08-08-12, 19:12
I might see what I can do about some smilies, though time is a bit tight and I'm not sure if the results will be up to snuff and I don't know how to make gifs.

Danae
09-08-12, 01:24
We've had some requests to lengthen the contest, and I am nothing if not completely flexible (yar...anyhoo :P) SO! Contest will continue until NEXT Friday, August 17th, and the winners will be announced August 19th.

Danae
15-08-12, 01:27
Come on folks! Get those entries in! Contest is nearly over!

Zoltan
15-08-12, 02:15
Come on folks! Get those entries in! Contest is nearly over!

Who (excepting Corvin ;p) can top me?

http://neocron.com/misc/avatar.jpg

Dark-Destroy
15-08-12, 07:16
I couldnt open the picture...



Dark-Destroy, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
1) blabla
2) Zoltan hates u!


Meh :(

Zoltan
15-08-12, 10:37
I couldnt open the picture...



Meh :(

3. You are not strong enough to see "t3h uber avatar of Z"

Schau noch mal :)

Dark-Destroy
15-08-12, 13:14
Yeah I'm a graphixx pr0:
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/7883/dromicon.png

Yeah it's a drom and in the editor it looks nice. I steal the picture from techhaven wiki and cut the drom out of it. resize the picture and b00000m epic drom icon

Danae
16-08-12, 23:57
That's what I'm talking about :P Wuwu droms! Getting down to the wire, my dears!

Michael Corvin
17-08-12, 03:05
This isn't a participate on the Smiley Contest!
I'm not a good Icon / Pictogramm Guy but here are my four little Babies ^^
Don't feed after Midnight!!!

http://www.pixeltransformer.com/ncc/SmileyMini.png

Dark-Destroy
17-08-12, 09:19
Oh no, he tries to best my drom icon :fear:

Michael Corvin
17-08-12, 13:30
=(( I made a pixelated Avatar for me in 100 x 100 but the Forum resize it to 70x70... crap
Need 100 x 100 Avatars!!!

http://www.pixeltransformer.com/ncc/CavaTar.png

Mokoi
17-08-12, 14:34
try again.

Photcron
17-08-12, 14:57
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16693561/contest_avatars_showroom.png
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Winston Cross

Michael Corvin
17-08-12, 15:06
try again.

Woohoo Thanx

@Winston
Nice Work

..and Maven + Drom in the Erotica Category =D
Delicous ^^

Photcron
17-08-12, 15:16
... I'm fed up of me avatar and due to the new forums may make a change myself!

http://i.imgur.com/8AG5D.png
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Winston Cross

Danae
17-08-12, 16:12
I dunno Winston, I really like those! Except you're missing a pink one *wink wink* :P This contest just got hotter! I better see some smilie entries soon and *cough* Flib *cough* DJ YOU OWE ME ENTRIES! :D

Powerpunsh
17-08-12, 17:12
cool avatars. Very detailed i like it :)

Photcron
18-08-12, 00:00
Except you're missing a pink one *wink wink*

Give me a day.
--
Cross

Kanedax
18-08-12, 00:13
Dayum these all look pretty dope.

Dark-Destroy
18-08-12, 00:13
Really nice Winston, really nice. :)

Slagathor
18-08-12, 01:43
Hey guys, I collaborated with flib on these ones. He did the copbot and the drom on the last row, and also supervised me while I made all the other ones.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2mewjlk.gif

Oh and also, some of them move:

http://i48.tinypic.com/5463ut.gif

http://i49.tinypic.com/34qjxax.gif

...except for when the servers are down.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2q1fj8w.gif

Whew, glad I got these uploaded before the deadline. I think I could use a nap myself, Hamster!

Photcron
18-08-12, 02:08
http://i49.tinypic.com/34qjxax.gif
Hehe-ha-ha!... <3
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Winston Cross

Dark-Destroy
18-08-12, 02:09
And I thought I could have a chance to win with my epic drom icon :(

WuTangClan
18-08-12, 02:50
Winston gets my vote, I mean come on, dildo of maven...

Danae
18-08-12, 06:54
All right, my dears, thank you so much. The contest submission portion is done! We will announce the winners on Sunday :D Thank you for all who entered! What a wonderful job, all of you! I will leave the thread unlocked so you may continue to discuss!

Photcron
19-08-12, 06:52
Updated the STORM bot.

Before:
http://i.imgur.com/MjtBB.png

After:
http://i.imgur.com/UielB.png
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Winston Cross

Biglines
19-08-12, 14:26
Oh and also, some of them move:

http://i49.tinypic.com/34qjxax.gif

...except for when the servers are down.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2q1fj8w.gif
hahahahahahaha, this guy has my vote!

Danae
20-08-12, 02:01
I know I said we'd announce the winners Sunday, but I was camping, and then we were testing something - so will announce winners asap. Forgive me!

Drachenpaladin
20-08-12, 02:22
Regarding Smilies: I vote for the Drom and the 2 hamster ones. The rest.. errr... no thanks.

Riddle
20-08-12, 13:21
http://i.imgur.com/8AG5D.png
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Winston Cross
Nice work winston thanks for taking the time on this :)

Danae
22-08-12, 18:10
Drum roll please! The first ever Forum Smiley contest winners, a collaboration between Flib and Slagathor; Congratulation, men! If you can please hop into NC when you are available, let me know the character of your choice and someone from the support staff will award you each a WoC 3 PA, and a shiny trophy, not to mention the integration of your smilies (omg the hamster stole my heart) into the forums down the road - please make sure to make yourself available to us just in case we need to harass you to tweak them or alter them in some way to optimize them for forum use!

Get the drum roll going again! The first ever Forum Avatar contest winners, with a tie, and absolutely loving your level of skill, hard work, and catering to my whining about putting pink on a stormie and giving me a drom, Michael Corvin and Photocron. You will each get a WoC 3 PA, and shiny new trophies, and of course the integration of your avatars into the forums; We ask that you make yourselves available so we can bug you for changes/fixes to any we may need to optimize for forum use. Get your bums onto IRC in the next few days, message me, and we'll hook you up with your rewards in game.

For all of you who didn't enter because you thought you lacked skill, artistic talent, or were too frackin' lazy; Shame on you! You know participation is important here. Just letting us know you're there, even if it's just so we can point and laugh at your stripper that somehow looks like Jeremy Clarkson on acid. Next contest, my advice: GET INVOLVED. Or I'll spam your twitter feed...worse...than this time ^^

NOW! For you Dark-destroy, who submitted the one, lonely drom icon we reward you something special too - just hop on IRC and message me to claim your prize.

Thank you all again. If you have any questions, you know where to find us

Next contest you folks better get more involved, who knows what you'll be missing! ;D

*DISCLAIMER* I, Danae, am at work until 9am to 5pm US, East Coast time - so if you want to wait to come see me on IRC until the weekend, I'm cool with that, but my client is almost always idling there whether I'm there or not :)

Edited because I had a blonde moment! Thank you Bifrost!

Biglines
22-08-12, 18:26
so the only one who didn't win was zoltan? :p

anyway, gratz with the pa's and trophies, and dark-destroy for your private cybering session with danae! (I know who I think is the real winner!)

Danae
22-08-12, 18:30
lol truth is, I haven't decided what we're giving Dark-destroy, but if anyone is to be offered up, I promise it won't be me. *wolf whistles at Trivaldi* :p I did say everoyne who entered would get *SOMETHING* on twitter :)

Dark-Destroy
22-08-12, 18:50
lol truth is, I haven't decided what we're giving Dark-destroy, but if anyone is to be offered up, I promise it won't be me. *wolf whistles at Trivaldi* :p I did say everoyne who entered would get *SOMETHING* on twitter :)

At first I like to thank u :)
And If I could win you...I would have a knife in my back by my wife.
I'm really interested what it could be...

Trivaldi
22-08-12, 18:53
*wolf whistles at Trivaldi* :p
It's true that I am one damn sexy beezneetch.

Congratulations to the winners, hopefully this little prize splurge will encourage more entries to stuff in the future. I know both Danae and me have some more ideas up our sleeves for the near future. :)

dodgefahrer
22-08-12, 23:52
Congratz to all participants and winners and and and...

Slagathor
23-08-12, 01:00
Wonderful! =)

aKe`cj
23-08-12, 01:15
Who (excepting Corvin ;p) can top me?

http://neocron.com/misc/avatar.jpg


so the only one who didn't win was zoltan? :p



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5QGkOGZubQ

haha :p
really nice stuff by corvin and photocron – a combo-win well deserved!

Powerpunsh
23-08-12, 14:29
Congratz to the winners. :)

Photcron
24-08-12, 03:52
I will like to thank the Neocron Support Team for organizing this community event. I am quite pleased to be one of the two winners of the 2012 Neocron Avatar Contest.

As the author of the original administrative avatars revision (http://i.imgur.com/xN1gW.png) in 2002, it has been quite a proud experience recognizing that they have continued to represent the official Neocron Support Team. Engaged with seemingly insurmountable odds and red tape, their dedicated volunteer work has nurtured the neocron community for well over a decade. I am very happy to have had the opportunity to continue what would now seem a long standing tradition of providing service to venerable support members and the neocron community at large.

I will also like to acknowledge that it was not just a command of art that allowed my entry; I would not have had a submission without the excellent character screenshots procured by reason of the patience, time, and kindness of all my charitable fellow runners. I owe all of you a beer.

Once again, to all the personable ladies and fellas of the neocron community and support team, much obliged; It was an honor.

Signed,
http://i.imgur.com/1gTRQ.png
Winston Cross

Michael Corvin
24-08-12, 11:29
Seeing that impressive Speech the following maybe come across a little bit pathetic....

A big Thank you to the Voluntary Team and the Community.
I'm glad that you like the Stuff.

And Congrats to all Winners

=)

james_finn
24-08-12, 12:07
Congrats to all the entrants, love them all and can't wait to see them on the forums properly!

Danae
03-09-12, 15:01
So erm I'm a tit :D (no comments from the peanut gallery :P)

Winners, please send your full/complete avatar sets and smiley sets (and Dark-Destroy you send your drom lol) to forum@neocron.info so we can get working on installing them!

Also if you haven't received your prize yet - then get on IRC and get a hold of us or submit a ticket in game.