Technically, if you printed this box out in CMYK, it would be only one "color": black (or key in CMYK terms). White shouldn't even count because white is the color of the paper.
But if we're talking about RGB colorspace here, yeah, it has too many shades of white/black.
#23, I'm not sure that's fair, but I guess I'll leave it to the community to decide. Most of the faves were for the original...
Regardless, though, the entries need to forever be valid. So if you're planning to change back to the original, then this can't be part of the contest.
let`s be the killjoy. sure, congrats to you... it is a unique one too, but the quality is a real pain. Just changing a box into a line drawing is a pretty cheap way to get a result with two colors only. Don´t get me wrong, but you did not even put enough efford into it to reduce the loss of quality. I think there where better, more clear ones...
BTW: The black in the palette is a diffrent one than the black on the box ;) The box got 040404 and the other one got 000000. The one in the reflection is 020202. And is it true UK packages (I do think it is one) got the "German Nintendo" address on the back?
Did the other elements, like Wii-logo, reflection and background, count as well? Just asking ´cause there are a bit more colors than. Sure it`s just 1-2% diffrent, but it`s still a diffrent color. O__o The whole CMYK and RGB stuff is confusing within this contest. After all every printed package is "4"- colors only (CMYK) unless it got some special colors like silver, gold, etc.
#40, just ´cause the "5 colors" can be seen from two points. if you would like to print the package you could go with cmyk and one of those special colors like pantone (or whatever you want), or you use just 5 of the special one (white does not count since it is nothing). in rgb... well...
however nobody can deny the quality is a real pain...
This is really a sticky situation with really unfair circumstances. Had everyone known we were allowed to upload a non-contest restricted box, then apply a color limitation filter to it (Which severely degrades its quality) and then WIN the contest due to the original box (Which wasn't eligible for contest entry) then I'm sure everyone would've done this.
I don't think very many people would be willing to favorite or value the second version of this box, which is grainy, unsubstantial, and overall badly presented. It's more than clear that most of the favorites that went to this box were due to the original version.
I love it, ADFD, but it's not fair to the other contestants.
#42, That's what I was getting at and asked about (Re: #26), but no one had a problem with it. There were a bunch of favorites for version 2 and I don't think it was in the MasterWorks until v2. It was only a day after.
I know version 2 is crappy quality and it was a quick attempt to re enter the contest. i'm just as suprised as anyone else. In my defense, i got more than 50% of faves after the update.
I don`t think it is unfair ´cause everyone was free to make it that way - or was there a rule against it? However I do think quality should be part of judging the contestants and... well you know the deal about this one ;)
About your defense: You got 178 "fans"... "Fans" do fav almost everything the artist is posting ;)
#42, Well, sure anyone could take a normal box and then run a color filter to reduce it to just 5 colors... but it may not look so good. I don't think that method violates the rules in anyway. Personally, I tried to avoid that shortcut in my design and I'm happy with the way my box turned out. I didn't win, but then that's not really the point for me.
I think there should be a group of experienced level 9+ judges next time. Not hating on the work. It's one of the best submitted and far better than my piece submitted for this. I just think the way the winner was chosen is one sided.
I was wondering why this kept comming up in the "random HoF" spot, perhaps i sohuld learn to read!!! Anyway, congrats ADFD, i always like your work and its good to see you rise above many others to win the contest. Congrats again! (and i'll also fav it this time too, do'h!)
EDIT: BTW its for the version 1 of the box, i'm afraid i wasn't a fan of second version.
Agree with GlowBlue. NOT FAIR WINNING. Made a multicolor B&W box post it as 5 colored than got lot of favs than after two days change back to 5 colors with the color filter.. C'mon. I think MARKER is the true winner. Whatever....
#50, you can jump high or low, but with the current system, Onn is far from winning.
I don't doubt the effort and creative geniousness that this design holds, nor do i doubt the victory being fair.
Adfd won, and he deserved it, whether people like it or not.
People discussing over his victory only makes it a two-sides victory, where Adfd is happy about his victory, but may feel as if it wasn't deserved.
Point: Close the discussion. ;)
Once more, congratulations my friend. you've earned it.
#50, why do YOU interfere? sorry, but you mentioned more than once you are leaving the site now, since you get no HOF on your "23 quality boxes you made in 27 days" -.-!
Why is everyone so pissed off that this won, so who cares that he had to edit it after submitting it, to get it to fit the requirements, as long as it was before the deadline, which it was. This won fair and square, and I think most people who are complaining are just mad that theirs did not win. Congratulations by the way ADFD.
lmfao at this whole thing, I know Im real late to the show but ADFD won fair and square, it said 5 colors not 5 shades lmfao.... Whatever great job ADFD this box is superb
#56, You most obviously haven't read the competition thread ;).
In the 5color competition, each different shade counts as a different color. Hence the commotion on this box.
This is not too bad. Perhaps could have done with a couple of other tweaks like having the official nintendo seal in gold to break up the monotone, but otherwise a very nicely constructed effort.
#65, This was for a 5 colour competition, meaning only 5 colours were allowed, therefore alldreamsfalldown couldn't have made the official Nintendo seal gold.
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Well...crap I went beyond 5 shades of grey ages ago but screw it i'm entering anyway. This is Bioshock with a twisted children's story book style.
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holy shit that's awesome.
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Dammit! So much for my box getting attention. :P
Amazing box. 5/5
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#1, ?
Great box, but, if there are more than 5 colors it's not a valid entry.
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#4, Technically there are no actual colours but you weren't clear on the black and white rule so it's up to you.
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#5 So by that theory, technically this is one of the first boxes on the site that uses NO colours at all :o
That alone should get some sort of reward.
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i searched about whether black and white where colors and they said they where but hey what do i know...lol but anyways good box
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Black and white do count. They are in the example entry and I said that different shades of gray/etc wouldn't work...
I removed the entry. You can reapply the tag if you reduce the colors.
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This is awesome! Stylish to no end.
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I love you.
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Technically, if you printed this box out in CMYK, it would be only one "color": black (or key in CMYK terms). White shouldn't even count because white is the color of the paper.
But if we're talking about RGB colorspace here, yeah, it has too many shades of white/black.
Great job though, ADFD. So beautiful!
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Pity you can't enter this into the comp, would've been my favourite entry thus far.
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I want.
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Looks great, though more space on the front could be filled up.
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Box:
=O
Idea of Bioshock being on Wii:
D=
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Dude, you are awesome.
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Amazing.
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I love ya man.
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Just great especially love this one original and different
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5-50-500 Who cares anyway?
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This lookc cool, but for what it's worth it would have looked amazing in color. I can't picture it now...
Do so plz!
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This lookc cool, but for what it's worth it would have looked amazing in color. I can't picture it now...
Do so plz!
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[Update] OK 4 colours. I'll change it back after the contest.
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Dude, this needs to win.
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Great job changing things up from the typical Bioshock.
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#23, I'm not sure that's fair, but I guess I'll leave it to the community to decide. Most of the faves were for the original...
Regardless, though, the entries need to forever be valid. So if you're planning to change back to the original, then this can't be part of the contest.
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26#, You said I could reapply if I reduce the colours.
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#27, Oh yeah, I guess you did make the update in time. You'll need to keep it this way, though. I'll probably lock the update functionality.
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OK that's fair. Version 1 will remain there, right?
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Fantastic.
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Congratulations on the contest victory Adfd, well deserved ;)
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Congratulations! +fav
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Congrats on winning the first Official VGBA Contest.
You deserve it =D.
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Well done!
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Congrats on winning the VGBA Contest!
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Thanks everyone :) It was close but I honestly thought Ayron had won.
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I adore version 1.
Version 2 is fine too but only in minimal view, its really rough when huge.
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Congratulations. =)
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let`s be the killjoy. sure, congrats to you... it is a unique one too, but the quality is a real pain. Just changing a box into a line drawing is a pretty cheap way to get a result with two colors only. Don´t get me wrong, but you did not even put enough efford into it to reduce the loss of quality. I think there where better, more clear ones...
BTW: The black in the palette is a diffrent one than the black on the box ;) The box got 040404 and the other one got 000000. The one in the reflection is 020202. And is it true UK packages (I do think it is one) got the "German Nintendo" address on the back?
Did the other elements, like Wii-logo, reflection and background, count as well? Just asking ´cause there are a bit more colors than. Sure it`s just 1-2% diffrent, but it`s still a diffrent color. O__o The whole CMYK and RGB stuff is confusing within this contest. After all every printed package is "4"- colors only (CMYK) unless it got some special colors like silver, gold, etc.
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#39, lol, You áre really precise, aren't you.
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#40, just ´cause the "5 colors" can be seen from two points. if you would like to print the package you could go with cmyk and one of those special colors like pantone (or whatever you want), or you use just 5 of the special one (white does not count since it is nothing). in rgb... well...
however nobody can deny the quality is a real pain...
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This is really a sticky situation with really unfair circumstances. Had everyone known we were allowed to upload a non-contest restricted box, then apply a color limitation filter to it (Which severely degrades its quality) and then WIN the contest due to the original box (Which wasn't eligible for contest entry) then I'm sure everyone would've done this.
I don't think very many people would be willing to favorite or value the second version of this box, which is grainy, unsubstantial, and overall badly presented. It's more than clear that most of the favorites that went to this box were due to the original version.
I love it, ADFD, but it's not fair to the other contestants.
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#42, That's what I was getting at and asked about (Re: #26), but no one had a problem with it. There were a bunch of favorites for version 2 and I don't think it was in the MasterWorks until v2. It was only a day after.
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I know version 2 is crappy quality and it was a quick attempt to re enter the contest. i'm just as suprised as anyone else. In my defense, i got more than 50% of faves after the update.
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I don`t think it is unfair ´cause everyone was free to make it that way - or was there a rule against it? However I do think quality should be part of judging the contestants and... well you know the deal about this one ;)
About your defense: You got 178 "fans"... "Fans" do fav almost everything the artist is posting ;)
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#42, Well, sure anyone could take a normal box and then run a color filter to reduce it to just 5 colors... but it may not look so good. I don't think that method violates the rules in anyway. Personally, I tried to avoid that shortcut in my design and I'm happy with the way my box turned out. I didn't win, but then that's not really the point for me.
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I think there should be a group of experienced level 9+ judges next time. Not hating on the work. It's one of the best submitted and far better than my piece submitted for this. I just think the way the winner was chosen is one sided.
Come on, the Fav+ system?
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As I said in the forums, the Fav+ system to decide a winner is a cheap and unfair way to go.
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I was wondering why this kept comming up in the "random HoF" spot, perhaps i sohuld learn to read!!! Anyway, congrats ADFD, i always like your work and its good to see you rise above many others to win the contest. Congrats again! (and i'll also fav it this time too, do'h!)
EDIT: BTW its for the version 1 of the box, i'm afraid i wasn't a fan of second version.
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Agree with GlowBlue. NOT FAIR WINNING. Made a multicolor B&W box post it as 5 colored than got lot of favs than after two days change back to 5 colors with the color filter.. C'mon. I think MARKER is the true winner. Whatever....
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#50, you can jump high or low, but with the current system, Onn is far from winning.
I don't doubt the effort and creative geniousness that this design holds, nor do i doubt the victory being fair.
Adfd won, and he deserved it, whether people like it or not.
People discussing over his victory only makes it a two-sides victory, where Adfd is happy about his victory, but may feel as if it wasn't deserved.
Point: Close the discussion. ;)
Once more, congratulations my friend. you've earned it.
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#50, why do YOU interfere? sorry, but you mentioned more than once you are leaving the site now, since you get no HOF on your "23 quality boxes you made in 27 days" -.-!
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I love ADFD, and I really love this box, but...
It gonna be in the Homepage forever?
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#53, Yeah i'm sick of it too.
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Why is everyone so pissed off that this won, so who cares that he had to edit it after submitting it, to get it to fit the requirements, as long as it was before the deadline, which it was. This won fair and square, and I think most people who are complaining are just mad that theirs did not win. Congratulations by the way ADFD.
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lmfao at this whole thing, I know Im real late to the show but ADFD won fair and square, it said 5 colors not 5 shades lmfao.... Whatever great job ADFD this box is superb
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#56, You most obviously haven't read the competition thread ;).
In the 5color competition, each different shade counts as a different color. Hence the commotion on this box.
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awesome!!
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Ahh im sick of seeing this thing :P
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Me too...let's go back to "Random HOF"
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Me three.
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why is this still up on the front page hasnt it been two weeks or am wrong
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horrible web master
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You're just too good !
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This is not too bad. Perhaps could have done with a couple of other tweaks like having the official nintendo seal in gold to break up the monotone, but otherwise a very nicely constructed effort.
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#65, This was for a 5 colour competition, meaning only 5 colours were allowed, therefore alldreamsfalldown couldn't have made the official Nintendo seal gold.
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that looks cool
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Can we please change this already?
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#68, i second that can we yes please change this...lol
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This box has been up a long time...It's like a permanent advert for ADFD on the front page.
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New comp is starting soon. Winner gets this spot for the next 2-3 months.
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It would be hilarious if alldreamsfalldown won again.. =D
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I want's BioShock for Wii, This is awesome!
Epic win, Black and white works well
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No HOF or Masterworks
Only Some Better Shit
Like Gloriuos Pieces or stuff
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This is awesome!!
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