Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 I agree with Nikki's opinion on graphics; if a designer wants to make some specialized edits to a graphic, asking that he budget time for it seems fair. I don't see any reason that a data script should be counted differently than any other script or content specific to the scenario. Writing definitions is not inherently more time consuming than any other aspect of the process, and I think it falls under the same basic rule: If you set out to do it in under 24 hours, then you need to make good choices about what you can get done in that time. It just seems like common sense that for a task like this one should mostly stick to the already available definitions and add a few more as needed, rather than trying to rewrite the entire selection of objects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Lazarus. Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 I'm just about the last person to make rules for graphic creation; I don't think I've ever even done an edit on my own, and am sure as hell not going to be making anything from scratch for the contest. So I'm inclined to let you work on graphics beforehand. Actually, I'm inclined to allow anything in order to keep from cramping ES's style. Seriously, his [censored] rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 In that case, can I track down Luz, make her do some of that crazy magic she does, and just say that I did it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Only if you share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 (Sorry for the double post) I'm gonna have to drop out of this indefinitly. I have too much school work on my plate to risk doin nothing for a day. And since its crunch time for teachers, I am gearing all focus towards that. Sorry. The Last Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 ... So, it looks like Nem is going to win after all, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt aka Ravenwing Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 HAHAHAHAHA YOUR SO FUNNY NIKKI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 How long does the contest last for? There's a possibility you'll have time near the end, Ackrovan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt aka Ravenwing Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Isn't it just that entire week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Yes, but I'm all in favour of letting Acky make a scenario in 24 hours anytime after, and let it be part of the competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I mean, I'm going to have to do something weird, because I'm working 9 to 5 now. I wouldn't object to Ackrovan getting some sort of exception as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Is it really an exception if it affects the majority of people? Wait - is Eph implying that most scenario designers aren't on a forty hour workweek? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Well, most of them are in college or high school, aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 If people are willing to wait until a little bit passed June 11th, consider your defeats assured. The Last Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Oh come on, if he's talking like that we have to let him make an arse of himself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 ....Of course I'm going to lose. Most definitly. I'm going against people who have actually released good scenario's and have far more experience designing a scenario. I suck. All this arrogance is just to stir up the competition a bit more. The Last Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Originally Posted By: Master Ackrovan ....Of course I'm going to lose. Most definitly. I'm going against people who have actually released good scenario's and have far more experience designing a scenario. I suck. All this arrogance is just to stir up the competition a bit more. The Last Archon Wait, who's participating again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Lazarus. Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Just a reminder that the Contest Week started at midnight. Still deciding how to handle judging, so I'll keep you guys posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Where do I send submissions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Smoo Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Where do I clock in? Or is that even necessary this year? Not that I've done anything yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Okay, I've started working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Clock in. 11:27. Clock out. 6:34. Just taking a little break. I still have roughly 17 hours left to use. I'm actually making pretty good progress, and I think there's a possibility I'll finish. I'm not promising it'll be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 It's all right if it sucks. We just need something to counter Nikki . The Last Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Clocking in: 8:25 Clocking Out: ? Sorry, I forgot to see what time it was when I did that, but it can't have been less than five minutes in between. Clocking in again: 11:24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I think that clock out was about 8:34 or something? It was in your "last edited" blurb, until you edited again. I recall it being roughly 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 (cheers for Duck) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Clocking out: 1:14. I'll probably finish tomorrow. I'm not in any condition to calculate what I have left right now; I need sleep. I got some really good work done today. I go a lot faster when I don't stop to beta-test every two seconds. Has anyone other than Nikki or me done anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Lazarus is trying to. Aside from me and Lazarus, I believe that everyone else has surrendered, and allowed themselves to go back to their life. So its probably going to be a small contest. That said, I'll be damned if I'm letting you take the newbie spot The Last Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I'm sorry to disappoint you, Ackrovan, but I managed to escape the elaborate trap you set for me. Next time, try picking a ravenous monster I can't kill with both hands tied behind my back. I'm still in it to win it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Clocking in: 9:22 Clocking Out: 11:01 Hooray, I'm done! Now... for the beta testing... this is going to be frightening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Quote: I'm sorry to disappoint you, Ackrovan, but I managed to escape the elaborate trap you set for me. Next time, try picking a ravenous monster I can't kill with both hands tied behind my back. Darn it. That's it; I'm putting a Talking Cave Tree ( ) in my scenario. That's the only way I can recover from this failer. The Great Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Heh, a Talking Cave Tree would be interesting. Maybe I'll do that someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 An unfinished scenario of mine actually has a talking tree in it. I'll have to release it quickly so that nobody will accuse me of stealing the idea, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Clocking In at 4:37 Eastern Standard Time The Great Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Clocking out at 8:14 Eastern Standard Time The Great Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 y'all don't use daylight davings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Eh, the time zone isn't important anyway, so I don't get why Acky is using it at all. It's not like an hour is longer on the East Coast, or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Starting back in at 10:34 PM The Great Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Originally Posted By: The Eternal. Eh, the time zone isn't important anyway, so I don't get why Acky is using it at all. It's not like an hour is longer on the East Coast, or something. If that were true, it would explain so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Stopping in at 3:08 AM The Great Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 So, I open up my scenario to work on it again. I save it, than opened another scenario to get a graphic, and than saved the scenario I opened over the scenario I was trying to make. .... So yeah, this ain't over Nikki. If you think I'll give up because of that, you have another thing coming. The Great Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 1) Why are you opening a scenario to get a graphic? The graphics are kept in the scenario folder, not inside the .bas file. 2) Why did you have two .bas files in the same folder (I assume that they must be in the same folder, because otherwise you'd see that the .bas file (even if they had the same names) was in a different folder to the one you want to be working on)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Check for a back-up. If you're using the 3D Editor, it occasionally (meaning without any rhyme or reason) makes a file named "[scenario].bas.bak". If you rename it to remove the ".bak", it's a perfectly usable ".bas" file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Seeing as I have produced absolutely nothing for... *goes back to check* *thinks better of it* ...a while, I'm in. Thus far: 06/11/2009 * CLOCKED IN at 1:51 AM, CLOCKED OUT at 2:23 AM, for a total of 32 minutes. * CLOCKED IN at 4:22 AM, CLOCKED OUT at 4:30 AM, for a total of 8 minutes. (It occurred to me that posting this might be a good idea at this point, plus I encountered spreadsheet trouble) TIME USED THUSFAR: 40 Minutes (0.6 Hours) Since my internet status will be somewhat shaky, and thus will have difficulty posting clock-in and clock-out, I'm keeping a running log on my computer. And I'm off to a good excellent absolutely awesome start thusfar! So, without further ado, CLOCKING IN at 4:54 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Is it just me or was the contest week two weeks ago? Did we agree on letting people do it whenever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 As far as I'm aware, there was no agreement either way. If I'm too late, well, I'm still trying for a scenario under 24 hours. Oh, And... OUT 5:00 AM IN 5:09 AM OUT 5:30 AM IN 6:35 AM OUT 7:32 AM IN 9:21 AM OUT 10:03 AM IN 10:30 AM OUT 11:17 AM So, aside from discovering I have the design method of an attention-deficit fruit fly, I now have 1227 minutes (20.45 hours) remaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I don't think you should clock out for fifteen minute breaks or the like, or even meals. In my opinion, clocking out shouldn't be done for anything people who do the contest 'the right way' have to put up with (meals, washroom breaks, showers, etc.). I think it's more along the lines of 'there's a family function the night I had planned for designing' or the like. But this is the honour system anyway, so it's ultimately your call (and I doubt scenarios will be rejected if they take twenty-five hours or so). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Yeah, I'm with Dintiradan. I lost a couple hours with eating, and speaking on the phone, and other stuff, but I only actually clocked out twice - one at the end of my first day (because I needed to go to an appointment in the morning after I started designing, and didn't fancy going without sleep) and then right at the end. Frankly, clocking in and out after 30 minutes is a bit extreme, and if I wanted to be pissy I'd argue that it's not really fair - when I felt my attention slipping I didn't clock out and go for a coffee. I had to sit and make myself write code because I knew I had a time limit. Maybe its too late to change it this time, but I think if we ever do this again a hard limit needs to be imposed. Say, you're allowed to clock out a maximum of 4 times, or you may clock in and out whenever you like, but once you have started you have a two-day window in which to fit the 24 hours in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Nioca Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Coming at it from a different (less sleep-deprived) perspective, that does sound better. *smacks self upside the head* Anyway, I'll self-impose those limits. They sound like a fair idea, and I'm all for fairness here. So: Session 1 - 1:51 AM to 2:23 AM (32 Minutes, leaving 23.46 hours) Session 2 - 4:22 AM to 11:17 AM (6 Hours 55 Minutes, leaving 16.55 hours) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I'm not going to finish my scenario. I'm probably not going to participate in the BoA community at all. Consider me chased out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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