I thought it would be fun to do some freelance reviews for you all! We've done it before for competitions and I always like as much feedback as possible
Note - I haven't looked at the results yet....so these may vary!
#1 RMichael21 vs #8 Sam4D23
RM -
I think RM definitely got the job done in the detail category, though I wish you actually focused more on what was new rather than stuff we already know...like touch to enter capabilities. The biggest hit for me was the MagicBand Package Styles, which I thought was a great aspect. I wasn't too big of a fan of the names within the attractions...a meet and greet is kinda cool, but putting up people's birth years is a method hackers use to get further personal info. I only know that because it happened to one of my friends. So I would probably stray away from that. Overall though, I thought it was a well done project!
Sam -
I'm under the impression that if Sam had more time this week this could have been a stellar project. Out of all the projects, I felt like this one had the most untapped potential. Which is unfortunate because I think with an extra day or so, you could have given RM a run for his money. I thought the video concept was fantastic...though I feel like the narration needed another round of editing...which again comes with free time. There were too many times where I got lost in copious information ...I'm remembering one line about credit cards and food allergies...that took me out of the commercial type setting. And you know I'm a fan of doing different things with projects, so a website (and the only one to do so) is definite props in my book. Though I must concede that some of the titles I couldn't read over the images, and while you had a great idea with the coins, I think you would have been better off taking the detail from your video and building up the detail more on your site.
With that said (it's a close one and will hurt my fantasy team if true
)...but I'm going with RMichael21
#2 - IDInstitute vs #7 - JokersWild
Well, unless I'm missing it... I don't think Jokers posted, so IDI wins by default. I'll come back tomorrow or so and give a full review. Though as an art fan I did appreciate the hand-drawn magic bands. It shows passion and effort to me and based on the amount of detail in yours as well, it would have been a tough time for Jokers regardless. So a default win by no means devalues it.
#3 - tcool vs #6 - DSquared
This was the toughest round for me...on one hand, I really like the ideas DSquared put out. On the other hand, I can't discount the organization and clarity of tcool's either. I think this was the round
@TheOriginalTiki and I said would be the hardest to judge. Each of you has a different style...while tcool you stuck to the more traditional route, DSquared went a little more out of the box.
What it came down to if I had to make a decision...was which one of these would probably be green-lit...which is the most feasible....and in that regard, based on the presentation I'd have to give it to...
tcool
(though granted I don't know who won...so if DSquared won...he completely deserved it! He's probably one of the best if not the best new member we have had all year. If this is his swan song...he'll be back with a vengeance in a few weeks. )
#4 - Matt7187 vs #5 - TheOriginalTiki
Another tough one...
Starting with Tiki...I think your biggest strength was the resort -wide covereage of MM+...that being said, some things were hit and miss for me to be honest. For one, while I really liked how you implemented a TON of attractions, I thought the implementations themselves were not all that interesting or just difficult to manage. Changing small world seemed to be a big thing among you all, but reading while on the attraction feels like something you can just put in the queue, you don't need MM+ for it. So while a lot of attractions were mentioned, I think you would have been better off going into detail on maybe a handful, really knocking them out of the park, because there were several that just mentioned one sentence or two that didn't really interest me...though I will say that Star Wars one was definitely a goodie.
Overall, I think you put together a solid project!
Matt's project was the biggest surprise to me, as it took the concept of MM+ and did something completely different with it. MARA is something I could definitely get beh as my parents still don't know how to use MDE...or technology (aside from Siri!)...so I have to do all that stuff for them...and it'll be much easier if MARA takes my place throughout our trips.
Also:
"So when Uncle Leo asks how long the wait is at Mission: Space she will be able to tell him that it is in Florida."
No Seinfeld reference goes unnoticed
Anyway, some of the things I was iffy on were the FP+s...I wish you changed that up. How would the 3 FPs per day affect Disneyland Resort if it's a carbon copy of Orlando's? In Florida, you have to pick 1 of 4 parks...so in Disneyland you couldn't walk across the street to the other park? I feel like a system where you can make FPs in 2 parks could be better on the West Coast
It's a really tough decision...Tiki put up a great project, but I feel like i have to give Matt the edge for creativity on this one.
So I'll go with Matt7187
Great job to everyone!
(Now looking back I wish I didn't back out...I got ahead of schedule with my work so I probably could have put something together I was proud of
) Oh well...next year!
Stupid internet. I should have known better than to look at the comments of Youtube Reviews. 