Nineteen Eighty-Four Competition Arena

spacemt354

spacemt354

Chili's
Basketbuddy101 said:
Closing Statement:

Going into this competition, I wasn’t as concerned about winning as I was about the chance to play a game like this again. I knew about a few other competitions going on at WDWMagic.com, but it wasn’t until a few months ago that I realized it might be time to come out of retirement and give one of these another go. At that point, I didn’t care what the competition was about so long as I had a chance to compete and put all the things I’ve learned in the past to the test. In retrospect, I think everything worked out as best as it possibly could have.

From the beginning, I knew that if I was going to use concept art. My concept art is a significant part of my strategy, but I only use it to supplement the audience’s vision for a project. In other words, if the concept art doesn’t help my audience imagine what I’m going for, then it doesn’t serve any significant purpose outside of looking good. I think this strategy is best exemplified in the first project. Almost instantly, I knew I wanted to theme the course to the Joker, because it seemed like such a natural idea: bridge a cutesy golf course with the madness of Batman’s greatest enemy. I quickly researched clown-themed golf courses and came by some really inspiring images. With the help of those images, I began modeling my own course; I rendered it shortly afterward and added artificial lighting in post processing to create the finished product.

This is essentially how all my 3D concept art is made: planning, modeling, rendering, and some amount of post processing. Aside from the 3D art, however, I took to drawing up some characters by hand, which is something that I know I’m not best at. In the Don Bluth project, for instance, I knew I would have to draw up the characters by hand. After drawing some really rough sketches, I converted them into computer drawings and went from there. Again, I know I’m definitely not the best traditional artist, but with regard to the entire competition, you have to push for variety or else your presentation gets stale. In short, art constituted the bulk of my strategy. When I’m not working on the concept art, I’m busy making sure that the story of the project works and the writing is legible and well-written enough to be worthy of presenting. There’s really not much to say about my write-ups except that I do my best and hope for the best.

Social game, now that’s a tricky word with respect to this particular competition. I’ll admit, it was a bit of a shame to work alone for the entirety of the game. I’ll be honest and say that working alone has always been my preference, and the fact that I miss working in groups is a testament to my growth as a player in these competitions. I think there’s a sort of arrogance that comes along with doing well in these competitions, and that definitely was something that I think I broke out of. This competition was particularly important to my growth as a player because it made me realize that trying to be the best is only okay when you offer opponents the respect they deserve. This is why I never liked eliminating anyone, because having so much power was unsettling to me. I never cared about eliminating players, I only wanted to play the game and get along with other players.

One such player was, fittingly enough, @IDInstitute. I got along great with @IDInstitute throughout the course of the game, and we traded a few casual messages here and there. I wouldn’t call those messages strategy-based in the slightest, but they were definitely social in nature. @IDInstitute is a respected player on the forums, and from the moment I realized he had won the first season of The Sole Imagineer, I knew he was probably the player to beat. I guess I always suspected that we might make it to the final round, and here we are. If there were another player that were worthy of winning this competition, it would be @IDInstitute.

With that said, I realize that this statement is about pleading my own case as to why I deserve to win. I think my case at this point is pretty simple: I did my absolute best on every project and the results were mostly satisfactory. I think my consistency as a player makes me most deserving to win this competition. I turned in each project with a sense of pride, and I respected my opponents and understood that they would often surpass me in various areas because everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. There’s really not much else to say except that I did my best and to have regrets for anything, even losing, would be utterly senseless. I had a great deal of fun playing alongside these players, planning and making projects, getting feedback. As cliché as it may sound, that alone was better than winning ever could be. Thank you @TheOriginalTiki for recruiting me! It was a fun ride.
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Just saying that was a really great and humble speech. Watching the comp i thought your stuff each challenge was really impressive along with the other competitors too. Well done!
 
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DinoInstitute

DinoInstitute

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Hey guys!

I joined this competition right off of my SA elimination. I had a lot of energy and still wanted to be able to do some imagineering. But like BasketBuddy, it kind of became less about winning for me and more about just having fun and trying to hone my skills. And I must say, this was a really fun competition to be able to do that in!

I feel on average I hardly fairly strong showings in the challenges, though I recognize that there were quite a few in which I sat out/didn't submit in because I was just too busy (and I do hope to submit a final HoH project for fun because this was a really cool challenge! :D). And BasketBuddy made a great rival for me in the challenges as my biggest competitor- it was really fun! ;) :D

Strategically, this was an interesting game to play. I came in expecting it to get a little crazy, but it was relatively low key in terms of that type of gameplay, and so I adapted accordingly. However, I'm not the type of guy that can rest easy without having some sort of knowledge on what's going on :p All season long, I had an alliance with @Flippin'Flounder. We weren't manipulating people or anything like that, but just a loose alliance to have us watch each other's backs and keep each other alive. And it worked out pretty well, with FF's unfortunate elimination being out of our control.

To sum up, I think I played a strong game all around, and would deserve to win based on my project output and classic BB strategic game. Though, while I'm saying I think I deserve to win, I do not necessarily think BasketBuddy should lose. He played an amazing game, and when tiki introduced this SYWTBAI legend, I knew I would have some fun competition :D ;) No matter which way this goes I think it will be a fitting conclusion, so may the best imagineer win! ;) :)

Thanks!
 
TheOriginalTiki

TheOriginalTiki

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Original Poster
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Congratulations @Basketbuddy101. You have steamrolled through the competition and swept the jury votes, making you this season's official winner!

A big thanks to each and every Houseguest for paricipating in this initial trial season. Make no mistake, I plan to put this on again, most likely some time during November-December
 
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RMichael21

RMichael21

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TheOriginalTiki said:
Houseguests, I have the official results.

















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The winner of Nineteen Eighty-Four Season One is...























































































































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Congratulations @Basketbuddy101. You have steamrolled through the competition and swept the jury votes, making you this season's official winner!

A big thanks to each and every Houseguest for paricipating in this initial trial season. Make no mistake, I plan to put this on again, most likely some time during November-December
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Congrats @Basketbuddy101 ! But @TheOriginalTiki, is there any way to put the keys in spoilers instead of including hundreds of spaces and all of that blank space? I thought that my computer was broken when I was trying to read it. :p
 
spacemt354

spacemt354

Chili's
After over 5 years - the sequel to this competition has arrived!

1986: An Imagineering Competition - HYPE THREAD

"It was a dark hot day in September, and the clocks were striking thirteen. @mickeyfan5534, his neck stretched out far in an effort to escape the scorching heat, slipped quickly through the glass doors of the Imagineer forum, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of pixie dust from...
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Outbound

Outbound

Well-Known Member
spacemt354 said:
After over 5 years - the sequel to this competition has arrived!

1986: An Imagineering Competition - HYPE THREAD

"It was a dark hot day in September, and the clocks were striking thirteen. @mickeyfan5534, his neck stretched out far in an effort to escape the scorching heat, slipped quickly through the glass doors of the Imagineer forum, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of pixie dust from...
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