Rapid Age development competition

[Paradox]

What I would like to see is the contest geared towards the development of Ahra Pahts shells.

We have a huge city, we need to get it filled

[Grogyan]

Nothing stopping anyone from using their Ahra Pahts shell as the entry.

But right now we just need to get the ball rolling for getting people to make Ages, and a competition is a good motivator, we can pretty much do anything now.

Which reminds me, Trylon is there any chance an updated version of the latest plugin .zip file soon, as on the SVN I can't tell whats old and whats new.

[Paradox]

Does this sound reasonable?

Competition Duration: February 22nd - March 8th
Challenge: Design, Build, and Export a fully functional Age which is as creative as possible. Ahra Pahts shells are allowed (and encouraged).

[Grogyan]

Sounds good.

Its encouraged but not enforced that you do a shell.

Do what ever you like, Shell or separate Age(s) (like Gira and Kemo)
Alone or in a team,

I'll write up some rules soon and put them in the first post.

[andylegate]

Hey, I'm not sure about others, but I've requested a shell a while ago, but have not received any word back from Aloys or anyone.

Makes using your shell as the Age kind of hard, you know?

[Grogyan]

I've nearly finalizing the rules, and if all goes well will be posted in 8 hours from this message being posted

Andy: just PM Aloys to see if he can send it to you

[Grogyan]

The first post has been updated for the contest.

All rules are located there.

Have fun building

[Nek'rahm]

Doesn't RAD take away from the overall message of Age development?

It takes time, work, and patiences... and doing RAD work would just dilute the vision of what we do.

[Grogyan]

It shouldn't dilute, but to invigorate, a lot can be done in a short space of time.
Then again you an have to know your way round blender,
We can help you with any questions or problems.

Keep in mind that both Minkata and Jalak Dador were made in a hurry, and Cyan was pretty much creating a lot material for MOUL very quickly.

I'll be doing my shell as I recently came up with feasible concepts on what to put in it, though I envisage that i'll need a hand with coding at some point.

[andylegate]

While I agree that Age creation should be done with patients and taking time to make things look right, this paticular project is simply something to help promote doing Age Creation period.

Most of us don't try to consume 5 or 6 pies all in one setting, yet we see pie eatting contests all the time at fairs and cheer the people on.

This is simply for something fun to do. I'm sure if asked, we can make sure that a disclaimer is put somewhere easily seen that says something to the effect of:

"While this is a Rapid Age Contest, please note that most Ages take much longer to build, so that attention to detail and quality is assured. This contest is for fun and novelty, and should not be taken as a serious part of Age Creation."

That way new comers understand that, normally people or teams would be taking their time with the whole process.

It is, as they say, a Promotional Gag. Just as most comercials are on TV. Most people know that Gekos don't talk or sell car insurance.....