Generic Contest Discussion

[Jim]

Sure, it will be a pneumatic model team Porsche contest. Starting soon

[Erik Leppen]

Yes, please do a pneumatic compo now.

I have no pneumatics, but now is the time I have no time to build.

(Edit: I'm joking, of course.)

Edited August 6, 2016 by Erik Leppen

[Seasider]

any news on when we can be expecting a competition Jim ?

wondering if i start building and MODding the CLAAS or wait to dive both feet into a new competition

[Jim]

The new contest is live!

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=138968

[syclone]

Thanks!

Time to make something unusual for me!

O am not a big fan of pneumatics,I miss some better control and better way to hide the hoses,but maybe that is caused by my impression on 42008 pneumatic functions, we'll see :D

Btw, sorry for posting so much lately

[Captainowie]

I wonder if maybe in future competitions we could limit the number of photos in the entry topic to something much smaller, like three photos instead of the current 10. The TC10 entry topic is a monster to try and navigate, and takes ages to load. Surely the discussion topic is the place for all the detailed photos, the entry topic really only needs a 'glory shot' and maybe one or two other perspectives.

Owen.

[Jim]

That might not be a bad idea. The limit of 10 is caused by one of the previous contests. I think we can go back to 3 pictures max.

[BusterHaus]

Something to ponder between contests:

I noticed that the voting topic for the last contest (TC10) had a lot of comments about the difficulty of choosing the top 6 models.  I was in the same boat and wished there was a way to award points to other entries.  Maybe it's time to take a look at the voting method.

Right now we assign points to the top 6 entries.  One way would be to expand the points to 10 or 12 entries.  Inevitably, we would still find a 13th model which we wished could be awarded points.  I don't think this is the solution.

Another option is to expand the voting to three categories, like the Porsche Of Your Dreams contest that Lego held this year.  You would assign points to 6 entries in each of these categories: technical aspect, aesthetics and originality.  Some models would obviously fall into more than one category, but this system would also allow awarding points to a hidden gem.  For example, a model with few functions could get 0 points for the technical aspect but if it's really beautiful it could score high in the aesthetics category.  The model with the highest point total from from all categories combined would be the winner.

I think this voting method would also take the quality of the entries to another level, as contestants don't always focus on all three categories (I'm guilty of this as well).  I'm not complaining about the current quality of entries, as they are very strong.  However, all builders - from beginner to expert - could see if they have an area that they would like to improve.

I'm curious to hear what you guys think, and if Jim and Milan would be alright with the extra counting.

[letsbuild]

+1 ^

[aminnich]

New contest for 2017 coming soon? 

[Jim]

8 hours ago, aminnich said:

New contest for 2017 coming soon? 

It's about time we start thinking about a new contest indeed 

I already have an idea in mind, so give me a week or so.

[Jim]

Work in progress...

[JJ2]

Just now, Jim said:

Work in progress...

Hints?

[Jim]

Sure....I can drop you a minor hint....to get you nowhere 

POWER FUNCTIONS

[Blakbird]

1 hour ago, Jim said:

Sure....I can drop you a minor hint....to get you nowhere 

POWER FUNCTIONS

The next contest is to design your own Power Functions SMALL motor using nothing but 1x1 bricks.

[letsbuild]

1 hour ago, Jim said:

Sure....I can drop you a minor hint....to get you nowhere 

POWER FUNCTIONS

Sounds like almost every competition.

[Jim]

1 hour ago, Blakbird said:

The next contest is to design your own Power Functions SMALL motor using nothing but 1x1 bricks.

Dude, you weren't supposed to tell?! You signed an NDA for crying out loud! 

1 hour ago, letsbuild said:

Sounds like almost every competition.

Okay, okay.....that hint was too ambigious.

New hint:

BATTLE

[Blakbird]

1 minute ago, Jim said:

New hint:

BATTLE

Build a Power Functions plotter which can spell the word "Battle" using only mechanical programming (no Mindstorms).

[Jim]

1 minute ago, Blakbird said:

Build a Power Functions plotter which can spell the word "Battle" using only mechanical programming (no Mindstorms).

Very close 

That is a fantastic idea by the way. Programming something with electronics. I will keep this one in mind 

[Mantarri]

Battleships?

Battle vehicles (including fantasy ofc )?

I'm really wanting to be able to compete in the next TC (TC 11 right)?

[zux]

So Robot Wars/Battlebots-like MOCs?

[letsbuild]

56 minutes ago, XtremeBuilder said:

Battleships?

Battle vehicles (including fantasy ofc )?

I'm really wanting to be able to compete in the next TC (TC 11 right)?

11 minutes ago, zux said:

So Robot Wars/Battlebots-like MOCs?

Sounds like it. I certainly hope it's something battlebot-like.

Edited January 25, 2017 by letsbuild

[offroadcreations]

2 hours ago, zux said:

So Robot Wars/Battlebots-like MOCs?

Sound interesting, there would be a lot of diversity in the entries.

[Seasider]

a new competition ... looking forward to that. I think i went too left-field in the last one !

 

 

[Victor Imaginator]

Interesting... Maybe it will be tank competition? Or walking mecha?