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The Showcase — Revamp
Let's take a quick look at this thread: http://forum.toribash.com/showthread.php?t=362682
I've got to admit, I think it's an incredibly awesome concept. It was created specifically to recognize super awesome art created by super awesome people—that's pretty freaking awesome.
Unfortunately, the thread seems to have died off (more like it died soon after it was born), but I was wondering, why would something like this not exist within our community? It's something that simply makes players feel good about themselves; not only are artists receiving recognition for a totally awesome piece of art that they created, but they're being immortalized in a thread for everyone in the community to see for years to come. THAT, my friends, is called spreading joy within a community of friends and people, and THAT, my people, is called the widespread of positivity.
Presumably we'll need a select group of volunteers to participate in this selection of art—be it the current art moderators or a group of people selected by an application process—or we can just leave it to a voting process of the people of the community. It honestly doesn't matter.
But come on guys, this would be super freaking awesome to have back in the community. And who knows, maybe we'll see a booming art industry after bringing this back, eh?
Leave any comments and suggestions down below; I would be more than happy to add them onto the thread!
**NOTE: This thread was created to have staff involvement with the revamp. I realized after creating the thread, why not have a monthly competition hosted by the Event Squad team for people to produce the best textures/videos/freestyle art? They could then be immortalized in some Hall of Glory-like thread for people to glorify over their art. A pretty vague suggestion, sure, but there's more than one way to implement this back into the community. Let's see it happen!
List of awesome feedback from awesome people:
I've got to admit, I think it's an incredibly awesome concept. It was created specifically to recognize super awesome art created by super awesome people—that's pretty freaking awesome.
Unfortunately, the thread seems to have died off (more like it died soon after it was born), but I was wondering, why would something like this not exist within our community? It's something that simply makes players feel good about themselves; not only are artists receiving recognition for a totally awesome piece of art that they created, but they're being immortalized in a thread for everyone in the community to see for years to come. THAT, my friends, is called spreading joy within a community of friends and people, and THAT, my people, is called the widespread of positivity.
Presumably we'll need a select group of volunteers to participate in this selection of art—be it the current art moderators or a group of people selected by an application process—or we can just leave it to a voting process of the people of the community. It honestly doesn't matter.
But come on guys, this would be super freaking awesome to have back in the community. And who knows, maybe we'll see a booming art industry after bringing this back, eh?
Leave any comments and suggestions down below; I would be more than happy to add them onto the thread!
**NOTE: This thread was created to have staff involvement with the revamp. I realized after creating the thread, why not have a monthly competition hosted by the Event Squad team for people to produce the best textures/videos/freestyle art? They could then be immortalized in some Hall of Glory-like thread for people to glorify over their art. A pretty vague suggestion, sure, but there's more than one way to implement this back into the community. Let's see it happen!
List of awesome feedback from awesome people:
yay
Last edited by Creati0n; Mar 23, 2017 at 08:55 PM.
Reason: made a list of super awesome feedback
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Hey dudes! I went ahead and updated what the event would potentially look like and tidied it up a bit. Hopefully this gives everyone a rundown of how the showcase would work. Thanks everyone for the awesome support!
Trimonthly — The Showcase
Last edited by Creati0n; Mar 23, 2017 at 08:58 PM.
Reason: edited in a hypothetical deadline
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Just too shove this boat even further, I think this concept is a great one at that.
There are a few artists among this community that have some of the most visually pleasing artworks I have seen for a game made by the community. I understand that quite a few moderators are interested in this as well, and they wouldn't mind contributing to this. Giving recognition to those who have skill is a great idea, and I'm having a hard time grasping the downfalls of this other than funding, if that's needed.
Supported.
There are a few artists among this community that have some of the most visually pleasing artworks I have seen for a game made by the community. I understand that quite a few moderators are interested in this as well, and they wouldn't mind contributing to this. Giving recognition to those who have skill is a great idea, and I'm having a hard time grasping the downfalls of this other than funding, if that's needed.
Supported.
Originally Posted by Creati0n
Any update on ES funding for this?
Seeing there's been no ES answer, I think mine would suffice.
I'm afraid that mentioning funding lead you to the wrong direction with this, I'd like to repeat the most important part of my post once again:
Originally Posted by sir
You can't judge the art by a monthly competition because good artwork (or replays, or mods, or anything else) is not something that's produced on some fixed schedule. There can be nothing worthy for months, then there can be 10 outstanding works within a week. People may also not be aware / not care about the event...
According to this, running the showcase same way as it was managed in past but also rewarding artists whose works got featured = good; running a monthly/bimonthly/whatever-monthly event = no different from any other art event and thus isn't as good. Not saying it's bad, but it has lots of flaws and doesn't really fit the idea of showcasing art.
Completely agree with BenDover on this, guess I should have worded my first post a bit better.
