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Update*** Last Man Standing Behavior Contest! Sign Ups Closed

by Glenn Thomas · in Torque Game Builder · 01/04/2008 (6:15 pm) · 16 replies

Sign ups are closed

Many will enter but only one will exit...

***Update***
Thanks to the great support from Garage Games we now have a prize for the winner and anyone that survives to the final round! The winner will receive $100 off anything in the GG.com store but it get even better, any contestant that makes it to the final round will receive GG T-shirt! For all the people just competing for bragging rights get to have their cake and eat it too! The contest will begin on Wednesday at midnight, so sign-up and have fun!

The contest is a Last Man Standing Behavior Competition that will encompass 4 rounds for a period of two to three weeks. The first three rounds will be 3 days each and the final round will consist of 5 days with 24-48 hours for judging in between each round based upon the amount of competitors that enter. The competition is designed to encourage the creation of Behaviors in TGB but programming in its nature is boolean, so because of that fact the competition will encourage the competitors to use creativity and tie other features of TGB into their submitted projects. There will be several tasks with a certain point value attached to them that will be added to the judges score if you complete one of the extra tasks. The behaviors and the extra tasks will be cohesive and tie in together and the ability to use them for a serious project will be apparent. Creativity is encouraged in this competition and the judges will be able to and one point to one competitor each round for who they believe is the most creative. Judges will rate each competitor from one to ten there behavior and creativity. If the behavior is only partially working 5 points will be deducted from the judges score and if it doesn't work the judges will score you a zero. After reviewing all the competitors they will give an additional point to the most creative behavior package. Once the judges scores are in the additional task scores will be added and eliminations will begin. If by chance a tie still happens we will break a tie by how much their project helps the community. This can be the comments in their code to the extra art asset they contributed in an extra task. Eliminations will cut 50% of the competitors each round. If 50% ever creates a fraction then that fraction is eliminated. A minimum of two competitors will enter the final round if the final round will end in less than 2 people then the percentage to pass will be increased beforehand. Competitors will know the number of competitors to enter each round before the competition begins. Competitors will only know the behavior and extra tasks for the round that they are in. The project for the next round will be posted within six hours of the next round beginning. Difficulty levels will be ramped up per round. The final round will either be innovative or inspire innovation. All projects must be submitted as a .plan resource by 11:59:99 pm PST on the date due. No late entries will be excepted. Contestants must post a complete TGB project file in their .plan or as a resource. Projects must be ready to go so that judges can hit the play button and test your entry. The winners entry will be posted in the TDN for the community to utilize.

Please see my .plan for a more in depth description of he contest. The forums didn't contain enough room for me to post it here.

Sign ups are open for both judging and competing. Please reply in my .plan, in the TGB General or the TGB Private Forums to sign up for your desired section or ask any questions you may have.

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Judges:
1. Glenn Thomas
2. Donald Harris
3. Ali Tahiri
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Contestants:
1. Phillip OShea
2. Braedon Hinchcliffe
3. Michael Hartlef
4. Saiko
5. Glenn Prince
6. Joe Rossi
7. Shawn Simas
8. J. Alan Atherton
9. Sam M
10. Aun Arinyasak
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#1
01/05/2008 (10:03 am)
Programming is boolean in nature? that's a new one to me...
#2
01/05/2008 (1:00 pm)
If you are new please don't opt out because you may not win. Instead think of this as something that can help you learn TGB better and join for the learning and to challenge yourself to think creatively.
#3
01/06/2008 (9:36 am)
Man, I'm getting alot of flack for that boolean statement. The statement is from an old instructor I had in highschool. Boolean being true false and programing at it's lowest level with 1's and 0's.
#4
01/06/2008 (12:49 pm)
I got what you meant lol...
#5
01/07/2008 (4:06 pm)
Quick question, what is the point in joining? Glory? Or is there an actual prize to the winner?
#6
01/07/2008 (4:46 pm)
There are prizes. The winner get $100 off anything in the GG Store. Everyone else that makes it to the final round gets a T-shirt.
#7
01/07/2008 (8:27 pm)
@Shawn
For me just participating is kind of a reward itself because I feel that events like this will bolster the community. When the community is strong and people share knowledge, everyone benefits.

What's the point in NOT joining?
#8
01/07/2008 (8:38 pm)
@Joe
You hit the nail right on the head. What we are trying to do here is create an even better community. GG is making some big changes with Torque 2 and Instant Action. We (the community) will help the community grow. If we attract more people they bring more knowledge and the community expands and gets more active.
#9
01/07/2008 (9:26 pm)
Prize wasn't an issue of me signing up. I'd like to (which I forgot to include in the previous post).
I was just curious.

Please include me.
#10
01/07/2008 (9:53 pm)
Great, that makes seven coders now. The more the better.
#11
01/08/2008 (12:55 pm)
In case the forum post is patrolled more than the blog post, I'm signing up as a contestant.
#12
01/08/2008 (4:04 pm)
I love making components, count me in (as a contestant)!

The only question I have is when does this start?
#13
01/08/2008 (4:54 pm)
Tonight at midnight I'll be announcing the start unless something unforeseen occurs.
#14
01/08/2008 (6:09 pm)
Glenn don't forget to add Aun Arinyasak
#15
01/08/2008 (7:03 pm)
It starts tonight or you'll announce when it starts?
#16
01/08/2008 (9:25 pm)
It starts tonight.