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CGTalk - Dominance War V http://forums.cgsociety.org CGTalk, the CGSociety's official forum for digital artists 120 en-us <![CDATA[Dwar submission insanity]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=981946 Posted By: TheGrak
Post Time: 05-24-2011 at 04:42 PM
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I am about to scream about the Dwar submission process.
I follow all the steps, I meet all the image requirements, but I still cannot submit an animation. Instead I get stuck on the page below, where the site keeps asking me to 'submit at least one image', which I've already done. Honestly, it doesn't make any sense.

Here, I've conveniently screen-capped the madness to share:

Here's that 'bio section' image. (Which is 'locked' BTW).

Can we please, for the sake of users, have a clear, easy to follow, functional submission process? If I missing some step somewhere - just let me know - I checked the website and have spent over an hour just trying to submit my animation.]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 11:42:29 +0000 <![CDATA[Dominance War V The Rise of Gods]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=975608 Posted By: Bloodjin
Post Time: 04-28-2011 at 01:08 PM
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Dominance War V The Rise of Gods
Take you inspiration from the real world]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:08:14 +0000 <![CDATA[Dominance War V - 2D - Andilisa - Goddess of thoughts]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=974272 Posted By: Andilisa
Post Time: 04-22-2011 at 03:02 PM
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sorry, I couldn't find a way to delete this myself, can anyone delete this for me please?]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:02:44 +0000 <![CDATA[The "godlike" issue]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=969709 Posted By: Zykras
Post Time: 04-04-2011 at 01:17 AM
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Well I think this deserves an own thread because it's a very common issue in this contest and I would love to hear your thoughts.
I also think this thread could help many people who don't know what to do if it comes to a "godlike" appereance. So we can gather our ideas here.
I hope it's okay.

So my thoughts:
I actually have no idea ... do we really have to add cool and crazy stuff to make our gods godlike? Or is it actually okay to have a "simple" character on the outside with a hint to his godlike abilitys?
Well I have to admit: I love big/cool/epic stuff and a strong pose/perspective but I guess you could also show a very subtle pose, for example an arrogant pose to make a character more powerful. Maybe it's even better? Real gods don't have to show off, they know what they could do ^^
I have some other ideas in mind but I actually would love to hear your thoughts and ideas and gather some answers to this question: What makes our characters godlike? Is it cliché to add "epic" stuff or necessary?]]> Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:17:14 +0000 <![CDATA[Dominance War V - Rise of Gods]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=965262 Posted By: Kirt
Post Time: 03-17-2011 at 01:00 AM
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DOMINANCE WAR V DEADLINE:
11:59 p.m Eastern Time, Monday, May 16th, 2011

Immortality! We strive for it, we long for it, we fight for it. For as long as we can remember, we have even died for it. But what is immortality?

We have always believed that our goals, our beliefs and our ideals, when forced on others through Victory of War - had ever, lasting, meaning. Because in being remembered, we ourselves became gods. But we were wrong...

After centuries of war - they finally came. To guide us? To punish us? To destroy us!? We do not know. But what we do know is that the results of this immortal war, will shape the universe forever more. Come, join us, for a final chapter in the legendary series, Dominance War V... The Rise of GODS.

Create a powerful GOD that shall defeat all other gods and determine the future of the universe forever more!! Your God must symbolize one exceptional trait - God of War, God of Machines, God of Peace, Demonic God of Chaos, God of Torment, God of Love, God of Mercy, God of Swords, etc. The design and style of your GOD can be made in any fashion, except cartoons. Here are examples of what NOT to do - 1, 2, etc. Additionally, NO real/known gods (Allah, Brahman, Elohim, Jesus Christ, Waheguru, etc) or current fantasy gods (from Dungeons & Dragons, etc) can be used for this challenge. You must invent a God from scratch and from your imagination. Show us why your GOD is THEE GOD of ALL!! The time period for this challenge is set in the utterly destroyed and distant future.

World standings await the best designed GOD! Be it for fun, for practice or to show the world your skills, Good luck to all those brave enough to enter!

Official Rules can be found here.
CGSociety members wishing to enter the challenge should post their WIP thread in the Dominance War V forum.
Use the following thread title formats:
- Dominance War V - 3D - your name - God of _____
- Dominance War V - 2D - your name - God of _____
- Dominance War V - Animation - your name - God of _____
Questions and Answers should be posted here.

]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:00:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Dominance War V Q&A Thread]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=965261 Posted By: Kirt
Post Time: 03-17-2011 at 12:59 AM
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(place holder for things to come)]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:59:30 +0000 <![CDATA[Dominance War V General Discussion Thread]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=965263 Posted By: Juneauz
Post Time: 03-04-2011 at 01:34 AM
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I'm looking forward to join the war this year!]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:34:19 +0000 <![CDATA[Pre-Dom War V: Finalists and iCards]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=952555 Posted By: Kirt
Post Time: 01-26-2011 at 08:59 PM
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New info up on www.DominanceWar.com

Team Finalists

iCard: Jim "jchristo" Christopher
iCard: Yigit Koroglu

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the challenge. Many great entries from CGSociety!

I'll be posting up more as the info becomes available.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:59:48 +0000 <![CDATA[Pre-Dominance War V Voting is Now Open!]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=942938 Posted By: Kirt
Post Time: 12-17-2010 at 01:39 AM
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Entry pages are here:
http://www.gameartisans.org/contest...ciety_3d_3.html

Note:
- You can navigate between the teams by pressing on the forum logos on top.
- You can navigate between the categories by pressing on the view 3d, 2d,
animation menu above the entry thumbnails.
- To vote, public "must" select 1st to 5th entries. They can't select just
1-3. Must be all 5 in order.
- Please vote for your favorite 5 for each forum and in each category.]]> Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:39:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Pre-Dom War V: Final Submission Information]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=939353 Posted By: Kirt
Post Time: 12-01-2010 at 03:05 PM
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Some new information has just come in from the DWV site:The deadline has also been extended an additional 48 hours to give participants time to prepare their images for submission. The new deadline is:

11:59 p.m Eastern Time, Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Register on Dominance War V website (if you haven't done so already) and submit your final images using the links below:

3d: http://www.gameartisans.org/contest...society_3d.html
2d: http://www.gameartisans.org/contest...society_2d.html
Animation: http://www.gameartisans.org/contest...iety_anime.html]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:05:37 +0000 <![CDATA[CGSociety's Colors, Logo, and Flag]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=933793 Posted By: Kirt
Post Time: 11-10-2010 at 05:23 AM
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]]> Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:23:29 +0000 <![CDATA[Pre-DomWar V - 3D Character Art]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=933766 Posted By: Kirt
Post Time: 11-10-2010 at 03:45 AM
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General Information

To avoid repeating all of the rules here on CGSociety, please refer to the official rules on the Dominance War V site. I've repeated the section below that applies specifically to the 3D Character Art challenge. This thread is where you will post all of your WIP work for the Pre-DomWar V 3D Character Art challenge. Do not create an individual thread for your WIPs. I will remove any that appear in this forum.

Please visit the FAQ thread if you have any questions.

3D Character Art Rules
You have 4 weeks to finish with the following specs:

Create one of the character classes in 3d (character classes are found here).
Important: Your entry must include your team's logo emblem, or colors, or both, on your character's skin, gear, clothing or weapons. If logo, it must be visible on your character. If colors, your character should posses obvious clothing tones of your chosen team. For logos and colors, visit - Here
3000 tris total for character, weapons, and gear.
1024x1024 for diffuse, specular color, specular level, glow, opacity, and ambient color. Example, one 1024 diffuse sheet, one 1024 spec sheet, one 1024 Gloss sheet, etc. No Normal maps, no bump maps, no high res sculpting, No baking light info, and no painting normal maps in any fashion.
Breaking up texture sheets into smaller texture sheets is fine. 4 x 512 maps or 2 x 512x1024 etc, is fine.
All lighting solutions from any software package is permitted.
All shaders are permitted.
Final presentation image should include texture sheet, wireframe, and full colored model. Posing model is optional, and adding a pedestal is optional (pedestal may use its own set of unlimited triangles and textures). If a pedestal is added, it must contain no objects that character can pick up and use.
To insure no one cheats by photoshop'ing extra details into their final presentation image, high ranked entrants can be asked to submit their models to Dominance War officials to verify that the specs (no normal maps, no extra photoshop’ing on final presentation sheet, no extra polygon usage, no extra texture sheets) were met. Entrants that fail to submit their models to us, will be disqualified from competition. Submitted models will be used for judging purposes only. They will not be sold, or used for any means other than checking to see if you followed the rules.

PRE-DOMWAR V DEADLINE:
11:59 p.m Eastern Time, Monday, December 6th, 2010

]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:45:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Pre-DomWar V - 3D Animation]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=933765 Posted By: Kirt
Post Time: 11-10-2010 at 03:40 AM
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General Information

To avoid repeating all of the rules here on CGSociety, please refer to the official rules on the Dominance War V site. I've repeated the section below that applies specifically to the 3D Animation challenge. This thread is where you will post all of your WIP work for the Pre-DomWar V 3D Animation challenge. Do not create an individual thread for your WIPs. I will remove any that appear in this forum.

Please visit the FAQ thread if you have any questions.

3D Animation Rules
You have 4 weeks to finish a short 6 second fight sequence between two characters with the following specs:

Create a fight sequence where one character is the attacker and one character is the receiver of the attacks. The receiver should start standing, but finish dead on the floor.
Mandatory: Use and rig two of the 3d base meshes (mesh1, mesh2, mesh3, and mesh4) for your character animation. They must be different models.
Keep in mind, when animating your characters, they should reflect two of the 4 character classes found above: War General, Technomage, Shadow, or Corrupted.
No textures or coloring allowed. Entire Mesh should be a single color. Optional: You may show the wireframe on your rendered animation (the wireframe can be a uv map texture applied to your model).
No sound fx or music allowed. Animation should be silent.
You may NOT alter the base mesh, but you may add up to 500 extra triangles per character for gear, clothing, appendages, and weapons. No pets or extra sentient beings (including pet robots). Example: 500 extra tris for character #1 PLUS 500 extra tris for character #2. Optional: At your discretion, you may modify (add more lines/topology) the joints of each model if it helps its movement in your animation. This joint modification does not count towards your 500 extra triangles/character.
All lighting solutions and rendering solutions from any software package is allowed.
For this warm up challenge, you may not use special effects, particles, or triangles and textures for special effects, magic effects, etc.
6 seconds maximum for entire fight sequence. No extra time for lengthy credits.
Important: Your animation presentation must include your team's logo emblem and your two chosen character class names (War General, Shadow etc) in your animation. It can be on the floor, it can be within an overlay that frames your shot, it's up to you. Optional: You may add your name, website, and/or contact details alongside your team's logo and character class names if you choose. For logos, visit - Here
Animations should be uploaded onto Youtube or similar site and you must paste the url to your animation in the submissions page for animation.

PRE-DOMWAR V DEADLINE:
11:59 p.m Eastern Time, Monday, December 6th, 2010

]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:40:36 +0000 <![CDATA[Pre-DomWar V - Concept Art]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=933762 Posted By: Kirt
Post Time: 11-10-2010 at 03:19 AM
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General Information

To avoid repeating all of the rules here on CGSociety, please refer to the official rules on the Dominance War V site. I've repeated the section below that applies specifically to the Concept Art challenge. This thread is where you will post all of your WIP images for the Pre-DomWar V Concept Art challenge. Do not create an individual thread for your WIPs. I will remove any that appear in this forum.

Please visit the FAQ thread if you have any questions.

Concept Art Rules

You have 4 weeks to finish with the following specs:

Create a full color concept piece that contains Two of the characters classes (character classes are found here). Bare in mind, this is a game art challenge, so your concept should be a game concept art design. The character you create should look like they can somehow be transfered to a low polygon budget MMO 3d character.
Your two depicted characters can be side by side partners, or enemies who are bent on destroying each other. They can be standing idle, fighting, doing a dynamic pose for the camera, it's really up to you.
Action poses are fine, as long as most of both bodies can be seen. If multiple characters are created in your image, example, a fighting scene is occurring, then there should be a clear emphasis on who your main two character in the concept are.
Important: Your entry must include your team's logo emblem, or colors, or both, on one or both of your character's skin, gear, clothing or weapons. If logo, it must be visible on your character(s). If colors, your character(s) should posses obvious clothing tones of your chosen team. For logos and colors, visit - Here
Your single image must show 90% of both characters' bodies. It would be a bad idea to hide half their bodies behind a wall, a door, in a hole, etc. If one leg is hidden behind a horse or mount, it is fine. Creating a top view of a character so that mostly his/her face is seen, is not a great idea for this challenge.

PRE-DOMWAR V DEADLINE:
11:59 p.m Eastern Time, Monday, December 6th, 2010

]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:19:27 +0000 <![CDATA[Q&A Thread: Please post questions for Pre-Dom War V here.]]> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=933761 Posted By: Kirt
Post Time: 11-10-2010 at 03:17 AM
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This thread is for all questions and answers. I will edit this first post to display frequently asked questions (FAQ).

However, before we get into this Q&A can I have everyone make sure that they have read the threads that are already started? This will prevent me from having to repeat myself. I really dislike repeating things which have already been repeated.

If you are doing the Concept Art challenge, read this.
If you are doing the 3D Character Art challenge, read this.
If you are doing the 3D Animation challenge, read this.

Everyone should also, read this.

If you still have a question after doing all of this reading, then please post in this thread and I will answer it to the best of my knowledge.

To repeat once more, I will not be repeating answers to questions that have already been answered in the rules or threads that I've already started. So, if it seems as though I'm ignoring you ... I am. Because I've already repeated something that answered your question.

Sorry for the hypocrisy of repeating myself here when I said I wouldn't and thank you for your understanding. Now get busy!!

FAQ

Q: Do I create a new WIP thread for my Pre-Dominance War V challenge?
A: No, the Pre-Dominance War V challenges are like mini challenges prior to the big event (DWV). These will run for the next 4 weeks and all WIP and entries are to be posted in the following threads:

When the actual DWV competition starts in January, you will have the opportunity to create your own WIP thread.]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:17:20 +0000