Fact: The only thing I'm against is the fact people have to send it to BrickFair to vote.

I'm sorry, I am not ignorant; most of those conventions are frequented by AFOL who dislike our brand. What makes the contest hosts think that this is the best thing in the world?

My $0.02, of course.

Fact: The only thing I'm against is the fact people have to send it to BrickFair to vote.

 

I'm sorry, I am not ignorant; most of those conventions are frequented by AFOL who dislike our brand. What makes the contest hosts think that this is the best thing in the world?

 

My $0.02, of course.

Actually the general impression I get from the usual AFOLs is that they dislike building with Bionicle, but are often truly impressed by what Bionicle MOCers are able to come up with using what they consider useless/over-specialized pieces.

I really love this theme, especially for the fact that it will be bringing the world's ~10 best Rock'n'Roll Bionicle MOCs to one place, when the theme for Brickfair this year is music. What better way could BZP represent our brand?

Some of the more recent contests themes made you really think about what to create; really forced you to show originality, and those are the most awesome ones. I expect this contest to do the same.

If you don't like the contest theme this time, then don't enter; simple as that.

I hope for the sake of BBC that this isn't more of the same. The last contest had less than 30 entries.

Smeagol4, Than, Taka-Tahu-Nuva, Arpy, and Darth Vader are investing a lot of time and effort to bring fun and creativity to members through these contests.

See this:

It's not about man-ning up. Why join a contest that has no entertainment value to you? There's no incentive. Except prizes, and those haven't been announced.

Themes shouldn't always being about entertaining or catering to people. Sometimes a theme should force people out of their comfort zone as that is when people are at their most creative (that is to say, they are forced to break from the norms) and in that regard, generate entertainment for people following the contest. If we wanted to go by what the majority wanted, we'd simply pump out one free build after another which would be uninteresting and dull. Also and issue with this contests theme doesn't seem to be a build issue as much as it is "I don't like rock music." That's fine, but why is that prohibiting you from creating something or still enjoying the theme?

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Fact: The only thing I'm against is the fact people have to send it to BrickFair to vote.

 

I'm sorry, I am not ignorant; most of those conventions are frequented by AFOL who dislike our brand. What makes the contest hosts think that this is the best thing in the world?

 

My $0.02, of course.

We've sent two contests to conventions already: contest #38 at Brickfest and contest #50 at Brickfair. Both were rousing successes on and off BZP. There may be some AFOLs out there who talk a mean talk online, but on the convention floor, most people can't help but be blown away by what people can build from Bionicle. The only real issues encountered in these contests have been ones of logistics.

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Thanks for an interesting read.

we'd simply pump out one free build after another which would be uninteresting and dull

>implying build 80s and build rock aren't basically free builds

seriously, do something like the old days where you had to include x, y, and z pieces, THAT inspires people to be creative

we'd simply pump out one free build after another which would be uninteresting and dull

>implying build 80s and build rock aren't basically free builds

 

seriously, do something like the old days where you had to include x, y, and z pieces, THAT inspires people to be creative

They aren't. Both are quite restrictive.

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Also, they just did a contest where people had to use specific parts. BBC 56 if I'm remembering correctly. Which ever one had the blue axlepins and red axles.

we'd simply pump out one free build after another which would be uninteresting and dull

>implying build 80s and build rock aren't basically free builds

 

seriously, do something like the old days where you had to include x, y, and z pieces, THAT inspires people to be creative

I love your methodology of indirectly arguing with me. It's easier to argue with someone when they aren't there to counter, isn't it?

No, they aren't basically frebuilds. You are being forced to build something within a very constrained conceptual space. You cannot simply build whatever you want, unlike a piece restriction event which either says "build whatever you want as long as you include/don't include this piece or set of pieces."

No, it doesn't inspire anything. Look through the entries of those types of contests. You'll find more often than not people just tack on those pieces as an afterthought to simply meet the demands.