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The Challege (nombre Deux)

Primus

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Yes, I know my blog contest names are waaaaay creative. At least I used some rudimentary French this time.

 

ANYWHO

 

The challenge is this:

 

You must build a MOC (duh). But not just any boring, ordinary MOC. You must build one of MY MOCs in YOUR style. And then you have to make it better.

 

Let that sit in a little. Good? Ok.

 

I'll clarify:

 

The challenge is that you have to rebuild one of my MOCs (it doesn't matter which one [well, it kinda does but I'll get to that later]) in your own style, but you have to improve upon my MOC. You can be the judge of how you improve it, but you have to justify it to me (don't worry, I'm pretty accepting on the whole justification thing).

 

Now, onto the (gritty) details:

 

-You can enter as many different MOCs as you want, but only one will go onto Judging. I'll decide which one goes on

-There is going to be a point system. I am not going to tell you how it works (except for the bonus points)

-I should be able to tell that it's supposed to be one of my MOCs, but better and in a different style (again, I'm pretty lenient)

-There is a prize for both first and second place. First gets a Technic Fig, second gets a purple Pakari

-NO MASS PMING PEOPLE (which really shouldn't be a problem but you never know)

 

Speaking of which, there is no direct voting for this contest. After the entry period ends there is only Judging. But multiple rounds of it of course. Here's how it's going to work:

 

-Your MOC is going to be assigned points by me. You won't know the point values.

-After the entry period, I will post an entry with all of the entrants and open it for the "suggestions" round of Judging

-In the suggestions round, you're free to suggest which MOCs you think should go onto the next round. I'll pick the ones that I want and two of the most popular other ones.

-The next round doesn't involve you. I pick which one I like the most and it wins. End of story.

 

Of course, I'm going be judging on multiple factors, so don't worry about bias.

 

OH, and the bonus points of course:

 

-Bonus Points will be awarded for originality/obscurity

-Bonus Points will be awarded for extra difficulty

-Bonus points will be awarded for unique parts usage

-Bonus points will be awarded for shaping and technique

-Bonus points will be TAKEN AWAY for Toa. Yes, I may have some Toa MOCs, but if you build one it'll lose you some bonus points

-Bonus points will be TAKEN AWAY for Matoran. See above.

-Bonus points will be TAKEN AWAY for excessive amounts of System.

 

Also during the Suggestion period, you can feel free to suggest MOCs that you think should get more Bonus Points. Yes, you can suggest your own.

 

In the end, the entry with the most bonus points will also win a prize (it's a secret!), unless that entry is in first or second, and then it will go to the next highest.

 

Here's my brickshelf gallery for anyone who needs it

 

The Building period starts NOW and ends on the 24th of September at 11:59 EST.

 

Judging will last from the 25th to the 26th, and I will need the addresses of the winners by September 28th. If you do not get me your address by that time, you forfeit your prize.

 

Whew, that was a long post. Feel free to ask questions, and have fun building.

 

Good luck!

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Xaeraz

Whaaaaa.

 

I might be able to do this. Probably not on the "improving" part, though.

 

Should be fun to try, though.

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Arpy
Sadface! Both the theme and the prize intrigue me, but I have no Bionicle pieces here with me at college.
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Primus
Oh, come on Primus. How the heck are we supposed to improve? :P

I've got plenty of rather bad stuff that needs improving on. Come on, get creative! That's kinda the point :)

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Ace Rimmer

is adding the type of shoulder movements that i do an improvement? i make the shoulders able to grab weapons and swing them much more efficiently and pull shoulders back, and i can prolly add shrugging as an ability.

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Primus
I'm hoping that by excessive System you mean like 90% System?

Laka

Yeah. Like, anything over 80% would lose you some serious bonus points.

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Xaeraz
Oh hey. I didn't see the rooster in the Brickshelf, so I wanted to know if it was an OK MoC to redesign.
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Primus
Oh hey. I didn't see the rooster in the Brickshelf, so I wanted to know if it was an OK MoC to redesign.

Any MOC's ok to redesign. And it's also right here

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Primus

^Sure! I'm giving some creative leeway here. Feel free to deviate from how the MOC's setup. If you think that it'd be an improvement for the vehicle to not have a Technic Fig, than by all means don't use one.

 

Basically, I'd like it if you take one of my MOCs, and take it in a direction that you like without horribly deviating from the original concept (changing the scale or making it unmanned doesn't deviate from the concept. Taking a land thing and turning it into an air plane, now that's some deviation).

 

But really, if you can justify it as an improvement, I'm totally fine with changes. And I don't really care how you justify it. I don't really care if you completely fabricate your justification, you just have to justify it.

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Lord Oblivion
^Sure! I'm giving some creative leeway here. Feel free to deviate from how the MOC's setup. If you think that it'd be an improvement for the vehicle to not have a Technic Fig, than by all means don't use one.

 

Basically, I'd like it if you take one of my MOCs, and take it in a direction that you like without horribly deviating from the original concept (changing the scale or making it unmanned doesn't deviate from the concept. Taking a land thing and turning it into an air plane, now that's some deviation).

 

But really, if you can justify it as an improvement, I'm totally fine with changes. And I don't really care how you justify it. I don't really care if you completely fabricate your justification, you just have to justify it.

 

I have three questions.

1. From what you said we can increase the scale of a MOC, but are we able to make its like "upgraded" (for example, having your Prometheus MOC with more fire and larger, and bulkier)

2. Lets say a MOC you've made has thin legs, may we make them bulkier if its ours building style and still have it qualify?

3. Lastly may we swap the colors of a MOC as long as it still looks like your original? (Example, swapping green for red, or adding another color that wasnt originally there.)

Thanks

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Lord Oblivion

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Primus

^Sure! And it just has to look like a version of one of my MOCs in your style. And better, of course. :)

 

If I can tell that your MOC is a version of one of mine, it goes onto the first judging round. After that, I make no guarantees.

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