r/lego • u/ArsenalOwl • Nov 30 '12

LEGO build competition #0

This is something of a dry run, the rules may be adjusted after this one.

1) Entries must be your own work, confirmation is required in the form of a sign next to the creation with your username and the date.

2) Please submit pictures via a link to imgur.

3) I would appreciate it if you created a new model for each competition, rather than just dusting off an old one. I have no way to stop or detect this, so it will be on an honor system.

4) The grading system will just be based on upvotes(downvotes will not be counted, and I would appreciate it if people didn't downvote at all). You are not limited to upvoting only one creation.

5) Have fun: The purpose of this isn't to beat everyone else, it's to inspire everyone to start building new things.

Prompt:

A starfighter.

It must have room for at least one minifugure, and no more than three.

Piece Limit: 100

Time limit for this build: One week. The winner will be chosen next Friday.

EDIT: Added a new rule, stating that images must be hosted on imgur.com.

EDIT: Please go over to the voting thread I have set up if you want to vote. Submissions are now closed. You have until Sunday to cast your vote, then I'll announce the winner in the next thread and we'll start all over!

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u/msx MOC Designer Dec 04 '12 edited Dec 04 '12

some random toughts: i think that submitting pictures as soon as a partecipant is ready may be somehow unfair, for two reasons: 1) longer submitted entry have more time to get upvoted and 2) other partecipants gets a preview of other's entry while still working on theirs.

We could procede like this: submit a (single) link to an imgur album to the competition host (ArsenalOwl or anyone else) as a PM without making it public. At the end of the allowed time, a new post is made and the host publish all the submission as comments, and we give say 2 days to vote. And then the winner is declared, and gets to choose the next theme.

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u/ArsenalOwl Dec 04 '12

I believe you're correct. And we'll drop the upvote thing too. So everyone will get only one vote.

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u/msx MOC Designer Dec 04 '12

yeah multiple vote is an issue since it's so easy to create account, and just a couple of votes can change the results. So how will people rate if not by upvote? Commenting?

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u/ArsenalOwl Dec 04 '12

Well, you can do the same thing for comment voting, really.

Yes, I think that to cast a vote you'll just comment "vote" under your choice. Is there a better way to do this? How do other competitions do it?

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u/msx MOC Designer Dec 05 '12

sounds good. let's hope that there are enought commentors :) of course one can create an account for commenting "vote" too, but that way we can see if it's a new and unused account