Generic Contest Discussion

[schraubedrin]

On 12/12/2024 at 10:46 PM, Jim said:

NON VEHICLE CONTEST 

YES!
i'm not sure i will be able to participate, but i love the idea.
These kind of models really are underrepresented in the LEGO lineup and i feel in the MOCs as well.

[steph77]

A mechanical technic part sorter?

[Aurorasaurus]

14 minutes ago, steph77 said:

A mechanical technic part sorter?

Only as long as you provide a digital file so I can make one too :)

[Lipko]

As I recall there were discussions about an animal contest. Maybe now is the time.

[Appie]

I love the idea of an animal contest! 

[Jim]

12 minutes ago, Lipko said:

As I recall there were discussions about an animal contest. Maybe now is the time.

Animal contest will fit the non-vehicle contest.

The thing I am contemplating is making two categories:

• Animal
• Non-animal (or non biological)

[schraubedrin]

49 minutes ago, Jim said:

two categories:

• Animal
• Non-animal (or non biological)

I think that's a good idea, to make this two separate contests (maybe with at least one vehicle in between to prevent burnout).

[Jim]

Just now, schraubedrin said:

I think that's a good idea, to make this two separate contests (maybe with at least one vehicle in between to prevent burnout).

I was not thinking about two different contests, but two different categories within this contest.

We can do two different contests, but I am afraid that an animal contest won't generate too much interest.

Maybe this one should be a "non-vehicle and non-animal" contest.

[Zerobricks]

How about transformers? 

[Jim]

1 minute ago, Zerobricks said:

How about transformers? 

You can build a non-vehicle transformer 

[msk6003]

12 minutes ago, Zerobricks said:

How about transformers? 

TC21 was transforming vehicle contest and  only 8 people joined.

Edited December 14, 2024 by msk6003

[Jim]

4 minutes ago, msk6003 said:

TC21 was transforming vehicle contest and  only 8 people joined.

Yup. That was too difficult.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

I thought Jim wants something festive.

[Lipko]

Festive animal!!!1

[Jim]

8 minutes ago, Lipko said:

Festive animal!!!1

LoL

 

[msk6003]

Car parade contest!

[gyenesvi]

Actually, I think the animal theme is a good idea, not too festive though, but I think in that case we should go all in with it and not allow a non-animal category as well otherwise entries will be incomparable.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

If there's a Technic Animal contest, is Pokemon allowed?

[howitzer]

3 hours ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

If there's a Technic Animal contest, is Pokemon allowed?

I can see two options here:

1) No fictional animals or animal-like things allowed, only real ones. Limiting, yes, but quite easy to decide if an entry qualifies or not.

2) Fictional animals or animal-like things are allowed. Deciding what qualifies is harder, but perhaps not impossible - though I can see lots of nitpicking and rules-lawyering ahead if this option is chosen.

Personally I'd perhaps lean towards option 1) as it would make people concentrate on the simulation of biomechanics instead of finding the wackiest looking fictional animals, but I can see the appeal of option 2) as it might draw more entries to the contest.

[Jundis]

4 hours ago, howitzer said:

Personally I'd perhaps lean towards option 1) as it would make people concentrate on the simulation of biomechanics instead of finding the wackiest looking fictional animals, but I can see the appeal of option 2) as it might draw more entries to the contest. 

Interesting aspects, but option 2 will be better I guess. Also it would allow cool mythical creatures like Dragons or Gryphons :-)

[Erik Leppen]

6 hours ago, howitzer said:

I can see two options here:

1) No fictional animals or animal-like things allowed, only real ones. Limiting, yes, but quite easy to decide if an entry qualifies or not.

2) Fictional animals or animal-like things are allowed. Deciding what qualifies is harder, but perhaps not impossible - though I can see lots of nitpicking and rules-lawyering ahead if this option is chosen.

I think 1 is too niche.

[Mikdun]

I'm for the animal contest.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

I'm for the Pokemon contest 

 

[msk6003]

For me, I will not join in animal theme. That theme is to hard to me.

Edited December 16, 2024 by msk6003

[Lipko]

1 hour ago, msk6003 said:

For me, I will not join in animal theme. That theme is to hard to me.

Leave your confort zone. You will not regret it.