Build Contest Feedback

[Aurora]

Feedback or comments on the build contests and tour nights? Let me know! 

[GenProx]

Hi Aurora.  I prefer winners to be done by server as, in my opinion,  it gives the smaller pop servers a chance to win something.  Doing it by 'Community' pretty much gives the low pop servers/regions little to no chance.  

I like the builds to have sort of theme, whether it's a seasonal them (e.g. Halloween)  or a type of construction (e.g. specific materials, or building styles) as I think that makes it easier for the judges to compare the entries. 

I really like the GLHF prize as everyone gets a chance that way

And, as always, thank you for the fun competitions!

[shro0mz]

On 11/21/2021 at 6:56 AM, GenProx said:

Hi Aurora.  I prefer winners to be done by server as, in my opinion,  it gives the smaller pop servers a chance to win something.  Doing it by 'Community' pretty much gives the low pop servers/regions little to no chance.  

I like the builds to have sort of theme, whether it's a seasonal them (e.g. Halloween)  or a type of construction (e.g. specific materials, or building styles) as I think that makes it easier for the judges to compare the entries. 

I really like the GLHF prize as everyone gets a chance that way

And, as always, thank you for the fun competitions!

I agree. I've only played on the US servers, but I noticed that economy does sometimes vary from server to server, so that could limit some people in their builds where others would have no issues. I like the build contests and even though I've never actually created anything worth entering, I found that it was just as fun building what I could with the prompt, because sometimes I want to build but don't know what or where or why. And it's awesome to see how many crazy creative minds we have on the RustEZ servers from the ones that DO enter. 

[rubiks-q-bert]

Common complaint on Scourge is the garrisons being boring. Maybe make a contest to design a couple new ones?

[Mister Dobalina]

46 minutes ago, rubiks-q-bert said:

Common complaint on Scourge is the garrisons being boring. Maybe make a contest to design a couple new ones?

This would be awesome

[Aurora]

17 hours ago, rubiks-q-bert said:

Common complaint on Scourge is the garrisons being boring. Maybe make a contest to design a couple new ones?

Will check with Death to see if it's something we can use on the servers.

[Sgttuggle]

yes please also would like more than 1 for they still being camped

[rubiks-q-bert]

2 hours ago, Sgttuggle said:

yes please also would like more than 1 for they still being camped

Really? People really want those lights I guess. 

[Aurora]

Thanks for the feedback and poll votes, everyone. I'll use this as a guide for the next build contest, Rustmas Build for December.

[Lord McGuffin]

Might be a good idea to make the vote for contests 50/50, as in the community vote counts for 50% and the staff vote counts for 50%.

You guys (the staff) vote with the criteria for the contest in mind (well, I sure hope so ). Whereas many in the community just vote for what they like, regardless of the guidelines set in place for the contest. Plus you've seen quite a few builds in your time and you can easily visit all the entries and take some time to "evaluate" them.

Plus with a 50/50 or point system (ie.: staff vote worth 5pts, community vote 1pt), if a player, let's call him "=ButtMun¢h69=", didn't exactly abide by the rules but got all his mates to vote for him, then at least the staff vote has the potential to correct the situation.

I personally voted for the "staff-only" option, but assigning a higher value to staff votes would be a good compromise imo.

Edited November 29, 2021 by Lord McGuffin