Natural Selection News Update - NS Movie Competition

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  • ElvissssssqElvissssssq Join Date: 2006-11-07 Member: 58455Members, Constellation
    as far as i know its 110 euros already
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  • STARWOLF760STARWOLF760 Join Date: 2006-11-21 Member: 58686Members
    time to look on the old demos chest <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/nerd-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::nerdy::" border="0" alt="nerd-fix.gif" />
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  • VoodoHUNVoodoHUN Join Date: 2008-02-27 Member: 63750Members
    you have to sign up to be able to participate, mail harmatye with the stuff
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  • fanaticfanatic This post has been edited. Join Date: 2003-07-23 Member: 18377Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    edited January 2009
    Glad to see this getting some publicity.

    Competition rules: <a href="http://ensl.zanith.nl/mc/?p=rules" target="_blank">http://ensl.zanith.nl/mc/?p=rules</a>

    NSME (moviemaking pack for NS): <a href="http://www.ninelegends.com/content/view/52/14/" target="_blank">http://www.ninelegends.com/content/view/52/14/</a>
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  • DrackaDracka Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9906Members
    To be able to participate, please check the site first <a href="http://ensl.zanith.nl/mc/index.php" target="_blank">http://ensl.zanith.nl/mc/index.php</a>
    To take part email me at: drc [at] dyyni [dot] org
    Currently the prize pool is 110euros which is 144,7 dollars in todays rate.

    If you have any questions, please contact me. You can also ask questions here aswell.
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  • JirikiJiriki retired ns1 player Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11780Members, NS1 Playtester, Squad Five Silver
    Thanks for the news.

    Ehm, I know the scene is quite dead over the pond but I wonder if there is anyone (Jmms?) to do eg. a personal fragmovie about some US-side ownage. Although I must admit Exigent and Terror movies have a lot of content already. It would be nice to see participation from the states too.

    Besides, the dollar currency is pretty cool for US guys. 8)
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  • fanaticfanatic This post has been edited. Join Date: 2003-07-23 Member: 18377Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    <!--quoteo(post=1697695:date=Jan 15 2009, 12:42 AM:name=Jiriki)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jiriki @ Jan 15 2009, 12:42 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697695"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Thanks for the news.

    Ehm, I know the scene is quite dead over the pond but I wonder if there is anyone (Jmms?) to do eg. a personal fragmovie about some US-side ownage. Although I must admit Exigent and Terror movies have a lot of content already. It would be nice to see participation from the states too.

    Besides, the dollar currency is pretty cool for US guys. 8)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Euro to US Dollar conversion rate you mean? Yeah, that works to their advantage these days.

    I totally agree with you about participation. It looks like we're going to get a decent amount of movies from Europe, both from experienced and inexperienced moviemakers. I really hope we get some movies from other parts of the world as well however, especially the USA or Oceania.
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  • rook2pawnrook2pawn Join Date: 2008-07-03 Member: 64552Members
    Woo hoo! ive been working on and off on my latest NS movie and this gives me the motivation to finish.

    Way to go charlie, ensl.. thanks for setting this up. Lets all bring it to the table!!

    WOO!

    - rook2pawn
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  • JirikiJiriki retired ns1 player Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11780Members, NS1 Playtester, Squad Five Silver
    edited January 2009
    <!--quoteo(post=1697788:date=Jan 16 2009, 11:38 AM:name=rook2pawn)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rook2pawn @ Jan 16 2009, 11:38 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697788"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Woo hoo! ive been working on and off on my latest NS movie and this gives me the motivation to finish.

    Way to go charlie, ensl.. thanks for setting this up. Lets all bring it to the table!!

    WOO!

    - rook2pawn<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    It's great to hear for more participations. Please send email to <b>drc (at) dyyni.org</b> to officially join the contest.


    <b>For everyone</b>:
    I'm going to publish a list of participants on the website, so if you got some kickass ns movie material, you can contact the makers.
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  • DrackaDracka Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9906Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1697788:date=Jan 16 2009, 04:38 AM:name=rook2pawn)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rook2pawn @ Jan 16 2009, 04:38 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697788"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Woo hoo! ive been working on and off on my latest NS movie and this gives me the motivation to finish.

    Way to go charlie, ensl.. thanks for setting this up. Lets all bring it to the table!!

    WOO!

    - rook2pawn<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Please send me email to drc [at] dyyni [dot] org
    To take part in the contest you must sign up with me before the 25th of January.
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  • fanaticfanatic This post has been edited. Join Date: 2003-07-23 Member: 18377Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    I don't understand why you have all these draconian rules about signing up and deadlines for signing up, Dracka. It's only going to deter people from actually making a movie for the competition and I don't see any purpose to it?
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  • TestosteronTestosteron Join Date: 2006-12-29 Member: 59299Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1697617:date=Jan 13 2009, 07:48 PM:name=Elvissssssq)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Elvissssssq @ Jan 13 2009, 07:48 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697617"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->as far as i know its 110 euros already<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    160 actually! I just added another 50 <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
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  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    I just stole 40 for boose, so back down to 120.

    <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
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  • StixNStonzStixNStonz Join Date: 2006-11-06 Member: 58439Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    So wait. This is a general 'NS Movie' contest? Because there's a big difference between a 'movie' and a 'frag movie'.

    It sounds like this competition aims to create an awesome video that people OUTSIDE OF NS can actually enjoy. Maybe it could even be used to pimp NS in the build-up to NS2.

    Am I wrong on this assumption? I'm just saying this because, if that is part of the goal, then getting 50 submitted frag movies will be a bit of a disappointment.

    You could make amazing NS movies, if you included voice_loopback 1 and voices in general, out of every day situations. Hell, you could get an amazing 4 min video out of a single epic siege, taken from a 'directed spectator' viewpoint, where it jumps between the interesting players' views as well as set-camera views, with some music tossed in. Or you could do the same kind of concept, but turning a single, full round into a movie-like video. As in, skipping video from certain downtimes to keep up the pace, but where the viewer would never know.

    On that topic, is it HLTV demos that let you pause and move around in free-roam?
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  • fanaticfanatic This post has been edited. Join Date: 2003-07-23 Member: 18377Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    <!--quoteo(post=1697832:date=Jan 17 2009, 02:58 AM:name=StixNStonz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(StixNStonz @ Jan 17 2009, 02:58 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697832"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->So wait. This is a general 'NS Movie' contest? Because there's a big difference between a 'movie' and a 'frag movie'.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    There are no restrictions on what type of movie can be submitted (a quick look at the rules will tell you this).

    <!--quoteo(post=1697832:date=Jan 17 2009, 02:58 AM:name=StixNStonz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(StixNStonz @ Jan 17 2009, 02:58 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697832"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->It sounds like this competition aims to create an awesome video that people OUTSIDE OF NS can actually enjoy. Maybe it could even be used to pimp NS in the build-up to NS2.

    Am I wrong on this assumption? I'm just saying this because, if that is part of the goal, then getting 50 submitted frag movies will be a bit of a disappointment.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I don't know where you'd get such an assumption from. Certainly any unintentional advertisement value this might have for NS or NS2 is nice, but there is no such aim to the competition. While it's open to all types of movies, the bulk (if not all) of the submissions are expected to be fragmovies, which is incidentally also the type of movie most of us are interested in.

    <!--quoteo(post=1697832:date=Jan 17 2009, 02:58 AM:name=StixNStonz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(StixNStonz @ Jan 17 2009, 02:58 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697832"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->On that topic, is it HLTV demos that let you pause and move around in free-roam?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes. First person demos can also be given (albeit oftentimes bugged) HLTV functionality with the command dem_forcehltv 1.
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  • StixNStonzStixNStonz Join Date: 2006-11-06 Member: 58439Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Ahh, k. When I first looked, I saw that it needed to be min 4 minutes (which is pretty long, especially for a fast-paced frag movie), while the Suggestions part says to 'be original and try to represent new ideas,' which would never really come up in frag movies <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • weywey Cineastè Join Date: 2003-06-01 Member: 16910Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1697809:date=Jan 16 2009, 07:17 PM:name=fanatic)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(fanatic @ Jan 16 2009, 07:17 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1697809"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I don't understand why you have all these draconian rules about signing up and deadlines for signing up, Dracka. It's only going to deter people from actually making a movie for the competition and I don't see any purpose to it?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    agreed. Some people like to stay in the shadow for these contests, I can only hope that "rule" isn't mandatory.
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  • CrispyCrispy Jaded GD Join Date: 2004-08-22 Member: 30793Members, Constellation
    edited January 2009
    The purposes for signing up by a certain date are probably to do with ensuring the competition is fair and to organise it smoothly. Also I don't think signing up is a binding contract. It's probably just for an idea on numbers.

    I.e.:
    - Making sure you don't submit anyone else's work
    - Making sure you don't submit multiple entries
    - Making sure they are able to contact all entrants if there are any problems, or to award them victory
    - Giving everyone the same time limit
    - Giving the judges advanced warning about how much time they will need to set aside to judge all entries, and even to decide how many judges will be needed
    - Also don't forget they will probably want to host all videos, so they may need to know what their server's in for...
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  • fanaticfanatic This post has been edited. Join Date: 2003-07-23 Member: 18377Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    edited January 2009
    harmaahylje: "...rules about signing up and deadlines for signing up..." It is to motivate people to decide whether they will make a movie or not.
    harmaahylje: and the rules about signing up, we want to be able to keep in touch with the movie makers

    Which is fair enough. I'm sure they'll be reasonable enough to allow late entries, but anyone who wants to participate should send an email to Dracka.
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    If someone from ENSL will contact me, <a href="http://www.nsmod.org/forums/index.php" target="_blank">nsMod</a> will donate to the pot. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
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  • JirikiJiriki retired ns1 player Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11780Members, NS1 Playtester, Squad Five Silver
    Thanks to Depot's donation ($50) from NSMod.org [<a href="http://www.nsmod.org" target="_blank">NSmod.org</a>] the pot is now up to 200 euros.

    Check our <a href="http://ensl.zanith.nl/mc" target="_blank">webpage</a> for news.
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  • DrackaDracka Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9906Members
    edited April 2009
    <!--sizeo:6--><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>The day we all have waited for has come.</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->

    The NS Movie Competition's deadline was yesterday and the movies that made it to the deadline will be released 16.4 18.00 (CEST).

    There is some quality in the movies I have seen so far, you should definitely check them out!
    There is a counter for the release on our Movie Contest website aswell!


    <a href="http://ensl.zanith.nl/mc/" target="_blank">http://ensl.zanith.nl/mc/</a>


    Greetings,
    harmaahylje
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  • SekerSeker Join Date: 2007-03-06 Member: 60259Members
    edited April 2009
    Wow everything is done now ?

    Hope to see some nice movies <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />


    Edit: all videos are avaible on youtube now <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ipPJJ9gFtU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ipPJJ9gFtU</a>
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-7jYC7P4dg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-7jYC7P4dg</a>
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzyi4XF0jKk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzyi4XF0jKk</a>
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu1H_Stv8ck" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu1H_Stv8ck</a>
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4cQq00CVxs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4cQq00CVxs</a>
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  • DrackaDracka Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9906Members
    The movies have been released now and you can download them at our movie contest website.
    <a href="http://ensl.zanith.nl/mc/" target="_blank">http://ensl.zanith.nl/mc/</a>
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  • ZiGGYZiGGY Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12479Members
    I think darwin's children's movie is the one I'd show someone who'd never played ns before to get em to play, though its a bit shameless with its overuse of cinematic effects <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • PrefixPrefix Éirinn go Brách Join Date: 2006-12-31 Member: 59353Members, Constellation
    Although I really hate to say it.. to the point where it pains me inside..

    Fana's is unbelievable - too short though.

    ( Just don't let him win though, he has a big enough ego already )
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