So you've never been to Rome? Well that's okay. It doesn't matter that you've never seen the Coliseum or traveled to India and witnessed the majesty of the Taj Mahal. Maybe your computer doesn't allow you to visit any other website but Forge Hub and thus you haven't even gazed upon a mere image of one worldly wonder. Well never fear Forge Hub is here to save the day. Over the break we hosted a contest that would bring the worlds most famous monuments to real life in halo! So if you ever wanted to walk around the Lighthouse of Alexandria or stare up at a towering statue of Helios you must check out the results of this contest.
The contest itself was open to a few categories that classify what a Wonder of the World is.
Those categories were:
If you wanted to check out all the submissions take a look here.
Judging:
There were entries from multiple categories but all were judged on the same terms. The judging was very rigorous with much blood, sweat and tears covering our controllers we managed to find out of all the glorious entries a winner. If you want to know what the maps were judged on, well it was a few things. Scale was considered, but generally only when comparing two works of the same object. Accuracy was a big one and took into account both multiple pictures and multiple artistic representations. Creative detail gave you some bonus points if you used items uniquely or transferred key details from pictures to forge. Finally and most importantly the simple badassary of your creation.
Now for the important part...
Results:
Third Place
Chichen Itza
footballfan757
Footballfan's Chichen Itza displayed a likely amount of accuracy and payed great attention to smaller, significant details. Overall a solid work of art, though a slight size expansion would have be perfect.
Footballfan will be receiving a BRAND NEW! custom title as well as a mention in the upcoming site update. Congratulations footballfan!
Link to the Forge Hub Thread
Download Chichen Itza
Second Place
The Great Lighthouse of Alexandria
JohnieLightning
JohnieLightning did produce one awesome looking tower. Highly detailed and matched to multiple artistic representations. It even has that friggin' cool warrior at the top.
JohnieLightning will be receiving a shiny NEW custom title as well as mention in the site update and a part in the Wonders of the World Community Spotlight. Congratulations Johnie!
Link to the Forge Hub thread
Download The Great Lighthouse of Alexandria
First Place
Colossus of Rhodes
jakob hunter
Mr. Hunter has created one of the most badass forge statues ever to have eyes laid upon it. If anyone got max points for badassary it was definitely this guy. If you want to hear more on the winner make sure to check out the front page tomorrow.
Mr. Hunter takes home a custom title, a spot in Forge Hub's site update, a part in the Wonders of the World Community Spotlight and most importantly a front page FEATURE! Congratulations jakob hunter!
Link to the Forge Hub Thread
Download Colossus of Rhodes
Well folks that about wraps things up here. We were glad to have all of you participate in the contest. For those who did not place you did an awesome job as well and keep on making aesthetic maps. Just to recap the prizes:
Third Place:
footballfan757's Chichen Itza
-Custom Title, Site Update Mention
Second Place:
JohnieLightning's Lighthouse of Alexandria
-Custom Title, Site Update Mention, WotW Community Spotlight
First Place:
jakob hunter's Colossus of Rhodes
-Custom Title, Site Update Mention, WotW Community Spotlight, Feature
Thanks for participating guys!