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Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:02 am
by MrBenn
The CA vote has been counted and verified, and it is with great pleasure that I can announce the entries to the Foundry Stamp Competition that will now receive the public vote:
Option A
[bigimg]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/entry1.png[/bigimg]
Option B
[bigimg]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/entry3.png[/bigimg]
Option C
[bigimg]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/entry4.png[/bigimg]
Option D
[bigimg]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/bpawley/cc/entry8.png[/bigimg]
The choice was incredibly difficult, as the field was packed with a variety of ideas and talent. The variety of ideas that seeps from the foundry never ceases to amaze me, and is one of the things that makes Conquer Club great 
Thank you to everybody who took part - all of the other competition entries are contained in the spoiler below. The voting has so far been anonymous [/size](I am the only person who knows who all the entries belong to) - I will leave it to the designers of unsuccessful entries to take credit for their work as they see fit 
Happy Bananas, and Happy Voting!![spoiler=Other Entries]
Entry 2 wrote:
Entry 5 wrote:
Entry 6 wrote:
Entry 7 wrote:
Entry 9 wrote:
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The Cartography Assistants are pleased to announce
The Foundry Stamp Competition
As Easter draws near, we'll be bringing some new life to the Foundry with a revamp of the foundry stamps! If you choose to take part, you will have the chance to have your images stamped onto every map in the Foundry during the period they're active!
Competition Rules
- Your entry should comprise 4 separate images: Draft, Graphics, Gameplay and XML. You may also include Forge and Quench stamps, although these will not form part of the official competition.
- The stamps should be generic, and not refer to individual CAs. The emphasis should be more about the foundry process than the map-stamper.
- The current stamps are 150x150px. There is no rigorous size restriction, but needless to say they should not be too large.
- The colour scheme of each stamp should be broadly similar to those currently in use: Draft=Pink/Red, Graphics=Blue, Gameplay=Green, XML=Yellow/Orange/Brown.
- Save your stamps as PNG images with a transparent background.
- Host your files using Photobucket or some other file sharing program, and PM a link to [player]MrBenn[/player] by 23:59 GMT on April 19, 2009.
- The Foundry Staff will select a shortlist of finalists, and a one-week public voting period will be held to determine the winner.
- This is not a joke or an April Fool
For inspiration, here is the Foundry Stamp Archive:[spoiler=Original Foundry Stamps]
[/spoiler][spoiler=Foundry Stamps v2]
[/spoiler][spoiler=Christmas Stamps 2008]
[/spoiler][spoiler=The Advanced Draft Stamp]
[/spoiler][spoiler=Current Foundry Stamps]
[/spoiler]
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:38 am
by LED ZEPPELINER
this sounds interesting....
i think i'll take a stab
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:33 am
by Qwert
guys are you realy belive in these. Foundry stamps competition
If these stay here tomorow,then i will maybe something create
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:34 am
by yeti_c
qwert wrote::lol: guys are you realy belive in these. Foundry stamps competition
Your point being?
C.
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:39 am
by MrBenn
MrBenn wrote:8.
This is not a joke or an April Fool
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:57 pm
by LED ZEPPELINER
just wondering what font is used on the current stamps
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:43 pm
by gimil
LED ZEPPELINER wrote:just wondering what font is used on the current stamps
Good old fashioned times new roman!
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:16 pm
by sailorseal
gimil wrote:LED ZEPPELINER wrote:just wondering what font is used on the current stamps
Good old fashioned times new roman!
Why are they being revamped?
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:25 pm
by MrBenn
sailorseal wrote:Why are they being revamped?
It happens from time to time...
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:26 pm
by sailorseal
MrBenn wrote:sailorseal wrote:Why are they being revamped?
It happens from time to time...
For no reason?
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:27 pm
by MrBenn
Did you read Competition Rule #2?
Did you stop to think?
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Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:32 pm
by sailorseal
MrBenn wrote:Did you read Competition Rule #2?
Did you stop to think?
Then why didn't you just say that the purpose is to make them generic instead of geared to a CA?
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:46 pm
by the.killing.44
sailorseal wrote:MrBenn wrote:Did you read Competition Rule #2?
Did you stop to think?
Then why didn't you just say that the purpose is to make them generic instead of geared to a CA?
Because someone with an ounce of logic could figure it out …
.44
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:08 am
by yeti_c
gimil wrote:LED ZEPPELINER wrote:just wondering what font is used on the current stamps
Good old fashioned times new roman!
You should be shot.
C.
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:18 am
by LED ZEPPELINER
yeti_c wrote:gimil wrote:LED ZEPPELINER wrote:just wondering what font is used on the current stamps
Good old fashioned times new roman!
You should be shot.
C.
who, me or him
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:21 am
by yeti_c
LED ZEPPELINER wrote:yeti_c wrote:gimil wrote:LED ZEPPELINER wrote:just wondering what font is used on the current stamps
Good old fashioned times new roman!
You should be shot.
C.
who, me or him
Gimil. TNR should never be used - in any circumstance - ever.
C.
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:33 am
by RjBeals
yeti_c wrote:LED ZEPPELINER wrote:yeti_c wrote:gimil wrote:LED ZEPPELINER wrote:just wondering what font is used on the current stamps
Good old fashioned times new roman!
You should be shot.
C.
who, me or him
Gimil. TNR should never be used - in any circumstance - ever.
C.
Or Comic Sans.
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:59 am
by the.killing.44
RjBeals wrote:Or Comic Sans.
The horror.
.44
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:14 am
by bryguy
the.killing.44 wrote:RjBeals wrote:Or Comic Sans.
The horror.
.44
I have to agree about Comic Sans
I might join in, Ill just have to see what I can come up with
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:16 pm
by AndyDufresne
I'm more of a Palatino Linotype, Bold Italicized Green kind of guy myself.
Good luck folks.
--Andy
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:58 pm
by Qwert
ok,its look that its serious thing,so i give you mine images of stamps.Its have element of CC(circle,star, name of Conquer Club)but look modern.If need to be some other text style,then its easy to change.
<modedit: keeping it anonymous >
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:45 pm
by ManBungalow
Very nice.
I'm not even going to show you what I've got so far
I think I'll update mine tomorrow
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:47 pm
by ManBungalow
Oh, qwert:
One petty flaw - they should have transparent backgrounds.
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:55 pm
by MrBenn
It would be better if the competition was anonymous - entries should be submitted to me via PM
Re: Foundry Stamp Competition
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:01 pm
by tlane
This seems interesting
Are the finalist going to be able to make some changes?
tlane