Find the Anime Challenge

[Raven Crowking]

I am thinking of a number. It is between 1 and 5 (inclusive).
I will send a check for $100 to the first person to guess the right number.
If it is Hussar I will send $500.
Only the first four guesses count.

I also reserve the right to reject any answers that don't comply with my other rules for this game.

Yeah, obviously I'm the only person who thinks this contest is rigged......

 

[Raven Crowking]

Y'know what, I could have an entire panel of judges and people would still bitch that it's rigged. You don't like the judging process, TOO BAD. Not my problem. I've had enough of trying to defend my little game here. My ball, my rules. Don't like it? There's the door. That this thread has been starred means that at least some people figure that there's value in this discussion, regardless of my own tastes.

I am willing to accept, as I said, even one unbiased judge. An EN World mod. A mod from an anime/manga board. You pick the board if you want; you contact the mod. If you had one or more unbiased judges, certainly some might claim that the contest is rigged, but at least there would be something to respond to such a claim other than "My ball, my rules".

The problem with telling folks not to piss in the pool is that, from where I (and others) stand, the water was pretty murky from post one.

EVERY pic that I've disqualified, I've done so with some pretty rigorous proofs. No one has challenged them, so I guess I did a pretty good job.

Of course, this might be the root of the problem.

From where I sit, you haven't supplied even moderately rigorous proofs, and I question how well you've read anyone else's posts in this thread if you are unaware that your "proofs" have been challenged.

While I am more than willing to say that a DM can play any game he wants, if he thinks that his game is "proving" something, I am certainly allowed to dispute that claim.

RC

 

[Raven Crowking]

I'm sure that if my judgement is too partial, then I'll be properly taken to task for it.

Isn't this what you are now complaining about?

 

[Maggan]

Isn't this what you are now complaining about?

I have a polite request.

Could you take the complaints about the "competition" to a seperate thread? Maybe in meta?

I quite like reading the discussion about art, and looking at the examples and forming my own opinion about what the level of anime influence is in 3e D&D art.

The cries of foul and rigged competition or whatnot has been duly noted. Several times. And again a few more times.

Now please let the discussion go on.

/M

 

[AllisterH]

The belief that 3E art is animeified might also because there aren't as many painted pictures as before. That might be a factor we're not considering.

EDIT: Didn't Caldwell, Easley, Elmore and Parkinson all work in paints?

 

[Jedi_Solo]

I have a polite request.

Could you take the complaints about the "competition" to a seperate thread? Maybe in meta?

I quite like reading the discussion about art, and looking at the examples and forming my own opinion about what the level of anime influence is in 3e D&D art.

The cries of foul and rigged competition or whatnot has been duly noted. Several times. And again a few more times.

Now please let the discussion go on.

I second the motion on the floor.

I'm reading the thread for the discussion on the supplied pictures, not the discussion of the sig that is up for grabs.

 

[Mad Mac]

I know 1951 is Western and 2007 is Anime. Anyone care to guess the ones in between?

The bottom 3 are all classical anime styles. The only one that makes me hesitate is the 1983 pic...

 

[Scribble]

The belief that 3E art is animeified might also because there aren't as many painted pictures as before. That might be a factor we're not considering.

EDIT: Didn't Caldwell, Easley, Elmore and Parkinson all work in paints?

Yes, I know Elmore for one used paint mainly. I know there are a few (at least) 3e artists who also use paint as a medium.

 

[AllisterH]

Yes, I know Elmore for one used paint mainly. I know there are a few (at least) 3e artists who also use paint as a medium.

Only one I know of in 3E that isn't a holdover from previous editions is Michael Cormack (sp?) the guy who drew the Caves of Chaos picture in the PHB2.

 

[Scribble]

Only one I know of in 3E that isn't a holdover from previous editions is Michael Cormack (sp?) the guy who drew the Caves of Chaos picture in the PHB2.

Wayne Reynolds uses Acrylics.