Where are the screenshots of the winners?Congrats to all six. I am amazed though that one castle was not in the top twenty. The Sandstone by Grand Bishop. I do remember it being in the contest.
I don't see any screenshots of the winner's homes.Forsaken Foes – World Wide Release – Ultima Online
Congrats to the winners
- The Sorcerer’s Castle by Oasis
- The Castle Cascade by Imbri Malifica
- The House Built on the Ruins by Wendy
- The Sandstone Fortress of Grand Cross by Grand Bishop
- The Dragonstone Castle by Bree
- The Terrace Gardens by Violet
I don't understand why so many people left "giant sized rooms." I could do better than those. Maybe, I'll design one and see if I actually can do better.Congrats to all six. I am amazed though that one castle was not in the top twenty. The Sandstone by Grand Bishop. I do remember it being in the contest.
What is the prize to the winners?I don't understand why so many people left "giant sized rooms." I could do better than those. Maybe, I'll design one and see if I actually can do better.
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The ability to have your design as your castle... if you don't own a castle NOTHING. There is Zero reward for winning other than being able to use your design or having your design on the menu.What is the prize to the winners?
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Maybe it's this one from the top twenty, just with a different name?Congrats to all six. I am amazed though that one castle was not in the top twenty. The Sandstone by Grand Bishop. I do remember it being in the contest.
This is not the first time that some of the winners are Dev selected and not the top player vote earners.I really hope the rules do not get changed on you. It was not fun to see what she did.
huh?An empty plot and an unfinished house. Yep that's exactly the same. Yay you!
I'm sorry you didn't have your castle selected, I can tell you are uspet about it. As far as I can see there was never any stated rule of where the Dev picks can come from, just that there WOULD be Dev picks.Oh honey bunny my bad. I thought you were talking about the first contest. Yes it has been 3 top vote castles and 3 dev pick castles chosen from the top 40 and then the top 20. Not new. What is new is this. The Castle Fortress was not in the top 20 at all, but in the 150 that entered. That is the rule that changed. Now I do wish you well with all you do in UO. Good night..
But Kyronix is not Mesanna and a couple of weeks are a lot of mornings to feel like let's do it different Maybe they guy who won rakes in more subs than all posters in the thread combinedNope its well explained the devs pick from the 17 remaining after the players voted for top 3 of the 20 remaining to second round. I asked Kyronix a couple of weeks ago, on TC, if it was same rules as last time and he said yes, it is.
One would think so, but then the team (and as the lead of the team especially Mesanna) has shown over and over how they do not feel obliged to ANY statement they made in the past whatsoever.@petemage I'm trying not to be that cynical, but so many decisions in the last few years just don't make sense, you do start to wonder....it's not like there were no other decent choices in the remaining 17 castles, there were a few that were actually very good. They need to post the actual rules and be clear on the criteria, they can't just change the rules of a contest AFTER the voting has ended!
It will go away anyway at some point... it requires direct dev oversight every time they run it (if the results don't match the voting, then SOMEONE must be reviewing and selecting outside the voting system), and people get mad every time because the results don't reflect the voting and/or their preferred designs don't win.y'all keep bitchin' about it and the contests will go away.... jes sayin' - and I like having more choices
This contest benefits a large part of the UO population, especially many players who log on >4 times a week.It's a time suck for all involved that benefits a very small part of the population--and I say that as a castle owner myself.
Could have had a HUGE roof to play with had you voted for my castle design I had ... Could have made the entire thing a nice yard... with tons of garden space...sighs***
Why is it so hard to get a castle with a large yard? and with white walls
the UO store just came out with the field garden bed and the farm package
There are so many older items including server births (plough-scaffold), EM drops etc that a large yard is needed
Paces while waiting yet again for the next contest
At no point did I say customization itself was a bad thing--I like deco too and have built specialized, fully decorated event and RP houses on several occasions. I just think that the way we are getting it through this contest is extremely inefficient to the point where full customization is the better option. The expenditure of time and resources on this project, which only castle and keep owners can ultimately use, is of no real use to the rest of the playerbase. It's extra upkeep that could be eliminated by just opening it up like so many have asked for.This contest benefits a large part of the UO population, especially many players who log on >4 times a week.
A large part of the UO population does Deco part time or full time. To us an EM Drop is deco that needs a perfect spot.
This contest has grown to include many forum posters and players. We had 4 Of the top 20 from LS this time. We knew one would win because the Castle design spoke for itself. So we were split between 3 choices. Each contest has better designs and more participation.
We all would rather have castles be custom. But the devs would be very busy. They would be called to the Body part shaped Castles and Keeps.For a tiny team with limited resources, it doesn't make much sense when there is an alternative that would require no dev upkeep and let everyone get exactly what they wanted.
How many houses like that have you seen? I'm sure they would get called to those too... but I haven't really seen that... If I did I'm sure someone would know about it.We all would rather have castles be custom. But the devs would be very busy. They would be called to the Body part shaped Castles and Keeps.