Scratch

Many of you old-timers may remember Technoman's "Olympics Scratched Up" contests from last year. He has long since left Scratch and has passed the contest on to me, which I am hosting as of now. 

       

CREATING A TEAM:

A team may have 4 members maximum, and 4 members minimum. Your team may only participate in the contest once it has met this requirement. That number includes the team captain, which is usually the founder. You can create a forum topic to organize your team, and once you have met the four-member requirement you can officially register your team here, and begin project discussion. 

REGISTRATION FORM:
Team Name: __________
Team Country: ________

Captain: ______
Member: _____
Member: _____
Member: _____

Your team can create 1-3 projects which the captain can enter into the official contest gallery. Lastly, your team needs a way to advertise. Tradtionally, this has been done with a banner. More on projects and banners below.

CREATING PROJECTS:

Your Projects can be anything- games, music, sims, stories, movies, interactive art, etc. Just make the best thing you can, because I will be picking tough judges  . You may enter 1-3 projects into the official contest gallery to enter it into the contest. You may work solo, or in collaboration, but If I catch a team in which one person does all of the work that team will receive an 8-point penalty when judging ends (see below for more on judging)

TIPS ON PROJECTS:
-many heads are better than one! If a team works together, they will be able to create good projects faster, and more projects means more points!

-make projects simple and fast, this will improve your projects' performance score

-unique ideas will make your creation stand out from the rest, so try to use as many original ideas as possible!

RESOURCES:

BOOM Music! - music
Scratch Resources - sprites, backgrounds, scripts, sounds

BANNERS AND ADVERTISEMENT:

Your team will need a good way to advertise, and I highly recommend building on this banner template I have prepared ahead of time:



Also available In other colors:

Blue
Teal
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red
Purple
Black
White

Your banner should look something like this when you are done:



Just remember to replace the "? boxes" with the avatar of your members. The captain goes in the gold box. 

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IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO EDIT THE TEMPLATE, I WILL GLADY DO IT FOR YOU

JUDGING:

5 judges will be chosen to rate all projects entered into the gallery. Judges may NOT join a team. They will rate a project's performance (Uber Lag=0,  Epic Speed=10), and then the project's general appeal (Bad=0, Perfect=10).

The rating is added to your team's total score.

The 5 judges will rate EVERY project, so a team that has uploaded three projects would get this "report card":

Project 1: _/100
          Judge1: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge2: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge3: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge4: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge5: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
Project 2: _/100
          Judge1: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge2: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge3: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge4: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge5: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
Project 3: _/100
          Judge1: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge2: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge3: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge4: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10
          Judge5: _/20
               Performance: _/10
               Appeal: _/10

Total: _/300 points maximum

Your total score is compared to that of every other team that entered a project, and the team with most points wins!

Example:

***GOLD*** 1st place:      Team4 - 256 points
**SILVER** 2nd place:      Team6 - 230 points
*BRONZE* 3rd place:      Team8 - 207 points
4th:                             Team10 - 184 points
5th:                             Team1 - 151 points
6th:                             Team5 - 127 points
7th:                             Team9 - 124 points
8th:                             Team7 - 102
9th:                             Team3 - 99
10th:                            Team2 - 74

Ties will be broken by the flip of a coin. 

PENALTIES:

Your team will receive a penalty for cheating, late entries, etc. Points will be subtracted from your total.

- bribing/tricking a judge: 30 points or total disqualification

- any violation of the ToU: 50 points or disqualification

- project entered past deadline: 5 points per day

- lazy team (one member does everything) 8 points

- breaking any rules intentionally: 20 points

- oversized team: 10 points + disqualification of extra member

- undersized team after registration deadline: 10 points or disqualification of the whole team.

- receiving direct assistance from someone outside of your team: 20 points

- attempting to join more than one team: disqualification

- impersonating another member: By the terms of use, a mod can ban you for that, and for the rest of your team, a 30 point penalty

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OVERVIEW OF AGENDA:

Create a Team of 4 members/apply for judge
Register Team (Deadline July 22 for teams)
Create Projects (Deadline August 14 at noon for projects)
Register Projects in official contest gallery
Judging (from August 14 to 15)
Results (August 15)

Currently Registered Teams:

America's Indians
Antarctica's Polar Bears
Soviet Russians
Germany's Bratwursts
Moldova's Aurochs
England's HMScratchers
Canada's Maple Leaves
Japan's Manga/Anime Lovers

Judges: (FULL)

PlayWithFire
illusionist
Terminator68
Floatingmagictree
Adriangl

Projects must have been started later than 12:00am on July 17 to be entered!

       

Last edited by illusionist (2010-08-18 19:02:16)