The GUI Olympics begins MONDAY
Friday, February 27, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
This Monday, the GUI Olympics 2004 will begin. It's a contest to see who can create the world's best visual styles, icons, and Winamp 5 skins. Sponsors include Stardock, Nullsoft, ATI, nVidia, and others. Microsoft is also providing prizes to the contest. In total, over $10,000 (closer to $15,000) in cash and prizes will be given out including ATI video cards, an Xbox, tons of software and probably some surprises.
You will be able to enter skins individually or as part of a team. The top teams will get a big bonus prize. Anyone can form a team and there are no restrictions on the size of team (though obviously the bigger the team, the bigger the split in the prize money). You could have a Team MyfavoriteWebsite or a Team "l33t". It's up to whoever starts the team (on Monday there will be a mechanism on www.guiolympics.com to create your own team).
The rules are fairly straight forward. You have to enter submissions that are NEW. They can't be things that already exist. They also have to be in WindowBlinds visual style format. But if you've ever made a .msstyles visual style, it's pretty easy to make a WindowBlinds one and SkinStudio can convert a .msstyles file to WindowBlinds visual style format. And then from there add the missing features to make it competitive.
The contest begins on March 1 but JUDGING won't begin until April 5 so you'll have over a month to actually put together your stuff. And judging goes on during the entire month so you may potentially have nearly 2 months depending on what events you're concentrating on.
Here is the schedule of events:
April 5: Most minimalist visual style, Most creative Winamp skin, Most original icon package
April 8: Best Power user visual style, Most useable Winamp skin
April 12: Most usable visual style, Best power user Winamp skin, Best "themed" (icons go together the best) icon package
April 15: Most creative visual style
April 19: Best themed* visual style*, Best themed* Winamp skin, Best pseudo-OS icon package
April 22: Best Pseudo-OS visual style
April 26: Best overall visual style, Best overall Winamp skin, Best overall icon package
April 27: Top Team/Individual: WindowBlinds, Top Team/Individual: Winamp, Top Team/Individual: Icons
April 29: User's Choice: Best visual style, User's Choice: Best Winamp skin: User's Choice: Best icon package
*themed skin as in the whole skin keeps to a particular theme.
16 Events. Over $10,000 in cash and prizes. Anyone can enter.
The judges will be admins/employees from Stardock, Neowin, deviantART, and Nullsoft.
So there you have it. WB visual styles, icon packages, and Winamp 5. For $10k to $15k in cash and prizes spread among 16 main events.
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Reply #182 Monday, March 1, 2004 11:57 AM
-for-about-two-pparrots-to-create-a-new-skinn-because-i-havent-started-one-yeet!!!
Reply #183 Monday, March 1, 2004 12:03 PM
Reply #188 Monday, March 1, 2004 2:19 PM
| Why can't this contest just be about skinners trying to push themselves and achieve something they otherwise wouldn't have been able to? Why does it have to be about politics and petty details? |
no worries, grayhaze. For some of us, it is just about the skinning.
Reply #190 Monday, March 1, 2004 3:09 PM
ye be hanged by the dozen if ye dare approach these here great works Matey! arg!
Reply #191 Monday, March 1, 2004 3:16 PM
Okay, the usual mental illness stuff is seeping in here so I'm going to cut this off now.
Just something to think about though:
The GUI Olympics is for fun ultimately. It's about making cool stuff and being able to try new things. If I could, I would enter into it.
Some people are good at baseball. Some people are good at writing. And some people are good at skinning. The GUI Olympics is for them. It's to provide challenges for people who like to skin. To provide recognition to those that win. The ONLY reason we provide prizes is to demonstrate that skinning is just as worthy of a thing to participate in as many other things.
Remember: Skinning is for fun. And this is a good way for the community to come together and do something that is fun.
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Reply #181 Monday, March 1, 2004 11:51 AM