WinCustomize Skinning Contest
From the community, to the community.
Saturday, September 3, 2005 by Apocalypse_67 | Discussion: WinCustomize News
WinCustomize community members.
Once again we are bringing a skinning contest to the community. This time around
you have the chance to win one of three Object Desktop
as a first place winner on a small skinning contest sponsored by
Bones2112, Brewman,
Bichur, Black Xero,
Hus and me Apocalypse_67
The Prizes:
First place winners will get an Object Desktop.
Object Desktop is a desktop enhancement
suite designed to allow users to turbo-charge their Windows experience. It's
like getting the next version of Windows today. Use Object Desktop to
personalize Windows to suit your particular needs. It comes with WindowBlinds,
DesktopX, IconPackager, Theme Manager, ObjectBar,
and much more.
Second place winners will get TWO premium skins of their choices from the following list.
-ToonXP
-Oxidized
-Universe Metal
-Oranda Cursor
-Utopia Icons
-Orion Icons
-Carbonix
-Essorant Pack
-Unorthodox Pack
The Contest:
The contestants will compete on three applications. DX Theme, IconPack
Theme and WindowBlinds Skin.
First place winners of each category wins an Object Desktop. Second place
winners wins two premium skins.
The
Rules:
Time frame and dead line:
The Judges:
CONTEST IS OPEN TO EVERYONE. Good
luck to all the contestants and have fun skinning.
- One entree per contestant per application.
- Only one prize will be granted to a winning participant.
- All skins submitted must be original new work of the contestant.
- No ports, borrowed images or re-coloring of previous work.
- ALL parts of the theme/skin must be skinned. Incomplete skins will not
be accepted.
- IconPacks must contain at least 75 icons.
- Toolbar icons and animations on the WB skins are optional. All other
parts of the skin must be skinned.
- DO NOT submit, upload or distribute the participating themes/skins on
any other website until the contest is over.
- To ensure a fair download count for each contestant, ALL entries are
final.
NO
UPDATES ARE ALLOWED DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONTEST.
- Violation of any of these rules will result in disqualification.
Contest will run for 2 weeks from 09/30/05 thru 10/14/05
Skins will not be accepted before 09/30/05 or after 10/14/05 Skins uploaded
before 09/30/05 will be place on cue until the first day of the contest.
Winners will be announced on 10/17/05
When uploading the skin/theme make sure to write 'WC SKINNING CONTEST' on
the file's description to indicate that the skin/theme is competing on the
contest.
The judges of this event will be the WinCustomize community members.
1st and 2nd place theme/skins of each category with the highest download count
by registered users will be the winners.
KEEP IN MIND THAT REGISTERED USER DOWNLOADS ARE NOT THE SAME AS TOTAL DOWNLOADS
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Reply #2 Saturday, September 3, 2005 3:19 PM
Reply #3 Saturday, September 3, 2005 3:27 PM
Reply #4 Saturday, September 3, 2005 4:53 PM
silly peoples..
Reply #5 Saturday, September 3, 2005 5:14 PM
The download count is hard to judge because some days are busy and other days are very quiet. Maybe now that Autumn is approaching, things will be back to normal.
I like the prizes ...nice choice for 2nd prize too.
Let me know when you start working on the 3rd contest
Reply #6 Saturday, September 3, 2005 5:16 PM
| [Tominated] why od as a prize. wouldn't you already have it if you're skinning? |
Not necessarily..and it can be used to renew your OD for another year if you already have it. I just renewed mine..a year goes by fast.
Reply #7 Saturday, September 3, 2005 5:35 PM
| why od as a prize. wouldn't you already have it if you're skinning? |
I'm a skinner and I don't have Object Desktop and as Fairyy mentioned, if the winner already owns Object Desktop he/she can use the prize to renew it or update it.
Fairyy~, the 1st contest is almost over and is working better than I originally thought. Let's see how this second contest goes.
A 3rd contest you say??? ....hmmmmm.......
A Christmas based theme sounds good for a contest.
Reply #8 Saturday, September 3, 2005 5:55 PM
2. Where is info on the WC Subscription Contest?
3. How can I become a judge?
Reply #9 Saturday, September 3, 2005 6:15 PM
2) WC Subscription Contest -> https://www.wincustomize.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=153&AID=83286#651728
3) There are no judges for the contest. Winners are selected by highest download count by registered users.
Reply #11 Saturday, September 3, 2005 6:41 PM
You and the sponsors are doing great, can't wait to see this contest!
Reply #12 Saturday, September 3, 2005 7:00 PM
Edited for mistakes!
Reply #13 Saturday, September 3, 2005 9:01 PM
| Wouldn't it be better to have someone judge the skins? Using download counts puts later uploaders at a disadvantage. |
I agree with Hippy and plus the WB skins should come with toolbar icons and progress animations, in my opinion they are a very important part in a skin design and they are very hard to do too, so why keep it out?
Reply #14 Saturday, September 3, 2005 10:35 PM
The reason why I opted to leave toolbar icons and animation as optional, is because many users might not have the version of WindowBlinds that support this features, therefore are unable to create/test them. It also attracts those skinners that might get discouraged because they either can't or don’t know how to create those features.
Reply #16 Sunday, September 4, 2005 12:57 AM
my new school term has started and I only can make skins at weekends...To participate in the contest I have to work harder...
Reply #17 Sunday, September 4, 2005 5:13 AM
| It's too bad, the time is a little shorter to me, my new school term has started and I only can make skins at weekends... To participate in the contest I have to work harder... |
I'll second that...
But i'll give it a shot! 
Reply #18 Sunday, September 4, 2005 5:32 AM
| It's too bad, the time is a little shorter to me, my new school term has started and I only can make skins at weekends... To participate in the contest I have to work harder... |
i second that too.....that was why i told people earlier that i really wanted to win the first contest because i don't have time to make skins during the school year.
Reply #19 Sunday, September 4, 2005 6:48 AM
Fairyy~, the 1st contest is almost over and is working better than I originally thought. Let's see how this second contest goes. A 3rd contest you say??? ....hmmmmm....... A Christmas based theme sounds good for a contest. |
That sounds fantastic...a Christmas based Theme. Id love to see this include Widgets and Walls as well as WB's and Icons. Maybe everything.
Now to think of prizes......hmm......
Reply #20 Sunday, September 4, 2005 6:51 AM
| To participate in the contest I have to work harder. |
jj ying and cyberworld and bash. School comes first, but..im sure you can work under pressure. I'd bet you can still be on time with an entry.
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Reply #1 Saturday, September 3, 2005 2:19 PM