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Contest Feedback, Suggestions and Ideas
« on: December 21, 2011, 04:37:49 AM »
Contest Feedback, Suggestions and Ideas

This Thread is for any feedback, suggestions and ideas. Please keep the feedback constructive and the suggestions sensible and practical. We would like to hear any feedback on how to improve the contests for the 2012 Building Contests. So any ideas, suggestions or feedback on how things are going or you think could be improved.
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2011, 05:10:49 AM »
I think it would be a good idea to make smaller houses for the challenges. I think that making a beautiful house on a restricted budget (less than $50000) would be more challenging, and the houses would be more useful for the average downloader.
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2011, 05:38:01 AM »
Maybe for one of the Contests we could be divided into teams of 2 or 3 and each person has a different role in the build. Say Builder 1 has to make the Shell, Builder 2 does the interior and Builder 3 completes the Landscaping and Exterior.

Of course there would be the problem of enough people entering or what EPs and SPs people have.
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2011, 05:45:35 AM »
What about a World Adventures sort of theme, where you can choose to build a house that would look good in either France, China or Egypt. The best ting is, you wouldn't have to own WA to play, you could improvise  :P
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2011, 05:55:07 AM »
How about extending the content to also include community lots (e.g. parks, dive bars etc) every once in a while?
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2011, 08:47:30 AM »
1.  Futuristic style

2.  Cabin in the woods

3.  Fairy Tale (my personal favourite)

4.  I don't know if this could ever be a contest, but my own ultimate building goal - if I ever learn how to do curved walls - is to build an igloo!
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2011, 10:01:30 AM »
Mini builds e.g modern starters on 15x15 lots.  ;)
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2011, 10:25:21 AM »
Quote from: Sims3Clacla123 on December 21, 2011, 10:01:30 AM
Mini builds e.g modern starters on 15x15 lots.  ;)

YES. :P
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2011, 10:39:56 AM »
Two suggestions.

Taking inspiration from another thread, a house with as few walls as possible.  Maybe give a maximum number?  The idea being that it's only us that like the beautiful abodes; the sims don't really notice if they have walls or not for most things.   ;)

Another contest I saw once involved the contest mod making a foundation.  That was it.  The contestants had to use that foundation and everything had to go on it, nothing off the foundation.  Otherwise they could use their creativity.
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2011, 11:08:09 AM »
@CSquared: maybe it was you that started that thread? Lol
I like the ideas here. Of course Zap likes the modern house idea.

Maybe a tomb building contest?
And also I like te building contests to be smaller houses cause I won't even consider entering if its bigger cause I just don't have the time.
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2011, 11:14:54 AM »
Well of course. :P
Still loving the "Modern Mansion" idea. :D
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2011, 11:15:43 AM »
Quote from: SassySimmer on December 21, 2011, 05:55:07 AM
How about extending the content to also include community lots (e.g. parks, dive bars etc) every once in a while?

Exactly what I was going to post! Perhaps we could make it specific to a certain Sunset Valley/Riverview lot, as if the town was commissioning it. I'd also like to see an apartment-building contest if we do expansion-specific ones.
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2011, 12:24:50 PM »
Quote from: ZapKid on December 21, 2011, 11:14:54 AM
Well of course. :P
Still loving the "Modern Mansion" idea. :D

or complete opposite of modern... and how about medieval mansion?  Some large estate place that is home to your knight-in-shining-armor or fair maiden.  and try to keep it as NOT modern as possible, natural woods, stones, no electricity, TV, etc.  This of course could include stuff from the pets pack... what kind of knight doesn't have his trusted steed!

Great ideas, I hope to be part of building posts in the new year!

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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2011, 01:10:20 PM »
My idea is a bit elaborate, and sorry if it sounds silly, but say the contest moderator came up with a sim and put that sim at the top of the thread, gave them a background story and their traits and things, and then the contest would be to design a house for the sim A bit like the architect career in Ambitions. For example: You could have a dark dungeon-type lair for a very mean spirited and evil sim, and a romantic atmospheric cottage for a flirty hopeless romantic?


Also, it could be families too, instead of just one sim, which would make it even more challenging. Perhaps a house for two twin brothers who are complete opposites: An unflirty evil sim and a flirty good sim? Actually, maybe they're better not living together in the first place.. xD
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Re: Contest Suggestions/Ideas
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2011, 01:19:10 PM »
Fez: that's kinda how the building contests used to be run.
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