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| IO 2012 - Week One Sunday, July 1, 2012 12:00 am — Posted by Livio |
ShareThisThis year we have 15 contestants who have signed up so far, and they've been organized into the three balanced teams (listed below). Each team has been given its own private forum board so that they can collaborate in secret, and their first order of business is to come up with team names. Once that's done, the forums usually start to get filled with team-spirited shenanigans.
| Ahoy! Womby Sharks! Bmwsu krotomo ShaveyDave shos Yaya |  canadianstickdeath FlashMarsh soccerboy13542 Xyteran Yuggy | The Darvince Jorster Kooler Quirvy snipereborn |
Every week we'll have a number of new competitions (rounds). Just like with the real Olympics, no one is expected to join them all (unless you're shos). With so many competitions to join at any one time, people often make levels that fit the requirements for multiple rounds, which can really help you in the overall rankings. However, every team must have at least one entry in each round, or else they will be penalized for every round that they miss.
Here's the list of this week's new rounds:
IO 2012 - 30 Seconds!
Duration: One Week: Sunday, July 1st --- Sunday, July 8th
We've been doing a lot of things at the last minute lately and so should you. Make a level in HATPC that can be beaten in 30 seconds or less. We're talking about a single run-through, not how much time it takes to figure out the level. Due to variants in computer speeds, try to avoid getting too close to the 30-second mark. (There is a potential loophole, however, about levels that require the player to restart in order for them to be legitimately beaten, and I've decided to leave that loophole open.)
IO 2012 - Ride Some Lines
Duration: Two Weeks: Sunday, July 1st --- Sunday, July 15th
It's this year's obligatory obscure-game comp! You might not think of Line Rider as very obscure game, but considering that we haven't had much Line Rider activity on the Interguild since 2009, it's obscure enough. For this comp, make any level in Line Rider, then film it, and submit the video as your entry.
IO 2012 - Wide Open Caving
Duration: Three Weeks: Sunday, July 1st --- Sunday, July 22nd
You'd think that with Thomas' great discovery last winter that we would have had more HATPC comps this year. Perhaps all we really needed was some real level design inspiration, so the premise for this comp is to make levels with big, open spaces. It seems like claustrophobic level design seems to be the norm with HATPC, and so it can be a real breath of fresh air when a level has plenty of open space for the player to move around in. This idea won't work very well if the open space is meaningless, however, so make sure to use it in a way that actually helps your levels.
IO 2012 - Build a Statue
Duration: Three Weeks: Sunday, July 1st --- Sunday, July 22nd
I'm one of those people who thought shos' Egypt-themed Minecraft Comp was kinda lame. This theme is a little more open-ended: build a statue on the creative world (Different) on our Minecraft Server. World Edit is not allowed in order to level the playing field. I'm hoping people will be more creative with this comp rather than making a bunch of generic statues that look like guyguy's statue on D52 Bridge. Maybe you'll decide to make a building that just happens to be a statue? Maybe you'll make a 2D statue in the form of pixel art? Maybe you'll make something almost as awesome as Sprout Tower?
IO 2012 - Collaborate
Duration: Four Weeks: Sunday, July 1st --- Sunday, July 29th
The team collab round has always been a staple of the IO, but rather than having the teams produce one big level that represents their team, we're going to make the requirement for this round much more simple: make a level with at least one other person. You can still make the huge team level if you want, or you might be able to get more points by making better smaller levels. You can even collaborate with non-team members if you want to.
And now all that's left is to light to torch:
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Let the games begin!
User Comments (51)
| Quirvy | ||
| Â Â Karma: 655 Posts: 7753 Gender: Male pm | email |
'A Staff Member, earlier today,' said: I'd bet big amounts of money on shos making a level for almost every comp for this - just saying. 'Livio, just now,' said: no one is expected to join them all (unless you're shos).  spooky secret | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 31 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
It's too bad the City of Lakes doesn't fit the requirements for the Minecraft comp, but if you manage to design something, I could try finding the time to build it for you (or you could just buy Minecraft). | |
| Quirvy | ||
| Â Â Karma: 655 Posts: 7753 Gender: Male pm | email |
Lol, if I'm honest I don't think that the City of Lakes is ever going to be built. It would only feel right if someone from the great lakes made it. People from the Great Lakes Livio Bryan Soccerboy Nebneb me Of those people, I think only nebneb and Livio have minecraft, and of those 2, neither are active enough to ever make it. Since none of the 5 buildings have been built yet, and the people on my team are all sort of active and all have minecraft, if I could get any of them to, they could build them elsewhere and make the City of Whatever our team is. As for the statue comp, I'll just have to find a way to involve myself in the making of it or something. spooky secret | |
| Bmwsu | ||
Age: 28 Karma: 175 Posts: 2557 Gender: Male pm | email |
'Livio' said: no one is expected to join them all      | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 31 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
I have a lot of podcasts that I want to catch up on, and if it'll help me be more involved with the IO, then I'd be okay with seriously dedicating some time to building stuff. | |
| Yaya | ||
Age: 29 Karma: 747 Posts: 5367 Location: Ohio (US) pm | email |
I'll admit the competitions are looking much better than last year if I recall. Some of them were just too specific. Thankfully I didn't come on to see a "make a HATKC level that best portrays the Schleswig-Holstein Question" or something. I straight-up suck at Line Rider though. Any attempt I make will probably literally consist of riding a line. One line. A straight one. With a crude background statue. Co-created by Shos. For 30 seconds... I THINK I'M GETTING SOME WHERE!  COMING SOON: A giant meteor. Please. Give me +karma. Give me +karma. | |
| Shavey Dave | ||
Age: 23 Karma: 29 Posts: 1702 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email |
Pretty pleased with my team. I can certainly tackle the Minecraft one.  | |
| soccerboy13542 | ||
| ~*~Soccer~*~ Karma: 450 Posts: 4466 Gender: Male Location: 1945 pm | email |
Dang i'm pretty sure csd and deku don't have minecraft... 'Livio' said: You know, I was thinking of getting an internship at Microsoft, but I'm not sure I want their lameness to rub off on me. | |
| Darvince | ||
| sea level change Age: 24 Karma: 107 Posts: 2043 Gender: Female Location: The Nuclear Era pm | email |
Soccer, you should get Minecraft. "Time is a circuit, not a line; cybernetics instantiates templexity." | |
| Yuggy | ||
| I am a wise goat Age: 25 Karma: 64 Posts: 1609 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email |
'soccerboy13542' said: Dang i'm pretty sure csd and deku don't have minecraft... And Flash does... We're doing pretty well on the minecraft front actually. | |
| Thomas | ||
| the clique shall prevail Karma: 111 Posts: 2503 Gender: Female Location: clique pm | email |
'soccerboy13542' said: Dang i'm pretty sure csd and deku don't have minecraft... | |
| soccerboy13542 | ||
| ~*~Soccer~*~ Karma: 450 Posts: 4466 Gender: Male Location: 1945 pm | email |
Coming Soon: 5 Minutes - 30 Seconds 'Livio' said: You know, I was thinking of getting an internship at Microsoft, but I'm not sure I want their lameness to rub off on me. | |
| Darvince | ||
| sea level change Age: 24 Karma: 107 Posts: 2043 Gender: Female Location: The Nuclear Era pm | email |
Oh no "Time is a circuit, not a line; cybernetics instantiates templexity." | |
| Isa | ||
| No. I'm an octopus. Age: 31 Karma: 686 Posts: 7833 Gender: Male Location: Uppsala, Sweden - GMT +1 pm | email |
'soccerboy13542' said: Coming Soon: 5 Minutes - 30 Seconds I laughed. | |
| shos | ||
| ~Jack of all trades~ Age: 31 Karma: 389 Posts: 8273 Gender: Male Location: Israel pm | email |
Oi, since my next two weeks are going to be FREAKLINGLY MADIOULOUS as I mentioned in more than one topic already, can I have an extension for the Line rider comp by say, 2-3 days? that'll do for me, since I'm not going to be able to work till the 14th of July =\  | |
| krotomo | ||
| The Shepherd Age: 23 Karma: 249 Posts: 4066 Gender: Male Location: My chair pm | email |
Well, this sucks. I just happen to be leaving for about one week starting now, and I won't be back until the 7th, one day before this IO week ends. | |
| FlashMarsh | ||
Age: 25 Karma: 99 Posts: 2727 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email |
No levels will be made by me till Tuesday, but after that I will start. | |
| shos | ||
| ~Jack of all trades~ Age: 31 Karma: 389 Posts: 8273 Gender: Male Location: Israel pm | email |
'krotomo' said: Well, this sucks. I just happen to be leaving for about one week starting now, and I won't be back until the 7th, one day before this IO week ends. 'FlashMarsh' said: No levels will be made by me till Tuesday, but after that I will start. | |
| Jorster | ||
| mfw Karma: 168 Posts: 2549 Gender: Male Location: The Straight Guy's Garage pm | email |
I'll be creating stuff all through this week. 30 seconds, AWAYYYYY  | |
| FlashMarsh | ||
Age: 25 Karma: 99 Posts: 2727 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email |
After looking trough the teams, I feel that Team 3 is by far the weakest team - They have just one experienced cavemaker. | |
| shos | ||
| ~Jack of all trades~ Age: 31 Karma: 389 Posts: 8273 Gender: Male Location: Israel pm | email |
while the experience might be true, remember that hatpc is not the only game onsite  so it doesn't make them weaker. besides, Q is an ace | |
| Quirvy | ||
| Â Â Karma: 655 Posts: 7753 Gender: Male pm | email |
Team 3 has chosen to call themselves The spooky secret | |
| Bmwsu | ||
Age: 28 Karma: 175 Posts: 2557 Gender: Male pm | email |
Our team, Ahoy! Womby Sharks!, actually came up with our name hours ago. We just wanted you to feel like you guys were better than us. You know, build up your self-esteem, so you guys don't back out too soon. | |
| Yaya | ||
Age: 29 Karma: 747 Posts: 5367 Location: Ohio (US) pm | email |
We were just busy initiating a viral marketing campaign by Shos announcing what account his cave was on, you know to build hype and generate interest. COMING SOON: A giant meteor. Please. Give me +karma. Give me +karma. | |
| shos | ||
| ~Jack of all trades~ Age: 31 Karma: 389 Posts: 8273 Gender: Male Location: Israel pm | email |
yup. you have no chance, fore-five-sixers. we bite | |
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