I don't know if it's too late but I'd change the bottom line to "Join the fight along side our Dark Templar Bretheren." I think it has a more Protoss feel to it.
Protoss are long winded, but Propaganda posters are to-the-point as they can be. It was a though call.
Here were some of my original ideas:
"This is our final hour. Not all of us may survive the coming conflict. Yet, death may be a blessing should we fail here. The Overmind has come to destroy all that we hold dear... And I say to thee, this shall not come to pass! Aiur shall not fall!
Let loose the fury of the Dark Templar!"
-Tassadar
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"Trust the Dark Templar."
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"Our traditions have failed us. Aiur Has fallen. We must trust the Dark Templar, as Tassadar did, for only our combined power can defeat the Swarm."
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"Though we strike at you from the shadows, do not think that we lack the courage to stand in the light."
-Zeratul
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"We Dark Templar will never forget
our banishment from Aiur, nor the
Conclave's sins against us. But you
and your companions are no longer
of the Conclave. The example set by
your fallen hero, Tassadar, has
shown you that when the light and
dark sides of our energies are
united, our power is undeniable."
I had my friend submit the Farmville one as I didn't want to potentially endanger my real entry by breaking the contest rules. I wonder if he'll win anything.
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If I had to do it over again, I would desaturate the Zealot's right leg a bit, and raise his right arm in more of a commanding gesture. As people have noted it's a bit ambiguous right now.
I'd also like to have done some sort of cloaking device transparency effect for the Dark Templar. I poked around a bit, but never came up with anything I was even a little happy with.
The texture on "Unite with the Dark Templar" could have been better, and maybe I should have said "Join Forces with the Dark Templar" instead, but I couldn't get it to fit right.
Ideally I would have rendered everything at a higher quality, especially the background elements, but I just wasn't comfortable with the time it would have taken.
There are two identical Dark Templar next to the Zealot's left leg. They should at least be in different poses.
I wanted to do moons, planets and nebula too, but the space I would have put them got cropped out for composition reasons.
One last thing I considered and eventually rejected, was to add a Protossy border, like the frames on the mission briefing view screens, or perhaps even a hologram effect. In the end I decided this "Propaganda" was being received telepathically. The text is for our benefit as human readers, as it would otherwise be in Protossese.
MustangArbiter of Unpopular OpinionsRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
100 votes is still pretty good, considering the sea of medicority you've found yourself in.
A pro always throws in an entry in these contests, so you wouldn't have won.
100 votes is still pretty good, considering the sea of medicority you've found yourself in.
A pro always throws in an entry in these contests, so you wouldn't have won.
I think I could have won on an even playing field. I really do. Unfortunately only the first few pages are getting substantial votes due to TL;DR
100 votes is still pretty good, considering the sea of medicority you've found yourself in.
A pro always throws in an entry in these contests, so you wouldn't have won.
I think I could have won on an even playing field. I really do. Unfortunately only the first few pages are getting substantial votes due to TL;DR
Broken contests... hurt.
Wait, they didn't have the submissions randomly load?
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Here were some of my original ideas:
"This is our final hour. Not all of us may survive the coming conflict. Yet, death may be a blessing should we fail here. The Overmind has come to destroy all that we hold dear... And I say to thee, this shall not come to pass! Aiur shall not fall!
Let loose the fury of the Dark Templar!"
-Tassadar
______________
"Trust the Dark Templar."
_____________
"Our traditions have failed us. Aiur Has fallen. We must trust the Dark Templar, as Tassadar did, for only our combined power can defeat the Swarm."
_____________
"Though we strike at you from the shadows, do not think that we lack the courage to stand in the light."
-Zeratul
_____________
"We Dark Templar will never forget
our banishment from Aiur, nor the
Conclave's sins against us. But you
and your companions are no longer
of the Conclave. The example set by
your fallen hero, Tassadar, has
shown you that when the light and
dark sides of our energies are
united, our power is undeniable."
-Raszgal
_____________
"We must unite to survive!"
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If I had to do it over again, I would desaturate the Zealot's right leg a bit, and raise his right arm in more of a commanding gesture. As people have noted it's a bit ambiguous right now.
I'd also like to have done some sort of cloaking device transparency effect for the Dark Templar. I poked around a bit, but never came up with anything I was even a little happy with.
The texture on "Unite with the Dark Templar" could have been better, and maybe I should have said "Join Forces with the Dark Templar" instead, but I couldn't get it to fit right.
Ideally I would have rendered everything at a higher quality, especially the background elements, but I just wasn't comfortable with the time it would have taken.
There are two identical Dark Templar next to the Zealot's left leg. They should at least be in different poses.
I wanted to do moons, planets and nebula too, but the space I would have put them got cropped out for composition reasons.
One last thing I considered and eventually rejected, was to add a Protossy border, like the frames on the mission briefing view screens, or perhaps even a hologram effect. In the end I decided this "Propaganda" was being received telepathically. The text is for our benefit as human readers, as it would otherwise be in Protossese.
http://us.starcraft2.com/dominion/propaganda-contest.xml#inum=221&ap=19
Thanks
What do you think of the other entries? Think I stand a chance?
[edit] Looks like the FarmVille one got rejected
[edit]It's not doing very well unfortunately. Makes me sad. I had hoped it would be more competitive
A pro always throws in an entry in these contests, so you wouldn't have won.
I think I could have won on an even playing field. I really do. Unfortunately only the first few pages are getting substantial votes due to TL;DR
Broken contests... hurt.
Wait, they didn't have the submissions randomly load?
That's stupid.
Our first game is now available for free on Google Play: Frontier: Isle of the Seven Gods