The 2,023 Blarney Build

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The 2,023 Blarney Build

Post by Quantumsurfer » Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:57 pm

The 2,023 Blarney Build
Eighth Annual BrikWars Konstruktion Contest

Welcome, BrikWarriors, to the age of Brikbuilt Escalation. In this storied fragment of the shattered chronology, all manner of characters (from lowly minifig to lowly human) gather at the most famous bar of them all, that grand old ORANGE TRANSPARENT motherfucker of a meeting place, the Four Rums. Whether drinking or not, these epic personages sweep in between adventures from across the spectrum of spacetime to swap tall tales and exaggerate their own Ossum. Bawdy fish stories and bold, raucous boasting are the order of the day and only the most skillful storytellers are raised in esteem in the eyes of their fellows. But only those who live by the age old adage "pics or it didn't happen" can truly "prove" their Ossum with a show and tell that will spread their name and legend out among the stars.

Beginning in March of BR 2,020, it was decreed that Maniac Beer would be allowed to affect the color transparency of the bar, turning it GREEN TRANSPARENT for the duration of the month of March and the length of the Blarney Build.

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Participants

Participants will each create one or more "builds," in real bricks or in LDD, and capture a comprehensive set of images that show it off. A "build" can be anything from a single object like a vehicle to an entire vignette. Go nuts. The Judges will have their own views on what constitutes a complete build and that will show in their scoring, particularly in Style and Substance. Anywhere between 1 and 10 images in general ought to be fine. Simply create something BrikWarsy, preferably something that references the rulebook, the lore (community or official), and/or the history.

Participants can submit their build to one of three categories:
  • Brik by Brik is for IRL builds and entries should be posted to the Armoury forum.
  • Digital Dimension is for LDD builds and entries should be posted to the LDD subforum.
  • Drunken Madness is for builds of either stripe, with the catch that the builder be both of a legal drinking age and completely plastered* for the duration of the building process, and should be posted to the Armoury forum as well.
Those wishing to participate in the contest should submit an original build via a new thread in the Armoury or LDD forum between March 1, 2023 and March 31, 2023, including the identifier tag [BB23] in the title.

Participants may submit more than one entry. Contestants can only win one Reward, however, and only their highest scoring piece will count in this regard.

Entries may represent any BrikWars tone, style, etcetera. The BrikVerse is a wildly diverse setting and the purpose of this contest is to encourage more awesome new content.


Judges

Judging of the entries will commence immediately following the contest, beginning April 2, 2023, and will end no later than April 8, 2023. The final scores will be announced and formalized in this thread on April 9, 2023.

For the 2023 Contest, the following are Judges:
  • Lunchboxninja
  • Falk
  • Scribonius
The following are Secondary Judges:
  • HappyBrickHead
Judges will view each entry and score it based on the following categories:
  • Style -- Relating to the concept of the build, the inventiveness and creativity of the build, particularly any NPU, the technical skill with which the concept is rendered recognizable to the audience.
  • Substance-- Relating to the mechanics of the build, the viability and efficiency of its construction, the actual depth of the piece and the balance between what it conveys and the materials it uses to convey it. The scale and/or the detail of the build are judged here.
  • Photography-- Quality of the build's photography, the use of clean lighting and clear pictures, the capture of the purpose of the piece such that it is clearly conveyed to the audience. Also included in this category is the inclusion and quality of the parts breakdown image(s).
  • Boast, Tie-Breaker Category-- A picture is worth a thousand words. Be brief and use some of them to embroider the truth and tell the grandest boast about the build.
Each Judging Category is rated on a scale from 1-10. The scores from each category will be added together, with the exception of Boast, for a Total Judge's Score of between 3 and 30. Judges Scores are added together for a Final Score which is then compared to find a winner.

The Boast Score will only be used in the event of a tie between entries.

Judges are encouraged to keep an open, diverse mindset when judging entries as they are not inherently required to adhere to any particular interpretation of Kanon or individually preferred tone. In short, we all have a good general idea of what constitutes as Brikwarsy but a great many of us have some pretty different ideas about the specifics.

Judges may enter the contest as Participants (see above) but may not judge their own entries. Instead, the Secondary Judge will take their place in the scoring of those particular pieces.


Rewards

The 1st Place Winners of each category will each earn a unique title and associated Badge (BrikMason, Arkitekt, and Drunkard, respectively) which will be pinned to the winning posts and generally used however the winner sees fit (such as its inclusion into their forum signature). They will additionally join the ranks of BrikWars Royalty.

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Enjoy the Buildoff! Happy BrikBuilding and, as always, Have Fun.


*But no, seriously, please drink responsibly.


2023 Entries and Final Scores

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Re: The 2,023 Blarney Build

Post by Quantumsurfer » Fri Mar 31, 2023 9:10 pm

Last day, get any remaining entries in.

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Re: The 2,023 Blarney Build

Post by Quantumsurfer » Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:37 am

Judging begins tomorrow.

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Re: The 2,023 Blarney Build

Post by Quantumsurfer » Sun Apr 02, 2023 4:51 pm

The contest has ended, please commence judging.

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Re: The 2,023 Blarney Build

Post by Quantumsurfer » Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:01 pm

2023 Entries and Final Scores

Brik by Brik

2023 BrikMason

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MadMario, for the original build "The Ether´s Empress"



Digital Dimension

2023 Arkitekt

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Duerer, for the digital build "CBT Assessor & Rectifier"



Drunken Madness

2023 Drunkard

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ninja_bait, for the original drunken build "big chickadee"



Thanks to all participants for your entries into this year's Blarney Build.

Full house this year, which is always a delight to see. Now, I'm biased in this regard, but that there were airships aplenty is only right and proper because...altogether now...airships make everything better. That's right. Fantastic. Honorable mentions this year go to aoffan for pulling a very powerful, close third place up against MadMario's juggernaut first and second place entries and to MadMario for being not quite drunk enough. Thanks to Duerer for keeping the digital flame alive. And special thanks to Judge Scribonius for landing the Statler and Waldorf talent. Really great stuff, don't know how you managed to get those guys to sign on. Additional congratulations to all our winners this year, who all now hold multiple titles (MadMario is now a 2-time Brikmason, while Duerer and ninja_bait are four time winners in their respective categories). I hope that this year's contest and its incredible entries will inspire more builds in the immediate future and I look forward to next year's buildoff.

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Re: The 2,023 Blarney Build

Post by ninja_bait » Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:06 pm

MadMario thought he could unseat me as drunkest master but it turns out I still got it 8)
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Re: The 2,023 Blarney Build

Post by MadMario » Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:36 pm

Next year, n_b... next year. :guinness:

Thanks a lot to another great contest. Thanks Quantum for hosting this. Big shoutout to all contestants and winners, and especially for Scribs creative judging. It was as much fun to read this as the contest entries themselves!
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Re: The 2,023 Blarney Build

Post by ArchyX74 » Sun Apr 16, 2023 8:28 am

GG y'all, was fun to partake in another addition to the (un)controlled chaos that is brikwars.
Will definitely make a note to try and put more effort into the actual post part of the contest.

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