#1
Arcane Competition
Ok, it’s time for another spell contest. For those interested, there will be some “prizes”. They will not be medals, nor trophies, but instead, they will be orbs. There will be more sections, each with three places: Gold, Silver and Bronze. You can win only a single place but you can participate into more than a single section.Note: You cannot enter with a spell in more than one section and neither can you enter with more than one spell into a section. Also you cannot compete with spells which you already made. You will have to make fresh spells.
Warning: This is a Trigger/JASS enchanced spells contest. I might make exception for very good non-triggered spells. I don’t want to see any spells just with their icon, stats and perhaps missile/effect in Object Editor changed. These will be disqualified immediately.
Sections: There is a total of 16 sections.
1 ) Time – Spell which manipulates the time. It doesn’t matter what you understand through time. Through time, I mean suggest TEMPORAL spells.
2 ) Defensive – Spell which does a protective effect. The protective effect should either work around the caster, around another target or an Area of Effect.
3 ) Morph – Spell which morphs either the caster itself or another target. Morph Abilities turn the target into something else (example: unit). Example of Morph effects: Metamorphosis, Hex.
4 ) Projectile – Spell which uses dummy units as projectiles/missiles. Projectiles usually activate an effect on the target (like Black Arrow or Drunken Haze).
5 ) Day/Night – Spell which works only during the day or during the night. It can be Aura, Passive, Channeling or any other spell. Just keep in mind to use it similar to Hide (deactivation during the day in Hide’s case).
6 ) Elemental – Spell which uses any of the following elements: Fire, Lava, Water, Ice, Lightning, Air, Earth, Stone, Wood, Poison, Metal, Light or Darkness.
7 ) Chain – Spell which works in chain (aka Chain Lighting or Healing Wave). You may NOT use Vexorian’s template into this section or even inspire from it. If I catch you copying from the template, you are being disqualified.
8 ) Cinematic - Spell that is mostly based on visual and sound effects, rather than what it does. Spell Effect rating will mostly be based here on how the spell looks, rather than on its effect. Still, I suggest you don't leave a dull effect (like AoE damage). Down-rating for lagging to this section still applies.
9 ) Summoning - Spell which summons a... summoned unit. The summoning may have custom abilities but its abilities cannot be submitted for other sections.
10) Creativity - This section is mostly to see how creative you can be. Make original spells, with an unique effect. You have no restrictions here but remember, the more original your spell is, the more points you will get. Moreover, the spell should be implementable in Melee or Arena games, for actual units or heroes. So I don't find cinematic spells fitting here.
11) Team - Here you need to have more than one unit casting the same spell. An example of such spell is here. It can be different as well as long as more than one unit casts the spell.
12) Resource - In this case, the spell must use a resource in order to be cast. And by resources I don't mean gold and lumber. Resources can be units, trees, corpses or any other object. Example of resource spells are Raise Dead, Transmute and Force of Nature (Keeper of the Grove).
13) Future - Rockets, electricity, robots and other futurisic spells. This is what this section contains. Feel free to import custom models here since Warcraft 3 doesn't contain enough.
14) Mental and Astral - This section is spells that are activated mentally (example: Telekinesis) or which affect the mind. Moreover, through astral I mean spells which work with teleportations and illusions and similar things.
15) Curse - The spell must affect one or more units in a negative way, on a longer period of time, using a buff.
16) Bless - The spell must affect one or more units in a positive way, on a longer period of time, using a buff.
Note: All your spells except the Chain Spell can be AoE, single-targeted, Auras/Passives (though I doubt this would work for Projectiles), Channeled, Non-channeled or anything else which could be considered as a spell cattegory. They don't really have to be a hero ability.
Submission: You should upload your spells to the Spell section, preferably all into a single map. Make sure to add to the map’s description “Arcane Competition”. I also want you to send me a PM and tell me which spell comes for which section.
Grading: You can receive up to 100 points for each of your spells. You will receive points for the following things:
a) Spell Effect (35 points) – What does the spell do? Is it original? Hasn’t it ever been done before? Can it be used in a melee map? Is it balanced through its effect? These are the questions based on which I will rate your spell’s effect.
b) Spell Code (20 points) – This will include your spell’s trigger/JASS coding. I will rate depending on how efficient your code is and if there are any leaks. Also, you will receive less points if your spell lags. Don’t worry, my computer works at 3 Ghz so if the spell lags, so it won’t be that my computer is too slow.
c) Eye Candy (15 points) – How does your spell look? Simple enough. You should try to add good special effects to your spell. Avoid to use too many so the spell doesn’t lag. Good taste will be taken in consideration. Don’t exaggerate.
d) Implementability (10 points) – Not very important and still, it will give you some points. Make sure that you give instructions on how your spell can be implemented into another map. Which units/spells/buffs/triggers must be copied into your map? Where must you change the trigger? If I find the trigger too complicate to be changed (not for me but in general), I will downrate your spell.
e) Difficulty (20 points) – How complicated is your spell? If it can be done effortless then you won’t receive many points. Make challenging, complicated spells and your rating will greatly increase.
One more Note: I don’t want to see Vexorian’s Caster System into your map. Don’t even put it into your map, since you are NOT going to use it. Neither will you use other systems. Only your own.
Tools Allowed: I suggest you stick to the WE. You are not allowed to use WE Unlimited since I can't use it for some bizzare reason. Neither are you allowed to use other tool. As for custom scripts done by other people, I have allowed Kattana's (http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php?p=JASS&ID=39&). Again, don't use Vexorian's Caster System.
I've been thinking about this and I am also accepting UMSWE. But if you use any of its custom triggers in JASS tell me which is the translation of the trigger in script.
Deadline: Contest Closed!
Prize: Have a look at these beauties: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/Daelin17/Prizes.jpg
WARNING: Don't ask help for your spells. Don't post into the spells forum asking for help with your triggers. YOU are the one who is supposed to do spell. I frequent a lot the spells forum and if I catch you with a spell for which you asked for help and for which you received it, I will make sure to unaccept that spell, or atleast downrade you. I don't mean to be harsh but... it's not fair for other people to do your work.
If you have any other questions, feel free to post them here but No Spamming! please. Good luck everyone and have fun!
Results:
For the results, I have inserted a couple of new rules. You will need to accumulate a number of points to be able to get a
certain medal. So, to get gold you need atleast 65 points, for silver atleast 50 and for bronze atleast 35. Moreover, spells
under 30 points are disqualified. If that means something for you...
Moreover, I have decided to grant the best spellmakers who participated at this contest, a special cup. They were chosen
by the spells they made. I think that all three of them put a considerable effort to make those spells, and their results
are the best. As a prize, they will all receive a spell cup, amongst the magical orbs. Congratulations you three!
TOP THREE
First Rank - Blade.dk2
Second Rank - Leopard
Third Rank - Pyrodactyl
1) Time
Time Stop (72/100) [Pyrodactyl]
Web of Destiny (66/100) [Spellweaver]
Time Jump (41/100) [Redscores]
2) Defensive
Chilling Armor (64/100) [Blade.dk2]
Vinewall (64/100) [Pyrodactyl]
NX024 (60/100) [Nantuko_Husk]
Seal of Blood (57/100) [Leopard]
Forcefield (45/100) [Redscores]
Reflect (DISQUALIFIED - 26/100) [Mr.Clean]
3) Projectile
HookShot (71/100) [Diablo-dk]
Stomp (70/100) [Blade.dk2]
Tremor (68/100) [Leopard]
Twister (53/100) [Pyrodactyl]
Double Attack (46/100) [Mono]
Judgment (39/100) (39/100) [Mr.Clean]
4) Day/Night
Night Spirit (63/100) [Pyrodactyl]
Night Slayer (62/100) [Leopard]
Solar Battery (52/100) [Redscores]
5) Elemental
Icicle Disaster (71/100) [Leopard]
Frozen Moon (69/100) [Nantuko_Husk]
Ice Storm (61/100) [Monky-Master]
Plague Cloud (52/100) [Redscores]
Thunder Blade (52/100) [Mr.Clean]
Eye of the Storm (47/100) [Telefragged]
Death Nova (38/100) [Diablo-dk]
Chain Lightning Attack (36/100) [Mono]
6) Chain
Chains of Death (75/100) [Blade.dk2]
Chain Venom (67/100) [Leopard]
Chain Burn (59/100) [Redscores]
7) Cinematic
Whirlwind (76/100) [Diablo-dk]
Blade Massacre (70/100) [Leopard]
Wrath of the Weather (67/100) [Blade.dk2]
8 ) Summoning
Golem (65/100) [Pyrodactyl]
9) Creativity
Pandora's Box (85/100) [Blade.dk2]
Sphere (78/100) [Pyrodactyl]
Dark Confusion (65/100) [Leopard]
Bloody Rage (52/100) [mr_coolies]
Charge (50/100) [Diablo-dk]
10) Resource
Animate Dead Targetable (77/100) [Blade.dk2]
Soul Harvest (58/100) [Pyrodactyl]
Hurl Boulder (40/100) [Diablo-dk]
Create Monster (33/100) [Mr.Clean]
Mine Stealing (DISQUALIFIED - 23/100) [Redscores]
11) Future
Electric Field (76/100) [Leopard]
Field of Force (76/100) [Blade.dk2]
Nuclear Strike (41/100) [Angel.of.doom]
12) Mental and Astral
Astral Travel (78/100) [Blade.dk2]
Telekinesis (69/100) [Arksword]
Mind Halo (62/100) [Pyrodactyl]
Gravity Throw (56/100) [Sansui]
13) Curse
Plague (70/100) [Pyrodactyl]
Doom Day (56/100) [Nantuko Husk]
Fear Aura (53/100) [Leopard]
Curse of Pain (DISQUALIFIED - 28/100) [Redscores]
14) Bless
Celestial Star (88/100) [Leopard]
Bless (37/100) [mr_coolies]
Blessing of Muscles (DISQUALIFIED - 29/100) [Redscores]
15) Team
Dual Strike (68/100) [Telefragged]
Ritual of Gilgamesh (DISQUALIFIED) [Redscores]
~Daelin
