Square Enix and Amazon.com announce Thief Mod Contest

[grayman]

Voted for Moonbo's.

 

From the math on the votes, it appears that only 16 people have voted thus far.

[Springheel]

Voting wasn't actually possible until recently.

[Airship Ballet]

16 people have voted

 

Edited April 19, 2014 by Airship Ballet

[New Horizon]

Thank God they added more choices.

[Lux]

@New Horizon, +1 on that.

 

Maybe these are the only submissions they've had so far or maybe just the ones they've processed?

 

Either way, Moonbo and PeterC have the lock on the competition at least so far. I think if I hadn't played Moonbo's mission already, the business about the Ancient Evil and all that would sway my vote towards it over the waste treatment plant key retreive.

[jaxa]

vote4gelo2014

[Airship Ballet]

#garrettgate2014 #neverforget

[stumpy]

the link to amazon just takes me to the front page, so voting must be finished, if I login it takes me to the european version of amazon. anyway looks like the tomb raider crossover mod was winning, right near the end when the page got pulled.

[Airship Ballet]

the link to amazon just takes me to the front page, so voting must be finished, if I login it takes me to the european version of amazon. anyway looks like the tomb raider crossover mod was winning, right near the end when the page got pulled.

 

 

Link's working fine for me

Edited April 20, 2014 by Airship Ballet

[STiFU]

Voted for Moonbo's.

+1

 

Although, the mod pitch by Joachim S actually sounds pretty awesome.

[stumpy]

well am getting this redirect link when I try the link to the voting page

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/sign-in.html?ie=UTF8&accountStatusPolicy=&disableCorpSignUp=&email=&mode=&pageAction=%2Fgp%2Ffeature.html&path=%2Fgp%2Ffeature.html&query=%3FdocId%3D1001928521%26tag%3Dvglnkc8351-20&redirectProtocol=http&useRedirectOnSuccess=1

[Lux]

You have to log in and then click the link. At least that's what I had to do.

 

Actually after logging in it dumps you to a standard store page, then I had to open another tab and search for "amazon thief contest" and then clicked the top google link which while logged in takes you to the page.

 

+1 vote for Gelo!

 

Its pretty funny still, the Joachim S "mod" video, the way its presented, using nuThief, etc... it is the most likely candidate for DLC, that's probably why its winning. More money for Eidos.

Edited April 20, 2014 by Lux

[Springheel]

Because Eidos is controlling the votes?

 

I watched that video and thought it was an interesting mission idea, and very well presented. I actually liked the "floating corpse" one better, but I don't think we have to look for conspiracy theories to explain why it's doing well.

[Bikerdude]

Voting wasn't actually possible until recently.

 

I just voted for MoonBo, but I see some video proof of concept nonsens on the same voting page was leading. Well I am officially disgusted and wished I had not bothered looking now.

[Springheel]

There are two categories. One is for concepts, and the other is for completed mods. Joachim's concept (which I don't think is lame at all) isn't in direct competition with Moonbo.

 

It's also not at all clear that the community votes have anything to do with who actually wins.

[Bikerdude]

• There are two categories. One is for concepts, and the other is for completed mods. Joachim's concept (which I don't think is lame at all) isn't in direct competition with Moonbo.
  
• It's also not at all clear that the community votes have anything to do with who actually wins.
  

Ah I didnt realise there were two catagories, that being the case why were both listed on the same voting page..?

[stumpy]

I still can't find it, even when logged on to amazon, it says not found, I think it auto logs me into the european site, when I log into the american site.

[AluminumHaste]

I voted for Moonbo with 3 legit accounts, but the percentages didn't change, hmmmm, something fishy is going on.

[grayman]

If you add up the percentages, it comes to 95%.

 

So they're rounding down for display on the page. They've prolly got enough votes by now that +3 might not be enough to bump Moonbo's total.

[demagogue]

If they're kept in separate categories, already-made FMs and FM-ideas, then I'd want Peter C's (floating corpse) and Moonbo's to win each category. I voted for Moonbo's of course.

 

I noticed the stylized slide-show presentation (that Peter C & Joachem used) was a bit better for explaining a story in this format over cut gameplay footage. But I already know what went into Moonbo's FM since I played it of course, and it should be apparent that an FM that actually gets made is in a different category than just an FM pitch. Also Requiem is a more ambitious FM design than the others, which I think came out in the presentation too. But anyway, I hope they keep the separate category plan, even though they don't seem to let people actually vote by category.

[nickie]

We've started a support thread for Hipbreaker's entry over at TTLG. I'm afraid we didn't realise Moonbo had an entry. Just wanted to say that anyone is very welcome to start a Moonbo support thread at TTLG as well though I think his (?) username is gfleisher so we know him by that name.

 

Edit. This has now been done.

Edited April 22, 2014 by nickie

[Melan]

So apparently someone entered Gecko's HD texture pack and water mod into this competition without his knowledge, and even stole one of his Youtube videos. Classy.

[Bikerdude]

So apparently someone entered Gecko's HD texture pack and water mod into this competition without his knowledge, and even stole one of his Youtube videos. Classy.

@Springheel, I assume NH has dropped you about contact our contact at EM/SU about this..?

 

On a positive note it looks like our MoonBo is winning or has won! with 27% beating the proof of concept boys.

[Vae]

Unfortunately, the contest won't be decided by the public voting poll...That's only provided to give the community the illusion of freedom of choice...Square Enix will instead dictate who the two winners will be.

[nbohr1more]

So apparently someone entered Gecko's HD texture pack and water mod into this competition without his knowledge, and even stole one of his Youtube videos. Classy.

 

I was wondering about that. Gecko is not from the USA as I recall.