Square Enix and Amazon.com announce Thief Mod Contest

[Xarg]

Submitting someone elses work (twice!) without knowledge permission or credit? That's pretty damn low. Hopefully Gecko receives any prizes the work wins, and not whichever shady bastard submitted the works.

[Goldwell]

Those damn thieves!

 

But seriously that is pretty terrible. I wonder if EM would even care... Probably not, sadly.

[Springheel]

They (SE) care a great deal about the legalities.

[Moonbo]

Thanks Nickie :-), I guess since the cat is out of the bag I might as well make a similar thread on these forums.

[jay pettitt]

They (SE) care a great deal about the legalities.

Not enough to pull the phony entries it seems.

 

tbh I think TDM should maybe consider making some kind of statement about not supporting plagiarism in Amazon/EM's contest.

Edited April 23, 2014 by jay pettitt

[Springheel]

Amazon is hosting the videos. I would expect some delay in communication.

[nickie]

In answer to your query over at Eidos about when the winners will be announced, apparently it will be no later than May 12th.

[Springheel]

Ah, thanks.

[athalle]

Here are the results !

 

http://community.eidosmontreal.com/blogs/Thief-Mod-Winners

 

And congrats to the winners !

[Bikerdude]

So moonbo, what swag did ya win..?

 

And talking of swag, any sign of the swag for the TDM team..?

[Springheel]

Hey, congrats Moonbo!

[Darkness_Falls]

Well deserved, Moonbo! I really enjoyed Requiem. Congratulations

[grayman]

Congrats, Moonbo!

 

Enjoy the swag!

[Lux]

Congrats, Moonbo! Well deserved and a truly unique and excellent mission.

[HAL-Fan]

Congratulations! The win was deserved!

[Goldwell]

Oh thats awesome and well deserved! Congrats Moonbo!!

 

Looks like Moonbo won

 

One winner from each of the two categories will receive a host of prizes from key partners, including:

o A high-end gaming rig from AMD which includes an AMD Radeon™ R9 290X graphics card

o An all-expenses paid trip to E3 2014 with Square Enix

o Steam code for all Square Enix Games with the matching Prima Guide

o A bundle of game development books on Kindle

o An Amazon Kindle DX

 

So maybe Moonbo you can slap some sense into those silly Frenchies when you see them in person!

Edited May 21, 2014 by Goldwell

[AluminumHaste]

I'd you need an American shipping address and don't have one let me know.

Congratulations btw.

[SteveL]

Gratz Moonbo! Well deserved indeed!

[Vae]

All hail Moonbo!

[Moonbo]

Haha, thanks everyone! As far as the swag, I'll be taking the E3 and Eidos Montreal trips but my wife wasn't too fond of the idea of me wasting any *more* time on gaming, so I took the cash value of the AMD computer and Steam codes instead :-P. I did get a redemption code for an e-book titled “Game Development Essentials: An Introduction” by Jeannie Novak - if anyone wants it just post on this thread and I'll send it over.

 

You know, when I first heard about the contest I thought that The Dark Mod just by itself was going to be the hands down winner (I mean, the team's effectively made a whole new entry in the franchise from scratch). So I'm glad that a TDM map was chosen as the winner.

 

*Holds up imaginary trophy*

 

This one's for you guys.

Edited May 21, 2014 by Moonbo

[grayman]

I did get a redemption code for an e-book titled “Game Development Essentials: An Introduction” by Jeannie Novak - if anyone wants it just post on this thread and I'll send it over.

 

Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!

[Moonbo]

Done! Sent you a PM Grayman :-).

[ungoliant]

I'll be taking the E3 and Eidos Montreal trips but my wife wasn't too fond of the idea of me wasting any *more* time on gaming, so I took the cash value of the AMD computer and Steam codes instead

Would be hilarious to see this quote as part of an acceptance speech on their contest page.

[Dunedain]

Congratulations, a victory for Moonbo and The Dark Mod!

[Airship Ballet]

Never doubted it