Well played!
I've always liked the split-bow look for big space ships. Dunno why exactly, just do.Depends how I get on with the ship design tools, but it would be cool to fly around with some of the ships I've been spamming in the LTFC
Best place to put a huge spinally mounted weapon
Good place, but maybe not the best
That's not a spinal gun but a peripheral spaceship.
Yo moms order arrived.
1. @Der_Foe: Sprayed my coffee on my keyboard. Well almost, it was perilously close.
going) and I'm thinking of using it (the 360 feature, not the thing I did for work) for the next LTFC. I'm not sure if I can do motion (it was super expensive as far as processing goes) but stills are pretty cool. , it's what I do, I love it):
On the other hand, entrants have been few lately, as previously stated, and keeping up with the judging is... pretty difficult. I only found out this morning that I had not, in fact, sent the judging sheets to the other judges as I thought - which is odd, because I distinctly remember sending them. 
But they haven't received them, apparently, so I'll have to resend them now. There are pros and cons to continuing, and I've not quite been able to make up my mind.
Although I think HowSerendipitous has a significant advantage now, having already started I was originally planning on starting it back at the start of March, but some things came up at first, and then I started having second thoughts about it because of how quiet the forums have gotten without Josh making devlogs (which I am trying hard to rectify, by the way! I am doing much poking and prodding!)This is a valid question, as it is quite quiet around nowadays.
What he saidCSE wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:07 amThis is a valid question, as it is quite quiet around nowadays.
For me, the LTFC has two components:
- Firstly, the "external" (i.e. not self-given) topic and deadline is a motivation to actually think a bit outside the usual flow and stop procrastinating and get an output. This also guarentee a certain exposition (there will be people looking at my stuff, it's not just hanging in my private room). It also allows to compare with other work and learn by watching/asking.
This is important (for me) as otherwise, I keep refining models, or testing stuff, but usually do not work towards a definitive end-product.- Secondly, the judging gives very valuable feedback (the rank and prizes are for me not very important).
I guess the second point is the one which is difficult to realize without a formal competition and that has the most work to find and motivate judges; but the first point could be realised without much workload: as you said simply: next topic is capital ships. Let's put a (generous) deadline like end of April and the game is running, no promise that there will be any judging or feedback. This is basically opening one new sticked thread every 1-3 months and archiving the older one at the same time.
Theoretically, it could be done almost self-organised in a common thread, but for getting exposition the community manager badge is certainly helping!
And if the ideas run dry for the topics, we can make a team brainstorm to get a list and revisit older topics (would also be funny, btw).
So the TLDR:
Until activity picks up again: Make a bi-monthly new thread with a topic and archive it afterwards; no judging but feedback welcome in the discussion thread.
And if there is no entry during one period, it's not dramatic, the next topic may motivate more people again.
Ah yeah, you didn't. Though tbf I didn't have much time until last week anyway (busy annoying banks and stuff
).Maybe extend the posting deadline by an extra day or so? Some of use seem to have trouble posting within the current one
I'd quite happy with that - at least until activity picks up again. I'll start a new thread right now.