Author Topic: Official FRED Contest Announcement (Read 44980 times)

TrashMan · **Reply #100 on:** July 31, 2005, 03:38:44 pm

The heat here is incredible..and I don't have air conditioning in my room. Bathing in the sea helps only for a short while.

I can't think, I can work - I don't even tun on my Pc untill later in the day when the heat wears off a bit!!!

Gah.. I have barely managed to put these 5 missions in a respecateble shape. That's enough - I'm sending them in as tehy are.

Nuclear1 · **Reply #101 on:** July 31, 2005, 04:17:07 pm

Yay, pressure! I thrive on it.

Anyway, I am nearly done with the mission. It should be ready for submission later tonight or tomorrow morning.

EDIT: Goob, would it possible for you to say who has submitted, just out of curiousity?

TrashMan · **Reply #102 on:** July 31, 2005, 05:03:17 pm

not pressue by you - HEAT by the sun.

and you can't win!

[Gandalf vice] You Shall Not Win!!!![/Gandalf voice]

Cobra · **Reply #103 on:** July 31, 2005, 05:04:42 pm

can i still get this in by the 4th? >_<

karajorma · **Reply #104 on:** July 31, 2005, 05:43:50 pm

You'd need a damn good reason why you couldn't finish it earlier before I'd even consider it. My dog ate FRED just won't cut it

Hippo · **Reply #105 on:** July 31, 2005, 05:53:28 pm

What about a single word excuse - "EVE" - ?

...

Bah, i'll get it done by tomorrow i guess

Cobra · **Reply #106 on:** July 31, 2005, 05:57:30 pm

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Originally posted by karajorma
You'd need a damn good reason why you couldn't finish it earlier before I'd even consider it. My dog ate FRED just won't cut it

Memory issues?

BlueFlames · **Reply #107 on:** July 31, 2005, 06:28:45 pm

And I thought I was starting late a week into July. Why the hell did everyone decide to start two days before the deadline? FRED is a hobby, unlike a lab report, so why the procrastination?

Singh · **Reply #108 on:** August 01, 2005, 05:01:35 am

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Originally posted by BlueFlames
And I thought I was starting late a week into July. Why the hell did everyone decide to start two days before the deadline? FRED is a hobby, unlike a lab report, so why the procrastination?

The problem sometimes can be hardware related.....my earlier rig couldn't support FS2open, or FRED2 very well either. I only got my new rig working on the 29th, and then I had to re-install all my applications, leaving me only half of sunday (the remaining half was spent out) to actually get to any serious FREDding effort.

At the current rate of work and what-not, hte earliest I can submit an original mission would be the 7th or 9th at the least.....but I've already submitted a sub-par entry, so at least I got some bases covered :/

mr.WHO · **Reply #109 on:** August 01, 2005, 06:48:45 am

Do those missions will be avalible to public D-load after contest?

Singh · **Reply #110 on:** August 01, 2005, 08:53:01 am

hmm....good question...........

btw - I cant seem to be able to send it over to you guys via mail - it gives me a mail delivery notification error or something.....any idea what's wrong? I sent it to [email protected] as adviced in the first post...

edit - sent it over again. If you recieve a mail with the Desperation C2 missions in it, it's mine.

karajorma · **Reply #111 on:** August 01, 2005, 12:28:11 pm

I don't see any sign of it on Gmail at the moment. The address does seem to be working though.

Akalabeth Angel · **Reply #112 on:** August 01, 2005, 01:24:17 pm

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Originally posted by mr.WHO
Do those missions will be avalible to public D-load after contest?

After the contest is over, I believe they will be making available all of the missions for download along with comments and ratings on each mission (and of course, who won).

I can understand the procrastination, being a hardcore procrastinator myself. But this time around I just got it over and done with right away. Doing missions takes more time than I'd like, so I didn't want to leave it to the end and run out of time.

Cobra · **Reply #113 on:** August 01, 2005, 02:53:25 pm

my mission's plugging along just fine now, i should get in by either tonight or tomorrow.

Nuclear1 · **Reply #114 on:** August 01, 2005, 02:58:48 pm

Tonight is the deadline though. Unless Goober/kara/Blaise give an extension on it, I think tonight's the latest it can go in.

Cobra · **Reply #115 on:** August 01, 2005, 02:59:33 pm

in that case... *works furiously*

Goober5000 · **Reply #116 on:** August 01, 2005, 03:32:00 pm

There will be no extensions. The contest has been in the news for six weeks now.

Maybe this will inspire people to submit their missions early in next year's contest.

Cobra · **Reply #117 on:** August 01, 2005, 03:33:00 pm

if it's been in the news for 6 weeks, how come i didn't notice the actual contest?

Goober5000 · **Reply #118 on:** August 01, 2005, 03:58:33 pm

Maybe you're not very observant?

Cobra · **Reply #119 on:** August 01, 2005, 03:59:03 pm

probably.