[Mpez]

I still don't

It's connected with the pilot episode of Battlestar Galactica.

[Lorric]

I still don't

I've been thinking about this as a larger question. This contest is judged by one person and is about emotion. That means that one person has to have experienced whatever it is to judge it properly. A picture, and this one is a perfect example of it, likely won't be able to convey that emotion alone.

[Colonol Dekker]

A screencap should contain all it needs. All the context and compositions within it self contained. If some frozen moment in time is only winning because it's part of an emotion invoking sequence or film clip... It ceases to be a suitable candidate as the emotional catalyst is no longer part of it.

[mjn.mixael]

Couldn't have said it better... Of course there's only one in mission screen submitted so far..... I know I didn't explicitly say.... But I assumed it was quite understood that images should be from the in mission engine. That said, Droid's is highly exceptional... :-)

[General Battuta]

I think the BSG one tells a pretty effective implied story even without context (and, of course, all art does draw on context :ARTPHILOSOPHY: :weed:)

[Spoon]

My vote for Droid's entry! 

[Mpez]

A screencap should contain all it needs. All the context and compositions within it self contained. If some frozen moment in time is only winning because it's part of an emotion invoking sequence or film clip... It ceases to be a suitable candidate as the emotional catalyst is no longer part of it.

Yeah, I have to agree; without context it's not that great. It could probably work only when alluding to sth from vanilla FS (FS2 preferably).

[General Battuta]

No, it's great without context. The arrangement of the ships implies struggle and attempted evasion, the (obviously inevitable) missiles create tension. Stripped of any reference to BSG it's still a fantastic entry because its visual composure is so strong. I guess it could perplex someone who literally wants a screaming face on the screen, but everything about the subtext roars 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh ****'

[Lorric]

You know, I would say both my shot and Droid's shot fit rage a lot better than Mpez's. Mpez's for me is more about helplessness, confusion, sadness, I don't think it's a rage moment at all.

But I still think it should win just based on the effort and creativity that was put into it.

If you don't know what it is though, it just looks like a bunch of ships slapped down. I can say that, because I was like "huh?" for a few seconds before it clicked. And that's going to be a big problem I think in the future for these contests.

[Mpez]

[Lorric]

No idea what this one is.

That's a hell of an effect on the Orion though, that's beautiful. Is it just naturally exploding, or did you do something with it?

[MatthTheGeek]

It's something that happens with some particle script when you're in screencam mode. Explosions just keep spawning at normal rate even though the game is slowed to x.000001 or something.

[Lorric]

It's something that happens with some particle script when you're in screencam mode. Explosions just keep spawning at normal rate even though the game is slowed to x.000001 or something.

Thanks.

[Mpez]

It's something that happens with some particle script when you're in screencam mode. Explosions just keep spawning at normal rate even though the game is slowed to x.000001 or something.

Oh. That's interesting, I thought it looks like that in normal speed as well. Good to know

No idea what this one is.

Well, this is sad I thought it would be quite obvious (the orion's last escape pod is obliterated trying to escape)

[Lorric]

Well, this is sad I thought it would be quite obvious (the orion's last escape pod is obliterated trying to escape)

Ah, I see. I came back thinking of something else. Perhaps it could be even better if the escape pod does escape. The Admiral, just managing to escape with his life as his flagship dies in the background, swearing revenge.

[Mpez]

Well, this is sad I thought it would be quite obvious (the orion's last escape pod is obliterated trying to escape)

Ah, I see. I came back thinking of something else. Perhaps it could be even better if the escape pod does escape. The Admiral, just managing to escape with his life as his flagship dies in the background, swearing revenge.

Well, the idea was that rage is shown by the shivans, who kill the shuttle in cold blood. Anyway, again, if the screen doesn't work without an additional commentary, it probably doesn't work at all.

[Rodo]

Yes, I recognize Mpez's  screenshot and totally concur on the rage feeling. That mission is ****ing hard to beat.
Stupid escape pods, why can't they take a punch before asploding 

[General Battuta]

Well, this is sad I thought it would be quite obvious (the orion's last escape pod is obliterated trying to escape)

Ah, I see. I came back thinking of something else. Perhaps it could be even better if the escape pod does escape. The Admiral, just managing to escape with his life as his flagship dies in the background, swearing revenge.

Well, the idea was that rage is shown by the shivans, who kill the shuttle in cold blood. Anyway, again, if the screen doesn't work without an additional commentary, it probably doesn't work at all.

It works fine too - anyone looking at it can remember missions about guarding escape pods, or see that the pod almost made it out of a terrible situation but didn't quite. Have faith in your work, man: by any reasonable standard of visual art everything you've submitted just SCREAMS the theme of the month.

Seriously, art does not require captioning. The image itself speaks and tells a story.

[Lorric]

I don't think he has much to worry about with the "competition" he's going up against from me and Droid.

[niffiwan]

My only problem with the BSG shot was at first (not having watched the show) I didn't realise that the Vipers were all stationary / dead in space.  On realising that context I now "get it"... and it's a good shot   (ditto for the pod shot, although I got that one straight away)