Community Crunch 53 and ARK Digest 35!

That Pelagiarctos is a pretty sweet idea,I wouldn't at  all more sea based mammals like it to come into the game.Cute it raptoring mortal.

As an XBox player I am VERY happy to learn that switching between 1st and 3rd person view will be easier. Always felt a bit annoying to have to pause the game and go to a menu to change that...
Oh, I'm also happy to see Allosaurus is in the next patch

@Jat I would appreciate to know how the judging worked here. I build tailored to your criteria and I fail to see how the other 3 entries above would score higher. I am thinking the video wasn't watched or the winners were pulled out of a hat, not clearly what was the most visually impressive..

Thank you

20 minutes ago, Wolf Angelus said:

@Jat I would appreciate to know how the judging worked here. I build tailored to your criteria and I fail to see how the other 3 entries above would score higher. I am thinking the video wasn't watched or the winners were pulled out of a hat, not clearly what was the most visually impressive..

Thank you

Those ruins are pretty amazing!

1 hour ago, Wolf Angelus said:

@Jat I would appreciate to know how the judging worked here. I build tailored to your criteria and I fail to see how the other 3 entries above would score higher. I am thinking the video wasn't watched or the winners were pulled out of a hat, not clearly what was the most visually impressive..

Thank you

I understand why you would be upset, your build was great, but you've won a lot in the past few weeks, maybe they just wanted to give some other people a chance? Judging builds will always be subjective, so the best is to try again next week, and to be thankful for the opportunity to make some $$$ while having fun.

That wagon idea is awesome ! i hope we can attach it to a trike /paracer ! 

Tha bio luminescent dunk is cool those should be rare spawns and they should work with capcom for a monster hunter evolved

the carts are a great idea

1 hour ago, FataL1ty said:

I understand why you would be upset, your build was great, but you've won a lot in the past few weeks, maybe they just wanted to give some other people a chance? Judging builds will always be subjective, so the best is to try again next week, and to be thankful for the opportunity to make some $$$ while having fun.

Thanks. I keep a weekly watch on these contests, and so many times I do not agree with their choices at all (and I would consider myself a very tough critic that is extremely hard to impress).

I would accept that if the description outline clearly mentioned something about repeat winning, I thought about that point briefly but 2 of those 3 entries were by builders who won 1st/2nd last week already. I take my art based contests very serious with what I create (I used to win art contests all the way back to when I was young out of thousands of entries, not just 5-10 like here) so visually stunning designs is a major passion and I take a large amount of pride in what I produce in a manner that is visually stunning, teaches new ideas, shows off the capability of different mods (especially since there seems to be no real building focus, always just dino), and above all else - everything is always functional in terms of usability for living. I feel like they don't take their scoring serious or their builder customer base, just the dino aspect.

I looked over everything very closely and I just can't help but feel it is an insult against my work when compared to everything presented, it is rather hurtful. I stand strongly by for what I believe in and it just doesn't add up (there is 1 build I have done at some point I didn't agree should have been 1st, I won't say which). It is more about the status rather than the $100 difference. If we put the money aside completely, then what is the outcome? I won't mention any direct opinions of what I thought about the other builds, but the scores for creativity, functionality, fun, etc just wouldn't add up with proper judgement.

I shall be retiring from any further creations or supporting/promoting this game for the time being as this is hurtful and killed my passion. Clearly my design talent isn't as appreciated as I thought. I was actually disappointed the previous time I entered by the lack of any comment on the bioshock creation given the amount of time, detail and creativity behind it. It feels like there is no enthusiasm from the company behind these contests, just purely for promotion and marketing.

Edited June 25, 2016 by Wolf Angelus

Thanks for answering some of my questions!

7 hours ago, Wolf Angelus said:

@Jat I would appreciate to know how the judging worked here. I build tailored to your criteria and I fail to see how the other 3 entries above would score higher. I am thinking the video wasn't watched or the winners were pulled out of a hat, not clearly what was the most visually impressive..

Thank you

Are you serious? bit of a sour loser arn't you. I won 5 out of 12 times I entered and never did I think the devs favored or disliked what I do, you just need to have passion for building and for this game, if you do it just to win, you probably won't.

You sound like the mod makers who didn't win and started whining about rules and unfair judging, saying they invested a lot and hence needed to win. If you say you need to win to keep building you are seriously doing it for all the wrong reasons and others will keep winning cause they display the kind of passion for Ark (and not for price money) the devs love.

The way the devs supported my builds have been incredible and yes it is a game promoting tool to show of the possibilities in the game. Questioning the way vids are judged is childish and makes you a bad loser. 

I DID make around 20 dossiers in two days, not surprised they all didn't get featured, due to fairness and space. Guess they'll be in next crunch!

8 hours ago, Wolf Angelus said:

@Jat I would appreciate to know how the judging worked here. I build tailored to your criteria and I fail to see how the other 3 entries above would score higher. I am thinking the video wasn't watched or the winners were pulled out of a hat, not clearly what was the most visually impressive..

Thank you

Hey, pardon the late reply - I had went to get some rest after posting this early on.

We did find your ruins visually impressive, though in this instance the functional nature of the Winchester Hotel on a live PvE server ultimately was even more impressive as it was done live under practical in-game conditions. That's a factor which we considered, though it's in balance with other considerations such as pure visuals. As for the Redwood Bridge, its sheer ingenuity was the factor, similarly to other builds that we have seen in the past - in this case it was a large aerial base build into the tree tops that caught our attention. And of course the Plant was impressive, creative and pretty damn cool! There's a lot of factors we take a look at when making decisions on the winners, it's a blend of multiple things - from visuals, to practicality (was it done live, in single-player), functionality, the 'wow' factor - there's a lot . Your build was definitely awesome, there's no doubt about that but in this instance we rated the others higher.

5 hours ago, Wolf Angelus said:

Thanks. I keep a weekly watch on these contests, and so many times I do not agree with their choices at all (and I would consider myself a very tough critic that is extremely hard to impress).

I would accept that if the description outline clearly mentioned something about repeat winning, I thought about that point briefly but 2 of those 3 entries were by builders who won 1st/2nd last week already. I take my art based contests very serious with what I create (I used to win art contests all the way back to when I was young out of thousands of entries, not just 5-10 like here) so visually stunning designs is a major passion and I take a large amount of pride in what I produce in a manner that is visually stunning, teaches new ideas, shows off the capability of different mods (especially since there seems to be no real building focus, always just dino), and above all else - everything is always functional in terms of usability for living. I feel like they don't take their scoring serious or their builder customer base, just the dino aspect.

I looked over everything very closely and I just can't help but feel it is an insult against my work when compared to everything presented, it is rather hurtful. I stand strongly by for what I believe in and it just doesn't add up (there is 1 build I have done at some point I didn't agree should have been 1st, I won't say which). It is more about the status rather than the $100 difference. If we put the money aside completely, then what is the outcome? I won't mention any direct opinions of what I thought about the other builds, but the scores for creativity, functionality, fun, etc just wouldn't add up with proper judgement.

I shall be retiring from any further creations or supporting/promoting this game for the time being as this is hurtful and killed my passion. Clearly my design talent isn't as appreciated as I thought. I was actually disappointed the previous time I entered by the lack of any comment on the bioshock creation given the amount of time, detail and creativity behind it. It feels like there is no enthusiasm from the company behind these contests, just purely for promotion and marketing.

I am sorry to hear that the results of these contests have hurt you and your passion for our game. A lot of the reason we run contests is a form of giving back to the Community and showing our appreciation for the support they show our game. The crunch was created for the purpose of showing off what fans have made around ARK, it's about their content and it's a way for us to say we appreciate all who play our game, we thank them for creating fanart, videos, builds - pretty much all interactions as we're proud of it. Sucks to hear you won't be continuing any further as your entry, and previous ones have been pretty awesome - you've got a number of fans at the Studio , but we understand how you feel. I can assure you though that all work is appreciated, and perhaps we don't have the finest eye in recognising arkitecture, or drawings, or videos - but we do value and appreciate all of the hard work that goes into it and continue to look forward to seeing what else our survivors have to share.  

I just love these digests. I get all excited about Ark every time they come out! WOW! So many creative people play this game!

I'm going to build a giant castle with round walls , show why we need stackable foundations and give you an example picture of a maiasaura to go with the info and you are going to love it.

Edited June 25, 2016 by This Little Monster
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Thanks for the posts Jat. Always nice to see the devs point of view. Sorry if I seem to be harping on about the UE4 engine bugs all the time. Like many of us who are bug hunters I just want to help point you in the right directions.

What about the titanosaurs? The way you implemented them into ark kind of broke the game.

 

23 minutes ago, Tyrantlizard987 said:

What about the titanosaurs? The way you implemented them into ark kind of broke the game.

 

The problem isn't that it broke the game. I actually think that the Titanosaur brings more balance to the game than any other creature. The problem is that they advertised one thing, then after people were excited for that they implemented something completely different.

Happy to know eyefinity will be properly supported someday. Glad to make it into the crunch and digest lol

9 hours ago, Wolf Angelus said:

Thanks. I keep a weekly watch on these contests, and so many times I do not agree with their choices at all (and I would consider myself a very tough critic that is extremely hard to impress).

I would accept that if the description outline clearly mentioned something about repeat winning, I thought about that point briefly but 2 of those 3 entries were by builders who won 1st/2nd last week already. I take my art based contests very serious with what I create (I used to win art contests all the way back to when I was young out of thousands of entries, not just 5-10 like here) so visually stunning designs is a major passion and I take a large amount of pride in what I produce in a manner that is visually stunning, teaches new ideas, shows off the capability of different mods (especially since there seems to be no real building focus, always just dino), and above all else - everything is always functional in terms of usability for living. I feel like they don't take their scoring serious or their builder customer base, just the dino aspect.

I looked over everything very closely and I just can't help but feel it is an insult against my work when compared to everything presented, it is rather hurtful. I stand strongly by for what I believe in and it just doesn't add up (there is 1 build I have done at some point I didn't agree should have been 1st, I won't say which). It is more about the status rather than the $100 difference. If we put the money aside completely, then what is the outcome? I won't mention any direct opinions of what I thought about the other builds, but the scores for creativity, functionality, fun, etc just wouldn't add up with proper judgement.

I shall be retiring from any further creations or supporting/promoting this game for the time being as this is hurtful and killed my passion. Clearly my design talent isn't as appreciated as I thought. I was actually disappointed the previous time I entered by the lack of any comment on the bioshock creation given the amount of time, detail and creativity behind it. It feels like there is no enthusiasm from the company behind these contests, just purely for promotion and marketing.

Everything you are saying comes across as pure arrogance on your part and is an attempt to belittle the work of the others who are trying to have a bit of fun with the game. Having pride in your work is one thing, hubris is another, and this is just a really poor attitude and quite frankly sheds a bit of light on to what kind of person you actually are. Personally I like the other work submitted more than yours and I am sure that if they didn't win they wouldn't be out here grandstanding over it. If you are going to be petty enough to take your ball and go home crying, then just do it, with your attitude I don't see how anyone would even begin to care if you don't enter anymore.

5 minutes ago, Hexadecimal said:

Everything you are saying comes across as pure arrogance on your part and is an attempt to belittle the work of the others who are trying to have a bit of fun with the game. Having pride in your work is one thing, hubris is another, and this is just a really poor attitude and quite frankly sheds a bit of light on to what kind of person you actually are. Personally I like the other work submitted more than yours and I am sure that if they didn't win they wouldn't be out here grandstanding over it. If you are going to be petty enough to take your ball and go home crying, then just do it, with your attitude I don't see how anyone would even begin to care if you don't enter anymore.

If you are frustrated with people like this guy and me getting pissed off about not being noticed then PLEASE TO GOD give us some tips and suggestions to give us a helping hand. Many people are getting frustrated like this in droves and need a nudge to help head in the right direction.

5 minutes ago, This Little Monster said:

If you are frustrated with people like this guy and me getting pissed off about not being noticed then PLEASE TO GOD give us some tips and suggestions to give us a helping hand. Many people are getting frustrated like this in droves and need a nudge to help head in the right direction.

Here is a good tip for you stop living your life as though you are always owed validation for everything you do, it is earned. The reality of life is that not everyone is a winner and if you choose to continue on thinking that everyone is a winner, you might not want to step out into the real world where people are hired and fired based on performance. The thought that you should get a pat on the back for everything done is a sign you have a lot more issues than you are probably aware of. Not trying to be rude, but children want people to tell them "Good Job! You get a star!", and I would like to think that people are capable of handling failures and criticisms. It is a measure of one's level of maturity.

Edited June 25, 2016 by Hexadecimal

1 hour ago, Tyrantlizard987 said:

What about the titanosaurs? The way you implemented them into ark kind of broke the game.

 

How did it break the game? Anyone can say "this thing broke the game", but if you can't say "this thing broke the game and here is why" what good does it to even make the statement?

2 minutes ago, Hexadecimal said:

Here is a good tip for you stop living your life as though you are always owed validation for everything you do, it is earned. The reality of life is that not everyone is a winner and if you choose to continue on thinking that everyone is a winner, you might not want to step out into the real world where people are hired and fired based on performance. The thought that you should get a pat on the back for everything done is a sign you have a lot more issues than you are probably aware of. Not trying to be rude, but children want people to tell them "Good Job! You get a star!", and I would like to think that people are capable of handling failures and criticisms.

You know very well that is not what I meant nor have I said anything about needing validation or a pat on the back. I meant the devs aren't giving a clear idea as to what they are after and the winners of the comps seem chosen almost at random.