The talented Sitearm Madonna sent me info about a cool "Build-a-Robot" challenge that starts now and runs through June 25 at the new Museum of Robots in Second Life (click here to teleport). Although there are cash prizes, it sounds like the contest is mostly about just getting a bunch of people to create fun robot-themed stuff in SL. Here's the basic parameters:
Museum of Robots in Second Life announces the 'Build-a-Robot' Competition, and invites all residents to participate. All entrants receive a merchandise prize, with an additional 30,000 L$ cash prize pool awarded to the top 10 winners. Our definition of 'robot' is unlimited: any design that you think can be called a robot is acceptable. Entry Classes are: Standalone, Wearable, and Homage to Classic Robots.
The complete contest rules and description follows after the ellipsis...
Call for Entries! - Museum of Robots Build-a-Robot Competition
This card includes:
1. Press Release (400 words)
2. Detailed Entry Rules (800 words)
** PRESS RELEASE **
Museum of Robots, Kubrick 98/161/26
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kubrick/98/161/26
Museum of Robots in Second Life announces the 'Build-a-Robot' Competition, and invites all residents to participate. All entrants receive a merchandise prize, with an additional 30,000 L$ cash prize pool awarded to the top 10 winners. Our definition of 'robot' is unlimited: any design that you think can be called a robot is acceptable.
Entry Classes are: Standalone, Wearable, and Homage to Classic Robots. There is a maximum limit of 100 prims per entry and entries may be scripted or unscripted. All residents are eligible to enter, including established designers and new robot builders. The emphasis is on original creations for the Standalone and Wearable classes. Homage to Classic Robots is for work that replicates existing robots or characters from film, television, or media.
Goal
Our goal is to explore what a robot is, how it
can be expressed within the parameters of Second Life, and to encourage
creativity, originality, style and efficient building and scripting
techniques.
Most importantly, this competition should be fun, encouraging dialogue about robots for those who enter and those who visit and vote.
Judging
Submissions will be reviewed for compliance
with competition rules, and accepted entries will be displayed at the
Museum of Robots beginning June 28, 2008. Winners will be selected by
panels of judges representing sponsors, designers, and popular choice.
Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Museum of Robots on
July 19. Entries will remain on display through August.
Prizes
All entrants will receive a robot-themed
merchandise prize folder. An additional 30,000 L$ cash prize pool will
be divided among the top ten winners.
Participation
The competition is open to all
residents of Second Life. There is no fee to enter, and builders can
enter each entry class as long as they meet each class's criteria.
Winning entries featuring original work will be invited to be made
available for sale in the Museum of Robots Gift Shop.
Deadline
All entries must be submitted by June 25, 2008.
Rules
Competition rules are available at Museum of
Robots and sponsoring locations and on our web site starting May 15,
2008. The Museum of Robots is located at [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kubrick/98/161/26]. Sponsoring locations are listed at [http://www.MuseumOfRobots.com].
About Museum of Robots
Museum of Robots is dedicated
to the appreciation of robots. Its mission is to promote understanding
of the place of robots in popular culture, art, and science. It
features exhibits, art, special events and replicas faithfully
recreating the most famous movie and television robots in the world.
** DETAILED ENTRY RULES **
TERMS
1. The Museum of Robots Build-a-Robot Competition is open to all Second Life residents except Museum of Robots staff and competition judges.
2. The entry should be a new build created for the contest or a significant alteration of an existing build.
3. Interpretation of the word "robot" is up to the contestant. Any design that you think could fall into the category is good with us.
4. There are three classes for entry. You must pick one of the following entry classes for each submission:
- STANDALONE CLASS (original work; scripted or unscripted)
- WEARABLE CLASS (original work; scripted or unscripted)
- HOMAGE TO CLASSIC ROBOTS CLASS (replica work)
5. You may submit up to one entry for each class (maximum of 3 entries per entrant; one submission per entry class).
6. Each entry may be no more than 100 prims. Any entry over 100 prims will be disqualified. Please check the prim count carefully.
7. All entries remain the property of their builder(s).
8. Museum of Robots is granted permission to photograph and/or record and use images of each entry at its sole discretion for publicity purposes.
9. Deadline: Competition begins May 15, 2008. All entries must be submitted by June 25, 2008.
SUBMITTING ENTRIES
All submissions go to the MoR Build-a-Robot Competition submissions monitor, Vivianne Draper.
1. Each entry should be submitted in a BOX to VIVIANNE DRAPER
NOTE: Please include all parts in one box or we will lose track of them
2. Each BOX should be NAMED with "MOR Contest – [name of contestant]"
(for example, "MOR Contest - Ima Builder")
NOTE: Please name your entry correctly or it will get lost in our inventory
3. Each BOX should contain
- Ready-to-Rezz Object for standalone submissions, OR Ready-to-Wear Folder for wearable submissions
- Entry Information Notecard
NOTE: Please include the notecard so we know who you are!
4. Receipt of entries will be confirmed by us within two days of submission.
NOTE: The submissions monitor logs in several times a week.
ENTRIES "READY TO WORK" "OUT OF THE BOX"
1. Ready-to-Rezz Objects must work upon being rezzed
2. Ready-to-Wear Folders must work upon right-click "replace outfit"
NOTE: Please make entries self-contained and avoid requiring special instructions for scripts or attachments.
ENTRY INFORMATION NOTECARD
The entry information notecard should include:
1. Entry Name
2. Entry Class
3. Contact Name
NOTE: Please provide ONE contact name for questions and to receive awards.
NOTE: Team entries are acceptable but only one contact name should
be given. Additional names may be included in the builder background
section.
4. Builder Background
NOTE: Please provide brief information of interest to fellow designers
and judges such as name(s) of builder(s), nature of interest in robots,
time to create entry, time in SL, favorite RL robot, and greatest
challenge in creating the entry, etc.
5. Original Work Statement
NOTE: Please provide a *brief* statement confirming that the
submission is the contestant's own work and that no other person's
Intellectual Property including scripts, shapes, or textures was used
without permission in the creation of the entry.
PERMISSIONS
In order to display and judge entries...
- All Ready-to-Rezz Objects and contents of Ready-to-Wear Folders must be set to Copy/Transfer (no modify).
- Museum of Robots Build-a-Robot competition staff will not copy or share entries except for the purpose of displaying entries for judging.
- We understand that this asks for a lot of trust. Vivianne Draper has handled the safety of entries for the Dublin St. Patrick's Day Treasure Hunt this year and the SLCC Treasure Hunt last year, for example, and can provide other references such as a list of residents who have provided items to other major SL competitions.
TIMELINE
May 15 (Thu) - Competition Begins
May 15 (Thu) to June 25 (Wed) - Entrants build robots and submit them
June 28 (Sat) - Entries go on display at Museum of Robots for judging
July 19 (Sat) - Winners announced and prizes awarded
ENTRY CLASSES
Standalone (original work; scripted or unscripted)
Wearable (original work; scripted or unscripted)
Homage to Classic Robots (replica work)
PRIM LIMITS
All Classes 100 Prims Max Per Entry; No Exceptions
PRIZES
Merchandise Prizes
+ Donated by Prize Sponsors
+ Robot-themed
+ Given to all entrants whether they win an additional cash prize or not
Cash Prizes - 30,000 L$ cash pool divided among Top 10 winners awarded by Museum of Robots.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Recognition will be given to
entries best exploring what a robot is, how it can be expressed within
the parameters of Second Life, and demonstrating creativity,
originality, style and efficient building and scripting techniques.
Criteria include the following considerations:
+ Best Use Of SL Tools (e.g., sculpties, prims, scripts, textures, sounds, particles, body parts, clothes)
+ Best Design Using A Theme (e.g., realistic, fantasy, animal, mechanical, human, cyber, steampunk, toy, other)
+ Most Striking Overall (e.g., beautiful, innovative, inspiring, original, classic, other)
Judges will represent a combination of Sponsors Choice, Designers Choice, and Popular Choice.
05-15-2008
