Action Screenshot Competition Winners

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peachii wrote:

I don't understand what people are complaining about this shot for, it's a really well done screenshot that can be used just as it is for promo's, posters, screen savers. All it needs added to it is a small GGG/PoE logo and it's art worthy.

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It shows the exact feel of A1N starting out and what every single person just starting in the game can expect to see and feel the first time they enter the fetid pool and fight this boss for the first time.

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Maybe you have a couple attacks, more than likely just one at that point, which turns into auto attack 90% of the time because you have no mana left for anything else.

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This shot captures exactly the feel, look and excitement of that first run through the game. It's really well done.

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Because there were over 1000 quality screenshots, we decided to go with the strictest interpretation of the guidelines for the contest. This was an "Action Screenshot" competition, so we concluded that the winners needed to show combat in some way. That meant that there had to be a monster on screen. It also meant that the player was shown using some sort of skill, preferably mid-cast.

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Magnicon wrote:

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peachii wrote:

I don't understand what people are complaining about this shot for, it's a really well done screenshot that can be used just as it is for promo's, posters, screen savers. All it needs added to it is a small GGG/PoE logo and it's art worthy.

The winning picture is just about the worst pic that could be used for promotion. How many gamers are going to see that picture and think, "man, its 2014, and I really need to play that insanely simple looking game based on this picture where it appears that almost nothing is happening".

The only thing some random person is going to know for sure, is that the old dude with the hammer is about to attack something. They would have no idea the necro is resurrecting anything, and both of the living roa's don't even appear to be directly pointing at the templar.(desync?)

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It shows the exact feel of A1N starting out and what every single person just starting in the game can expect to see and feel the first time they enter the fetid pool and fight this boss for the first time.

"Exact feel"? Aside from the potions obviously not being correct, how would any new player get there without a single skill on their bars? I'm sure theres stats for it, but I would guess somewhere around 1 in 1k-10k would do that. A lot of players might not even have a quicksilver flask, and they also obviously wouldn't have a level 20 unique weapon, since thats literally impossible.

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Maybe you have a couple attacks, more than likely just one at that point, which turns into auto attack 90% of the time because you have no mana left for anything else.

I find it hard to believe that the average gamer, even on their very first playthrough, isn't going to be able to figure out how to use a mana pot. Maybe I'm overestimating the average gamers abilities though.

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This shot captures exactly the feel, look and excitement of that first run through the game. It's really well done.

This would only be accurate if you missed Fire-Fury, skipped Hailrake, went directly to that fight, then promptly uninstalled the game. Beyond that, the game clearly changes rapidly in certain points, even during the first playthrough of normal. The picture does not remotely prepare a new player for what they will encounter throughout normal, even for just Act 1.

Regardless, the winning shot captures less than 1% of someones first playthrough simply because theres no skill. The very first thing that happens in the game is acquiring a skill gem. Maybe thats why this was said in the OP:

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Because there were over 1000 quality screenshots, we decided to go with the strictest interpretation of the guidelines for the contest. This was an "Action Screenshot" competition, so we concluded that the winners needed to show combat in some way. That meant that there had to be a monster on screen. It also meant that the player was shown using some sort of skill, preferably mid-cast.

well said Magnicon!
well said!

1 thing I would add is that none of the final 5 pictures chosen represent one of the most important aspect of the game... MULTIPLAYER.

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peachii wrote:

Moribundus - I hate to be the bearer of bad news but obviously he did meet the contest guidelines since he won. I'm sure he is enjoying every one of his 2500 points that he earned with that screen shot. :)

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Moribundus wrote:

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peachii wrote:

Moribundus - I hate to be the bearer of bad news but obviously he did meet the contest guidelines since he won. I'm sure he is enjoying every one of his 2500 points that he earned with that screen shot. :)

I don't have an headache from "bad" news... because I was refering to the fail kid with his cropped screenshot of a wall with skeleton heads, that "someone" removed from my post ^^