PERC Presents: Design Challenge - Bases on a Budget

The Player Event Resource Committee Presents:
Design Challenge - Bases on a Budget



This is a contest to test your creativity, skill, and talent at base design! We want to see what you can do on a limited time and prestige budget. Forty designers will be chosen to compete, ten per category.

Are you ready to prove that you are a great base designer?



There are four categories in which contestants will be selected to compete.

1. Arcane/Magic (examples: Enchanted Tiki Room or Magic Rainforest)
2. Technology/Science (examples: Mad Scientist’s Lab or Spaceship)
3. Modern/Livable (examples: High Rise Apartment or Dorm Room)
4. Freestyle/Player Choice (examples: Farm, Jungle, or Candy Factory)

• Anyone who wishes to compete may enter by filling out a short form linked at the bottom of the post.
• Contestants will be chosen based on creativity of their answers, passion for designing, and skill level.
• Entrants may choose to link up to 3 screen shots of previous base work.
• Having previous base building experience is not a requirement; a variety of contestants will be chosen.
• You will be asked to rank (1 least to 5 most) the categories in which you would like to compete in. We will attempt to accommodate each player’s first choice as much as possible. Players will only compete in 1 category.
  
• Entries will be accepted until October 14th. Contestants will be selected by October 21st and will be invited into bases that week.
• Contestants will be posted on the forums and will be notified individually via email.
  

• Each contestant will be given a base to design. Each base will have exactly 300k prestige.
• Contestants may not do anything to earn or buy more prestige for the super group. Part of the challenge of this contest is designing on a tight budget.
• Peacebringers are recommended to use as the base designer for the use of fly. If you do not have that option, please request influence for a jet pack.
• Any player who does not have access to Paragon Rewards base items may request that a PERC Rep drop them off in the base.
• Contestants may design up to three rooms.
• Design/Building time will end on November 15th.

• Judges will tour bases between November 15th and 22nd.
• Contestants may choose to be present for the tour to explain details of the base design.
• Each category will be judged independently.
• Bases will be judged on: creativity, theme, difficulty, flow/cohesion, and overall aesthetics. Bases will not be judged on functionality (power, control, etc.)
• One winner and up to two honorable mentions will be selected per category.

Per Category

• 1st place - 2 billion influence, a Gold title for the character of choice, and a special Costume Code
• Honorable Mentions - 500 Million influence

The Player Event Resource Committee would like to thank all of the players who submitted an entry to compete in Design Challenge - Bases on a Budget! We were extremely pleased to receive 42 entries. Rather than eliminating two players, we felt it best to extend two of the categories to eleven for maximum competition. It was extremely enjoyable to read the short essays on why people wanted to enter and view the gorgeous base screen shots that many players submitted. There are many passionate Base Builders and it will be amazing to see what can be done on a small budget!

Contestants were asked to rank their preference of category they would like to compete it, PERC is very pleased to say that every contestant will be given their first choice to build!


-THE CONTESTANTS-

Magic/Arcane
@1st Son
@ArcticShu
@Blue Turbo
@Chant
@force majeure
@Hendrake
@LaLoca Mocha
@Sayaki
@Tax E
@yetismash
@Zatch

Technology/Science
@Agta
@Andy
@Bo'Tanika
@Eldormain
@Haunt
@Her fixr
@JZwolinski
@Needle Fingers
@-stacker
@zalkenai

Modern/Livable
@Bru' Tal
@Chaos Bunny
@Counterfeit Monk
@crimsonwalker
@Dark Bladed
@Elizabeth Shirako
@Kai
@Sirken
@sunnysprite
@Ulysses Dare

Freestyle/Player's Choice
@Class5Virus
@Kay Nova
@Layla Rei
@Love Goddess 2
@Mister Magical
@Nezz
@Obs inc
@Redlynne
@Slacker
@Strype
@War Base

Contestants will be sent an email with further details on the competition! If anyone has questions, please feel free to contact Madame Pistacio or Arkyaeon via PM or send an email to PERC.COH@gmail.com.

The Player Event Resource Committee would like to thank all of the contestants of "Design Challenge - Bases on a Budget". It was absolutely remarkable what each of you built with only 300k prestige. The judges and other PERC members were so impressed by the creativity, talent, and effort put into this contest. Selecting the winners was an incredibly difficult task. Every base is very unique and special in it's own right, and each builder should be extremely proud!



Magic/Arcane
First Place: @1st Son
Honorable Mentions: @LaLoca Mocha and @Zatch

Technology/Science
First Place: @Her fixr
Honorable Mentions: @Bo'Tanika and @-stacker

Modern/Livable
First Place: @Ulysses Dare
Honorable Mentions: @Dark Bladed and @crimsonwalker

Freestyle/Player's Choice
First Place: @War Base
Honorable Mentions: @Love Goddess 2 and @Strype

~*~Madame Pistacio~*~
Guardian of CHRYSALIS
Victory Limitless- /chanjoin "Victory Limitless"
P.E.R.C. First Chair- P.E.R.C. Site, Victory Over Hamidon

Newest event- The Great Makeover

Here are some screenies of my HM base, the "Rustbucket Space Salvage and Resale" operation:
click thumbs for larger images...

Entrance, engines, and med bay:



Split level, fixit corner:



Winch, cargo bay, winch control:



General crew areas; garden, reading loft, tv, dining, kitchen:



Bridge, starfield:





Captain's quarters (missed screenies of crew quarters):



Editor views:






There are also videos of all the contest bases, as well as pics posted by PERC reps in the base forums.

I was really impressed with the competition; lots of really great bases. And I am humbly honored to have placed with Stacker in our category. Big congrats to Her Fixr, as well as the other overall winners.

Thanks to PERC for sponsoring this contest... the first ever cross-server base building contest.

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