October Screenshot Competition Poll

[Maion Maroneios]

What's the meaning of Screenshot anyway?

Emmm, I don't know, maybe a shot (picture) from a screen?

Maion

[johnhughthom]

There are some good photoshopped ones too.

My point was photoshopped screenshots aren't a good representation of the mod. Imagine the "why aren't my graphics as good as the screenshots?" threads.

[ludwag]

I allways think about that. We need to be in a place between having game-graphics screenshots and edited screenshots. But anyway I think everybody photoshop them way too much. And the crop them to small squeares too.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Maybe I'm missing something but why are the winners no longer being added to the photo gallery on the website? Wasn't one of the original purposes of this competition was to highlight the changes made by EB. The first 6 winning picture made it on the website but then no more were included, I would be interested in seeing them all there, unless there is a bandwith issue that is stopping EB from including more images.

Wow, I just looked it up and... two screens of mine! And one wasn't even the winner!

Thank you EB-team.

[chenkai11]

Emmm, I don't know, maybe a shot (picture) from a screen?

Maion

hmmm, you are right.

So, it should be "October Photoshop Screenshot Competition".

[Aemilius Paulus]

"Maybe I'm missing something but why are the winners no longer being added to the photo gallery on the website? Wasn't one of the original purposes of this competition was to highlight the changes made by EB. The first 6 winning picture made it on the website but then no more were included, I would be interested in seeing them all there, unless there is a bandwith issue that is stopping EB from including more images."

I agree, especially now that I've won one.

You didn't win the competition - yet. As we say in Russia, let's not divide the skin of a bear that has yet to be killed. Although it is very likely that you'll win.

Quite possible the reason why the winning pictures are not posted on the EB website is because they are photoshopped. The pictures on the websites are supposed to be clear and frank representations of the EB graphics. To photoshop them would be against all ethics (although not against the law as it is with real game developers - EB is a non-commercial modification). However, I am not saying that people should not edit pictures. On the contrary, I have mentioned it a couple of times on this and on the previous threads that an edited picture is the best one, with the most votes.

[ludwag]

You didn't win the competition - yet. As we say in Russia, let's not divide the skin of a bear that has yet to be killed

hehe, its like in a hollywood movie when russians allways say: "as we say in russia:.."

[TWFanatic]

Now it's over.

[Tellos Athenaios]

You didn't win the competition - yet. As we say in Russia, let's not divide the skin of a bear that has yet to be killed.

In the Netherlands that becomes "let's not sell the skin of the bear before it has been shot."

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

In Germany we say "one shouldn't distribute the skin of the bear before he's killed."

[SwissBarbar]

oh, a competition of old sayings, cool. In switzerland we say "Wo chiemtemer ou häre, wenn jede wörd säge: "wo chiemtemer ou häre", ond kene gieng go luege wohäre das me chiem; weme gieng"

now translate that

[||Lz3||]

here in Mexico we say...

"don't sell the mil before milking the cow"

something like that... I don't really say it, no one really says it anyway

[Nobo]

In Germany we say "one shouldn't distribute the skin of the bear before he's killed."

really? we do?

[||Lz3||]

according to me... the poll is still open TW

[Ibrahim]

according to me... the poll is still open TW

and he's got a good 3-point lead.

[Maion Maroneios]

True, I was certain of TWFanatic's victory from the start I mean, his pic is just vastly superior in every aspect to the rest, IMHO.

Maion

[Smeel]

Thanks everybody who voted for me! Someone mentioned that my screenshot was too photshopped. well, yeah Not as much as you think, but of course, there are a lot of really marvelous unedited shots this month, and compared to them my sc wouldn't stand a chance unedited. I did these two things, simulated depth of view and fiddled with curves. not that hard to do.

One funny thing about Photo-edit , take a look at the official Screenshots of Empire:total war. One shot, with a cavalry charge or something, And I'm 100% that someone have blurred the background to simulate focus depth. it's not even a good photo edit. None of the other screenshots has this edit. Evil Marketing people!

[Aemilius Paulus]

One funny thing about Photo-edit , take a look at the official Screenshots of Empire:total war. One shot, with a cavalry charge or something, And I'm 100% that someone have blurred the background to simulate focus depth. it's not even a good photo edit. None of the other screenshots has this edit. Evil Marketing people!

That's actually illegal. Unless the game developer specifically states which screenies/videos are actual game footage and which ones aren't. I have heard of more than just one major lawsuit concerning false advertising featuring edited screenshots/video previews. The plaintiff won by the way, and the company was forced to revise their advertising.

[||Lz3||]

wow... the closest poll I've ever seen

congrats TW and Maion (yours is a bit more special since it's pure)