Create a Monster Contest Voting
ART
ydemonhunter - The Ogre Jailer
Shisou - The Grand Vessel
Tilt_17 - Nile Warrior
enkeria - Unnamed creature
Sillyfang - The Stabber
Tukenukem - The Wheel of Pain
Kuryozum - Pelekys Getter
paroxysm2010 - The Drozag
2mindsstudio - Kish'va
Umpa65 - Sonneillon Hatred's Left Hand
Ravenrealm - The Guardian
topazcoin - Skyshell
wrathegar - Mind Fiend
Deadlyhazard - Obsidian Beast
Hyralism - Xiansai Wraith
Slevinn - Swamp Lord
Etnieus - Hellforge Zombie
ArtofTy - Iris (Fallen Necromancer)
Krono674 - Bloody Hills Barbarian
WarriorJ - Gukuuji the Stygian Arachnid
LORE
enkeria - Unnamed creature
2mindsstudio - Kish'va
paroxysm2010 - Wretched Shadow
Umpa65 - Sonneillon Hatred's Left Hand
Ravenrealm - The Guardian
topazcoin - Skyshell
Deadlyhazard - Obsidian Beast
Hyralism - Xiansai Wraith
zl_art - Envy Demon
ArtofTy - Iris (Fallen Necromancer)
Krono674 - Bloody Hills Barbarian
WarriorJ - Gukuuji the Stygian Arachnid
MECHANICS
ydemonhunter - The Ogre Jailer
Shisou - The Grand Vessel
Tukenukem - The Wheel of Pain
Kuryozum - Pelekys Getter
paroxysm2010 - Wretched Shadow
Umpa65 - Sonneillon Hatred's Left Hand
Ravenrealm - The Guardian
topazcoin - Skyshell
wrathegar - Mind Fiend
Deadlyhazard - Obsidian Beast
Hyralism - Xiansai Wraith
zl_art - Envy Demon
ArtofTy - Iris (Fallen Necromancer)
Krono674 - Bloody Hills Barbarian
WarriorJ - Gukuuji the Stygian Arachnid
ART
Let's face it. Iris wins. Hands down. That image is fucking breath-taking. I nearly-- okay, I came.
Second vote goes to the Xiansi Wraith in my book. Holy crap, though, there's some awesome art. I think that the Kis'Va entry is stunning as well, but Xiansi has that little kick of extra effort in it to give it second place.
LORE
Love the lore for Kish'Va. Very interesting, totally works with the story of Diablo I and II and reads very realistically and eerily.
Second vote goes to Hatred's Left Hand. Love the lore on this one too. Totally interesting.
MECHANICS
First vote is for the Ogre Jailer. It's just so different from all the other submissions!
Second goes to Xiansi Wraith. Loved the pictures to go along with it and the puppeteer move is really neat.
Third place (not counted) goes to Wheel of Pain. Hahahahahahaha. I love how simple it is.
Other than the lore, both the mechanics and art submissions were abundantly wonderful. I had a hard time picking out my favorites. Of course, we have a few register-just-to-win-and-then-never-show-up-again's, but besides them, we also have some great submissions from established (and not-so-established) members.
Well, I love Mephisto, so who do you think my vote goes to? lulz. Umpa again. Regardless of the fact that he used Mephisto as a central aspect of his lore piece, it was a great idea. Standard corruption leading to immense power, yet with a touch of something better.
I will give my Mechanics vote a bit later, but I doubt Umpa will win my vote on that one, lol.
the lore, I went also for Umpa, the concept of the monster leads to a great lore and the other good lore stories are kind of far fetched imo
and the mechanics, guess... the reptar again, it was a very hard decision between the zombie-motaro and the xiansai wrath, but I liked more the way umpa explained the idea, simple and to the point, the wrath was too much for me
so there you go umpa (this doesn't mean we're not in war)
But whatever. I'll at least get ONE vote. :whistling:
Iris would be a bad ass boss imo, but I'm going to have to say Umpa's will get my vote.
This man knows his stuff I would say. But maybe I'm biased...
Hhhm...So, if someone gets 3 second places, do they get 3 premium accounts?
I agree with this comment. Most of the time you are fighting the common enemy in the game in mass. Some of the art submissions are amazing but I have a hard time seeing a lot of the bigger creatures onscreen to fight in numbers
Saying that, I liked the Bloody Hills barbarian as it expanded on game ideas from Diablo 2 and I can imagine something like that being in the game. Some nostalgia to it.
The mechanics on the Xansai wraith doesn't seem like it would work out. Take control of the hero? Good luck having fun in a single player game.
With Iris, fallen necromancer the enemy has a corpse explode and a resurrect, but if the corpse is already exploded there is nothing to resurrect. Didn't make sense to me to have two skills that don't work too well with one another.
But yea, those are my comments on just the top two vote-getters for mechanics. Otherwise the art is amazing. :mage:
Personally, I am blown away by Iris (Fallen Necromancer)'s idea and lore! I don't think I need to speak anything about the artwork. It is like having Chuck Norris visit a local taekwondo tournament.
RYUhaduKEN, I did think of that when I designed the skill Nether Puppeteer. It would be a spell that the Wraith rarely casts, and it's meant to be deadly in multi-player, not single player. The idea is to be mindful when bringing a high DPS character teammate to fight the Wraith, as he could turn your teammate into a double-edged sword.
In single player, the skill would not do much. The Wraith cannot DPS while he is controlling you, he only has his sloppy skeletal minions to attack for him. Player would be smart to clear the minions beforehand.
So I figured this skill would be more effective in multi-player.
Cheers!
I voted for;
-ArtofTy for best art. Really, you're awesome! Nuff said.
-Krono674 for best lore. Yours is the easiest for me to imagine existing in the world of sanctuary, plus, it's an awesome idea. Your idea made me hope the barbarians that died in D2 would come back, so we can make'em die again >8).. to free their souls ofcourse.. :whistling:
-Hyralism for best Mechanics. Cuz it looks like you really took the time to think about cool spells your monster would have. The spell ideas are new and original, like the puppeteer thing, which is awesome btw.
So there you have it, my honest opinions. I wish all the participants the best of luck. I can't wait to see who will win.
The staff should decide- it's more professional this way.