Poster Child contest is OVAH!

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Encore Software; Silent Storm

That's right, if you haven't already sent in an entry for the <A href="http://www.rpgcodex.com/content.php?id=90">Be a Silent Storm Poster Child contest</a>, it's too late now! We had 23 posters submitted, 9 contestants, and only <b>3</b> can win!
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You can always take a gander at the <A href="http://www.rpgcodex.com/gallery.php?game=silentstorm_contest">Gallery of Posters</a> in the meantime while I decide on the winners. Do a little speculating on who the three might be.
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Big thanks to all the talented people who submitted entries!
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[Diogo Ribeiro]

Aight, my picks.

Zombra:

• "Feeling Inadequate"
  "Games are in Danger"

Greenskin13:

• "Der Soldat"
  "The Dirty Half Dozen"

JJ86:

• "Storm Approaches"

Lance's "No Enemy" poster is also nice.

And what about those posters from that Role-Player chap, eh, eh?

 

[Greenskin13]

That's five, mate.

My picks (besides my own) would be Zombra's "Games are in danger" Lance's "No Enemy" and Axel's "Dreamer" because I like Ramos.

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

That's five, mate.

I know there's five in there; i just didn't name three because i had a hard time deciding between those five.

 

[triCritical]

Hey some of these are really good. HENCE, WHY I DID NOT ENTER!!!!!

 

[Zombra]

Hahaha, glad you guys like "Games are in Danger". I think it's pretty ridiculous myself. But maybe that's the appeal. Thanks.

Seems a little weird to me to state our opinions before the official judge has decided*, but when in Rome ... If I were running this thing, after giving three copies to that brilliant Zombra person I'd declare "Dirty Half Dozen", "Pulling the Strings", and "No Enemy" to be the winners, and I'd be damned thankful that I didn't have to rank them as First, Second, and Third Prize.

Dudes, Lance did like actual art! Give up the props!

I just realized that a lot of "Dirty Half Dozen"'s appeal is that it looks like an old style movie lobby card. Cool.

Oh yeah, honorable mention to "This Man". And extra special super mention to "Avenge". I lolled. But it was pretty unclear what form that vengeance would take ... revenge vs. the Russians by joining up with them against the Nazis? Or are you supposed to play as the Nazis and fight the Russians along with the US? Actually this confusion makes it even funnier.

* [reads Saint_P's first post] I'm an idiot.

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

Yeah Lance's poster was nifty. I just didn't had it set as one of my favourites because the artwork was too cartoonish in my opinion.

 

[Human Shield]

A few of those are mostly art taken from actual WW2 posters with added text, the old posters probably aren't copyrighted but I thought the posters should work within the game-world.

 

[axel]

If the dirty half dozen one wins I will be forced to murder people. How could you honestly win a S^2 contest by using an ad slogan for Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines? IT GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING S^2 STANDS FOR AND I WILL MURDER YOU IN YOUR SLEEP OR WHEN YOU ARE AWAKE, OR PERHAPS DAY DREAMING!1oneuno

 

[Zombra]

Good point axel. Myself, I am not a lyrics person; I am more of a groovy rhythm and/or bizarre licks type of person. I don't care if the poster makes sense. I think it looks cool. Perhaps Saint_P will not be so forgiving.

And anyway I think we can all agree that bloodshed makes for good story. Conflict builds character, etc. So if you end up going on a killing spree, I think it will be a good thing for the contest as a whole.

 

[Zombra]

A few of those are mostly art taken from actual WW2 posters with added text, the old posters probably aren't copyrighted but I thought the posters should work within the game-world.

Cool thought. You & GS13 both seemed to be going for the "in engine" approach, and that was all that was up when I caught wind of the contest, so I thought I was gonna stand out as a cool, creative nonconformist by using historical poster art. Little did I know.

 

[Zombra]

That's five, mate.

He's European anyway: none of the rules apply to him.

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

A few of those are mostly art taken from actual WW2 posters with added text, the old posters probably aren't copyrighted but I thought the posters should work within the game-world.

Cool thought. You & GS13 both seemed to be going for the "in engine" approach, and that was all that was up when I caught wind of the contest, so I thought I was gonna stand out as a cool, creative nonconformist by using historical poster art. Little did I know.

I prefer a mix of both methods, hsitorical poster and in-game graphics :wink:

 

[Greenskin13]

IT GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING S^2 STANDS FOR AND I WILL MURDER YOU IN YOUR SLEEP OR WHEN YOU ARE AWAKE, OR PERHAPS DAY DREAMING!1oneuno

Hey, that would be rather interesting. I'd be playing SS when suddenly a rabid man stabs me to death....

But I'd still win.

And I really wanted to do a real dirty dozen, but the Germans didn't have a full team. If I did have the full game, I would have done a baker's dozen.

 

[Human Shield]

I didn't think we were subposed to use outside sources but it seems a google image search made the difference for winning.