Cover Site Battle Royal 4!

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by Salsa » Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:22 pm

And to make it fun and mysterious, maybe invite a known proffesionel to help as a yearly guest judge, without revling the name until after comp. end..

by Paris » Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:39 pm

I think fewer judges would be best. The judges should be a combination of past winners and current designers.

by bazzah » Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:47 am

I agree with full covers for next year. Strangely I think it would make it easier for the judges too :)

I also think one judge from each site, with perhaps 3 impartial judges. Public voting towards the results is a big no no! As we find here, most public votes are cast from just seeing previews without examining the work closely. That can lead to unfair results.

Joe, I can only speak for myself, but I had no idea whose cover was whose. I thought I had guessed a few, but it turned out I was totally wrong! But maybe from that perspective there should just be a select handful of judges who are not biased towards any site? I know I would never score my own designers higher (if I had managed to figure out which covers were theirs) but it is understandable that people will always presume I would.

Tim, please don't think I am complaining at all about the BR! It is a fantastic competition and you do an amazing job running it! It is a lot of hard work you put into it each year. I am just sharing my opinion on how a fantastic competition could be even better :)

by bazzah » Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:40 am

garot wrote:
QUOTE (garot @ Apr 12 2014, 01:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi all!

Many thanks for voting to my cover! Thank you all!
Its great to win with Zungam, great job my friend :)

Also big THX to Tim for CSBR4, fantastic work!

I must create back and spine to my cover and when im done, i upload for all :)


I look forward to seeing it. It's a stunning front you created

by garot » Sat Apr 12, 2014 1:44 pm

Hi all!

Many thanks for voting to my cover! Thank you all!
Its great to win with Zungam, great job my friend :)

Also big THX to Tim for CSBR4, fantastic work!

I must create back and spine to my cover and when im done, i upload for all :)

by wysmommy » Sat Apr 12, 2014 1:26 pm

I would prefer Full covers next year. I think it benefits the cover sites more as well. I mean, honestly, how many people do you think will actually finish and upload their BR covers this year? Last year, after the BR ended, I saw tons of uploads for the Argo covers, and a few Titanic covers too. Just my two cents, anyhoo. :)

by Salsa » Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:33 pm

Demonology wrote:
QUOTE (Demonology @ Apr 11 2014, 03:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I also thought the front only idea worked really well, it was alot tougher than doing a whole cover due to each individual artist
had to be more creative to make that image pop. However when i first seen what the contest was going to be i couldn't help but
think that it would have probably even more interesting if it was a case of designing a poster instead at 3000 x 2000 pixels.

Results could have more interesting when a coversite like hires could have incorporated it into another comp with option of just using the BR entry posterarts instead.

I totally agree and a really good idea with a poster, it could be fun

by JollyRoger » Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:13 pm

chefjoe wrote:
QUOTE (chefjoe @ Apr 11 2014, 04:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I agree with all above, but have to wonder after reading the judges scores, did they know who they were judging? I'm curious about this.

No. The Judges had no knowledge of who made what cover. Like everyone else we knew who were competing, but for me personally it was not something I spent energy on. As I mentioned previously, I tried to be fair and square to all, and made certain to add a comment on every entry.

by chefjoe » Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:26 pm

I agree with all above, but have to wonder after reading the judges scores, did they know who they were judging? I'm curious about this.


May only suggestion would be now that the 4th year is done, perhaps limit the judging to previous winners, and tie breaker judgement by Bunny.

by Demonology » Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:20 pm

I also thought the front only idea worked really well, it was alot tougher than doing a whole cover due to each individual artist
had to be more creative to make that image pop. However when i first seen what the contest was going to be i couldn't help but
think that it would have probably even more interesting if it was a case of designing a poster instead at 3000 x 2000 pixels.

Results could have more interesting when a coversite like hires could have incorporated it into another comp with option of just using the BR entry posterarts instead.

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