Voting Results from JTAS Design Contest #24

[snrdg082102]

The voting period is hereby declared over. Even if there is something lost in the mail or misfiled, the result is clear.

The WINNER is

Entry 2 by Scott G. White (4 votes).

The SECOND PLACE is

Entry 1 by Bill Prankard (1 vote).

The JOINT THIRD PLACE are

Entry 3 by Leslie Degroff and Entry 4 by Mike West.

Congratulations! And now that the results are in, a few comments by me:

* I was a bit disappointed that there was so little debate on the entries. There was a time when the board denizens would compare how capable the ships were or how closely they matched the specs.
* I really liked the background story tie-in from Entry 3.
It might have gotten my vote if I had voted.
* And finally, I was surprised that nobody wrote a really heavy cruiser. We know from Sword Worlds that the SW have 500,000-dton battleships (the current Ormen hin Lange). A 50,000-dton to 75,000-dton GTL13 cruiser would be just the thing to deal with them, and to make even a Tigress think twice about a fight ...

Onno Meyer

 

[savage]

Thanks to those who voted for my design! Perhaps we can push for more participation in the next contest.


Scott

 

[far-trader]

Congrats Scott, nice design

The tricky part of participation is picking the contest parameters. Well, that and hitting a time when interested parties are free to work on it

It looks like I've got free time for the next while, unless my xbox finally arrives and sucks out my brain

Sooo, let me be the first (here anyway) to ask the winning question, any ideas yet?

 

[savage]

Dan,

Thanks. I haven't seen all of the previous 23 contests. A archive location where they are stored separately would be nice if JTAS has the time.

Has anyone tried the ultimate luxury liner? A favorite CT book was King Richard. We also saw liners come for JG, DG and FASA...it could be interesting and challenging.

Scott

 

[far-trader]

Yeah, there was some work by a couple of long time JTAS designers to build an archive of entries. They collected most of it but I don't recall where it was going to be filed. Posting a note on JTAS will bring the best to that question of course.

I joined the party late myself and don't know what all has gone before either. I'd be suprised if some version of large luxury liner wasn't done but that shouldn't discourage you, especially if you can find a new angle, like maybe a niche market (a J6 Rift Liner for example). I could get behind the idea, don't think I've ever done anything quite like the King Richard myself.

Post an idea or two on JTAS to see what the response is and go from there seems to be the general modus operandi, at least lately.