[GetDizzy]

http://services.cybe...DsDoZ2014Q1.tar

We got 5 games this time, including at least one from a completely new MZXer.

Judges, you have 2 weeks.

[Giel]

Hey! Wheres my entry? I submitted it to your email via my Gmail! (Its 35487.zip)

And I sent it BEFORE the grace period by the way.

This post has been edited by Giel: 12 January 2014 - 12:23 AM

[GetDizzy]

I did not receive it at all. Are you sure you sent it to the right email address? insidious@cyberkat.eu

[Giel]

Insidious, on 11 January 2014 - 08:53 PM, said:

I did not receive it at all. Are you sure you sent it to the right email address? insidious@cyberkat.eu

I sent it to THAT address via Gmail. I don't know what happened.

[GetDizzy]

Alright. I have his entry and more importantly I have evidence from a log on our mailserver that email was rejected during the DoZ due to attachment size restrictions I did not know we had in place.

This all being said, I would advise anyone in future who submits an entry via e-mail alone to make *pretty sure* that the host actually received your entry, not simply trust to it's receipt.

There is no problem in submitting an entry via more than one submission mechanism.

I am going to attach the entry as a zip below for those who already have the tar, but I am also going to update the tar. This brings our count of entries to 6.

35487.zip

This post has been edited by Lachesis: 26 April 2023 - 02:21 AM
Reason for edit: Replaced attachment with archive URL.

[GetDizzy]

.tar in first post updated.

[Giel]

Insidious, on 11 January 2014 - 09:25 PM, said:

Alright. I have his entry and more importantly I have evidence from a log on our mailserver that email was rejected during the DoZ due to attachment size restrictions I did not know we had in place.

This all being said, I would advise anyone in future who submits an entry via e-mail alone to make *pretty sure* that the host actually received your entry, not simply trust to it's receipt.

There is no problem in submitting an entry via more than one submission mechanism.

I am going to attach the entry as a zip below for those who already have the tar, but I am also going to update the tar. This brings our count of entries to 6.

So no penalty, right? Cause I did send the email BEFORE the grace periods.

[GetDizzy]

Nope, no penalty. Nobody in this DoZ received any score penalty.

[GetDizzy]

Unfortunately, before any judging sheets have come out, we have a quite serious disqualification to announce.

Team 35487, team name "Shin YongYong", has been summarily disqualified for breaking the following rule:
External Material. All material except music, sound, and the default MZX charsets/palette must be created within the 24 hour period. If any evidence of material such as engines, character sets, palettes, and artwork having been created before the topic announcement is found, your team will be disqualified.


Specifically, a board was stolen from "KM's Univers III" and inserted into the game with the barest of modifications. There appear to be other instances of external material as well, though I haven't had the time to go through them all.

Having been disqualified, your game will not be ranked among the others. It is up to each judge whether or not to actually judge or score your game. I likely will anyway.

[Risu2112]

Insidious, on 12 January 2014 - 12:09 PM, said:

Unfortunately, before any judging sheets have come out, we have a quite serious disqualification to announce.

Team 35487, team name "Shin YongYong", has been summarily disqualified for breaking the following rule:
External Material. All material except music, sound, and the default MZX charsets/palette must be created within the 24 hour period. If any evidence of material such as engines, character sets, palettes, and artwork having been created before the topic announcement is found, your team will be disqualified.


Specifically, a board was stolen from "KM's Univers III" and inserted into the game with the barest of modifications. There appear to be other instances of external material as well, though I haven't had the time to go through them all.

Having been disqualified, your game will not be ranked among the others. It is up to each judge whether or not to actually judge or score your game. I likely will anyway.

*beep* *beep* *BEEP*(moestar's disbelief circuit has shorted out) *Whhirrrrrrrrrr* How c-c-can this... ????? *CLANK*

[Lachesis]

and here I was looking forward to team 35487's game :<

[Baby Bonnie Hood]

I was too busy for this after all. Oh well...

[Otto Germain]

Baby Bonnie Hood, on 13 January 2014 - 09:32 AM, said:

I was too busy for this after all. Oh well...

I only made it by happenstance, myself.

[Lachesis]

One of the judges has backed out by default and the backup judge (Wervyn) has stepped in to fill his place. Please allow at least one more week for the DoZ scores to be released. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.

[GetDizzy]

What she said

[Wervyn]

Sigh, I really didn't want to judge this time, too much other work. Oh well, I'll try to get this done too.

"Running on fumes and a dream of tomorrow."

[Giel]

Insidious, on 12 January 2014 - 02:09 PM, said:

Unfortunately, before any judging sheets have come out, we have a quite serious disqualification to announce.

Team 35487, team name "Shin YongYong", has been summarily disqualified for breaking the following rule:
External Material. All material except music, sound, and the default MZX charsets/palette must be created within the 24 hour period. If any evidence of material such as engines, character sets, palettes, and artwork having been created before the topic announcement is found, your team will be disqualified.


Specifically, a board was stolen from "KM's Univers III" and inserted into the game with the barest of modifications. There appear to be other instances of external material as well, though I haven't had the time to go through them all.

Having been disqualified, your game will not be ranked among the others. It is up to each judge whether or not to actually judge or score your game. I likely will anyway.

$@#!^!#!&!#&!!^#$%$@%R~@#%@!#$&%^(*%#&U@$^Y&!$

[Giel]

Risu2112, on 12 January 2014 - 02:16 PM, said:

*beep* *beep* *BEEP*(moestar's disbelief circuit has shorted out) *Whhirrrrrrrrrr* How c-c-can this... ????? *CLANK*

Also, FORGET ABOUT CR2-0 ALREADY! I get the point! That game sucks and the characters are questionable! Now can we please just DROP IT!?

[Baby Bonnie Hood]

I'm afraid that's how the Internet works. When you upload something, it's open game for anyone who comes across it. Good or bad, it's your legacy.

[Giel]

Baby Bonnie Hood, on 28 January 2014 - 05:19 AM, said:

I'm afraid that's how the Internet works. When you upload something, it's open game for anyone who comes across it. Good or bad, it's your legacy.

Like Bob Keller Kielbasis and the legacy of his horrible Blue Buckaroo series? (Not sure about who made Blue Buckaroo 3 though. Might have been made as a parody by someone else.) Cause that series has lousy robotic code, the MZX 1.X default character set, and Caverns music.

[djtiesto]

Giel, on 28 January 2014 - 02:03 AM, said:

Also, FORGET ABOUT CR2-0 ALREADY! I get the point! That game sucks and the characters are questionable! Now can we please just DROP IT!?

Deal with it. I still get shit for games I made or shit I pulled 15 years ago...

[KKairos]

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Deal with it. I still get shit for games I made or shit I pulled 15 years ago...

QFT, at least for Drelick. I've not made perfect games myself either, though.

Giel, when you get past that stage everyone who isn't a loser will (mostly) stop being dorks about it. People remember Luke (tiesto) for making a game that tested the line of acceptable taste and topic qualifiers in a DoZ. But they also remember him for the Kikan Remake and some other games that weren't all bad (for instance, some of his ZZT work!). People might remember you for making a poorly-conceived game back in the day, but they can also remember you for making a great one now.

[Lachesis]

The truly enlightened of us can appreciate both Zt: The Dawn of Zeux and Kikan (2008)... anyway, advice for you, Giel, don't get too upset about the embarrassing old stuff you've made. There's a reason I keep things like Newbie Kombat I Demo and Kuroneko Shame Pack around. One day you'll look back on your old games and be able to feel good about how far you've come instead of ashamed.

[T-Bone]

djtiesto, on 07 February 2014 - 08:57 AM, said:

Deal with it. I still get shit for games I made or shit I pulled 15 years ago... />

I second this experience lol

This post has been edited by T-Bone: 08 February 2014 - 07:47 AM

[djtiesto]

Lachesis, on 07 February 2014 - 11:13 PM, said:

The truly enlightened of us can appreciate both Zt: The Dawn of Zeux and Kikan (2008)... anyway, advice for you, Giel, don't get too upset about the embarrassing old stuff you've made. There's a reason I keep things like Newbie Kombat I Demo and Kuroneko Shame Pack around. One day you'll look back on your old games and be able to feel good about how far you've come instead of ashamed.

Well said... Everyone makes mistakes (hell, even Miyamoto has Wii Music under his belt), and very few people manage to knock it out of the park on their first try. Don't give up.

[Giel]

Allright, whats going on here? The 2014 Winter DsDoZ isn't in the Competitions section of the archive & I get a 403 Forbidden error when I try to use the link here.

[Baby Bonnie Hood]

I think this place is coming down with a bad case of "OMG MZX IS DYING ;(((((".

Lachesis, on 07 February 2014 - 11:13 PM, said:

The truly enlightened of us can appreciate both Zt: The Dawn of Zeux and Kikan (2008)... anyway, advice for you, Giel, don't get too upset about the embarrassing old stuff you've made. There's a reason I keep things like Newbie Kombat I Demo and Kuroneko Shame Pack around. One day you'll look back on your old games and be able to feel good about how far you've come instead of ashamed.

Alas, asiekierka didn't think the same way.