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Topic: Qb Label Contest!
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Andrew Davie
Atari Pro
 
Member # 214
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posted 01-16-2002 06:07 AM
Qb Label Contest WinnersFinally, what you've all been waiting for! Here are the winners of the Qb Label Contest! 1st Place, David Exton #1
There's something about David's interpretation of the game which immediately 'clicked' for me. The overall style is, of course, extremely beautiful - but the joyful personality of the 'Qb guy', and rendering of the jeans and sneakers just as I'd envisaged them - well, that pretty much ensured that this one had to be the winner. It wasn't easy, though - I had to think about it for a fair while. For the longest time, this one... 2nd Place, Chris Johnson #6
...was my favourite. Yes, I know it's done with clip-art, and it borrows heavily from other designs (eg: Thrust) in terms of look-and-feel. But again, the guy is wearing jeans and sneakers, and I really like the overall feel of this one. I've done my own 'playing around' variation of this, where I swapped the green monster guy for an octopus - perhaps I'll post that if there's enough interest I may end up using this for the regular edition, if Chris approves. Chris's submission #5 delighted me, as the original genesis of the game had some roots in the sliding tile game, which Chris has used to divide the label. If Chris had used a nicer image for this one, I'd have had a much more difficult choice. But I liked the concept (and yes, the recursive ones, too) that I thought I'd just give a special mention. I had enormous difficulty choosing third, but felt that it had to be awarded to...
3rd Place, Cristiana Yambo #2
I was very taken by this effort, and liked very much the clever way that the tableaux subtly spelled the Qb title. Clearly this submission took a lot of work - but nonetheless is very 'clean' and 'simple' in final presentation. Any of these (and many of the others) would have been perfect for labels for any production game - all in my opinion far superior to most '2600 labels of the Atari's heyday. I feel somewhat abashed, having to turn down such wonderful efforts - but would like to include every label submitted in the special edition CD documentation. So, if you do not want your submission included on the CD, please contact me.
Thank you to all participants. Would the winners please contact me (at qb@atar2600.org) with their names and postal addresses, so that I can arrange for their prizes to be sent ASAP. Once again, thanks to Albert and the AtariAge crew/site for their hosting of the competition. So that's it, all over! Now I have chosen the winners it is time to get the Special Edition out the door! I'll be making a short announcement about that on the board shortly. Cheers
A
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