# Pastebin 3PzhkPh5 [2015-09-19 16:05:31] We had five judges for this [2015-09-19 16:05:52] some non-BiM judges too [2015-09-19 16:05:56] and... [2015-09-19 16:06:10] Nathan Wells, Dylan Woodley, Maxime Marion, Maverick Moore and myself [2015-09-19 16:06:23] Nathan Wells and Dylan Woodley (NXTManiac) I think most of us are familiar with [2015-09-19 16:06:24] Neat [2015-09-19 16:06:28] Nice Judges. [2015-09-19 16:06:36] Maxime Marion directed the wonderful Henri & Edmond films [2015-09-19 16:06:42] ⇐ Pumkin quit (Pumkinmuff@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:06:45] Yes [2015-09-19 16:06:52] Wooo! [2015-09-19 16:06:53] *round of applause to the judges for doing a fantastic job* [2015-09-19 16:06:56] Nice [2015-09-19 16:06:57] Who's myself [2015-09-19 16:07:04] A lot of our contests are sort of these very insular, like we have the same 4 or 5 judges each time [2015-09-19 16:07:07] → Pumkin joined (Pumkinmuff@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com) [2015-09-19 16:07:14] so I wanted to branch out a bit [2015-09-19 16:07:18] I think it worked pretty well [2015-09-19 16:07:31] 4well, 5 judges is enough for such contest, i think) [2015-09-19 16:07:42] *Laughter* [2015-09-19 16:07:44] Maverick Moore teaches film at a university and he's made some live action films. He's kind of a film historian. The guy watches more movies than anybody else I know (often more than one a day) [2015-09-19 16:07:54] (Color text isn't allowed in chat, except by mods, btw) [2015-09-19 16:07:56] Is that a job? [2015-09-19 16:07:58] he's also working on acquiring a *complete* Criterion Collection [2015-09-19 16:08:01] Cool ;) [2015-09-19 16:08:09] oh man [2015-09-19 16:08:26] Anyway he knows a lot about film and I thought it would be nice to have somebody like that in the mix [2015-09-19 16:08:27] rioforce, ok) [2015-09-19 16:08:29] a non-brickfilmer [2015-09-19 16:08:33] oops [2015-09-19 16:08:37] now normal) [2015-09-19 16:08:39] He had a lot of positive things to say about the film, basically not having watched lego movies before [2015-09-19 16:08:41] *about the films [2015-09-19 16:08:49] Seemed like he enjoyed the experience [2015-09-19 16:08:55] I was quite happy with the quality of the entries [2015-09-19 16:09:05] lots of good stuff [2015-09-19 16:09:06] Yay [2015-09-19 16:09:12] The fact that we had to debate quite a bit on the winners and the ranking speaks to the quality of the entries [2015-09-19 16:09:44] We could never all agree so we worked together to find a ranking that we were all satisfied with, relying somewhat on the math to get to a starting point for that. [2015-09-19 16:10:11] math doesn't lie [2015-09-19 16:10:13] I guess I'll stop stalling, now, but I wanted to give a bit of introduction on the judges since we tried to put a little more thought into it this time as far as the selection of judges [2015-09-19 16:10:28] → GuyCommanderson joined (Mibbit@tawx-3E8F369F.static.spbg.sc.charter.com) [2015-09-19 16:10:32] Point being that there were a lot of good entries [2015-09-19 16:10:38] and I don't think choosing winners was as easy as it sometimes is [2015-09-19 16:10:44] ⇐ twickabrick quit (twickabric@tawx-4B04306.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:10:48] You're killing me [2015-09-19 16:10:50] b/c it was easy to waffle back and forth between more than 2 films even. [2015-09-19 16:10:52] So [2015-09-19 16:10:55] Without further ado [2015-09-19 16:11:04] The top ten entries to Darkness & Light! [2015-09-19 16:11:11] yiiis [2015-09-19 16:11:12] (Maybe you should change your font color, Smeagol) [2015-09-19 16:11:13] *Claps* [2015-09-19 16:11:14] *gets popcorn* [2015-09-19 16:11:17] yay [2015-09-19 16:11:21] booo [2015-09-19 16:11:21] Nice! [2015-09-19 16:11:24] Woo! [2015-09-19 16:11:26] how do I do that Rio because I'm in chatzilla and I'm a nooblet at these things [2015-09-19 16:11:26] (Excited) [2015-09-19 16:11:26] drum sound [2015-09-19 16:11:28] *wooo [2015-09-19 16:11:33] http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac51/dewfilms/pics/nathanWOO.jpg [2015-09-19 16:11:34] Whoo! [2015-09-19 16:11:39] *Steals JamPot's Popcorn* [2015-09-19 16:11:43] Oh, I do't know how to do it in chatzilla... [2015-09-19 16:11:44] o.0 [2015-09-19 16:11:44] o.0 [2015-09-19 16:11:47] test [2015-09-19 16:11:58] *commends Guy on his excellent surname* [2015-09-19 16:12:03] *Calls the popcorn police* [2015-09-19 16:12:05] smeagol, just change your color in color selection menu [2015-09-19 16:12:05] nvm then, we'll just listen closely :P [2015-09-19 16:12:23] https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/wPj7wurN/nathanWOO.jpg [2015-09-19 16:12:28] He's using a different IRC client [2015-09-19 16:12:47] okay [2015-09-19 16:12:49] → nswihart joined (Mibbit@F1B7DA32.F8A1A1A4.8584E44F.IP) [2015-09-19 16:13:00] 2 Maybe [2015-09-19 16:13:06] okay yeah, [2015-09-19 16:13:09] Kiwi sucks [2015-09-19 16:13:12] we'll just see the big message [2015-09-19 16:13:13] you suck [2015-09-19 16:13:18] Smeagol, type  and then a number before your text [2015-09-19 16:13:19] I suck [2015-09-19 16:13:20] I'm on the edge of my seat [2015-09-19 16:13:21] the bigeest in whole chat [2015-09-19 16:13:22] gah [2015-09-19 16:13:25] My computer sucks [2015-09-19 16:13:26] \ [2015-09-19 16:13:29] life sucks [2015-09-19 16:13:35] wait not chatzilla [2015-09-19 16:13:37] We all suck [2015-09-19 16:13:43] it's hexchat that I use [2015-09-19 16:13:45] %C that is [2015-09-19 16:13:46] I'm terrible at these things [2015-09-19 16:13:51] Yeah, my house got struck by lightning yesterday. [2015-09-19 16:13:58] Life sucks indeed. [2015-09-19 16:13:59] it'll give you a list of numbers you can use [2015-09-19 16:14:01] Ouch [2015-09-19 16:14:05] with their respective colors [2015-09-19 16:14:07] its chaos... [2015-09-19 16:14:09] %C1 test [2015-09-19 16:14:16] → twickabrick joined (Mibbit@tawx-9B7A744B.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) [2015-09-19 16:14:22] * Penta set +o Sloth [2015-09-19 16:14:23] %C02 Testing blue text [2015-09-19 16:14:24] what has happened [2015-09-19 16:14:32] no 0 [2015-09-19 16:14:33] %C00 testing again [2015-09-19 16:14:34] I'm terrible [2015-09-19 16:14:36] this isn't working [2015-09-19 16:14:37] 2 [2015-09-19 16:14:44] don't add the leading 0 [2015-09-19 16:14:44] [2015-09-19 16:14:45] %c [2015-09-19 16:14:53] %C3 Test? [2015-09-19 16:14:55] 0 White [2015-09-19 16:14:55] Simpler plan [2015-09-19 16:14:55] → Smeag joined (Mibbit@tawx-F9FF1D0D.kc.res.rr.com) [2015-09-19 16:15:00] I'm %C9Testing%C9 too [2015-09-19 16:15:03] Nvm [2015-09-19 16:15:05] * Smeagol is now known as ignore [2015-09-19 16:15:08] %C3 Test [2015-09-19 16:15:10] Meh [2015-09-19 16:15:11] it's a chatzilla convention [2015-09-19 16:15:11] * ignore set +o Smeag [2015-09-19 16:15:13] Has anyone gotten any of the results yet? [2015-09-19 16:15:16] it doesnt work) [2015-09-19 16:15:18] not gonna work for you other people [2015-09-19 16:15:20] * Smeag is now known as Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:15:25] 3Okay. [2015-09-19 16:15:29] hot [2015-09-19 16:15:30] nice [2015-09-19 16:15:31] 3Now I'll get started. [2015-09-19 16:15:33] Yay [2015-09-19 16:15:33] all good now [2015-09-19 16:15:38] Fantastic [2015-09-19 16:15:42] well I have to [2015-09-19 16:15:44] go [2015-09-19 16:15:46] 3In 10th place... [2015-09-19 16:15:51] return some video tapes [2015-09-19 16:15:55] * Channel mode set to +m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:16:13] 3(drumroll) [2015-09-19 16:16:19] we can't [2015-09-19 16:16:59] ... [2015-09-19 16:17:13] 3sorry, wanting to make sure I've got all the right info here [2015-09-19 16:17:21] 3In 10th place... [2015-09-19 16:17:30] 3Guns 'N Roses, by OnecrasFilms! [2015-09-19 16:17:34] woooo [2015-09-19 16:17:34] * Channel mode set to -m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:17:37] Yay! [2015-09-19 16:17:38] congrats! [2015-09-19 16:17:39] woo [2015-09-19 16:17:40] Congratulations! [2015-09-19 16:17:43] That was awesome [2015-09-19 16:17:44] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:17:44] I love that band [2015-09-19 16:17:46] my arms are so tired now [2015-09-19 16:17:46] Congrats OnecrasFilms! [2015-09-19 16:17:48] Wow Thank you! [2015-09-19 16:17:51] *clap clap clap* [2015-09-19 16:17:52] That one was very well done. [2015-09-19 16:17:59] well done [2015-09-19 16:18:03] good job! [2015-09-19 16:18:06] — rioforce throws confetti [2015-09-19 16:18:09] Great job. [2015-09-19 16:18:09] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:18:12] wooo [2015-09-19 16:18:19] Congratulations! [2015-09-19 16:18:20] Congratulations! [2015-09-19 16:18:29] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:18:46] lot of Noir, I like it [2015-09-19 16:18:50] Woo [2015-09-19 16:18:54] 3I liked the humor and style of it [2015-09-19 16:19:01] One of my favorites [2015-09-19 16:19:01] noir more [2015-09-19 16:19:09] 3I thought it was a nice sort-of-parody, sort-of-serious take on film noir [2015-09-19 16:19:10] I liked that one [2015-09-19 16:19:17] → WillowTree joined (Mibbit@tawx-6471FBDA.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) [2015-09-19 16:19:33] 3The Australian (?) accents gave it a nice bit of variety for me as well haah [2015-09-19 16:19:34] 3*haha [2015-09-19 16:19:40] yeah it was good [2015-09-19 16:20:04] 3Alright [2015-09-19 16:20:06] 3On with the show! [2015-09-19 16:20:13] * Channel mode set to +m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:20:14] 420 [2015-09-19 16:20:17] ⇐ JamPotStudios quit (JamPotStud@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:20:18] 3In 9th place... [2015-09-19 16:20:19] noooooooooooo [2015-09-19 16:20:28] 3'The Infinity Bulb,' by jasper! [2015-09-19 16:20:31] * Channel mode set to -m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:20:36] yayyyy [2015-09-19 16:20:37] Nice. [2015-09-19 16:20:43] Yay@ [2015-09-19 16:20:45] Congrats, man! [2015-09-19 16:20:48] 3Kind of a unique entry as far as taking a purely comedic approach to the theme [2015-09-19 16:20:51] I enjoyed it [2015-09-19 16:20:55] Congrats [2015-09-19 16:20:59] — rioforce throws out every normal light bulb I have [2015-09-19 16:20:59] very much! [2015-09-19 16:21:08] Woohoo [2015-09-19 16:21:14] congrats! [2015-09-19 16:21:15] Congrats [2015-09-19 16:21:16] which was weird about this contest [2015-09-19 16:21:23] Deserved it [2015-09-19 16:21:25] not a lot of comedies [2015-09-19 16:21:27] 3Yeah we had more seriousness going on than usual [2015-09-19 16:21:36] 3I like comedic brickfilms, I liked the serious ones in the contest too [2015-09-19 16:21:39] 3but yeah it was unusual for us [2015-09-19 16:21:48] 3I should add that while we're only listing the top ten [2015-09-19 16:22:00] 3b/c those are the ones that you can at least sort of get five judges to agree on [2015-09-19 16:22:08] 3and I think beyond that it becomes super super subjective [2015-09-19 16:22:20] 3I did enjoy the other 15 (16 if we count Rivvm) entries [2015-09-19 16:22:30] 3and all of them had interesting ideas and neat elements in them [2015-09-19 16:22:40] 3I appreciated how seriously everybody except Rivvm took the theme [2015-09-19 16:22:44] 3as far as trying to do it justice [2015-09-19 16:22:48] hahaha [2015-09-19 16:22:54] heh [2015-09-19 16:23:05] Just watch as Rivvm m takes first place [2015-09-19 16:23:08] 3We couldn't get mad at Rivvm either b/c we thought it was funny [2015-09-19 16:23:17] 3Nathan and I were in the same room actually discussing the entries in person this time [2015-09-19 16:23:19] 3so that was kinda neat. [2015-09-19 16:23:35] 3Nathan couldn't be here because of he's at a convention or something today. [2015-09-19 16:23:45] lame [2015-09-19 16:23:48] 3But he's gonna go to IKEA afterward and buy one of those fancy tables that moves up and down, for animation [2015-09-19 16:23:49] 3so there's that! [2015-09-19 16:23:58] So jealous [2015-09-19 16:24:04] What was his address again? [2015-09-19 16:24:06] 3Nathan did a lot of work helping run the contest though [2015-09-19 16:24:16] 3And designing the logo etc. [2015-09-19 16:24:22] → mib_ewp5bl joined (Mibbit@tawx-A8FB1133.v4.ngi.it) [2015-09-19 16:24:27] 3So I want to thank him for all the assistance he rendered in that way [2015-09-19 16:24:31] Round of applause for Nathan! [2015-09-19 16:24:47] (Clap clap clap) [2015-09-19 16:24:49] 3We would animate all day for the documentary [2015-09-19 16:24:52] *claps* [2015-09-19 16:24:57] *clap!& [2015-09-19 16:24:58] (More claps) [2015-09-19 16:25:00] 3and then sit down and watch some more Darkness & Light entries [2015-09-19 16:25:02] 3it was kinda fun [2015-09-19 16:25:08] → LegoStudiosP joined (LegoStudio@tawx-4B04306.clients.kiwiirc.com) [2015-09-19 16:25:09] *applause* [2015-09-19 16:25:12] 3Alright, I'll continue now [2015-09-19 16:25:18] 3with 8th place. [2015-09-19 16:25:26] * Channel mode set to +m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:25:32] 3In 8th place... [2015-09-19 16:25:42] 3'The Way Out,' by osomstudios! [2015-09-19 16:25:43] * Channel mode set to -m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:25:48] wooooo [2015-09-19 16:25:49] Nice! [2015-09-19 16:25:50] Contratulations Osom! [2015-09-19 16:25:55] *applesause* [2015-09-19 16:25:59] Solid entry [2015-09-19 16:25:59] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:26:04] Great job! [2015-09-19 16:26:05] Awesome Osom! [2015-09-19 16:26:10] 3Congrats Osom [2015-09-19 16:26:13] 3The visuals were really neat [2015-09-19 16:26:14] A nice film you've got there! [2015-09-19 16:26:29] 3I dug the set and the general allegory concept [2015-09-19 16:26:41] 3I don't know if he's actually here [2015-09-19 16:26:46] 3maybe somebody will archive this chat or something [2015-09-19 16:26:55] 3my chat clients aren't conducive to it [2015-09-19 16:27:02] 3and I have all these op commands mixed in anyway [2015-09-19 16:27:09] 3but if somebody archived it that would be neat [2015-09-19 16:27:13] 3just so we could link it in the results thread [2015-09-19 16:27:18] Whoever is using IRCCloud is archiving it [2015-09-19 16:27:38] got it [2015-09-19 16:27:40] 3Well it just got really quiet. [2015-09-19 16:27:44] 3oh nvm [2015-09-19 16:27:46] 3I was scrolled up [2015-09-19 16:27:48] 3how embarrassing. [2015-09-19 16:27:54] hahha [2015-09-19 16:27:58] Hehe [2015-09-19 16:28:04] 3Anyhow [2015-09-19 16:28:11] 3Now onto seventh place. [2015-09-19 16:28:20] * Channel mode set to +m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:28:24] 3In 7th place... [2015-09-19 16:28:39] 3'Dark Flight of the Moth,' by xxgbhxx! [2015-09-19 16:28:39] * Channel mode set to -m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:28:44] ⇐ Pumkin quit (Pumkinmuff@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:28:48] yaay [2015-09-19 16:28:52] Awesome! [2015-09-19 16:28:53] Fantastic! [2015-09-19 16:28:54] I really liked that one [2015-09-19 16:28:56] nice work [2015-09-19 16:28:57] Way to go! [2015-09-19 16:28:58] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:28:58] Congrats xxgbhxx [2015-09-19 16:28:59] 3The concept and atmosphere of this film was really interesting to me [2015-09-19 16:29:01] that was a surprising film [2015-09-19 16:29:15] And to think, we all thought his account was a spammer when it was created ;) [2015-09-19 16:29:20] 3I must confess I was making references to this film for an entire week while animating with Nate [2015-09-19 16:29:22] 3I was sort of obsessed with it [2015-09-19 16:29:26] oh goodness IRC Clouds log is like 6 months long [2015-09-19 16:29:32] It was very well done. :D [2015-09-19 16:29:38] 3Yeah I figure it could start with me explaining who the judges are, Aquamorph [2015-09-19 16:29:41] I loved that film [2015-09-19 16:29:56] yeah I will send you a copy [2015-09-19 16:29:58] 3which was like 25 mins ago or so [2015-09-19 16:29:58] Actually, what means b/c in this phrase? [2015-09-19 16:30:02] b/c those are the ones [2015-09-19 16:30:08] 3"b/c" means because [2015-09-19 16:30:13] tnx [2015-09-19 16:30:35] i dont know all this short forms) [2015-09-19 16:30:43] 3Yeah [2015-09-19 16:30:53] 3It's such a habit for most of us who spend a lot of time in the chat [2015-09-19 16:30:58] 3certainly for me it is [2015-09-19 16:31:06] why? [2015-09-19 16:31:08] b/c [2015-09-19 16:31:19] 3so to review [2015-09-19 16:31:23] 3 7) Dark Flight of the Moth by xxgbhxx 8) The Way Out by osomstudios 9) The Infinity Bulb by jasper 10) Guns 'N Roses [2015-09-19 16:31:55] 3err Guns 'N Roses is by Onecrasfilms [2015-09-19 16:32:05] 3Now onto 6th place [2015-09-19 16:32:15] *drums roll* [2015-09-19 16:32:19] * Channel mode set to +m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:32:22] 3In 6th place... [2015-09-19 16:32:37] 3'Grief's Restitution,' by AquaMorph! [2015-09-19 16:32:39] * Channel mode set to -m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:32:42] Hey hey hey! [2015-09-19 16:32:43] wooo [2015-09-19 16:32:45] wooo [2015-09-19 16:32:46] Congratulatins! [2015-09-19 16:32:47] So good. [2015-09-19 16:32:48] excellent [2015-09-19 16:32:50] good job Aqua [2015-09-19 16:32:53] 3Lotta neat elements in this one [2015-09-19 16:32:55] Nice Job Aqua! [2015-09-19 16:32:55] congrats, Aqua [2015-09-19 16:32:57] 3some creative visuals [2015-09-19 16:32:58] Nice work, Aqua! [2015-09-19 16:33:00] "Your films are getting depressing all the sudden" [2015-09-19 16:33:01] Congrats, aqua [2015-09-19 16:33:03] Yay! Congrats [2015-09-19 16:33:05] I love the fish tank [2015-09-19 16:33:07] → Legocloniac477_ joined (uid110913@tawx-33A3AF99.irccloud.com) [2015-09-19 16:33:07] 3definitely could see you put some effort into creating interesting lighting setups [2015-09-19 16:33:15] 3it's the sort of story we don't see a lot in brickfilming I think [2015-09-19 16:33:25] I really like that film [2015-09-19 16:33:26] 3oh yeah the fish tank was good haha [2015-09-19 16:33:32] there was some lovely photography in that [2015-09-19 16:33:33] that film blew me away [2015-09-19 16:33:36] congrats [2015-09-19 16:33:43] 3It blew Squash away! [2015-09-19 16:33:46] 3oh now i get it [2015-09-19 16:33:48] I had it pegged for number 1 when I first watched it. [2015-09-19 16:34:02] haha thanks guys [2015-09-19 16:34:13] Congrats AquaMorph [2015-09-19 16:34:26] 3Alright now for 5th place [2015-09-19 16:34:29] * Channel mode set to +m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:34:35] 3In 5th place... [2015-09-19 16:34:56] 3'And Men Loved Darkness,' by Pritchard Studios! [2015-09-19 16:34:56] * Channel mode set to -m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:35:00] Yay! [2015-09-19 16:35:01] noir [2015-09-19 16:35:06] Sweet! [2015-09-19 16:35:10] Nice [2015-09-19 16:35:10] Congratulations, Pritchard, who is not here right now [2015-09-19 16:35:13] 3The scope of this one was quite impressive. [2015-09-19 16:35:15] Woot Woot! [2015-09-19 16:35:19] That one was great! [2015-09-19 16:35:21] WOot [2015-09-19 16:35:21] Twas an awesome film, very impressive [2015-09-19 16:35:23] Cangrats! [2015-09-19 16:35:24] nice [2015-09-19 16:35:28] 3And the use of the theme in a metaphor manner the way it was done was neat as well. [2015-09-19 16:35:31] And it had Smeagol's voice in it, so hey, it's that much better [2015-09-19 16:35:33] is there a playlist of all the D&L films? [2015-09-19 16:35:34] I felt that that was the best use of a religious analogy and there were a lot [2015-09-19 16:35:43] Oops: Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:35:46] yes [2015-09-19 16:35:48] 3It's interesting some people who watched it (incl.) judges didn't realize there was a religious allegory to it [2015-09-19 16:35:59] How did that not win? I was expecting it to get 1st. Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:36:02] 3*(including judges) [2015-09-19 16:36:05] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHMKb_56v_krq4hdBAfHpbKdXSMGkP24e [2015-09-19 16:36:06] either that or horace and horace's day out would my favorite [2015-09-19 16:36:16] Can't wait to see the next 4! [2015-09-19 16:36:20] :D [2015-09-19 16:36:27] I think that is going to be said a lot [2015-09-19 16:36:28] The soundtrack was also excelent [2015-09-19 16:36:28] thank you, headpods [2015-09-19 16:36:30] 3But I kinda thought the protagonist was gonna go all Paul on the Road to Damascus on us within the first few minutes haha [2015-09-19 16:36:45] 3Anyway it was a really interesting, memorable brickfilm to me [2015-09-19 16:36:52] wait really? [2015-09-19 16:36:54] yeah, seem very Paul of Damascus [2015-09-19 16:36:57] It was so heavy handed [2015-09-19 16:36:58] 3Yeah everybody's gonna be like that should have won first with each entry [2015-09-19 16:37:10] True, true. [2015-09-19 16:37:19] good film but I don't understand why it was titled Manlove Darkness [2015-09-19 16:37:23] 3Which, there was some of that even among the judges [2015-09-19 16:37:30] I can't imagine missing the allegory [2015-09-19 16:37:33] 3at the end we had to rely on the averaging a bit [2015-09-19 16:37:38] 3well NXT can, Aqua [2015-09-19 16:37:39] 3*shrug* [2015-09-19 16:37:50] huh [2015-09-19 16:37:59] those silly Canadians [2015-09-19 16:38:02] 3Anyway it was very hard to get five people to agree [2015-09-19 16:38:05] 3on the winners [2015-09-19 16:38:11] 3but we all liked all the top filmss [2015-09-19 16:38:13] 3so that helped [2015-09-19 16:38:26] 3Now we're on to the official *winners* [2015-09-19 16:38:33] *teeth chatter* [2015-09-19 16:38:33] 3since prize participation starts at 4th place for this contest. [2015-09-19 16:38:53] 3To review briefly for our late-comers [2015-09-19 16:39:03] 3 10) Guns 'N Roses by Onecrasfilms [2015-09-19 16:39:06] 3 9) The Infinity Bulb by jasper [2015-09-19 16:39:10] 3 9) The Infinity Bulb by jasper [2015-09-19 16:39:13] 3whoops [2015-09-19 16:39:17] 3 8) The Way Out by osomstudios [2015-09-19 16:39:21] 3 7) Dark Flight of the Moth by xxgbhxx [2015-09-19 16:39:25] 3 6) Grief's Restitution by aquamorph [2015-09-19 16:39:29] 3 5) And Men Loved Darkness by Pritchard Studios [2015-09-19 16:39:33] 3So [2015-09-19 16:39:36] ⇐ Legocloniac477 quit (Legoclonia@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:39:37] * Legocloniac477_ is now known as Legocloniac477 [2015-09-19 16:39:43] * Channel mode set to +m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:39:46] 3In 4th place... [2015-09-19 16:40:04] 3'Horace and Horace's Day Out' by sillypenta! [2015-09-19 16:40:04] * Channel mode set to -m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:40:07] YAY! [2015-09-19 16:40:07] :O [2015-09-19 16:40:11] My favorite entry :D [2015-09-19 16:40:12] Yiis [2015-09-19 16:40:15] Fantastic! [2015-09-19 16:40:18] I loved that film [2015-09-19 16:40:18] Very good [2015-09-19 16:40:18] congrats [2015-09-19 16:40:19] That was a great entry! [2015-09-19 16:40:19] Awsome! [2015-09-19 16:40:19] That was short but sweet [2015-09-19 16:40:21] Loved it Penta! [2015-09-19 16:40:22] congrats [2015-09-19 16:40:26] Best entry! [2015-09-19 16:40:30] So unique and well done [2015-09-19 16:40:31] 3That was impressive especially for how quickly you turned it out [2015-09-19 16:40:32] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:40:34] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:40:36] wooo [2015-09-19 16:40:38] 3I think the concept was really fun and creative [2015-09-19 16:40:38] very unique entry [2015-09-19 16:40:43] 3and I will tell you [2015-09-19 16:40:47] not bad for a last minute entry [2015-09-19 16:40:49] 3Maverick, our "outsider" filmmaker judge [2015-09-19 16:40:52] you get a prize for fourth place and we didn't even have to ban anyone this time [2015-09-19 16:40:53] 3it was his personal favorite [2015-09-19 16:40:57] A true gem! [2015-09-19 16:40:58] Nice [2015-09-19 16:41:06] Wow, I am surprised [2015-09-19 16:41:12] Thank you :D [2015-09-19 16:41:14] → Big joined (BigMonkey@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com) [2015-09-19 16:41:17] le under appreciated gem [2015-09-19 16:41:19] *clap clap clap a lot* [2015-09-19 16:41:36] 3Anyway a really fun concept [2015-09-19 16:41:43] It's always good to know that your shadow is following you around and protecting youy [2015-09-19 16:41:47] 3reminded me of like an improved version of some of the brickfilms of years past [2015-09-19 16:41:52] I had been hoping it would make top 3, so close [2015-09-19 16:41:56] 3perhaps b/c of the webcam and minifig choices [2015-09-19 16:42:01] 3and the old-timey visual comedy [2015-09-19 16:42:17] 3Alright, on to third place [2015-09-19 16:42:19] We need more of that old-timey visual comedy, it's the best [2015-09-19 16:42:32] True [2015-09-19 16:42:35] 3The build-up used to be more suspenseful [2015-09-19 16:42:38] 3when we would have a score [2015-09-19 16:42:47] 3so we could be all "with a score of (meaningless numbers here)..." [2015-09-19 16:42:55] olo [2015-09-19 16:43:00] 3But the score-based systems didn't yield results I was as happy with [2015-09-19 16:43:08] I do not miss the scores [2015-09-19 16:43:14] 3I much prefer these ranking-based methods, they're much more comparative [2015-09-19 16:43:23] I like the new judging system better [2015-09-19 16:43:27] 3and it feels a bit easier to get results all the judges are satisfied with [2015-09-19 16:43:44] 3the big thing you lose is being able to rank all the way down to last place (too much noise in the system after 10th or so) [2015-09-19 16:43:47] ⇐ Big quit (BigMonkey@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:44:01] 3But I think it is worth it, I don't like it when people compete for last place haha [2015-09-19 16:44:01] The best post on BiM explained that [2015-09-19 16:44:06] → thefourmonkeys joined (thefourmon@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com) [2015-09-19 16:44:11] Squid was the last of the last [2015-09-19 16:44:14] 3Hey TFM! [2015-09-19 16:44:19] haha [2015-09-19 16:44:23] hello! [2015-09-19 16:44:25] 3Alrighty [2015-09-19 16:44:26] Hey [2015-09-19 16:44:27] 3So [2015-09-19 16:44:31] 3Third place now. [2015-09-19 16:44:37] 3I've lollygagged enough. [2015-09-19 16:44:39] → Pumkin joined (Pumkin@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com) [2015-09-19 16:44:42] 3Good word, lollygag [2015-09-19 16:44:50] * Channel mode set to +m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:44:54] 3In third place... [2015-09-19 16:45:02] 3'Experience and Error,' by nswihart! [2015-09-19 16:45:04] * Channel mode set to -m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:45:07] Hurrah! [2015-09-19 16:45:08] Woot! [2015-09-19 16:45:08] sounds good to me [2015-09-19 16:45:09] Yay :D [2015-09-19 16:45:15] Whoop whoop! [2015-09-19 16:45:16] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:45:16] nice [2015-09-19 16:45:19] Love it, love it, love it! [2015-09-19 16:45:19] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:45:20] I loved that film nswihart [2015-09-19 16:45:20] Fantasticus. [2015-09-19 16:45:22] great job nswihart [2015-09-19 16:45:25] Thanks guys. [2015-09-19 16:45:27] Congrats [2015-09-19 16:45:31] :D :D [2015-09-19 16:45:34] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:45:53] 3Congrats nate. The cool thing about this was that it used the theme in a somewhat outside-the-obvious way, but also had this great build-up where you didn't know quite what was going on for several minutes [2015-09-19 16:45:54] loved the simplicity yet effectiveness of the effects [2015-09-19 16:46:02] 3That feeling of suspense worked well I thought [2015-09-19 16:46:11] 3also yeah some cool little effects and techniques [2015-09-19 16:46:12] I'm honored to be in the top ten, shocked that I made third [2015-09-19 16:46:24] :) [2015-09-19 16:46:24] ⇐ Pumkin quit (Pumkin@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:46:30] I had you in third on my list [2015-09-19 16:46:40] so I am not surprised [2015-09-19 16:46:42] good film [2015-09-19 16:46:44] good job dude, keep making films! [2015-09-19 16:46:52] One of my top favorites [2015-09-19 16:46:54] 3it's been neat to see your somewhat rapid improvement I think [2015-09-19 16:46:58] Can't wait to see what you come up with next [2015-09-19 16:47:04] 3Anyway I liked Experience and Error [2015-09-19 16:47:07] I've got plans... :D [2015-09-19 16:47:34] 3Now, onto second place... [2015-09-19 16:47:41] * Channel mode set to +m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:47:52] 3In 2nd place... [2015-09-19 16:48:03] 3'The Tree,' by legoguy501! [2015-09-19 16:48:03] * Channel mode set to -m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:48:10] yaay [2015-09-19 16:48:11] Great film [2015-09-19 16:48:11] This was my favorite film [2015-09-19 16:48:11] Hurrah! Awesome film [2015-09-19 16:48:12] Alright! [2015-09-19 16:48:17] good! [2015-09-19 16:48:17] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:48:17] 3Really liked this one [2015-09-19 16:48:19] 3very unique [2015-09-19 16:48:20] good job, loved it [2015-09-19 16:48:21] Yay! [2015-09-19 16:48:22] That one was amazing [2015-09-19 16:48:23] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:48:25] That shot was super impressive [2015-09-19 16:48:27] 3the old one-shot wonder [2015-09-19 16:48:30] 3they're hard to do [2015-09-19 16:48:37] 3and this was way harder than my attempts at that format [2015-09-19 16:48:38] Had such a nice story to it [2015-09-19 16:48:43] 3with its camera moves and all the compositing and mini-scale stuff [2015-09-19 16:48:45] congratulations! [2015-09-19 16:48:48] definitely worth watching several times [2015-09-19 16:48:48] 3very very technically inventive [2015-09-19 16:48:54] I love seeing life timelapses in brickfilms [2015-09-19 16:48:56] It was Extremely impressive! [2015-09-19 16:48:57] (And in other mediums) [2015-09-19 16:49:14] 3And so [2015-09-19 16:49:16] * Channel mode set to +m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:49:22] 3In first place... [2015-09-19 16:49:27] → Timothy_R joined (uid93418@tawx-3E692E2E.highgate.irccloud.com) [2015-09-19 16:49:28] 3'Sola Luna,' by rioforce! [2015-09-19 16:49:29] * Channel mode set to -m by Smeagol [2015-09-19 16:49:30] YES [2015-09-19 16:49:32] !!!! [2015-09-19 16:49:32] Yes! [2015-09-19 16:49:32] :O [2015-09-19 16:49:33] wow [2015-09-19 16:49:33] :D :D :D [2015-09-19 16:49:39] congrats Riofoce [2015-09-19 16:49:40] CONGRATS [2015-09-19 16:49:41] nice job [2015-09-19 16:49:42] Way to go Rio! [2015-09-19 16:49:42] wHaT!?!?! [2015-09-19 16:49:43] Wow! Thank you very much! [2015-09-19 16:49:43] congrats! [2015-09-19 16:49:44] I knew it!!! [2015-09-19 16:49:45] Great job [2015-09-19 16:49:46] Congrats! [2015-09-19 16:49:46] big congrats! [2015-09-19 16:49:49] I absolutely love Sola Luna, rio! [2015-09-19 16:49:52] really enjoyed your film [2015-09-19 16:49:53] ⇐ OnecrasFilms quit (Mibbit@tawx-8B07BD84.dhcp.ccmn.ca.charter.com): Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client [2015-09-19 16:49:53] Congrats Rio! [2015-09-19 16:49:56] my favourite entry [2015-09-19 16:50:02] Sola Luna was AWESOME!!! [2015-09-19 16:50:02] I knew it would take the top spot :D [2015-09-19 16:50:03] yeah [2015-09-19 16:50:06] I shed a tear while watching it [2015-09-19 16:50:08] I couldn't have done it without GuyCommanderson, his soundtrack put the film together! [2015-09-19 16:50:09] you managed to do a lot of things that are really hard to do well with LEGO [2015-09-19 16:50:10] congrats rioforce [2015-09-19 16:50:10] Awesome film! [2015-09-19 16:50:12] Great job Rio. [2015-09-19 16:50:20] ⇐ SM quit (SM@tawx-4B04306.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:50:22] Thanks BTW. [2015-09-19 16:50:23] yay [2015-09-19 16:50:24] Thank you everyone :) [2015-09-19 16:50:28] Yes GuyCommanderson your soundtrack was wonderful [2015-09-19 16:50:30] That one was extremely gorgeous [2015-09-19 16:50:34] 3The use of the theme was really strong [2015-09-19 16:50:36] 3We felt [2015-09-19 16:50:37] It was a thrill to make a film for D&L [2015-09-19 16:50:39] ⇐ Mosh quit (Mibbit@tawx-D1FC116.hsd1.tn.comcast.net): Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client [2015-09-19 16:50:40] Congratulations, rioforce! [2015-09-19 16:50:48] 3even if it wasn't a metaphor in an in-your-face manner or whatever [2015-09-19 16:50:52] 3you used it to create the setting [2015-09-19 16:50:56] do you what to say any thing else smeagol [2015-09-19 16:50:59] 3And that's part of what gave it an edge over The Tree [2015-09-19 16:51:08] congrats to all the top 10 finalists, I liked almost all of the films, they also inspired me on working more also on the lighting side of brickfilming. wonderful entries truly! [2015-09-19 16:51:10] 3was stronger use of the contest theme in our view [2015-09-19 16:51:11] → SM joined (SM@tawx-4B04306.clients.kiwiirc.com) [2015-09-19 16:51:24] 3Yeah I would like to thank our contest sponsors [2015-09-19 16:51:25] Thank you for your kind words. :) [2015-09-19 16:51:27] 3Brickstuff [2015-09-19 16:51:28] Well, that was Darkness and Light [2015-09-19 16:51:31] 3https://www.brickstuff.com/ [2015-09-19 16:51:36] And yes, thank you sponsors! :D [2015-09-19 16:51:36] 3they make some pretty neat lights [2015-09-19 16:51:40] 3that you can build into your sets [2015-09-19 16:51:49] sounds really cool [2015-09-19 16:51:49] 3would be great for creating all sorts of interesting lighting effects in your films [2015-09-19 16:51:53] Stay tuned for next year folks ;0 [2015-09-19 16:51:54] ⇐ SM quit (SM@tawx-4B04306.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:51:58] 3I experimented with LEDs for the first time on the documentary animation bits [2015-09-19 16:51:59] ⇐ mib_ewp5bl quit (Mibbit@tawx-A8FB1133.v4.ngi.it): Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client [2015-09-19 16:52:00] ⇐ OneDouglas quit (Mibbit@tawx-E1A199AC.molalla.net): Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client [2015-09-19 16:52:08] ⇐ LegoStudiosP quit (LegoStudio@tawx-4B04306.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:52:09] 3and I felt like I was using them a lot more than I expected to [2015-09-19 16:52:16] 3And our other sponsor is Dragon Stop Motion [2015-09-19 16:52:18] Smeagol formed a really bad addictions [2015-09-19 16:52:28] 3Very honored that they are interested in supporting a community like ours [2015-09-19 16:52:29] *Dragonframe [2015-09-19 16:52:32] Woo Dragonframe! [2015-09-19 16:52:37] 3Dragonframe sorry [2015-09-19 16:52:39] 3http://www.dragonframe.com/ [2015-09-19 16:52:42] congrats rioforce! [2015-09-19 16:52:52] Dragon Stop Motion [2015-09-19 16:52:52] 3I'm an old-timer they were Dragon Stop Motion years ago [2015-09-19 16:52:52] Thanks, MG! [2015-09-19 16:52:53] excellent muvvey [2015-09-19 16:52:55] Smeagol is stuck in 2009 [2015-09-19 16:53:00] congrats to all of the winners [2015-09-19 16:53:05] 3Anyway thank you to Dragonframe [2015-09-19 16:53:05] Oh man, so jelly [2015-09-19 16:53:09] 3for helping make a contest like this possible. [2015-09-19 16:53:13] lol [2015-09-19 16:53:13] ⇐ Undershadow quit (Undershado@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com): Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client [2015-09-19 16:53:20] Very well done everyone [2015-09-19 16:53:26] 3So, congratulations to everybody who won [2015-09-19 16:53:28] 3everybody who made the top ten [2015-09-19 16:53:34] Awesome contests, congrats everyone! [2015-09-19 16:53:35] 3and to everybody who completed an entry! [2015-09-19 16:53:37] *contest [2015-09-19 16:53:40] 3I feel like making a film is its own reward [2015-09-19 16:53:46] And thanks to the anonymous LEGO giver and the cinefoil giver [2015-09-19 16:53:48] ⇐ WillowTree quit (Mibbit@tawx-6471FBDA.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client [2015-09-19 16:53:48] Try my best i this competition. Congrdulations everyboby! :) [2015-09-19 16:53:53] (Or whatever that other prize was that I forgot) [2015-09-19 16:53:58] 3And there were some really ambitious entries that had a lot of neat ideas and effort put into them that weren't in the top ten, for sure. [2015-09-19 16:54:20] → Pumkin joined (Pumkin@tawx-470C0227.clients.kiwiirc.com) [2015-09-19 16:54:22] @Penta, Lol. [2015-09-19 16:54:25] Yes indeed