Nodiatis Fan Art Suggestion

[Lakki]

I recently had a conversation in clan LoOnY and civil about an idea of hosting a competition of players submitting pictures of legendary items to the forum, and that I would personally give TC's to those who made the best ones. I was personally pondering the idea of people just simply changing the Sword of Solar Sheens lightning from Yellow, to Blue Or Red. then Morrodin had asked me " Why not ask Glitch about fan art being added into the game?"

So I thought about it, and told him that it was a great Idea! So Glitchless, the point of this is : Would you be willing to let there be a competition, for players to create their own legendary weapon, or item perhaps. And then you could pick the best looking one , and add it to the game?

It would be both, an honor to you the developer, and to the artists if such a competition were allowed. We are all very grateful for the amount of new things / change being implemented into the game lately, and I personally think this would be a benefit to the game rather than it be harmful.
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Player and Glitchless feedback on this topic would be greatly appreciated! i honestly think that something as simple as this would be a fun experience between both the players, and the developer. What are your guys thoughts?
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P.S. i may still be giving TC's to those willing to palette swap LG's, and post in a different thread. i'm still curious to see sword of solar sheens with blue lightning XD

[Morrodin]

Obviously Im in total support and thank you glitch for making nodiatis!!!!

[Linkx]

I definitely agree with this. It would not only be a great way to intrigue players back, it could also encourage new players to join. It could be extremely beneficial in several ways to game and players. I believe it is a great doorway to new creations and much more.

[Deadlyone]

It will be nice to see so much talent support!!!

[SiSiX]

So, I'm going to preface this by saying first, I'm a content creator (photographer, sound Fx creator, 3D artist), I'm a business owner, and I've been involved in more than one Con on the organization side of things, and seen first hand how fan art works...or doesn't.

It's a nice 'idea'...if you're not Glitch. Here's why:

-First and foremost, nearly everything in this game, in a particular "range", fits into a theme. All of the released (and from the leaked {thanx Trojan} images, unrelease) LGs fit into a theme, and are related to each other in that theme...generally.

-At this point, looking at what IS released, probably more than half of the LG weapons still have to be released. As previously noted, Glitch already appears to have assets for these items...that fit into particular themes.

-Now, the real problems with fan art: Copyright. The very simple reality is that a HUGE chunk of the fan art out there is based on IP that is copyrighted. You only need to go to a Con's artist alley, or check out Deviantart to see all the art that violates copyright. The publishers largely look the other way on these things, cause it's generally not worth their time to go after them. But you better believe that if a game maker used something, and they found out, their legal team would be on that fast. Glitch hiring an artist, could go after an artist legally for using/providing material that violated another companies IP. Glitch running a contest for fan art for "game assets", would be entirely responsible for making sure that said artwork did not infringe upon some other IP. Glitch is a small publisher; it'd only take one suit for Glitch to not be a publisher any longer.

Largely that's it. It sounds really cool...till you know the other side of the coin and the hassle it is for Glitch to do something like this. There's a reason you very very seldom see fan submitted art ever make it into a commercial release, let alone one that has been ongoing for any length of time.

Sorry to be the rain cloud on this, but you'd be better directed your energies at submitting ideas, or better avatars that aren't Google/Bing Image/Deviantart/Facebook Meme grabs for the forums.

[Qratos]

[Lakki]

Originally Posted by Qratos

that looks sick dude! i'll give you a tc or two lulz

[spamdough]

[Qratos]

Lakki is teh OP!!! Can i equip 2h and a shield too???

[Qratos]

Fang Spear

[spamdough]

[Huggles]

OC DO NOT STEAL

[Soxson]

In case anyone didn't know or was confused when reading sisix's comment, when he said IP, he wasn't referring to Internet Protocol, which is what is used to track your network connection. He was referring to Intellectual Property. Both use the same acronym.

[spamdough]

[Atropos]

Glitchy, urgent bug report! Certain players like Lakki, can equip 2H and a Shield, thats unfair and has to be fixed ASAP!!!

[Soxson]

Originally Posted by Atropos

Glitchy, urgent bug report! Certain players like Lakki, can equip 2H and a Shield, thats unfair and has to be fixed ASAP!!!

hax. ban

[Redeye]

Can't wait til the graphic designers of the game see's this
RIP to their jobs lmao, sooner or later the nod community is gonna run the game entirely.

In all seriousness, we had ideas to where you can put your own signatures or even your own colors to all equipped items. I'd love to be able to mod our items to our likings.

[SiSiX]

Originally Posted by Atropos

Glitchy, urgent bug report! Certain players like Lakki, can equip 2H and a Shield, thats unfair and has to be fixed ASAP!!!

What bug? I've been equipping dual Thorins and casting a Paulo for years...and STILL wield that staff/crotch hitting thing.