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The Yeti · Post by **The Yeti** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:28 pm

is there any way to know what categorys are going to be in the third castle contest or are they the same every year?

Post by **Formendacil** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:43 pm

In all likelihood, they aren't even THINKING about the CCCIII yet. It's in November/December, after all, which is half a year away....

The Yeti · Post by **The Yeti** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:36 pm

ya, but i was jsut wondering if there are any categories that they know are going to be there as i am not that good of a builder and it takes me a looooooong time to make something good. if this is too early, my sincere apologies

Jojo · Post by **Jojo** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:55 pm

Hello!

Just build something. Anything you feel like. Now. When it's time for a contest you'll most likely find the fitting category for it. In general I wouldn't suggest building specially for contests.

Bye
Jojo

Post by **architect** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:04 pm

That's good advice Jojo. Build to have fun, not just to win prizes. Colossal Contest categories are related to prizes. So it depends what the admins find for prizes or what is donated to us. I would expect the categories to be similar to the last 2 contests, but we will have some new ones and get rid of a few also.

Ben E.
Contest Admin

The Yeti · Post by **The Yeti** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:50 pm

good advice. i dont build to win prizes really though. i dont expect to win. i have a problem of lack of inspiration and a major lack of peices. Its jsut that contests give me ideas of stuff to build and i like to have a purpose for building. i like buildign for the fun of it, but when inspiration runs dry a contest is a good thing to build for. but sorry for this thread. i guess it was far too early. thanks again for advice.

Post by **Formendacil** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:10 pm

The Yeti wrote:Good advice. I don't build to win prizes really though. I dont expect to win. I have a problem of lack of inspiration and a major lack of peices. It's just that contests give me ideas of stuff to build and I like to have a purpose for building. I like buildign for the fun of it, but when inspiration runs dry a contest is a good thing to build for.

Well, if it's just inspiration that you're looking for, visit the old contests, and take a look at the entries and categories there.

The Yeti · Post by **The Yeti** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:19 pm

guess it all comes down to not enough peices and lack of purpose. people who have lots of lego can sit down and build a big castle or something like that, but with less peices u have less to build on your list. but good idea still, and i most certainly will check out hte earlier contests.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:46 pm

Hey Yeti,

Formendacil is right, we haven't discussed it at all and probably won't for several months. However, if you look at the previous contests:

CCCI: siege weapons, medeival life, carts, classic shops, CCC wall buildings, CCC tudor style shops, tower-gatehouse-keep, heroes and villains, and miscellaneous

CCCII: siege weapons, medeival life, wagons and carts, medieval ships, outlaw fortress, miscellaneous, castle vignette, CCC tudor style shops, fantastical/mythic customization, historic/realistic customization, DaVinci, and beats

You'll see that some categories remained the same, but we discarded some and added new ones. Largely the choices of category were related to the prizes we had available, what worked and didn't from the previous contest, and where we thought the interest of the community was heading.

But, as others have said, don't worry about planning for the CCCIII yet. Just build for the fun of it. If contests lend you inspiration, though, why not build something for the Checkmate Chess contest? I'm sure we'll have other smaller contests like the seed part challenges etc before the CCCII rolls around. There are also periodic contests sponsored by other parts of the community. For instance, you still have time to build something for the Joe Vig contest on Lugnet (but run by some familiar C-C.com faces).

Bruce

The Yeti · Post by **The Yeti** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:52 pm

ive done all my entries to the checkmate contest allready. the joe vig i didnt enter because i didnt wnat to sign up for lugnet. i mainly wondered if the minifigs would be there still, but i guess you admins will tells us all when the time is right.