ESO Motif/Costume/Mount/Pet Design Contests?

Gidorick

Last Halloween Team Ninja had a contest to design DOA5 Halloween costumes that were released in-game. Below are two of the winners.





As you can see, the submission didn't have to be professional. It was a wonderful way to engage the community in the creation process and to foster community ownership of the game.
http://teamninja-studio.com/doa5/ultimate/us/halloween2014/index.html

ESO could have similar community involvement. ZOS could:

1. Collect submissions
2. Choose a number of finalists
3. Have their artists do mock ups of the finalist's designs
4. Offer the finalists up for community voting
5. Release one community item

This could be done with motifs, costumes, mounts, or pets. There is an amazing amount of talent that surrounds the TES franchise. It's a shame that ZOS isn't taking advantage of that community.

Some Skyrim Armor Mods:

Uncle_Voodoo

Ooh... Ooh... here's my entry:



And the Artist mock up of it could be this:

ArrerBoy

Instant Heresy

MissBizz

That's a fantastic idea!

Auricle

Seriously, this is an amazing idea! You should totally ask about something like this for the next ESO Live. I think it'd be a solid way to get the community involved in a way that's not just whining. I know I'd enter.

Gidorick

I take it that the Forum Mods forward ideas such as these to the design teams... that seems like a reasonable assumption, right?

angelyn

YES PLEASE!!! Also where can I enter? ....

....seriously this would be awesome!! Please do this ZOS!

*runs off to design spring/summer collection for mage guild motif and Fighter's guild motif*

ZOS_GinaBruno

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

Gidorick

Awesome Thanks Gina! I'm sure something like this would need approval through multiple ranks... so good luck!

Arundo

Gidorick wrote: »

Great idea !

And can we get this armor + those female models / hairstyles in ESO please.

Auricle

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

Sweet. I hope the higher ups see this for the brilliant community-building idea that it is. Good luck pitching it!

angelyn

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

Woo! Very exciting!

EDIT: upon reflection I have decided that creating an entire spring/summer cllection for both Fighter's guild and Mages guild might have been a tad ambitious..*back to drawing board *

Faulgor

What I'm really, really missing in ESO (besides Bonemold and Chitin armor) are Fur armors. Something simple and furry that lets me look like a Berserker or Shaman type.

Treasure_Goblin

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

see what you can do about fixing your damn game

Xendyn

Treasure_Goblin wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

see what you can do about fixing your damn game

There is absolutely No need to be rude and cursing at Gina. She is an awesome Community Manager and has nothing to do with game development or technical issues.
What she does do is try to get some amount of attention for us.

Ever hear of the saying "Don't bite the hand that feeds you?"

Gidorick

Treasure_Goblin wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

see what you can do about fixing your damn game

In all likeliness, the people who would organize, manage, and implement this sort of contest have absolutely nothing to do with the things that are "broken" about ESO.

Gidorick

Xendyn wrote: »

Treasure_Goblin wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

see what you can do about fixing your damn game

There is absolutely No need to be rude and cursing at Gina. She is an awesome Community Manager and has nothing to do with game development or technical issues.
What she does do is try to get some amount of attention for us.

Ever hear of the saying "Don't bite the hand that feeds you?"

And the community wonders why the majority of communication seems to be moderation. Look at what we do when they give us more than hand slaps and closed threads.

tactica

Treasure_Goblin wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

see what you can do about fixing your damn game

Shame that you lashed out here. Community thread about a fun community activity. This game, this community, could use a lot more FUN. Ironically, you spat at someone about something in a thread that was completely off topic.

You could be supportive, to the OP, to the community and to the community manager who is reaching out and trying to work with folks here. You could be encouraging of the idea of adding more FUN into this space... instead, you chose negativity. Says more about you... and your state.

There's hope... you could retract your statement, you could apologize.

There are multiple threads here about bugs and problems. They have been responding and I've even seen @ZOS_GinaBruno respond to a few now providing some updates. I recently just read something about consoles receiving a patch in October to fix some bugs in response to a request for update.

You'll do much better to put some effort into your complaints, speak positive and report issues with some documented evidence of problems - vs. lashing out with negativity. That's only going to work against you at first, and get you banned if you keep it up.

Good luck, here's hoping you walk the higher road.

Cheers,

cjthibs

Treasure_Goblin wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

see what you can do about fixing your damn game

This is almost a guaranteed way to get 98% of the community pissed off at you, bro.

DragonSamurai360

If someone can get me the Skyrim trailer's Dovahkiin armor to buy as a costume by way of something like this I'd buy it in a heartbeat ha ha ha ha ha. Funny ideas aside I think this is an excellent idea plus the winner can get their creation as part of the crown store or as an update if ZOS desires as such as a motif based armor set or a costume. I'd prefer an armor set that way it's kind of more permanent and can protect you somewhat against enemies.

eNumbra

Zenimax pls. Zenimax, no.

Djeriko

Was it intentional for the dye system to produce incorrect colors on Glass armor? Are we basically being told that even tho we earned those dyes, we can't have them on our awesome, expensive, shiny new armor? Yeah if you haven't already noticed, the colors on the dyes for Glass armor are all off.

OrdainedFaun

I think the idea of some community costume design contests would rock! I will submit many, many horrendo...err gorgeous drawings XD

Gidorick

Djeriko wrote: »

Was it intentional for the dye system to produce incorrect colors on Glass armor? Are we basically being told that even tho we earned those dyes, we can't have them on our awesome, expensive, shiny new armor? Yeah if you haven't already noticed, the colors on the dyes for Glass armor are all off.

I think you might be on the wrong thread @Djeriko...

OrdainedFaun wrote: »

I think the idea of some community costume design contests would rock! I will submit many, many horrendo...err gorgeous drawings XD

That's why ZOS would have to choose the finalists.

Gidorick

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

Hey @ZOS_GinaBruno has there been any kind of forward momentum on this?

If it's definitely on its way, that's awesome! If it still being considered, that's cool too. If it's been decided that it's never going to happen, that's fine too, but it'd be great to know.

Soris

ALL OF THIS
https://youtu.be/NTZNu7c5_9s?t=6m42s
start at 6:41

my favorutes in this one

Lysette

Gidorick wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Interesting idea! We'll see what we can do.

Hey @ZOS_GinaBruno has there been any kind of forward momentum on this?

If it's definitely on its way, that's awesome! If it still being considered, that's cool too. If it's been decided that it's never going to happen, that's fine too, but it'd be great to know.

Given the huge amount of fashion created in a world like second life by it's users, it would be silly from ZOS to ignore the talent out there. We could have awesome sets and it would free up time in the art department of ZOS as well, so that we could have more costumes and motifs. Currently the problem is, there is nothing to buy in the crown store, I have already all what is useful to me at my level and I am not even 2 months here - so bring on more stuff, I want to buy more sets, motifs and so, but I am hindered by the slow development in this department. But I want quality for my money, and more choices.

p1nhead

Valve already doing this in their games for years.

I'm sure if something like this would be in ESO, it would be awesome for both (ZOS and players).

Troneon

Soris wrote: »

ALL OF THIS
https://youtu.be/NTZNu7c5_9s?t=6m42s
start at 6:41

and this

Makes eso look like crap....lol

Lysette

Troneon wrote: »

Soris wrote: »

ALL OF THIS
https://youtu.be/NTZNu7c5_9s?t=6m42s
start at 6:41

and this

Makes eso look like crap....lol

Immersive armors is actually one of the most downloaded mods for Skyrim - this show how much people loved those sets.

Troneon

Lysette wrote: »

Troneon wrote: »

Soris wrote: »

ALL OF THIS
https://youtu.be/NTZNu7c5_9s?t=6m42s
start at 6:41

and this

Makes eso look like crap....lol

Immersive armors is actually one of the most downloaded mods for Skyrim - this show how much people loved those sets.

Yeah they look way better than ESO styles...