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[quote]Why not?Each skin in the main categories would still be done by a single skinner,the suite parts would be addons. I see no difference between this and team entries...a member of a team still has his own individual entries. If you do it the way your planning who would would want to make a WB,icon set or dream for a suite entry?[/quote] The problem with a team entry is that the skin could then be worked on by multiple people. Graphics would be shared between skins in the s

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Users could align themselves as teams in the 2006 event. Every medal won by an individual was worth a certain number of points. At the end of the competition we added up all the points to determine who the best overall skinner was, and added up the points of individuals on teams to figure out which team had the best makeup of skinners. The top team got an additional prize to divide up. It was more of an excuse to give more stuff away :)

Summer Gaming Doldrums in Gaming Stardock Forums

It's summer here in the northern hemisphere, which means that the PC game releases have dried up. Looking across the new release calendars, it's a wasteland until Space Siege comes out late August. So for the next two months PC gamers are looing for any fix they can get to tide them over. Of course, that two month dry spell could well be worth it considering what's on-tap for the fall. <

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It is open to anyone who is the age of majority in the country they live in.

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[quote]Couldn't\wouldn't the team event just be total medal points shared by team members?[/quote] We will be doing that like last time. People I think are more asking about events that people can compete in as a team.

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[quote]Skins from the team suite would NOT be considered for the other, individual events though. I think that would be a mistake.[/quote] It wouldn't be fair in competition against individual skins not built by a team.

Do You Have a Summer Skinning Project? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Summer has been in full-swing for a few weeks now, but the number of skins haven't slowed down at all it seems. Obviously you folks aren't letting something like good weather get in the way of building and uploading some killer skins! So if you're still skinning this summer, what's your summer project? Is it a light and sunny skin, or prep work for the 2008 GUI Champs starting in just a few months (I j

New WindowBlinds Skins to Check Out in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The last few weeks we've seen a bunch of great new WindowBlinds skins uploaded to the site. Normally we see one every few weeks, this week alone we've had 4 either new skins, or updates to existing skins. Every single one of these skins deserves a download and a run around the block. So get to downloading and let the skinners know how much you enjoy and appreciate their work. <A id=ctl00__Con

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Keep the thread civil, or I'll have to close it.

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Remember that even if we do a team event, it will have to be narrowly defined in terms of skinnable items. Take a theme/suite event as a hypothetical example, it would be very limited in what is included in order to make for a fair comparison. The easiest thing I can think of is a team event where a team must make a matching WB, icon set and Dream. For that event specifically, people would be able to collaborate and share graphics with team members. Skins from the tea

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Still debating how to do a team event. If you could see the draft schedule I have in front of me, you'd see how hard it's going to be to cram another event in.

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[quote]Great let's see if i can get my skin finished in time for this one...... not like last time...[/quote] That's why there's so much warning this time around! :D

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[quote]Should WB skins be for XP or Vista or both, or can separate OS skins be submitted?[/quote] WindowBlinds skins should, at a minimum, work for the version of WindowBlinds currently released at the time the competition starts (6.x). They can be compatible with either XP or Vista (or both as substyles) so long as they are clearly marked as which they support. You may not submit the same skin as an XP and as a Vista entry. One skin design, one submission.&nbs

Reply to US Congress Considers Orphan Works Act in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote]I think this is fantastic. Finally the artists have to do something, or its fair. You lose a wallet, you put up fliers. You lose a puppy or kitty, put up fliers. You want people to pay for your songs, register with this. Granted, I came in here expecting some law designating a home for orphaned children who paint and whatever very well. This is almost as good.[/quote] Have you ever actually created anything yourself? Written anything, drawn anything, designed anything?

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[quote]I'm disappointed that you chose Dreams as one of the categories. Most of us have not "downgraded" to Vista and that leaves us out in the cold. I would've preferred to see CursorFX or Widgets.[/quote] There are still the icons and windowblinds events. XP users are far from excluded from this competition. And the exclusion of other skinning apps from the competition does not mean they're UNpopular. We had to pick and choose what would have the biggest pull, attract

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The Masters don't control the site. No single user, nor any group of users controls the site. The site is run by the moderation team and the site admins (myself, Jafo, ID, Brad etc). My point on the outreach is not that it's not happening, it's more that it's not very visible. You could be tutoring dozens of people behind the scenes, but if I can't see it, I don't know it's happening. I've always hoped for more in the way of tutorials, threads on tips and trick

GamePro Gives The Political Machine 2008 4.5/5 in Political Machine News PolMach Forums

Andrew Dagley over at GamePro.com reviewed The Political Machine 2008 recently and gave it a glowing 4.5/5 score. He talks at length about many options in the campaigns, and how issues and state political biases play out in the game. The Political Machine doesn't disappoint, offering an excellent improvement over the last version released four years ago - but it's ultimately hamstrung by some nagging issues and the lack of

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I don't necessarily agree with your point that people shouldn't ask for help until they've gone to their wits end. Yes, people should work to figure something out first, so they learn from their mistakes, but saying that they shouldn't seek help until they've reached the point of extreme frustration is, in my view, more likely to drive someone away than it is to keep them in skinning. I would like to see Masters and such being more proactive in reaching out to younger skinners.&

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[quote]Damn. Us lowly dock skinners left out again.[/quote] It's an issue of skinning the major (i.e. most popular) Windows UI elements. Hence the skin, the icons and the background being the main events. It's the same reason there isn't a Xion, CursorFX or Firefox event.

CursorFX 2.01 Released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Stardock is pleased to announced the release of CursorFX 2.01 today. CursorFX is an application that lets users easily change their Windows cursors to one of thousands available for download. These can range from simple mouse cursors, to cursors with very detailed graphics and animations. CursorFX also includes a powerful, yet easy to use, editor in which you can create your own cursors which you can use on your own, or share with others. What's new in version 2.01: <li

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I'm really hoping for some great skins again this year. 2006 got us some of the best icons any of us have ever seen.

GUIC 2008 Details Posted in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The 2008 GUI Champs kicks off this October with three major categories and $10,000 in prizes. This year we wanted skinners to have as much time and warning as possible to put together their greatest skins. Today I posted the first batch of contest details, go here to read all about it and toss in your $0.02, and ask any questions you have.

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The 2008 site is currently still being designed/developed. We'll post about it more as it nears completion.

GUIC 2008 – Lets Talk Details in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

The 2008 GUI Championships, the latest iteration of the world’s largest GUI customization competition, is quickly approaching. This fall skinners from all over the globe will compete in one of three main events for their shot at hardware, software and cash prizes totaling near $10,000! For the last few months we’ve been letting out little teasers here and there about what we’re going