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Ships of the Line 2016 Calendar now available, including some STO related content.
fuzzym0dem
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Calendar here: http://shop.startrek.com/detail.php?p=874119
More info on the artists and bigger pics here: http://www.thetrekcollective.com/2015/05/complete-2016-ships-of-line-line-up.html
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More info on the artists and bigger pics here: http://www.thetrekcollective.com/2015/05/complete-2016-ships-of-line-line-up.html
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For everyone else: STO-related also seems to be this: As it is a fleet of Romulan ships approaching New Romulus, their new home.
The description actually says it is Rator III. New Romulus has a purple hue, not greenish.
I've got them all tucked away, plus both of the books.
LUV um!
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
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EDIT: Its the Insignia class. I've seen threads requesting this ship before,, VERY nice!
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Yeah, the person who won really got reamed by the vocal trolls of the STO community back them as they were extolling the virtures of Fuzzym0dem's entry at the end of the "Design the Next Enterprise for STO" contest...oh, wait...
PWE ARC Drone says: "Your STO forum community as you have known it is ended...Display names are irrelevant...Any further sense of community is irrelevant...Resistance is futile...You will be assimilated..."
I assume he knows I'm the one who designed it.
I sulked for a while, yeah. After solidly winning the fan vote I really expected to make the top judges 25. I made an effort not to be a jerk about it though, but couldn't control the reactions of some of my more... colorful supporters.
Having since been credited with inspiring the design of the Command Cruisers and making it onto the calendar feels pretty good though. CBS paying me for the design was also nice. The half a million hits on youtube is cool, and getting Andrew Probert's feedback was amazing, and I've since been able to get him to critique some of my other designs. (Contrasting his advice with Chris Roberts' advice on the same design is fascinating, as they come from very different schools of thought, and I have equal respect for both.)
So I think it was well worth it in the long run.
I've always felt a bit bad for Adam Ilhe, who won the contest, given the reception his design received from some corners. You can't make everyone happy all the time, and that's especially true for Trekkies, as our perception is heavily colored by which series and films we grew up with.
If you are interested, there is a bunch more material on my design here. Bridge layout, saucer separation, turn table animations and such.
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Your wish is granted, or will be soon.
Star Citizen is the spiritual successor to Wing Commander/Privateer/Starlancer/Freelancer.
Currently in alpha. The first single player campaign (of 3) is next year, and multiplayer hopefully a year later.
It's an indie game, and holds the world record for highest amount of crowd funding with 80+million dollars and climbing.
I had the privilege of working with Chris Roberts and the Star Citizen team as part of an internship/spaceship design reality TV show.
It's going to be the best game you've ever played, and I say that completely earnestly.
Both very nice!
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
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I liked it. Cryptic seemed to like it too; they made the command cruisers look real close to it.
Now Fuzzy's Star Citizen ship... I wasn't a fan of that. I'm really not a fan of asymmetry.
I thought it was supposed to be available this year?
All that money and they couldn't release it on its original schedule?
Makes me glad I didn't take that bait.
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
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It's already a massive PTW game, don't count on it being F2P.
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
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You can play multi-player for $10 one time cost with no monthly fee, as long as you don't mind working on someone else's crew and saving up game credits for a ship of your own. Everything will be purchasable in game.
And yes, ambitious games take a lot of time. I personally hope they don't rush.
I for one rather like it. It's a configuration I'd never seen before, it's different, but still strikes the iconic cruiser profile. Certainly looks more Federation at a glance than a lot of well-loved canon ships, like the Saber or Defiant.
Glad to see it's getting some recognition. I might actually buy one of these calendars now.
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Anyhow, with all due respect to Fuzzymodem getting his DTNE Entry into the SotL 2016 Calander, I wouldn't say this is STO related since his ship never officially got selected. However if Adam Ihle's Enterprise-F / Odyessey-class or one of the Cryptic-designed ships made it to the Calander, then it really would be STO related.
Hmm, come to think of it. Maybe it would be a smart thing for Salami to give out a STO Ships of the Line 2016 Calander at the 50th Anniversary.
So technically, that design is a part of STO even though we haven't seen it appear in the game yet.
There was a pic posted by Cryptic in the old forums during the contest, that showed nine of the final designs They were mulling over to pick First, Second and Third.
One of those nine was quite obviously the "Fuzzyprise", so it wasn't hated by the Dev's at all.
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Seems to me that anybody who takes the time to create artwork of Star Trek Ships, is probably a "Fan".
(whether they worked on any of the shows or not)
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
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You completely misunderstood my comment. I wasn't disagreeing about fanarts in general or fans submitting artwork. My disappointment was that the 2016 SotL contest was supposed to be pure fanarts of ships "known but never seen" that was mentioned in Star Trek itself. My only guess they changed their mind and amended the rules.
And with this thread, like I said it really has nothing to do with STO. Just a fanart of a former DTNE contestant.
Now that you mentioned it, how could he submitted the artwork for the Calander if he gave up the rights when he submitted the design in the DTNE contest? Isn't that a breach of contract?
Besides, the majority who bought the calander don't even know it's connection to STO.
2: how would that prevent him from submitting it? he's NOT submitting it to a different company.
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I would say that point is mute at this point, don't you agree?
Because those who entered the DTNE contest surrendered their rights to the work. Even if it was the same company (which it's not BTW), it's CBS's property now. So unless CBS was the one to contact him and give him the calander slot, I would think that would be a violation of the DTNE contract. But since the 2016 Calander is already published, that's their problem. But here, the thread should be at least moved to the fan section since this has nothing to do with STO in the broad sense of the term.