It seems that people are not putting much originality into their design.
Exhibit A, the highest rated ship as of right now.
Design 1140
This is an Excalibur class vessel. The original design can be seen
here. Given the authors E-mail, I think we can be relatively sure that it is not Kevin Matthews.
Exhibit B,
Design 1162.
This one is taken from a Ships of the Line Calendar, as you can see from the calendar in the bottom-right corner. The author's name is also in the bottom left, but I can't make it out.
This one's already been posted about, but it reinforces the point. DJ Curtis's beautiful
Enterprise F was posted a couple times in the contest a while back.
Please, if you submit a ship, make it original and don't steal. People can design original starships. The
Luna Class that is in this game was designed in a contest hosted by Paramount by
Sean Tourangeau. Put some effort and creativity into these designs.
Comments
In before mods hide this in the sub forum of a sub form that most people never bothers to look in.
That is the Vesta Class; USS Aventine; Ezri Dax' ship... I seem to recall mention that it was in the works anyways. But I could be mistaken.
you are correct and seeing that ship is already on the "to be added to game" list I doubt it will do any harm
I also know of several other great artist who's ships have been placed in the contest by others.
i'm in germany, i wanted to submit something, the site did not hinder me to do so, did not even ask for my adress or anything. of course it is spammed by the rest of the world that just wants to show off the ships they want.
/facepalm
I have no sympathy for them being swamped with junk entries in that case, but it's still well out of order to submit someone else's design as your own.
Seriously, it's like baby's first game studio at times lol
I had a feeling it was Germans doing it:D...............kidding!