Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 C'mon folks! We need more entries. I was really hoping to see some creativity with this one. 3 D printing, Ghost guns, open bolt madness! Do you want me to break out my MS paint skills, write a matlab function, and create a promotional video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Do you want me to break out my MS paint skills, write a matlab function, and create a promotional video? Topless! With CGI dragons! Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 C'mon folks! We need more entries. I was really hoping to see some creativity with this one. 3 D printing, Ghost guns, open bolt madness! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_7FaWnlhS4 Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 I guess this competition is just covert money transfer to Sturgeon so he can pay for servers Next time we need to do something crazy, like "design AFV for Mars wars!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Given the level of brains on this forum, and the state of the Canadian navy, if I had cash, I'd be all about sponsoring a COTS tech Frigate competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronezhilet Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Well then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 Does my idiot gun win by default? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApplesauceBandit Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 I don't know a thing about designing a gun, but I could provide some honorary "competition" if that would appease the masses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 I originally intended to compete in this, but Real Life got in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted September 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 I'm willing to call this one a fizzle. I know at least one other poster had preliminary models in the works, but they're still some distance off from realization. If anyone has ideas on why this didn't work, I'm all ears. I honestly expected it to be a hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 I'm willing to call this one a fizzle. I know at least one other poster had preliminary models in the works, but they're still some distance off from realization. If anyone has ideas on why this didn't work, I'm all ears. I honestly expected it to be a hit. Me 3. I was expecting all sorts of craziness. I was looking forward to judging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 I personally felt that I didn't have enough knowledge of firearms to submit a viable entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 I personally felt that I didn't have enough knowledge of firearms to submit a viable entry. Heh, that's funny, as the contest was designed so that entrants really only needed a high school level appreciation of physics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 My first feeling when competition started was "Competition is not crazy enough, not enough space for imagination to interest people. I am bad at guns so i will not participate or judge. And it is so specific, it is just about some nearly common-type homemade SMG, only several members will bother to do that. Probably Sturgeon, maybe Toxn and 1 more, but that all. Well, at least it will be interesting to learn basics of SMG design". Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 My first feeling when competition started was "Competition is not crazy enough, not enough space for imagination to interest people. I am bad at guns so i will not participate or judge. And it is so specific, it is just about some nearly common-type homemade SMG, only several members will bother to do that. Probably Sturgeon, maybe Toxn and 1 more, but that all. Well, at least it will be interesting to learn basics of SMG design". I am nothing if not predictable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 My first feeling when competition started was "Competition is not crazy enough, not enough space for imagination to interest people. I am bad at guns so i will not participate or judge. And it is so specific, it is just about some nearly common-type homemade SMG, only several members will bother to do that. Probably Sturgeon, maybe Toxn and 1 more, but that all. Well, at least it will be interesting to learn basics of SMG design". I warned colli that might be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 I warned colli that might be the case. Also it started too soon after first one. 4 months gap is must, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Also it started too soon after first one. 4 months gap is must, IMO. Interesting suggestion. Tri-annually? What does everyone think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 I don't think four months spacing is needed, two or three would be sufficient. One thing we really need is to have people other than the "old guard" of the site get involved. Maybe stick a notification at the top of the forum when a new contest is ongoing (not sure if the board software permits this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Agree on notification of some sorts. Time between competitions can be different, 2 months is as low as it can be, IMO. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguetechie Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 I'm definitely in for the next competition... I'll almost assuredly lose every time, likely because of my ideas always seeming to be a step or two beyond what's possible / economically viable currently. But I'll strive to entertain at the very least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 The winner: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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