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3DVIA Champion 15: Amalgam Vehicles – Ilovegoodcheese

jdelrio — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:57 +0000

I’ve come to the conclusion that our community members are waayyy too savvy to have a 3rd party voting system. I mean you guys can find your way around everything! And I mean that as a compliment. So as you all saw in our voting post, our savvy users, after “robust testing” found a way to make their votes count. Unfortunately this invalidated the veracity of the user voting section, so I had to recruit extra judges to get a good average opinion on our new Challenge Champion. Wow did we have a close race, for a while I was redoing my calculations multiple times because I couldn’t believe my eye’s! In the end, Emmy’s vote card pushed the winner ahead and our new Champion rose from a crowd of excellent challengers. Join us in congratulating Ilovegoodcheese in winning the 3DVIA Challenge!

Here is the Score Card!

And here’s the winning model!

Our next Challenge will begin next week, and I’ve been going through the suggestions on the Challenge Forum Thread so if you have any late additions be sure to include them soon! Start practicing for next week, because next time, you could be our Champion!

-Juan

3DVIA Mobile Challenge Winner: Theneverstill

jdelrio — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:37 +0000

Rampage! Theneverstill’s 3DVIA Mobile challenge entry had an excellent dramatic setting and was an fast favorite among our judges. We’d like to thank everyone for participating in this challenge and helping us celebrate the launch of 3DVIA Mobile. Join us in congratulating Theneverstill, winner of the 3DVIA Mobile Challenge and lets not forget a brand new Amazon Kindle!

To view all the challenge entries click here.

Challenge 14 Champion: Amidal

jdelrio — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:08:18 +0000

Thank you everyone for participating in the voting round of the Classic Transformers Challenge! This was a tricky challenge to choose the finalists, but after that selection we had an amazing selection of finalists. Please join me in congratulating our new community member and this challenge’s winner, Amidal! Bellow you’ll find the judges, community and final scores.

Thank you everyone for your patience with me while I was at Siggraph :)

Checkout Amidal’s Winning Entry. Congratulations Amidal, you are our new 3DVIA Champion!

Our next Challenge will begin next week, and I’m even taking suggestions! So everyone start practicing for next week, because next time, you could be our Champion!

-Juan

3DVIA Challenge 13 Champion: ToyMaker!

jdelrio — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:33:34 +0000

Thank you everyone for paticipating in the voting round of the Helmets Challenge! This challenge’s champion is no stranger to the community, he is a very active member, please join me in welcoming ToyMaker as our new Champion! Bellow you’ll find the judges, community and final scores, it was a very close race till the final calculations.

Checkout ToyMaker’s Winning Entry. Congratulations Toymaker, you are our new 3DVIA Champion!

Our next Challenge will begin next week, and I’m even taking suggestions! So everyone start practicing for next week, because next time, you could be our Champion!

-Juan

3DVIA Challenge 12: Champion FatherT3D

jdelrio — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:08:31 +0000

Sorry everyone for the voting Snafu, but we forged on, and everyone was excited to be judging the challenge… Until they had to choose the winner! The presure was on! After careful consideration and much deliberation the judges ruled FatherT3D’s model the winner! This model went above and beyond the call of the challenge, not only providing a crate created from reusable materials but also an easily assembled desk. With so many uses, including the potential to have an instant classroom from these crates, FatherT3D amazed us, and has become the new 3DVIA Champion!

Congratulations FatherT3D!

Honorable Mentions

Desk Crate

Newspaper Crate

Hemp Crate

Our next Challenge will begin next week, and with it a new voting system! So everyone start practicing, because next time, you could be our Champion!

-Juan

3DVIA Challenge 11: Entertainment Center Champion

jdelrio — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:59:19 +0000

Man, you guys don’t make our job easy! Not only did we have some well made models but we also had some great expressions of ideas in 3D. Some artistic favorites and some subject favorites, but all Fantastic entries. Almost everyone in the office had a different pick as to the winner. But after pulling in all the voting numbers, and adding them the community total, the winner became self evident.

Congratulations Jean-Jacques, you’ve won the praise of the 3DVIA Staff and the community! You also get a Champion’s page and an iPod touch, but hey that’s just the cherry on the top :)

I’m at GDC in San Francisco :) I’ll add the honorable mentions at the next update.
Our next Challenge begins in early April, so come back and join us once again for our quest to see if you have what it takes to be the next 3DVIA Champion!

-Juan

3DVIA Challenge 10: String Instruments Champion

jdelrio — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:19:22 +0000

You would think, choosing a champion would get easier over time, but this was not the case with the String Instruments Challenge. Every single one of our entries was creative, well crafted and looked amazing. Not only that but everyone wanted to be the judges! So after a complete 3DVIA Staff judging period we have selected our champion.

Congratulations Anabelle! Not only was your instrument choice unique, but it was execently crafted and beautifully textured. Your hard work has paid off! Along with the accolades from the community, you win an iPod touch!!!

Honorable Mentions

Thunder G

Jam night Aftermath

Flex-able Guitar

Our next Challenge begins on the 20th of Febuary, come back and join us once again for our quest to see if you have what it takes to be the next 3DVIA Champion!

-Juan

3DVIA Challenge 9: Snowman Champion

jdelrio — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:28:33 +0000

2008 ended with a spectacular bang! as our last challenge, Challenge: Snowman drew the largest participating crowd of the year! One entry, however stood out among the many greats, and we the judges along with our Community voters have chosen the end of the Year Champion!

Congratulations Aksakof! Along with the accolades, you win our first challenge prize, an iPod touch!!!

Honorable Mentions

snowman11b

Snowmen Jackson

OH MY GOD…

Our next Challenge begins on the 16th of January, come back and join us once again for our quest to see if you have what it takes to be the next 3DVIA Champion!

-Juan

3DVIA Challenge 8: Epic Weapons Champion. JackRED

jdelrio — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:46:14 +0000

I’d like to thank everyone for the excellent work submited to this challenge. It was not an easy task to pick one out of the many excellent EPIC Weapons entered into this challenge. And without further delay:

Honorable Mentions

Golden Axes
Designed By MVComputers

Halberd
Designed By Balgin

GrimThrow
Designed By T3H_Danger

Our next Challenge begins on the 8th of December, come back and join us once again for some frigid fun!

3DVIA Challenge 7 Champion: Balgin

jdelrio — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:00:46 +0000

Balgin has shows some incredible work with his winning entry for 3DVIA Challenge 7: Jack-o-Lanterns . We were especially impressed with the classical overall look and of course a great pumpkin head! Everyone join us in celebrating our new 3DVIA Champion!

Check out the winning entry below!

Congratulations Balgin!!
Everyone get ready for the next challenge!

3DVIA Challenge 5 Champion: MVComputers

jdelrio — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:16:45 +0000

Our reigning champion does it again, MVComputers is the winner of Challenge 5: Cell Phones! Previous winner of Challenge 3: Dragsters and Challenge 1: Military Might, MVComputers is proving to be the member to beat in our challenges. Do you have what it takes to be the next Champion? Find out! Join our next Challenge starting on Monday, September 15th 2008.

Check out the winning entry below!

Congratulations MVComputers! Everyone get ready for the next challenge!

3DVIA Challenge 4 Champion: Machdoem

jdelrio — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:43:09 +0000

Rejoice! Our 4th Champion has been chosen! Machdoem is the winner of the 3DVIA Challenge: The Luau. Unlike our last challenge Dragsters, was our widest subject yet, and we had some great entries. Machdoem won using our new Judging rules, with a score of “7.2″! His composition had a wide range of objects, good construction and excellent imagination.

Check out the winning entry below!

Our next challenge will be more focused and is a tie-in with our Siggraph 2008 presence. Read all about it!

3DVIA Challenge 3 Champion MVComputers

jdelrio — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:54:32 +0000

The Community has chosen their 3rd Champion in the 3DVIA Challenge: Dragsters. MVComputers is our first second time winner of the Challenge as chosen by popular vote. A popular face on our website and a constant contributor, MVComputers is always up for a Challenge!

Challenge #4: The Luau has just begun, head over to the Challenge page and prove you have what it takes to be the next 3DVIA Champion!

Pontiac Dragster

3DVIA Challenge 2 Champion: Arrigo_Silva

jdelrio — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:46:09 +0000

Oh boy this was a close call, after 1 week of competitive voting the 3DVIA Community has chosen their Champion for the Monuments of the World Challenge! Congratulations to both Arrigo_Silva and MVComputers, they both got the word out to their friends and supporters, each one getting almost 50 votes each! It was back and forth all weekend long till the final minutes. Congratulations again to Arrigo_Silva and his winning entry:

Saint Basil

And here is our Champion! A very recent member of the 3DVIA community, meet Arrigo_Silva.

User Name:Arrigo_Silva
3DVIA Member Since: 06.14.2008
Job: Web Designer/Artist
Description:Unknown
Skills: Unknown
Stats:
Number of Models: 1
Total Number of Polygons: 63,195
Total Number of Models Viewed: 50
Total Number of Models Downloaded: 26
Total Number of Comments on Models: 2

Are you the next Champion? 3DVIA Challenge #3 Dragsters! has just begun, head over to the Challenge page and prove you have what it takes to be a 3DVIA Champion!

3DVIA Challenge 1 Champion: MVComputers

jdelrio — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:31:14 +0000

After a full week of voting, the 3DVIA Community has chosen their first Champion! The winning entry for the 3DVIA Challenge #1: Military Might contest is:

The Tank

And here is our Champion! A very active member of the 3DVIA community, MVComputers is also a member of a prominent Unreal Tournament clan!

User Name:MVComputers
3DVIA Member Since: 09.22.2007
Job: Computer Engineer
Description: I’m a computer junkie and a hard core Unreal Tournament gamer. I became interested in designing my own maps for UT and discovered 3DS Max was the best way to create meshes for the game. It’s just a hobby at best but I have only been using 3DS Max for about a year and a half now. I am self taught so it will take some time before I get really good at it. LOL

Skills: 3DS MAX, PS CS3, Unreal ED, Computer systems development.

Stats:
Number of Models: 15
Total Number of Polygons: 9,274,542
Total Number of Models Viewed: 1086
Total Number of Models Downloaded: 2281
Total Number of Comments on Models: 37
Affiliation: Aardvark Warrior Klan

Are you the next Champion? 3DVIA Challenge #2 has just begun, head over to the Challenge page and prove you have what it takes to be a 3DVIA Champion!