You are my heroes.

Stubbe, I would say that the use of the word "spectacular" is both adequate and (rightly) very positive as for the quality of your work ("worthy of special notice" or "impressive" are common definitions for it).

I don't think that the rankings imply that your work is "worse" than any other. The judges had to choose between a lot of talented entries, and, since the quality of most entries was very similar, I suppose they ultimately chose the ideas that clicked with them the most (as Technogeek puts it, "amuse the judges" is always a very important point).

I'm still awed at what you were able to get in 1K, though. My jaw dropped when I saw the video.

My congratulations to the winners! I have to say that the robot generator and Stubbe's animation were my personal favorites, but everybody here did a great job. Kudos!

I'm already waiting for the next contest... I'll try something less obscure ;)

I have to agree heartily with Technogeek, w000t and others above. When you have a contest, having some restrictions is what works best for creativity - you don't want too many conditions, but the quality of entries is better when you do not have full freedom. This is a very well known effect, and, actually, I would argue that the quality and variety of the submitted entries is a good proof of it. The conditions were restrictive enough to make the contest challenging, but flexible enough (or too ambiguous, whatever your take) to allow for a variety of creative interpretations. (and boy, there have been some).

I do support the idea of repeating these contests. I recall that Rob recently complained about all these gadgets that he had to get rid of. Maybe you can get somebody to sponsor the postage and organize a weekly or biweekly contest like the 1K one, in that you send out one of these useless trinkets signed by a few BB/BBG editors as a prize. The symbolic value would be enough. One usually enters these kids of contests because of liking a challenge. :)

I have to say that doing a real-life 1000 object/tile/whatever would have been really cool (it would have probably taken a lot of physical effort, though) :)

In the interest of disclosure, I'd like to point out that color is not included on my entry. The 3D matrix includes the BBG logo, some guides, and a (crude) model X-wing, USS Enterprise and Death Star, but the color is not ;)

Also, as the backstory of my contribution is a bit complicated, I invite you to read it if you have the time (there are more renders there where the other objects are more easily seen):

Link to explanation page

In any case, the entries were great. Congratulations everybody!

Very nice idea!

I have finally written the explanation page for my (rather convoluted) entry, you can see it here.

By the way, very cool entries everyone. I specially liked Bardfinn's short story and W000T's entry (very funny :))

This is so cool :)

Here is my entry (direct link to the file)

As of now, there is no explanation (there are some hints, though), so you can try your hand at determining what it is if you want a challenge. I will build a nice explanation page shortly (before the week expires, of course) and put it up for you to see.

Cheers
andvaranaut