Maxis Home Makeover: Strangetown //WINNER ANNOUNCED!

(This contest belongs in HOUSES)

Welcome back to yet another fabulous season of Maxis Home Makeover, where you turn a mediocre Maxian home, into a fab abode. Last season, we went to the lush suburbs of Pleasantview.


(Entries by Pleasantview edition winner CiaoAlora)

This time around, we are going to the dry sandy deserts of Strangetown. What secrets hide within this barren land? What houses will we have to makeover here?



1. You are allowed to change the interior floorplan of the house.

2. Budget is unlimited, so go crazy.

3. For a challenge, the only CC allowed for the house are:

Maxis recolors (both for buy and build mode)
Maxis Match items (and their recolors),
Life Stories (and other Stories-to-Sims 2) items
OMSPs
Pre-Order items
Lost and Found stuff,
official Maxis downloads (US and International)
walls and floors.
custom plants

Other CC is not allowed.

4. You may have up to 2 designers, but they must work on the same house (in other words, a team). They may be adults or elders.

5. Unlike last cycle, you can do anything with the exterior. Retain it, rebuild it, give it a complete overhaul, anything. This means, there will be quite a lot of house building involved, aside from the interior design

6. Landscaping must be appropriate for a desert. Therefore, I will allow CUSTOM PLANTS for this cycle

7. I live in the Philippines, so times will be based on my time.

8. You will need 1 exterior shot, 1 aerial shot per floor, and at least FOUR interior shots. Apply forum rules. Make sure that your pictures are not monstrously huge nor microscopically minuscule. A minimum of 500x450 and a max of 700x700 shall suffice as not to make our judges' lives difficult. KEEP LINKS TO A MINIMUM. Judges don’t like too many clickies.

9. As much as possible, NO DROPOUTS!

10. PM me if you would like an extension. A maximum of one hour will be given.

11. The ultimate rule: HAVE FUN!



Judges

1. duderocks (me)
2. Nirvana
3. kattenijin

Emergency Judges

1. Nukeya
2. CiaoAlora
3. mrs_grunt



7. Spider Daz (Anebrd) APP RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 :3rd
11. Evie Zorb (Michie) APP RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 :1st
14. Laurel Evans (magnoliae) APP RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 :2nd

Disqualified/Dropped/Eliminated

1. Lily Hampton (grayx3eyedsoul) APP RD1 ELIMINATED
3. Shannen Buttagig (starwyn) APP RD1 RD2 DROPPED OUT
2. Martin Thompson (simsimsims) APP RD1 ELIMINATED
4. Brent Codash (brandon1107) APP RD1 NO RD2
5. Charlie Sharwen (Spicycookies) APP NO RD1
6. Lyran Wuppie (kipsnif) APP RD1 DROPPED OUT
8. Lilah Fulton (Iceangel12891) APP RD1 RD2 NO RD3
9. Lyra Freedman (photo) APP RD1 RD2 RD3 DROPPED OUT
10. Lia Star (ineedalife) APP RD1 NO RD2
12. Link Rossi (Seemingly_Innocent) APP RD1 ELIMINATED
13. Lemon Cunningham (RabbitRoadKill) APP NO RD1
15. Axle Delaney (Toffee9994) APP RD1 RD2 DROPPED OUT

Contest Approved
Begins 5.27.08
Ends 6.27.08

Application: Curiously in Need (May 28-June 3) ends at 11:30 PM
Round 1: 'Tis Not Easy Being Green t (June 3-June 8) ends at 11:00 PM
Round 2: From Haunted to Homey, Part 1 (June 8-June 13)
Round 3: From Haunted to Homey, Part 2 (June 13-June 18)
Final Round: Boot Camp (June 18-June 23)

Rounds 2-4 end at 10:00 PM.

ZE CLOCK

AVVIES!! COME AND GET YOUR AVVIES



Winner gets a


Custom Sims by me:





Lot bin house makeovers by me

PLEASE DONATE PRIZES IF YOU CAN.

Criteria:

Aesthetics and Originality: How does it stand out against the rest of the entries? Does the house look good inside and out, with appropriate clutter on the right places? (35/35)

Physics and Functionality of Rooms: Are the rooms functional? Will the sim be able to use an object without throwing a tantrum? Are the essentials there (fridge, phone, fire alarm, etc.)? (40/40)

Compliance with Rules: Self-explanatory. The judges and I will be especially strict with the CC rules. Also, don't forget to put the name of the designer and the round. I will likely remind you if you forget. (15/15)

Effort: How much work did you put into it? (10/10)

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Judging process: At the end of each round (except apps), the judges AND 1 EJ will be PMed. Based on the ff. criteria, they will give a score out of 100 and will each give some comments about the entries. I will then rank the entries based on the judges' scores and whoever gets the lowest scores will be eliminated.

Can we totally demolish and rebuild the houses this time?

under CC allowed in the contest you've said "lost and found" items, what are they?