posted 02 May 2003 07:41 PM EDT (US)
In recognition of the 2,493rd anniversary of the Battle of Marathon, we are dedicating this contest to that great Greek victory over the Persian Empire. First, some background: Quote: In 490 BC, the Persian Empire at its height invaded the Greek mainland in hopes of a swift victory. After defeating the Greek city-state of Eretria, the Persian army landed on Attica near the plain of Marathon, only 26 miles from the city of Athens. The Athenians, without the help of the slow moving Spartans, decided to give battle to the invaders, rather than face a seige. Under the leadership of General Miltiades the Athenians mobilized 10,000 hoplites and marched eastward to repel the invaders. There, sandwiched between some hills and the Bay of Marathon, a Persian fleet of 600 warships had put ashore an invasion force of 20,000 men. Undaunted, it was the Athenians that attacked. Running as fast as their armor permitted, they charged straight at the Persian host. As the armies collided the Greek center seemed to give way to superior Persian numbers, but this was indeed a trap. Miltiades had strengthened his army's two flanks with extra ranks of men, and at length the Athenian phalanxes turned the Persian flanks. Wheeling inward the Athenians then surrounded their enemy. The Persian troops who had not been caught fled to their ships and escaped, leaving their comrades to be slaughtered. But the Athenians had succeeded in killing almost 10,000 of their enemy. The Athenians lost 192 men. Through their daring and skill the Greeks prevailed over overwhelming odds. It is also said that a Greek runner bearing the news of the great victory ran the 26 mile distance, entered Athens, proclaimed, "We have won!" and then died of exhaustion. This is the myth of Marathon, and tradition has it this is the basis of the modern long distance foot race. Now for some contest requirements. These are inflexible and breaking any of these rules can seriously hurt your chance of winning, no matter how wonderfully produced: Miltiades: The Athenian General This is a minimum requirement. More speakers, if used well, may add to the score of your entry. CPU: 1.4 Gigahertz Pentium4 Your cinematic and all applicable audio files must be compressed into a single ZIP file with an appropriate Readme.txt file included. Your entry will then be e-mailed directly to Mythos_Ruler here: Members of the Mythos Clan will judge all qualifying entries according to the following procedures and criteria: After we score your cinematic we will average all the above captions in order to get a score from 0 to 100. The higher the score the better. The Highest scoring cinematic wins! Prizes for winning the Cinematic Design Contest include: Adoration and Adulation of your peers, Visit the Contest Page at: [This message has been edited by Mythos_Ruler (edited 05-03-2003 @ 08:23 PM).]
Minimum: 2m:00s
Maximum: 7m:00s
Must have at least three "speaking parts." These are "characters" in the cinematic that speak or have some kind of dialogue.
A Persian Character: Darius, one of his generals, one of his soldiers, or?
A Greek Soldier
The cinematic must be playable on a computer with these minimum requirements:
Memory: 512 Megabytes
Video Card: GeForce2 MX 32MB
Must show the sky in at least one shot or angle.
Must show at least the initial Athenian charge.
Number of units on screen is not important.
Custom audio features such as voice-overs, sound effects, and music will add to an entry's score only if used appropriately.
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Your skills will be permanently featured on the Mythos Clan Downloads Page,
And a FREE pre-order of the expansion pack for Age of Mythology...
Individuals, teams, and studios may enter!
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