[ivi] Balloonatics

[Nick-]

Well here it is, after 2 weeks of non stop collecting of all the swiss flags and doormats i could possibly find, i give you, 'Balloonatics'.
Essentially its the swiss alps in a v9 room, modelled loosly around this sort of image:

http://www.prazsurarly.com/photos/lamontagne/hiver/Activites/thumbnails/tnmontgolfiere.JPG

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7209/ballut4.jpg

The room sports 2 mountain peaks with various coloured 'hot air balloons' dotted around, as well as a quaint little swiss mountain town and a small river running across :D The entire mountain is also fully accessible
After the competition, whether i win or not i will be putting white doormats all over the white rugs to add to the snowy effect, unfortunately unless i can find someone who'll take 2 hcs for 70 white doormats i doubt that will be possible by monday night ;)
Also i originally planned to put a black doormat underneath each of the doormats that make up the mountains to make the mountains look a little less hollow but again i didnt have time :(

This room has taken a lot of effort and a lot of help from friends and id just like to say thanks to Catzsy for all her support <3, Kikori.angel for donating that last white rug xD, kxg for donating a few swiss flags to finish off the complete wall and Nixt for 'you know what' as well as donating a few black doormats :P
I would also like to shame a fair few shop owners for being greedy little Habbos and asking for an absurd amount of profit but i wont ruin my thread by even mentioning their names ;)
I also had to lock down and demolish the neighbourhood part of UrbanSuburbia to have enough gingerbread houses, so that will be out of action until i have time to buy more gingerbreads :(

I cant make any dramatic changes to the room at this time as its getting close to the deadline and i would like a few days of rest xD
Anyway, rates? Comments? Improvements? All are appreciated :D

[ScouseOrient]

I Dont liek it, but its good, 8.10

[Nick-]

Alright, you're entitled to your opinion, thanks for the rating :P
And ive often though of this room as a bit like Marmite, in the sense that you either love it, or you hate it xD
Unfortunately the more i look at it the more i hate it but i can be quite negative about my rooms :(

[Ellis.]

Alright, you're entitled to your opinion, thanks for the rating :P
And ive often though of this room as a bit like Marmite, in the sense that you either love it, or you hate it xD
Unfortunately the more i look at it the more i hate it but i can be quite negative about my rooms :(

Don't worry about the more you look at it the more you hate it part, everyone gets it especially if it's their own rooms. I know I get that all the time for my rooms.

But anyways, I think it looks nice :) Only thing I recommend would be to put black mats under the black mats which make the mountain in order to make them look less hollow but you've already mentioned the reason for that.

Overall, I'd be surprised if your room didn't win (although I haven't seen any other Switzerland entries). Great room and enjoy your rest from trading :P

[DCeption]

Wow! thats great and very original, and as the last post says the more you look at your room the more you tend to dislike it, always happens to me then i tare it down :D back to your room, the only imprvments i can see is the ones you have already said :P +rep if i can

edit : sorry cant give rep yet :(

[Nick-]

If only i had an extra week, i could do so much more :(
Thanks for the comments

[Nixt]

Winner pls.
Brilliant room, the idea is unique and I just love it :) 9/10, it's near perfection!

[brandon]

When is the deadline for entering them? and yeah nice room :)

[Nick-]

Monday 23:59 precisely
I figured unless i got all the doormats i needed for either of the improvements i suggested, i wouldnt do it at all because it would just look half done
Unless i can find 144 black doormats and about 20-30 white in one place its not going to happen ;(

And thanks for the comment Nixt, thanks for the 'you know what' as well ;)

[Joord]

It looks great, but as you've said there are a few changes to be made, however it still looks good how it is. 9.25/10. ×Rep if can do.

[Nick-]

Anyone think of a better name?
Now that i look at its rather cheesy xD
Thanks for the comments Joord <3

Edit: 2500th post :o

[DCeption]

Flying High? or Welcome to switcherland - wrong spelling i know

Really bad but there suggestions

[Nick-]

Switzerland*, spending 2 weeks looking for swiss flags and telling people im doing switzerland for the ATW comp you tend to learn how to spell it :P
But its good to have other options, perhaps ill modify one of those with something to do with the alps, or something xD

[Mr.Sam]

i like it alot :)

9/10

what about flying high?

[Nick-]

Flying High seems a popular choice ;)

Changed, if anything better shows up i cant say i wont consider it

[Fomas]

Hmm... im not too sure about that.
It looks a bit weird.
Sorry lmao, that sounds so mean. But i dare say its one of those rooms where some will like and some will hate. I actually had to look like 3 times until i realised what it was meant to be.

[Nick-]

Once the lower level of doormats on the mountains are added itll become much more obvious, if only i didnt have this damn deadline :@
Suppose the room sorts the imaginative from the unimaginative :P

[brandon]

Up, Up and Away?

[DCeption]

Switzerland*, spending 2 weeks looking for swiss flags and telling people im doing switzerland for the ATW comp you tend to learn how to spell it :P
But its good to have other options, perhaps ill modify one of those with something to do with the alps, or something xD


Lmao bet that was a pain :P good luck with the comp, im certain youll get in :) its also not packed with needless rares which i like alot and its still a fantastic room :)

[Nick-]

Up, Up and Away?
Thats an interesting one but itll look like this if i keep it in the same style as the other theme room names:
UpUpAndAway

Shift abuse gone horribly wrong xP

[Lubricant]

Very nice entry. It's really really good. You can see you put alot of time and effort into it. Only faults I can think of are the ones you have made in the first post.

Names that are from the top of my head:
Switzerland Summit?
View from the Peak?

As I said, only from the top of my head lol.

Anyway. Very nice room. 10/10 +REP

[Nick-]

Excellent room name ideas, i cant pick one between the 1 Foxmoth/DCpetion suggested and those 2 :S
Also it appears as though i can criticise my own theme room xD

[Joord]

Unfortunately I could not give you rep, but bug me until I spread.

Room names:-

Sky high.
High up in the Alps.

[Nick-]

:o SkyHigh
Thats a short and sweet one
Think this calls for a poll
If this threads still alive tomorrow ill PM Catzsy and ask her to add one <3

[Joord]

Okey dokes, and anyways, you can bump it out of one day. :D

[Nick-]

Lets hope so, im already sick of seeing Balloonatics in the thread title xD

[Joord]

Lets hope so, im already sick of seeing Balloonatics in the thread title xD

And your room names still Balloonatics?

[lSander]

Urggh, I need ginger houses ;D

[JackBuddy]

Great room & idea!
+Rep!

[Porosity]

awesome room ;) 9.5/10

[Bun]

Great room ;]
9/10 + Rep.

[Catzsy]

Here os the poll as requested :)

[Nick-]

Thanks <3
Polls up, get voting :D
Winner becomes the name of my ATW room

And thanks for all the positive rating/comments/rep, theyre all appreciated

[xMicHeLlEx]

Wow :o
Thats great and a really good idea !

[Nick-]

Ok due to a technical hiccup on the server i used to host the image, the image no longer shows, gimme a minute and ill just use imageshack until it comes back
If it ever does come back :(
Thanks for the comment btw ;)

Edit:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7209/ballut4.jpg

[Tristan]

It's quite cool.
Some fans look out of place and some rugs look kinda messy but nice.
I think it would look slightly better if you could get more black and white doormatts to stack under the ones in the right corner.

[Nick-]

Agreed :D
But the deadline wont let me :'(
Thanks for voting btw, shame no ones voted a winner yet xD

[Papershop]

I personally dont like it as it doesnt really justify what its meant to be, and you were right, that mountain look extremely hollow >.< 5/10

[Nick-]

xD
Ill get the mountain sorted after the competition, it was more of a timing problem than anything else
Thanks for the input and the title vote ;)

[Nick-]

Sorry for the double post, i couldnt edit :(
Thanks to a well found trade with FatherOfGod ive got enough white doormats :o

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8672/ball2wz8.jpg

With the white doormats or without?
Its meant to add an uneven snow effect btw x)

[DCeption]

Its looks even better now!

[Nick-]

And it should look pefect if i can find someone with enough black doormats in one place :D
Might even get it done by the deadline, although the stacking takes ages, thanks for the comment and the vote ;)

[Tristan]

With doormatts but get some more white doormatts and put them under the white ones on the far right.

[Nick-]

Theyre all going to be black underneath there ;)

[Lozzoling]

do 2 black doormats per square, 1 just under the other

it'll bulk it up
argh, i'll see you all on habbo soon <3

8/10

[Nick-]

The only thing im really worried about doing the above ^^ is the furni limit
If it wasnt there i wouldve stacked black doormats on each level on each square, but i have no idea how close i am to the limit as i assume the fans and posters take up quite a bit ;)
Thanks for the rating though <3

[Lozzoling]

black doormats don't fill up much up of the limit as they're static and aren't animated

[Nick-]

Ill see what i can come up with after the comp ;)
Also did you vote on the name poll as well :)

[Lozzoling]

Yes, UpUpAndAway pwns!

[Nick-]

lmao, unfortunately it looks as if FlyingHigh is going to take it with 33.33% :D