2011 Animation Contest

[rastermon]

Originally Posted by 3DElizabeth

Does anyone else have a terrible time trying to navigate te educational community? Just logging on always seems to be a problem. Then they told me they changed me username?!?! Just always seems too complicated.

I have been confused every year - FRC-Autodesk login and a general Autodesk login. They are working on a single-sign-on hopefully fix it, but I have had problems with that as well. I am a mentor but do not have a .edu email. They have you pick if you are a student or a teacher. Then they ask you to confirm you are a teacher. Well, I'm teaching, but not a teacher. What do I do with that?
I filled out a survey as Autodesk asked me when I recently visited the site. I hope they fix their UI.

[dvader109]

I Cant find info on contest... Help!!!!

[TShsg]

Jeremy posted the pdf on page three of this thread; some of the pages contain your animation information. I am not aware that anyone has posted a link to the rig yet, however. Let us know if anyone notices that it is available.

[Tony.Wu]

Originally Posted by dvader109

I Cant find info on contest... Help!!!!

http://students.autodesk.com/ama/ori...odeskAward.pdf

[MadeAtMidnight]

Originally Posted by 3DElizabeth

Does anyone else have a terrible time trying to navigate te educational community? Just logging on always seems to be a problem. Then they told me they changed me username?!?! Just always seems too complicated.

I've had a lot of trouble also. Wouldn't recognize me, so I thought I had forgotten password, had them send to my email address. Reset password, still didn't work, tried to reset again and it told me it was resetting the password for someone else's account. Cancelled that and thought I would have them send my user name instead. They said that the email address wasn't in the system, even though they had just sent me the link to reset password with that email address...

[Kevin Thorp]

I've had problems logging on there and navigating the web pages too. Seems overly complicated. I guess it's because they're trying to encompass ALL student activities (high school & college); not just FIRST.

Maybe they're delaying the contest rules to build excitement?

[Evilyn]

Or they're pretty much just like us and procrastinated.. "oh wait! We forgot about the animatos!!" like always.

[Mongai]

Originally Posted by Kevin342

Maybe they're delaying the contest rules to build excitement?

They already set a deadline for when they were to post the prompt; obviously, they are having some technical difficulties or they are running behind. In fact, most likely it is a combination of both.

[Kevin Thorp]

Originally Posted by rastermon

Confusion every year, and this is no different. Autodesk.com/first seems to be busy and sporatic, but no mention of the animation topic. If anyone finds the topic, please paste it to a thread here!
Thanks

hmm... the site (http://students.autodesk.com) has been down for a couple hours. I suppose that's a good sign. Maybe it means Autodesk is in the process of updating the site with the 2011 rules.

[TKM.368]

Originally Posted by Kevin342

hmm... the site (http://students.autodesk.com) has been down for a couple hours. I suppose that's a good sign. Maybe it means Autodesk is in the process of updating the site with the 2011 rules.

That would seem to be what is mentioned in this thread.

[Kevin Thorp]

Originally Posted by TShsg

We would be interested in online FRC team mentor assistance for Maya. Is there anyone here who would be willing to answer questions that we can't figure out on our own this season?

I think you'll find this is a great place to post questions about 3ds Max & Maya. You'll probably get answers within an hour or two. Just try to be as specific as possible in your thread title.

[Tony.Wu]

Originally Posted by TShsg

We would be interested in online FRC team mentor assistance for Maya. Is there anyone here who would be willing to answer questions that we can't figure out on our own this season?

Greetings from Australia!
I would love to help your team. You may post your questions on CD and I'll try to check often. Also you can email me at tonywu15@gmail.com

[Kevin Thorp]

The great thing about posting questions here is everybody can see the answers.

[Mongai]

Now I'm incredibly worried. It's been all day and not a word from Autodesk on the award.

[BuddyB309]

Hi everyone. Just came out of my animation cave to say hi, I'm here to help with the new year.