Liverpool vs. Chelsea, champions league semi final 2nd leg. Penalty shootout. 1st, 2nd and last penalty takers we're all Dutchmen. This gave me an idea. The theme for round one is: <div align="center"> The Orange Revolution</div> IN the 1970's, holland revolutionised football and helped shape the game into what it is today. Known as ‘Total Football’, this system brought the dutch to two consecutive world cup finals in ’74 and ’78. Since then, there have been many famous Dutchmen from the school of total football. Some of which are: Johan Cruijff Ruud Gullit Frank Rijkaard Macro van Basten Dennis Bergkamp Ruud van Nistelrooy So, for round one, choose one of these famous Dutch strikers and capture ‘total football’. Also, notice the theme is not Famous Dutchmen playing for their league sides, so the judges do not want to see any league kits whatsoever. The dimension of your sig must be 400x150 pixels. Group A is: Chopper vs. Hellfire Group B is: Flight vs. twofivefive Group C: 12thman vs. retardx These groups were randomly drawn (basically I put all your names in a hat). If anyone has any problems with the theme, who you're up against or anything to do with round 1 only, post it in this thread Finally, remember your sig is due by 9pm AEST on the 9th of May (12pm in London) in this thread. Good luck everyone!
I know lol. Didn't Oranje say there was a bonus round where the losers play for a place in the semi-final or something like that? Oranje, could you show us the format please?
<div class="quote_poster">twofivefive Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I know lol. Didn't Oranje say there was a bonus round where the losers play for a place in the semi-final or something like that? Oranje, could you show us the format please?</div> OK, basically 3 of you from this round will go through to the semis. But seeing as we need 4, from the 3 'losers' the 2 who score the highest will go into a playoff for the last spot into the semis
<div class="quote_poster">twofivefive Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Can't wait. Nice work on this, Oranje.</div> thanks buddy. I didnt think it wouldve come this far in the 1st place. Also, if anyone wants to know more about total football and some of the players on the list, check out this link: Netherlands national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. this will give you good background knowledge about the theme and the players in the list above. Everyone knows who johan cruijff is...right? right?
<div class="quote_poster">HeadCase Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Stickyed for easy access</div> thanks headcase, good thinking
<div class="quote_poster">Flight643 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Just to ask Oranje.. how are we going to show Total Football in a sig?</div> Its entirely up to you, something that symbolises it etc. I mean any of those players are symbolic of total football, especially johan cruijff Also, there is a new judge: maxdaman If anyone is having trouble with the theme, a sig about one of the players on the list is wat round 1 is about. "the orange revolution" is meant to force creativity from those competing, as total football itself was sumthing never seen in football during the 70's. basicallythe judges want sumthing not so typical
Update: everyone seems to be having problems with the theme for round 1, so ive added another player to the list: Arjen Robben. Now, i disagree with this since he has yet to prove his greatness, unlike the other players on the list but finding good pics of robben will not be difficult. remember the judges dont want to see pics of chelsea logos thanks
Its just finding decent pictures of the players is the problem, sometimes they are too small or too crowded.
<div class="quote_poster">Flight643 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Its just finding decent pictures of the players is the problem, sometimes they are too small or too crowded.</div> yeah robbens inclusion should make it whole lot easier, but well probably see about 4 sigs of robben but
What about adding these players Ruud Van Nistelrooy Edwin VDS Van Bommell Van Der Vaart Edgar Davids Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
Update: just a reminder guys that your sigs are due this coming wednesday at 9pm AEST or 12pm in london. hope theyre coming along well! thanks
