{"data":{"id":13766,"title":"The Next Great Starship, Star Citizen\u2019s New Modding Competition Blasts off on YouTube January 31","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/SCW\/13766-API","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/13766","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/13766","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"None","images":[],"images_count":0,"translations":{"en_EN":"Los Angeles, January 31, 2014 \u2013 The Next Great Starship\u2122, the modding competition that gives fans a chance to create a space ship to be used in Chris Roberts\u2019 upcoming epic space sim game, Star Citizen\u2122, is just about to get real for 24 teams. The series kicks off on YouTube, January 31, and a handful of teams will be eliminated by judges at the end the first episode. Sponsors for the competition include Alienware, AMD, Autodesk, Crytek, Cologne Game Lab, Maingear, Wacom and YouTube.\n\nThe Next Great Starship airs Fridays at 6 pm Eastern\/3 pm Pacific. Fans are encouraged to join the Roberts Space Industries YouTube channel at http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RobertsSpaceInd to watch. Star Citizen is the creation of Roberts\u2019 Cloud Imperium\u2122 Games studio, headquartered in Los Angeles.\n\nA total of 270 teams representing 65 countries entered the competition. The judging panel\nincludes members from Star Citizen\u2019s art, design and animation teams, in addition to Chris Roberts himself. Celebrity judges will appear in later episodes. The judges already have narrowed the initial list of entries to the top 24 teams. Over the next three weeks that number will shrink even more with judges picking 15 finalists and the community having an opportunity to vote for one team that will make it into the final 16.\n\nEvery week after that, each team will provide work-in-progress videos to the panel and face the possibility of elimination (judges can save teams and the community also has a vote on who stays and who leaves). It all culminates in The Next Great Starship finale airing on June 7 from Los Angeles where the champion team will be crowned and awarded $30,000 in cash in addition to many other great prizes (see below).\n\n\u201cThe quality of the entries has been amazing,\u201d said Chris Roberts, co-founder and CEO of Cloud Imperium Games. \u201cAnd we had quite a variety of entrants including a husband and wife team, a father and son team, several high school level teams, automotive designers, bartenders, DJs, filmmakers and of course several professionals from the gaming industry. It just shows the breadth of our fan base and the numbers themselves show the excitement that our community is bringing to this competition. I can\u2019t wait to see the final result and fly the winner\u2019s ship in Star Citizen myself.\u201d\n\nPrizes: GRAND PRIZE : $30,000 in cash for the team members. Your Great Starship is included in\nStar Citizen and each member of your team receives the first production models off the\npress! As well as Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite, Maya Premium and one high-end\nAMD based system with Radeon R9 290X (for each team member)\n\nSECOND PLACE : $10,000 in cash for the team members. Alienware laptop, Autodesk Maya\n2014, AMD Radeon R9 290X (for each team member)\n\nTHIRD PLACE : $5,000 in cash for the team members. Autodesk Maya LT, AMD Radeon R9\n290X (for each team member)\n\nSPECIALTY PRIZE : (to the most valuable player out of the remaining contestants among the final three teams voted on by the judging panel): One Cintiq Companion, the new Windows\n8 \u201cMake the World your Studio\u201d tablet from Wacom\n\nFINALIST TEAMS 4 THROUGH 16 : $250 in RSI Credits (non-transferable\/non-refundable)\nStar Citizen is a crowd funded game that officially launched on October 10 of 2012. Since that time Roberts\u2019 company has raised more than $37.5 million from backers all over the world making Star Citizen the top ranking crowd funded project ever.\n\nAbout Cloud Imperium Games\nCloud Imperium Games Corporation and its subsidiary Roberts Space Industries was founded in April 2012 by renowned game developer Chris Roberts (Wing Commander, Freelancer, Privateer) and his business partner and long-time international media attorney Ortwin Freyermuth. Under Roberts\u2019 leadership using his long-standing relationships in the game space, Cloud Imperium quickly assembled a top tier development team for the creation of art assets, story elements, and an extensive prototype for its first game Star Citizen. Star Citizen is being marketed and launched via www.robertsspaceindustries.com. Cloud Imperium\u2019s strategy is about customer acquisition through established game designer fan bases. More information about the company, including jobs and contact information can be found at www.cloudimperiumgames.com.\n\nContact:\nDavid Swofford\ndavid.swofford@cloudimperiumgames.com\n512 750-9098\n\nStar Citizen, The Next Great Starship, Cloud Imperium and Roberts Space Industries are trademarks of Cloud Imperium Games Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.","de_DE":"Los Angeles, 31. Januar 2014 - The Next Great Starship\u2122, der Modding-Wettbewerb, der den Fans die M\u00f6glichkeit gibt, ein Raumschiff zu bauen, das in Chris Roberts' kommendem epischen Weltraumsimulationsspiel Star Citizen\u2122 verwendet werden soll, steht kurz davor, f\u00fcr 24 Teams Realit\u00e4t zu werden. Die Serie beginnt auf YouTube am 31. Januar, und eine Handvoll Teams werden von den Richtern am Ende der ersten Episode eliminiert. Zu den Sponsoren des Wettbewerbs geh\u00f6ren Alienware, AMD, Autodesk, Crytek, Cologne Game Lab, Maingear, Wacom und YouTube.\n\nThe Next Great Starship sendet freitags um 18.00 Uhr Ost- und 15.00 Uhr Pazifik. Fans werden ermutigt, dem Roberts Space Industries YouTube-Kanal unter http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RobertsSpaceInd beizutreten, um ihn zu sehen. Star Citizen ist die Gr\u00fcndung von Roberts' Cloud Imperium\u2122 Games Studio mit Sitz in Los Angeles.\n\nInsgesamt 270 Teams aus 65 L\u00e4ndern nahmen am Wettbewerb teil. Die Jury\numfasst neben Chris Roberts selbst auch Mitglieder aus den Kunst-, Design- und Animationsteams von Star Citizen. Prominente Richter werden in sp\u00e4teren Episoden erscheinen. Die Jury hat die Starterliste bereits auf die ersten 24 Teams eingegrenzt. In den n\u00e4chsten drei Wochen wird diese Zahl noch weiter sinken, da die Jury 15 Finalisten ausw\u00e4hlt und die Community die M\u00f6glichkeit hat, f\u00fcr ein Team zu stimmen, das es in das Finale 16 schafft.\n\nJede Woche danach wird jedes Team dem Panel Videos \u00fcber die laufenden Arbeiten zur Verf\u00fcgung stellen und sich der M\u00f6glichkeit der Eliminierung stellen (Richter k\u00f6nnen Teams retten und die Gemeinschaft hat auch eine Abstimmung dar\u00fcber, wer bleibt und wer geht). Alles gipfelt in der Ausstrahlung des The Next Great Starship Finales am 7. Juni in Los Angeles, wo das Champion-Team gekr\u00f6nt wird und neben vielen anderen tollen Preisen (siehe unten) 30.000 Dollar in bar erh\u00e4lt.\n\n\"Die Qualit\u00e4t der Beitr\u00e4ge war erstaunlich\", sagte Chris Roberts, Mitbegr\u00fcnder und CEO von Cloud Imperium Games. \"Und wir hatten eine ganze Reihe von Teilnehmern, darunter ein Ehepaar, ein Vater-Sohn-Team, mehrere High-School-Teams, Automobil-Designer, Barkeeper, DJs, Filmemacher und nat\u00fcrlich mehrere Profis aus der Spielebranche. Es zeigt nur die Breite unserer Fangemeinde und die Zahlen selbst zeigen die Begeisterung, die unsere Community zu diesem Wettbewerb bringt. Ich kann es kaum erwarten, das Endergebnis zu sehen und selbst das Siegerschiff in Star Citizen zu fliegen.\"\n\nPreise:\n\n\nGRAND PREIS: 30.000 $ in bar f\u00fcr die Teammitglieder. Dein gro\u00dfes Raumschiff ist enthalten in\nStar Citizen und jedes Mitglied Ihres Teams erh\u00e4lt die ersten Serienmodelle von der\ndr\u00fccken! Neben der Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite, Maya Premium und einem High-End-Ger\u00e4t ist auch die Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite enthalten.\nAMD-basiertes System mit Radeon R9 290X (f\u00fcr jedes Teammitglied) ZWEITER PLATZ : $10.000 in bar f\u00fcr die Teammitglieder. Alienware Laptop, Autodesk Maya\n2014, AMD Radeon R9 290X (f\u00fcr jedes Teammitglied) DRITTER PLATZ : $5.000 in bar f\u00fcr die Teammitglieder. Autodesk Maya LT, AMD Radeon R9.\n290X (f\u00fcr jedes Teammitglied) SPEZIALPREIS: (an den wertvollsten Spieler unter den verbleibenden Teilnehmern unter den letzten drei von der Jury gew\u00e4hlten Teams): Ein Cintiq Companion, das neue Windows\u00ae.\n8 \"Make the World your Studio\" Tablett von Wacom FINALIST TEAMS 4 THROUGH 16 : $250 in RSI Credits (nicht \u00fcbertragbar\/nicht r\u00fcckerstattbar)\nStar Citizen ist ein von der Menge finanziertes Spiel, das offiziell am 10. Oktober 2012 gestartet wurde. Seitdem hat Roberts' Firma mehr als 37,5 Millionen Dollar von Unterst\u00fctzern auf der ganzen Welt gesammelt, was Star Citizen zum bestplatzierten Projekt aller Zeiten macht.\n\u00dcber Cloud Imperium Spiele\nDie Cloud Imperium Games Corporation und ihre Tochtergesellschaft Roberts Space Industries wurden im April 2012 von dem renommierten Spieleentwickler Chris Roberts (Wing Commander, Freelancer, Privateer) und seinem Gesch\u00e4ftspartner und langj\u00e4hrigen internationalen Medienanwalt Ortwin Freyermuth gegr\u00fcndet. Unter der F\u00fchrung von Roberts, der seine langj\u00e4hrigen Beziehungen im Spielebereich nutzte, stellte Cloud Imperium schnell ein erstklassiges Entwicklungsteam f\u00fcr die Erstellung von Kunstwerken, Story-Elementen und einem umfangreichen Prototyp f\u00fcr sein erstes Spiel Star Citizen zusammen. Star Citizen wird \u00fcber www.robertsspaceindustries.com. vermarktet und eingef\u00fchrt. Die Strategie von Cloud Imperium zielt auf die Kundengewinnung durch etablierte Gamedesigner-Fanbasen ab. Weitere Informationen \u00fcber das Unternehmen, einschlie\u00dflich Jobs und Kontaktinformationen, finden Sie unter www.cloudimperiumgames.com.\n\nKontakt:\nDavid Swofford\ndavid.swofford@cloudimperiumgames.com\n512 750-9098\n\nStar Citizen, The Next Great Starship, Cloud Imperium und Roberts Space Industries sind Marken der Cloud Imperium Games Corporation. Alle anderen Marken sind Eigentum ihrer jeweiligen Inhaber.","zh_CN":"Los Angeles, January 31, 2014 \u2013 The Next Great Starship\u2122, the modding competition that gives fans a chance to create a space ship to be used in Chris Roberts\u2019 upcoming epic space sim game, Star Citizen\u2122, is just about to get real for 24 teams. The series kicks off on YouTube, January 31, and a handful of teams will be eliminated by judges at the end the first episode. Sponsors for the competition include Alienware, AMD, Autodesk, Crytek, Cologne Game Lab, Maingear, Wacom and YouTube.\n\nThe Next Great Starship airs Fridays at 6 pm Eastern\/3 pm Pacific. Fans are encouraged to join the Roberts Space Industries YouTube channel at http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RobertsSpaceInd to watch. Star Citizen is the creation of Roberts\u2019 Cloud Imperium\u2122 Games studio, headquartered in Los Angeles.\n\nA total of 270 teams representing 65 countries entered the competition. The judging panel\nincludes members from Star Citizen\u2019s art, design and animation teams, in addition to Chris Roberts himself. Celebrity judges will appear in later episodes. The judges already have narrowed the initial list of entries to the top 24 teams. Over the next three weeks that number will shrink even more with judges picking 15 finalists and the community having an opportunity to vote for one team that will make it into the final 16.\n\nEvery week after that, each team will provide work-in-progress videos to the panel and face the possibility of elimination (judges can save teams and the community also has a vote on who stays and who leaves). It all culminates in The Next Great Starship finale airing on June 7 from Los Angeles where the champion team will be crowned and awarded $30,000 in cash in addition to many other great prizes (see below).\n\n\u201cThe quality of the entries has been amazing,\u201d said Chris Roberts, co-founder and CEO of Cloud Imperium Games. \u201cAnd we had quite a variety of entrants including a husband and wife team, a father and son team, several high school level teams, automotive designers, bartenders, DJs, filmmakers and of course several professionals from the gaming industry. It just shows the breadth of our fan base and the numbers themselves show the excitement that our community is bringing to this competition. I can\u2019t wait to see the final result and fly the winner\u2019s ship in Star Citizen myself.\u201d\n\nPrizes: GRAND PRIZE : $30,000 in cash for the team members. Your Great Starship is included in\nStar Citizen and each member of your team receives the first production models off the\npress! As well as Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite, Maya Premium and one high-end\nAMD based system with Radeon R9 290X (for each team member)\n\nSECOND PLACE : $10,000 in cash for the team members. Alienware laptop, Autodesk Maya\n2014, AMD Radeon R9 290X (for each team member)\n\nTHIRD PLACE : $5,000 in cash for the team members. Autodesk Maya LT, AMD Radeon R9\n290X (for each team member)\n\nSPECIALTY PRIZE : (to the most valuable player out of the remaining contestants among the final three teams voted on by the judging panel): One Cintiq Companion, the new Windows\n8 \u201cMake the World your Studio\u201d tablet from Wacom\n\nFINALIST TEAMS 4 THROUGH 16 : $250 in RSI Credits (non-transferable\/non-refundable)\nStar Citizen is a crowd funded game that officially launched on October 10 of 2012. Since that time Roberts\u2019 company has raised more than $37.5 million from backers all over the world making Star Citizen the top ranking crowd funded project ever.\n\nAbout Cloud Imperium Games\nCloud Imperium Games Corporation and its subsidiary Roberts Space Industries was founded in April 2012 by renowned game developer Chris Roberts (Wing Commander, Freelancer, Privateer) and his business partner and long-time international media attorney Ortwin Freyermuth. Under Roberts\u2019 leadership using his long-standing relationships in the game space, Cloud Imperium quickly assembled a top tier development team for the creation of art assets, story elements, and an extensive prototype for its first game Star Citizen. Star Citizen is being marketed and launched via www.robertsspaceindustries.com. Cloud Imperium\u2019s strategy is about customer acquisition through established game designer fan bases. More information about the company, including jobs and contact information can be found at www.cloudimperiumgames.com.\n\nContact:\nDavid Swofford\ndavid.swofford@cloudimperiumgames.com\n512 750-9098\n\nStar Citizen, The Next Great Starship, Cloud Imperium and Roberts Space Industries are trademarks of Cloud Imperium Games Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners."},"links_count":4,"comment_count":0,"created_at":"2014-01-30T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"12 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-09 22:27:25","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":13762,"next_id":13767}}