안녕하십니까. 도미넨스 워 작가여러분,

오늘 미국 일자로 월요일 아침에 도미넨스 워 대회의 홈페이지에서 새로운 발표를 하게 되었습니다.

그동안 무성했던 의견들을 종합해서 주최자인 Fred 가 긴 글의 담화문을 내 놓게 되었습니다.  요약은 다음의 내용과 같습니다.



Sincerely Yours,
Fredrik Hultqvist
- GameArtisans.org Founder
- DominanceWar.com Founder
- UnearthlyChallenge.com Founder



- GAMontreal.com Studio Director
- 514.439.GAME (4263)
- workshop [at] gameartisans.org







원본은 다음과 같습니다.




The following article is in response to what has been written here (Article mirror - Polycount Thread - GA Thread). Apologies it took so long. I had to speak with all 15 participating community leaders about the massive changes that are about to occur...
December 13th 2010 - Note from Founder
Dear friends and fellow artists. We have seen many great moments in the history of Dominance War - Hobbyists turning into masters, students getting jobs with DW art, panic attacks due to upcoming deadlines, relief with thankful extensions, smiles on artists' faces during DW worldwide events, artists helping others regardless of location or religion, everyone united in the spirit of sharing ideas, pro artists creating world class art, communities comming together to compete in a friendly team vs team challenge, and more. However with all the above, I must now address you on a very personal level, because in truth, I have failed you. I have failed economically to continue on with what I have started. Everything has gotten too large for a single person to handle and as a consequence, people are questioning my integrity, I have offended sponsors, I have made artists everywhere upset, I have insulted champions with incomplete prize packages, and I have failed my mother who has supported my endeavors to date. I can no longer explain my reasons or circumstances because after witnessing reactions to current events, I understand that you want and deserve more. Unfortunately, I have nothing left to give. All I can say is, in the span of 5 years, I am proud of what I have accomplished – I was able to successfully start Dominance War and Unearthly Challenge from nothing and I will soon enable them to continue on their own. How? Read...
Why such grand events?
I began Dominance War and Unearthly Challenge because I believed they would be a great benefit to the game content creation community at large. It was my dream to create events to promote artists and to provide a place for artists of all levels to learn, support each other, showcase art, compete in the comfort of home forums, get noticed by employers, practice making art, and have fun in a world event that was specifically made for game artists. I started it, I supported it, I funded it, I maintained it, I believed in it, I struggled for it, and I seriously enjoyed it. I knew that if not me, then nobody else would be mentally insane enough to do it. This was my way of the Ninja (Naruto Manga reference) and I had to make it work, whatever the cost - be it health, money, or time. But it has gotten to the point where I alone am unable to carry the costs, maintenance and functions of DW and UC. For this reason, I am stepping down from both Dominance War and Unearthly Challenge. I am no longer qualified to run these challenges as both my reputation and name have become a burden on their paths. But I am in no way shutting them down...
Where'd the Money go?
What Polycount wrote was very true. They had the right to say what they did, furthermore, each artist had the right to question my motives and money spending habits. Everything was hidden as I am not a very open person who likes to discuss myself or my methods unless forced. So what did I do with money earned online? Basically, I earned less then 50k total in 5 years from everything DW, UC and GA. How? Sold 6 t-shirts to date, $2/day for google ads, main banners are primarily for sponsors who provide software as prizes (normally - $0 funding), Sold under 30 posters in 3 years that cost $12 to print $19 to sell and over 160 hours to create, donations made under 3k in 5 years, and finally, sponsors paid for 35% of the costs of running a challenge like DW or UC (remember, it's not just prizes, programming costs too), I paid the rest. If I was an artist in the field, I would have earned over 250-320k over a 5-year span, the working hours would be better, I’d have a paid vacation, a dental plan and I would only spend my money on myself. If you do the math, 50k divided by 5, is 10k per year on average. Add in the fact that 90% of everything earned had to be re-invested back into making DW, UC and GA great, and that leaves me with, give or take a few dollars, –250,000k in total (no salary because I am running online challenges full time, plus I am personally funding each event). Believe it or not, it was very tough for the past 5 years. For those who question GAMontreal, please don't. Seriously...
What changes are coming in 2011 and beyond?
As I step down, I would like to give the world community I have come to respect and love, my World Challenge System. I will finish the pre-domwar challenge and before I leave, I will ensure that both DW and UC will continue on to become the great events that they were meant to be. To assure this, from this day forth, all previous prizes for both UC and DW are cancelled. It is unfortunate, but in order to give the new generation of DWs and UCs a fighting chance, I must invoke this right. My final act as organizer and founder will be to personally construct two new communities on DominanceWar.com and UnearthlyChallenge.com. I will detach both DW and UC from GameArtisans’ systems and transfer all art entries to their proper domains to ensure that all previous finalists will remain in history where they belong. I will then create a final special world challenge system for DW and UC and ensure that future events can be easily held. I am positive that with the united effort of 15 forums, some spectacular competitions will arise in 2011 and beyond. But first and foremost, Prizes I imagine, must be severely reduced because they have gotten quite out of hand (my bad ). .
Help get the next generation of world events started!
If there was ever a time to donate, this is it! Don’t let Dominance War die!! To create a new system, transfer all files, and add an animation category, it is a very costly endeavor. If you would like to give something back, and at the same time, help me give birth to the next generation of Olympic art challenges, then please...

Sign your name on DWV. In-kind Donations are always welcome - Link
If you are an individual who has $200 and would like to support DWV and write a comment about why you are personally sponsoring it, please, go directly here - Link
Special Thanks to...
I would like to thank the following passionate and brave volunteers who have worked alongside me in the past. The prominent ones being Taehoon Oh, Maxim Miheyenko, Ryan [Aftermath] Hawkins, Nina Leo, Leta juan liu, Wong [Yung] ChoonYung, Lamont [Lamont] Gilkey, Joseph [Blankslatejoe] Mirabello , Rob [cookepuss] Santa, Donovan [ThatDon] Keele and of course, my brother Max Hultqvist and my devoted mother, Barbara [Amethyst] Hultqvist. You and everyone else who helped, rock!
Final words and thoughts...
It's time to pass on the torch. I am not sad by recent events, instead, I am happy and excited for the future. I am truly looking forward to seeing how great Dominance War and Unearthly Challenge shall become and how they will expand to help artists everywhere level up across the world. I hope everyone will have a great new year, and I look forward to participating in Dominance War V, not as an organizer, but as an inspired GA artist bent on crushing all other artists from competing forums - especially those annoying and evil Polycount’ers (love you guys), and maybe CGLand, cuz they are too good. Yeahhh! Bring it on! It was an honor and privilege to run these challenges and I hope everyone will enjoy the next generation of Olympic art events to come.