Archive: 39 posts

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Ok, I decided to make a small topic here because I found (yet) another problem with Proggresive's contest organization. They tell you to make your level with a "Pro_" tag in its title. Anyway, try looking for that tag and you'll find tons of levels that have nothing to do with this contest, while some entries are lost in the waves of the search pages. Unlike other tags like LBPC8 that do work. So, if you're planning to enter this thing, feel free to add a quick link in here to get as much entries in one single place for people to find. You can obviously promote your level somewhere else, this is just to have all (or as many as possible) entries in one place. It will also help if you're planning to give this entries a play, and you can't find them searching for them.

2012-08-15 22:10:00 Author: yugnar Posts: 1478

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I have entered a level! YES, I! http://lbp.me/v/d1p0-n

2012-08-23 00:51:00 Author: Kalawishis Posts: 928

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....I'd think the controversy surrounding this contest would lead to a severe lack of legitimate entries.. Can't deny how epic the prize pack is though

2012-08-23 02:34:00 Author: Dortr Posts: 548

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My entry is going to be legitimate. It just happens to be poo-themed.

2012-08-23 19:11:00 Author: bonner123 Posts: 1487

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Theres to much controversy in it for me of i would.

2012-08-24 01:11:00 Author: Lbphart3 Posts: 813

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You know that one Progressive commercial with Sonic in it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kru8ZaC5Wfs I'd make this but with SHONNICK DA HEJHAWK, and you have to run around aimlessly to win.

2012-08-24 16:07:00 Author: lemurboy12 Posts: 842

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I was going to, I was reading about it and it seemed to get better and better, when suddenly "North America residents only." Curses. Also, as the post above would have me believe, Progressive Insurance is actually a thing? I thought it was something Sony made up. Maybe that's why I shouldn't have entered.

2012-08-24 19:12:00 Author: kirbyman62 Posts: 1893

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I might enter because of the prize.

2012-08-27 23:24:00 Author: Unknown User

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I already posted this link in another thread - but since some comments here are voicing concern about this contest, here's where you can officially give feedback: getsatisfaction.com/littlebigplanet/topics/officially_sponsored_contests_and_the_community?rf m=1

2012-08-28 00:08:00 Author: Pookachoo Posts: 838

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Rofl, nobody is actually posting links to their levels, but making yet another discussion thread for it. Its fine I guess, its good to know different opinions

2012-08-28 04:04:00 Author: yugnar Posts: 1478

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Rofl, nobody is actually posting links to their levels, but making yet another discussion thread for it. Its fine I guess, its good to know different opinions Here's the link to my level. http://i0.lbp.me/img/ft/49094bd6d7afd0b13f34ecc7178824025a8d897e.jpg http://lbp.me/v/d4yz0m Good idea for a thread. I had trouble finding entries too.

2012-08-28 04:40:00 Author: Unknown User

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Even the legitimate entries are going to come across as satirical even if they don't mean to. I can't wait to play them.

2012-08-28 12:41:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454

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Hehe, if you want to know my feelings on the contest, just check my sig! I liked what someone over at LBN said, that after the contest, they will strip their level of all advertising and republish. It may be a corporate sell-out, but a lot of love has to go into making a level you know? It's still highly personal.

2012-08-28 20:32:00 Author: Liquid_Blood_ Posts: 116

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Hehe, if you want to know my feelings on the contest, just check my sig! I liked what someone over at LBN said, that after the contest, they will strip their level of all advertising and republish. It may be a corporate sell-out, but a lot of love has to go into making a level you know? It's still highly personal. I see nothing in your sig... But the idea of stripping it of the branding is a good one, maybe do it after you recieve your prize though if you win

2012-08-29 22:33:00 Author: kirbyman62 Posts: 1893

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I see nothing in your sig... But the idea of stripping it of the branding is a good one, maybe do it after you recieve your prize though if you win The only problem with that is that the level will always be centered around progressive due to conditions needed to win and required objects. It would be extremely hard to while it of it's progressiveness, but I guess anything's possible. BTW: doesn't anyone else have entries. That is the purpose of this thread.

2012-08-29 22:55:00 Author: Unknown User

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If you get a chance please try out my Sonic Progressive level. I spent a good amount of time on it. http://lbp.me/v/f77fj3 If you like it enough I'd appreciate a heart. Thank you.

2012-08-30 00:41:00 Author: Restingbird Posts: 7

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I'm pretty happy with what I have going in my level. I don't think it will be possible to take out all the progressive stuff in the level after the contest. The whole level has progressive colors, and I made a lot of use of the items provided. Plus, the story is centered around progressive. Maybe I will remake it as a normal level another time. But I'm happy with it for now. @Restingbird looks cool! I'll have to try it.

2012-08-30 03:02:00 Author: Unknown User

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If you get a chance please try out my Sonic Progressive level. I spent a good amount of time on it. http://lbp.me/v/f77fj3 If you like it enough I'd appreciate a heart. Thank you. Yay, I love a good sonic level. qued

2012-08-30 04:47:00 Author: Unknown User

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Thanks guys, I spent a lot of time on it and it seems to be getting very little exposure which isn't what I was counting om considering it's Sonic lol. But I appreciate anyone who gives it a play. Every vote counts.

2012-08-30 21:38:00 Author: Restingbird Posts: 7

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I see nothing in your sig... But the idea of stripping it of the branding is a good one, maybe do it after you recieve your prize though if you win Yeah, being a giant hypocrite is a GREAT idea! "I hate teh advertising contest! I think I'll participate in it!" Anyone who removes the Progressive content from their level after the contest is over is not changing the fact they DID participate, they DID support the ads they are supposedly soooo against. I worked hard on my level just as I would any other and I'm grateful for the opportunity to win a prize for something I worked hard on and put time into. This is far better than other contests out there that just have random drawings. Why the hell shouldn't Progressive get a little cheap advertising out of it? If they start adding pop up ads that you have to scroll through in order to play levels or something like that then I would understand the complaints and I'd be complaining too, but the way they're advertising is not invasive at all. There is simply nothing to complain about. I see a lot of OH NOEZ kneejerk reactions at the mere idea of advertisement. It's ridiculous. Anyway I'll probably publish my level today if anyone wants to try it. I'll post the link here if I do. I actually made it on a broken PS3. What a nightmare. The disc drive is failing and it got really bad towards the end. I can still play LBP2 for short periods of time so if I can, I'll try your guys' levels if you post a link to them. http://littlesigplanet.com/sigs/level/f8bd9z/popit_default/0/sig.png (http://lbp.me/v/f8bd9z)

2012-08-31 17:02:00 Author: Reef1978 Posts: 527

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Yeah, being a giant hypocrite is a GREAT idea! "I hate teh advertising contest! I think I'll participate in it!" Anyone who removes the Progressive content from their level after the contest is over is not changing the fact they DID participate, they DID support the ads they are supposedly soooo against. I don't think you understand what's happening. Just because you make a Progressive level doesn't mean you support Progressive. You have the mistaken opinion that mere acknowledgement of something means support. Yes, there are times when all attention is good attention (lobbyists, trolls, etc.), but that is not true for most companies. Consider: An satellite TV company is heavily advertising. The ads are mostly say that the competition is terrible and compares both itself with the competition, declaring itself the winner every time (well, duh). Now, I'd bet that the company being slandered in those ads would not consider that sort of act "support". In fact, they would be very happy if they stopped. It's the same with Progressive here. There are many sarcastic levels (including mine) that are part of the competition but aren't the most positive. Just because we are drawing more attention to Progressive doesn't mean it's POSITIVE attention, and I doubt people would be more likely to like Progressive after playing said levels or buy their insurance (in fact, they'd probably like it less, which is the exact opposite of what Progressive wants). So no, we are not hypocrites. This is far better than other contests out there that just have random drawings. Huh, I haven't seen many LBP competitions like that. Would you show me some? Why the hell shouldn't Progressive get a little cheap advertising out of it? If they start adding pop up ads that you have to scroll through in order to play levels or something like that then I would understand the complaints and I'd be complaining too, but the way they're advertising is not invasive at all. There is simply nothing to complain about. I see a lot of OH NOEZ kneejerk reactions at the mere idea of advertisement. It's ridiculous. Just because the advertising isn't invasive doesn't mean it's perfectly fine. In fact, people have found a lot of flaws. I think the reason why people are upset is because the whole thing is the complete antithesis of their LBP2. The whole idea would be like if the commercial breaks in a kids show would be all adult oriented. That's where I feel this gets almost predatory. See, if you advertise McDonald's or a kid's toy on a kid's show, the kid would probably understand what's going on and what the companies are advertising. But insurance? I doubt half the kids on LBP really know how insurance works, but this company is telling them it's great and splendid and all that. Pretty much, you don't know what it is, but you should really get it. The audience can't understand what is being advertised and can't use their better judgement. It's pretty much taking advantage of them. Except kids can't even get insurance. This whole competition makes no sense.

2012-08-31 23:55:00 Author: Kalawishis Posts: 928

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The only problem I see in this contest is the judging system, it's totally unfair. Hearts and plays don't make the level, people need to understand this.

2012-09-01 01:05:00 Author: fireblitz95 Posts: 2018

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I don't think you understand what's happening. Just because you make a Progressive level doesn't mean you support Progressive. You have the mistaken opinion that mere acknowledgement of something means support. Yes, there are times when all attention is good attention (lobbyists, trolls, etc.), but that is not true for most companies. Consider: An satellite TV company is heavily advertising. The ads are mostly say that the competition is terrible and compares both itself with the competition, declaring itself the winner every time (well, duh). Now, I'd bet that the company being slandered in those ads would not consider that sort of act "support". In fact, they would be very happy if they stopped. It's the same with Progressive here. There are many sarcastic levels (including mine) that are part of the competition but aren't the most positive. Just because we are drawing more attention to Progressive doesn't mean it's POSITIVE attention, and I doubt people would be more likely to like Progressive after playing said levels or buy their insurance (in fact, they'd probably like it less, which is the exact opposite of what Progressive wants). So no, we are not hypocrites. I never said simply making a Progressive level makes you a hypocrite. I said you're a hypocrite if you participate in the contest. Obviously you can make a level protesting it or make a level about Progressive on your own, but if you make one that doesn't protest it and it has "Pro_" in the title, if you're going after those sweet prizes while trying to preach to people the horrors of advertising, then yeah, 100% hypocrite. Huh, I haven't seen many LBP competitions like that. Would you show me some? I was talking about contests in general, not LBP specifically. Just because the advertising isn't invasive doesn't mean it's perfectly fine. In fact, people have found a lot of flaws. I think the reason why people are upset is because the whole thing is the complete antithesis of their LBP2. The whole idea would be like if the commercial breaks in a kids show would be all adult oriented. That's where I feel this gets almost predatory. See, if you advertise McDonald's or a kid's toy on a kid's show, the kid would probably understand what's going on and what the companies are advertising. But insurance? I doubt half the kids on LBP really know how insurance works, but this company is telling them it's great and splendid and all that. Pretty much, you don't know what it is, but you should really get it. The audience can't understand what is being advertised and can't use their better judgement. It's pretty much taking advantage of them. Except kids can't even get insurance. This whole competition makes no sense. How do you take advantage of an audience that doesn't even understand what's being advertised? Kids are going to go out and buy some shiny car insurance now? No, because like you said they can't even get insurance... You know who can? All the people whining about the insurance ads. Kids aren't complaining about this because they have no reason to. It's adults and maybe some kids who are copying how the "adults" are acting. I don't see how it's like commercial breaks in a kid's show. It's more like a billboard except less in your face.

2012-09-01 03:17:00 Author: Reef1978 Posts: 527

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The only problem I see in this contest is the judging system, it's totally unfair. Hearts and plays don't make the level, people need to understand this. This is true.

2012-09-01 03:17:00 Author: Reef1978 Posts: 527

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The only problem I see in this contest is the judging system, it's totally unfair. Hearts and plays don't make the level, people need to understand this. If it weren't for that judging method, I probably would've placed in the top 4, but because of this, my level will most likely not be judged.

2012-09-01 04:40:00 Author: Unknown User

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If it weren't for that judging method, I probably would've placed in the top 4, but because of this, my level will most likely not be judged. Your level looks cool. Queued!

2012-09-01 22:04:00 Author: Restingbird Posts: 7

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I was talking about contests in general, not LBP specifically. I don't really think you should be comparing an lbp contest to all contests in general, because then you could do that with any LBP contest with poor judging and make it look less bad. That's actually pretty misleading because non LBP competitions are near-nothing like LBP competitions. If you compare this to other LBP only competitions, you'll see that the majority are based on quality and not on popularity. I never said simply making a Progressive level makes you a hypocrite. I said you're a hypocrite if you participate in the contest. Obviously you can make a level protesting it or make a level about Progressive on your own, but if you make one that doesn't protest it and it has "Pro_" in the title, if you're going after those sweet prizes while trying to preach to people the horrors of advertising, then yeah, 100% hypocrite. Many of the anti-Progressive levels are pretty sarcastic, and I feel that actually entering your level into the contest would increase the sarcastic effect. Besides, none of the parody levels have any chance of winning, and the creators know that. I think the judges would rather pick a copied level as the winner before they pick something like my entry or bonner123's. I doubt the judging is even going to be fair. I think they'll just pick the level that kisses Progressive's butt the most and have quality second.

2012-09-01 22:54:00 Author: Kalawishis Posts: 928

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Progressive. Reuters: ''The newspaper reported that a pair of detectives hired by Progressive became members of the Southside Christian Fellowship Church in August 2005 in order to get damaging information on two church members involved in a 2004 traffic accident.'' (http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/23/us-progressive-detective-idUSN2326105820070823?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews) Gawker: ''Comedian Calls Out Progressive Insurance for Defending His Sister?s Killer; Progressive Responds in Heartless Robot Fashion'' (http://gawker.com/5934436/comedian-calls-out-progressive-for-defending-his-sisters-killer-progressive-responds-in-heartless-robot-fashion) Not entering.

2012-09-02 12:50:00 Author: Unknown User

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I don't really think you should be comparing an lbp contest to all contests in general, because then you could do that with any LBP contest with poor judging and make it look less bad. That's actually pretty misleading because non LBP competitions are near-nothing like LBP competitions. If you compare this to other LBP only competitions, you'll see that the majority are based on quality and not on popularity. Many of the anti-Progressive levels are pretty sarcastic, and I feel that actually entering your level into the contest would increase the sarcastic effect. Besides, none of the parody levels have any chance of winning, and the creators know that. I think the judges would rather pick a copied level as the winner before they pick something like my entry or bonner123's. I doubt the judging is even going to be fair. I think they'll just pick the level that kisses Progressive's butt the most and have quality second. I just mean this is better than say a McDonald's contest where you have to peel a sticker off a drink to win. It's better than a gamble basically. The winner won't be totally random, although I do agree about the heart thing. That's really stupid. Isn't the #1 hearted Pro level an anti-progressive level? I think it's just a movie. I'm not sure because I can't play it because my disc drive is really fried now. If there are gonna be 5 winners chosen from only 10 levels and most of those levels are actually anti-progressive levels then it'd be pretty funny if they got stuck choosing some of those because of their own stupid rule. I hope they do rethink the top ten most hearted and consider the rest because that's my only chance of winning. There's nothing fair about an anti progressive level winning prizes, but at the same time it would be pretty funny.

2012-09-02 16:51:00 Author: Reef1978 Posts: 527

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Isn't the #1 hearted Pro level an anti-progressive level? I think it's just a movie. I'm not sure because I can't play it because my disc drive is really fried now. If there are gonna be 5 winners chosen from only 10 levels and most of those levels are actually anti-progressive levels then it'd be pretty funny if they got stuck choosing some of those because of their own stupid rule. I hope they do rethink the top ten most hearted and consider the rest because that's my only chance of winning. There's nothing fair about an anti progressive level winning prizes, but at the same time it would be pretty funny. Pretty spot on right there.

2012-09-02 17:04:00 Author: Kalawishis Posts: 928

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Well, I just finished my entry. I'm going to upload it as soon as I come up with a title and badge.

2012-09-04 01:51:00 Author: Unknown User

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I'm not entering. I know I can't win because of the people who all they do is LBP. Unlike some people, I have I hobby other than LBP... Shocking, I know.

2012-09-04 02:50:00 Author: Undarivik Posts: 442

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Lol, I created this thread and I don't submit my own entry! You can check it in my signature

2012-09-04 04:27:00 Author: yugnar Posts: 1478

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Alright, so this is my level. It might feel a bit rushed, but believe me, it was not easy to make this within 9 days of the deadline. But I've worked about 5 hours a day on this for those 9 days, so that's still about 45 hours of work. So here is a link: http://lbp.me/v/f-fkkm It is a simple platformer with some info about Progressive. Here is a pic, too: http://i1.lbp.me/img/ft/8b16f7a532e44e702291f204340f481bac84d86b.jpg

2012-09-04 04:57:00 Author: Unknown User

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Alright, so this is my level. It might feel a bit rushed, but believe me, it was not easy to make this within 9 days of the deadline. But I've worked about 5 hours a day on this for those 9 days, so that's still about 45 hours of work. So here is a link: http://lbp.me/v/f-fkkm It is a simple platformer with some info about Progressive. Here is a pic, too: http://i1.lbp.me/img/ft/8b16f7a532e44e702291f204340f481bac84d86b.jpg Qued, sucks that it took you so long, today, Sept. 4th, is the deadine Anyways, ill still try it

2012-09-04 05:04:00 Author: Unknown User

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well idk that there was a progressive contents... maybe i'm too late to enter, but i just taking a break from creating, i need to put my self to work, i'm a farmer so it is the time to grown some rice and get some money.

2012-09-04 05:43:00 Author: HellYeah1982 Posts: 192

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Whatever your stance on this competition might be.. I would Just like to take this time to wish everyone who entered the competition a good luck wish! Lots of levels were submitted, and I played a hole melting pot of fantastic creations! Shame to see that the Judges only actually allow the Top 10 most hearted levels be in the "Judge Ring", as I have been through plenty of fantastic platformers/videos, which sadly, will most likely never see the light of day. But to the lucky 10, congrats!

2012-09-04 05:59:00 Author: Flyingpotaotoman Posts: 41

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I would never enter this competition because I have principles. I'm not particularly against the idea that LBP could be used as a vehicle for corporate propaganda, but I am against it being used to promote Progressive specifically. Research their reputation and it's clear that these people are cold, ruthless scam artists without morals. If you buy insurance from these people they will go to any lengths not to pay out when you make a claim. One woman bought life insurance from them earlier this year, and then when she was murdered Progressive paid to defend her killer in court rather than pay out the life insurance owing to her. In 2009 they decieved policyholders by employing illegally-operated, unlicensed body shops to make repairs on vehicles for their clients in order to save money. There are numourous other scandals liked to the company. Associate yourself with these people and you're dancing with the devil.

2012-09-07 21:52:00 Author: Ungreth Posts: 2130

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I would never enter this competition because I have principles. I'm not particularly against the idea that LBP could be used as a vehicle for corporate propaganda, but I am against it being used to promote Progressive specifically. Research their reputation and it's clear that these people are cold, ruthless scam artists without morals. If you buy insurance from these people they will go to any lengths not to pay out when you make a claim. One woman bought life insurance from them earlier this year, and then when she was murdered Progressive paid to defend her killer in court rather than pay out the life insurance owing to her. In 2009 they decieved policyholders by employing illegally-operated, unlicensed body shops to make repairs on vehicles for their clients in order to save money. There are numourous other scandals liked to the company. Associate yourself with these people and you're dancing with the devil. Wish I knew that before I entered. After the judging is over, I'm probably deleting the level or making it completely non-related to Progressive.

2012-09-12 23:38:00 Author: Unknown User

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