I really like the spell. Does casting it in an enemy territory count as an act of war I wonder.

Congratulations to everyone who won, and to everyone who had fun in the competition, and to everyone who will enjoy the new spell and the potentially new spells based on aspects of spell submissions!

Thanks to Stardock for setting up this competition, and for listening and interacting with the community.

Now, when's the next contest?

What's wrong with Planes?  Planes rock.  More to explore.  More to conquer.  Efficient way to require enemies to team up to defeat a more powerful enemy, etc.

The spell idea rocks.  And I'm with Heavenfall.  Make these tags available to modders.  I already even see a brilliant use for this for the Returner, in ExpandedFactions.  Raise an entire, mindless undead army across the world to harry everyone and anyone (except for the other undead, of course).

i think its a global enchantment so no need to cast it anywhere

I dislike them from a cosmology/worldbuilding perspective, rather than from a gameplay perspective. In terms of gameplay, they're fine. We don't need them for the sake of more content, however, since the potential size of an Elemental map is unbounded.I am pretty sure the idea is that it creates a tile on a targeted square, and enemies spawn from there. While you could get a different working with creative interpretation, that would merely detract from the thing.

Wow this thread made me find my old post where I suggested a similar spell.. been looking for it,  thanks heh.

I like the idea of such a spell as a high end global death magic, but perhaps Shadow World is not the best name? Not suggesting Nether Gate is necessarily better. Shadow Rift?

I like the spell, I just wonder how it's going to tie in with the lore of the game. (Shadow world?). Seems to me someone has some writing to do.

Just to clarify, the name Shadow World refers to what happens to the world of Elemental after the spell is cast, rather than the place where the shadows come from. It would be cool if the light levels in the game were lowered while the spell is active, but I don't know if that's possible.

Congratulations and all that unacomn.

Would be interesting to know the number of votes the winner(and everyone else for that matter) got. What was my own place? Maybe it'll be revealed. 

To brag a bit, this is actually the second Stardock contest where I have been part of the winners in. I was one of the winners in the Dark Avatar contest too, quite a while back.

Neato, congrats Unacomn!

 

I just got my prize, not even the snow storm could keep it away from me. After I finish my exams, I look forward to finally being able to play Elemental with the 3D engine activated at all times.

 

A big thank you to Stardock for hosting the contest and making the game, to the people who voted for me, and to Kathleen Lane, for making sure the prize got here safe and sound.

congrats.  i liked the spell alot when i first read about it.  wtg.