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SOTM 2016 Edition - October and November Contest

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:36 pm
by KingAndy
INTRODUCTION:

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Welcome to the Screenshot Of The Month contests for 2016. Temporary me and BIGzee will be hosting the first two months until Silent1Unknown be able to continue hosting this contest. Hopefully many people can participate. With new Features attributing to everyone's want for something new, we bring you the Tags Feature under the Free Theme which doesn't enforce anyone to submit only what they're subjected to, like in a Fixed Theme. The Tags / tag words mentioned are only suggestions and are to be taken optional as per the contestants' free choice. Hence, Fixed Themes are now rare. And Prizes are back ! They could be Pre-Release betas, Previews or possibly SOTM dedicated Final versions. Anyway you're in for surprises along the way.

A lot of the rules are the same as before, and if you are already familiar with them, just read the new ones that are highlighted below:


THE RULES:

**These rules are subject to change at any time with prior notification.
  • The screenshot may include only publicly released addons (cars, cities etc.). No private addons, Work in Progress or Cancelled mods / Alphas / Betas which aren't publicly released, UNLESS the Free theme Tags mention that these can be used. HOWEVER, you can use your own basic mods that edit the public addons (such as tuning mods, texture mods, camera angle mods...etc.). No 3D model or .pkg file edits of any kind are allowed and will not be tolerated.
  • Prize Winners must not use their Prizes at later SOTM Monthlies, UNLESS the Free theme Tags mention that these can be used.
  • In the case of Free Theme, it is suggested that you mention when submitting, which Tags you have based your entry on. This causes less confusion and voters will be more likely to understand the theme your entry is based on.
  • You must be a member of these forums. No bots allowed.
  • You must submit your own work.
  • You can only submit 1 final screenshot per month.
  • The screenshot must be a still picture taken from MM2. No videos or animations allowed!
  • If there is a theme, your screenshot submission should follow it. Otherwise, it may be excluded from voting.
  • The screenshot can be edited or unedited. No software limits.
  • The screenshot editions may include cut&pasted editions from photos not related to the game (i.e. new sky picture collected from Google Images...etc). However, majority of the final picture should be from the game.
  • The screenshot must be appropriate for the general community. No porn, no blood, no freaky, creepy or illegal stuff. Violation of this rule may lead to banishment from these forums...or worse.
  • The screenshot dimensions should not exceed 1600x1200 pixels.
  • The screenshot file size should not exceed 1MB.
  • The screenshot file type (format) must be either BMP, JPEG or PNG.
  • When you decide to enter your screenshot, post it here in this topic after the "Stage 1: Enter Your Screenshots!" announcement has been made for that month.
  • Use common image-hosting sites such as ImageShack, MediaFire or PhotoBucket.
  • You are allowed to change your screenshot submission only once and within three days of your original submission date.
  • No submissions allowed after the last day of the month the contest is designated for.
  • Voting will start on the 1st day of a new month and end on the 3rd day of the month.
  • Vote after "Stage 2: Vote Now!" announcement has been made.
  • To vote, just post using a sentence like " I vote for <name>". PLEASE DO NOT make ambiguous votes such as "kunal's SS is nice" or "+1 to Silent". These will not be counted as votes.
  • You cannot vote for yourself.
  • You can change your vote only once and only on the first day of voting. You cannot change your vote 24 hours after the Voting announcement has been made.
  • The winner will be announced shortly after the voting period ends with the "Stage 3: Winner announcement".
  • Winning screenshots will be entered into the SOTY contest at the end of the year.
  • A few other top screenshots that didn't win may also be entered into the SOTY contest.
  • New contests should start on the 4th day of a new month or when the new "Stage 1" announcement is made. Remember its taking place in the same topic (topic title will be changed).
  • You cannot re-submit an old screenshot or modified form of it.
  • Please keep spamming to a minimum. Commenting on other's screenshots once in a while is ok, but making one-word posts every time some submits a screenshot is unnecessary and annoying as hell.

***Any participant may be disqualified with / without notification if in violation of above-mentioned rules or for reasons not said above.

PRIZES:

**The following rules can be edited later. Rules last edited on March 8th.
  • The winner(s) of each monthly contest might receive a prize, being a MM2 mod created specifically for such purpose.
  • The prizes might be only announced on the winner's announcement post, before or during each monthly contest.
  • It's possible no prizes are given to the winner(s) on a monthly contest.
  • Prizes are sent to the winner(s) through personal message, linking to a cloud hosting website, after the winner's announcement.
  • Once delivered, the prizes are property of the winner(s). It's asked if he/they allow it to be released on mm2x.com locked or unlocked, but he/they can freely refuse and keep it to themselves and either give it to whatever they want or edit it and release on the Internet (always crediting the original developers, listed on a file coming with the prize).


THE RESOURCES:

If you are in need of image-editing software, try:

- Paint.NET
- The Gimp
- Photoshop Express
- Photofiltre
- Pixlr Editor, Pixlr Express, Pixlr O-matic

Or you can search google for other free programs.


If you want to learn how to make edits to your MM2 screenshots, there are some tutorials available:

- How to Add Cars to a Screenshot
- Making Dynamic MM2 Screenshots V2
- How to Add Custom Light Effects
- How to Make a Stationary-Camera Mod
- How to Add Reflections to MM2 Screenshots

You can also search Google for other tutorials and apply them to MM2 screenshots.

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:40 pm
by KingAndy
We have decided to invoke for the second time since Summer of '14, a 2-in-1 SOTM Monthly, having missed January, of course. Under special govern, contestants may have to submit TWO entries and mention which entry corresponds to which of the 2 Monthly Editions - a JAN one and a FEB one.

For eg.

My entry

JAN
[your JANUARY entry]

FEB
[your FEBRUARY entry]



Wish you luck and a Happy Leap Year as well.

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Stage 1: Enter Your Screenshots!

Theme: Free theme

Optional Tags : 2016 ; New Year ; Weird / CRAZYYY ; Valentine ; Love

Deadline: 29 FEB 2016

Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:02 pm
by BIGzee
People ?? Last dayy !!! Had to submit a couple for the heads up.

JAN

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FEB

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Guess Silent1Unknown was right about this. Wonder if '16 may be the last. Happy Leap year guyz.

Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:27 pm
by FXANBSS
JAN
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FEB
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Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 7:54 pm
by sajmon14
Completely forgot about this :P

Jan:
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Feb:
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 2:16 am
by hungarymate
I hope I'm not late...

Jan:
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Feb:
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:04 am
by sajmon14
Nice water reflections effect, I should do that on my map :P

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:33 am
by Seahawk
January:
Three HMMWVs chasing an enemy armoured personal carrier at Area 14 near National Highway.
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February:
A Hummer H1 going through a bandits infested area and bandits are trying to knock it down. (See the bullet.)
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:55 am
by KingAndy
Great screenshots guys! I decided to extend the deadline until tomorrow, after all this month only had 29 days for 2 simultaneous SOTM contests. :P

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:15 pm
by sajmon14
February:
A Hummer H3 going through a bandits infested area and bandits are trying to knock it down. (See the bullet.)
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It's a H1 :P

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:51 pm
by KingAndy
Here's my (late) entries:

January - (crazy/nonsense) Doc Brown and Marty McFly manage to travel back to the 50's. What adventures will they have on this Classic Madness?

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February - (Valentines) A young Londoner couple makes their way to the BFI London IMAX Cinema to celebrate Valentine's Day. I initially thought about just parking the car on some alley for the exact same purpose but decided to do something better ahah

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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:59 pm
by KingAndy
Stage 2: vote now!

Just like on the previous editions, you can submit your vote either posting it on this topic or sending me a PM. Don't forget to vote for both months, so please submit something of this kind:
  • January - User X
    February - User Y
The votation ends at Sunday, March 6th. Good luck to all the contestants and may the best screenshots win!

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:02 pm
by hungarymate
My votes:
January - KingAndy
February - sajmon14

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:55 pm
by sajmon14
Jan: KingAndy
Feb: hungarymate

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:08 pm
by Franch88
I vote to KingAndy for January and to Hungarymate for February.