UPDATE: CLOSED, Contest Cancelled on account of the fact it not only did it not pour Entries, it barely even Sprinkled... I haven't checked the Entries there are, so unless Tevokkia's is also Single Player, Multi-Screenshot, there wasn't even one Entry in each Category... I was thinking of making the Manditory Category "fly" number only 3, and it turns out that wouldn't have even been low enough... *is disgusted, but not too surprised*
I'll put together MY 15 "entries" and probably put up the whole works as a Slideshow on Youtube(my first ever Youtube Upload!)... Might LINK ITF...
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WHY? Because I've never Hosted a Contest before, and I can appreciate that Spiral HQ has given us all such a great opportunity to be humorous...
WHEN? The Screenshots start now, but Entries are to be Posted after Haven returns to normal, so no one can claim their idea was copied or was the inspiration behind someone else's Entry... Submissions will be closing at the Maintenance Reboot on Sun. Nov 4th... Judging will probably take place that Afternoon and the Results should be up by the Following Reboot... I will personally hand out as many Prizes in-game as possible over the course of the week following, then Mail out those I have to...
WHERE? In the Bazaar, where the punkin-killing Snipe has appearantly claimed his first - and last? - victim. That gives you 5 punkins to hide behind and speak for...
HOW?* You take a Screenshot of yourself - or yourself and as many Friends as you can hide behind the Usual Suspects - with whatever clever/funny dialogue you can come up with and submit it here for my unholy consideration. You - and all your Friends/accomplices - should be completely hidden behind the subject punkins, or at least VERY hard to spot. Keep in mind that whoever takes the Screenshot will have the straight-on angle, so even if you cannot see yourself, you may be visible to the Screenshooter...
*If you are literally wondering "How", then I can't help you there. Even after playing SK for 10 months and wanting to take a Screenshot of myself in the Garden with all the Snipes flying up, I still don't know how to take a Screenshot! I'll Edit in the Answer if someone is kind enough to provide it below...
WHO? Anyone. Yourself alone, or with up to 4 Friends... (There are only 5 punkins to hide behind...)
WHAT? Here is a list of Entry Categories and their Prizes...
{Single Player/Single Screenshot}
1st: 9Kr
2nd: 3Kr
3rd: Iron Lockbox
{Single Player/Multiple Screenshots}
1st: Mirrored Lockbox
2nd: Choice of Catalyzer/Pulsar
3rd: 9Kr
{Multiple Player/Single Screenshot}
Cake2Take: 3Kr to each participant in the Winning Entry
Iron Lockbox to each Participant in up to 2x "Runner Up" Entries...
RULES: You may NOT Submit - or Participate in - more than one Entry in each Category. If you Submit in more than one Category, you will not win in more than one of them unless you are REALLY good.
2) Prizes will not be awarded in any Category unless there are at least 5 other Entries. If this concerns you a bit, just get your Friends/Guildies to create their own Entries...
3) Exactly or very simlular Dialogues will be either Disqualified, or may be considered for a Winning Tie - In the latter case, the Prize will be split between the Entries in the form of equivalent Cr...
4) Remember, no Entries posted until after Haven is back to normal!(Or after the Nov 1st Maintenance Reboot on your locale server, whichever comes first...) And when you do Post them, Upload them to a Site of your preference and provide a Link in this Thread. (Multi-screenshot Entries should be Uploaded to a Site that allows "Save As", so that they can be run through a Slideshow Program(to enhance the Hilarity Factor...).
5) I don't recommend Dialogue for the Snipe, since you can't hide behind it. Besides, everyone knows Snipes can't talk like punkins can...
Additional Details: If you are wondering about the distribution of the Prizes for the Entry Categories above, it is because I think a slideshow of one person doing dialogue for all of the Suspects is the best opportunity for humor to really shine... I am allowing for 2 other styles of Entry, but since I am not as interested in them, the Prizes are a lot smaller... Also, the Multiple Player Entries will show the names of all but the Screenshooter(not as nice...).
You have a week to ask questions about this Contest - if anything seems as unclear as muddy water - and to work on planning your dialogues and taking your screenshot(s)...
FAIR WARNING: I am not into Social Media and Trendy stuff. I am a dinosaur, with an odd sense of humor. I very rarely, ACTUALLY "LOL", so be prepared for your best shots to bomb out with me...
Thank you for your attention... I now return you to your regular jack-o-lightings...
~ K
P.S. As soon as I figure out how to take a screenshot, I'm going to do a ton of my own... Gawd, I'm going to have so much fun!(I think I'm pretty clever, you see...)
Replies: @Tevokkia - Thank you so much! I wondered about "prt sc" being the button for me to use for that...
@Hexlash - I hope you do!
@Naruto-Leaf-Ninja - Um, if that is what you want... OoO
@Artistbma - Holt $h!+... You were totally serious when you said you had no idea...
You can take a screenshot by pressing the "Print Screen" button, which is usually in the upper right corner of your keyboard or thereabouts. Steam users can press F12, I believe.
Remember that if you don't use Steam or have a program that saves things like that, you can only have one screenshot on your clipboard at once, so make sure to save your shot before taking another one. You can do this by pasting it into MS Paint or any other graphics program.