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Weekend Contest -- Due end of Monday!

Ubisoft wants some goodies for advertizing, so we thought we'd give you all the chance to be famous. They just told us about it, so it needs to be quick!

[size=18]Screenshot Contest
We need exciting, interesting screenshots that show off the game and the community. A fun, piratey mood is key, as well as packing in good stuff.

What we want to see:
  • ]A candid feel. (Whether it is or not.)
  • ]Piratey names and piratey outfits.
  • ]Funny, piratey conversations. Scripted is fine.
  • ]Interesting environments, with pirates looking like they're doing what they're doing.
  • ]Shots with interesting puzzle screens.
  • ]Dynamic shots with different poses, win/loss poses, walking, flash and text on puzzle screens. Vegas!
  • ]Screens full of interest.[/list:u:1a0f8b20cb]
    What we don't want to see:
    • ]Dumb or offensive names.
    • ]Everyone staring forward.
    • ]Everyone saying "Arr."
    • ]In jokes.
    • ]Puzzle shots with nothing in the chat box or scene view.
    • ]Bad compression.[/list:u:1a0f8b20cb]
      Doctored screenshots are fine, as long as they still look like the game. So, if you got a great puzzle shot, but bad chat, you can paste in some good chat and an interesting screen view. That sort of thing is fine, and it's likely the best shots will require it.

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      We will select winners in the following categories:
      • ]1 for each of the 12 puzzles.
      • ]3 general shots of pirates in interesting scenes.
      • ]3 shots of pirates interacting with each other and the game world, such as shopping, manning stations on a ship, working in a shoppe, etc.[/list:u:1a0f8b20cb]

        How to Enter
        Link to your PNG or high-quality JPEG screenshots in posts in this thread. Enter as many times as you like.

        Prizes
        Any screenshots used will win their creator a portrait. Yes, you can win many. You can trade in 4 portraits for a portrait with Cleaver, Nemo, or your favorite OM.

        Good luck, and be speedy!
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Names above heads...

essential?
preferred?
whatever?
perhaps?
not at all?

The reason I ask is because you want to give a consistent feel. I would suggest one extreme or the other, or a 50-50 ethos. Since you are looking for the best, and this is one potentially open question, I am... erm... asking it.

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Good question. For consistency, keep names above heads. Although I think a lot of things look nice without them, these are to show normal gameplay.
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Nemo wrote: 


What we don't want to see:
  • ]Dumb or offensive names.[/list:u:c5ba21e70f]


It's unfair of you to completely exclude Viridian that way! (I've taken to announcing dumb/offensive names over crew chat as if I'm presenting an award.)

Must screenshots be taken this weekend, or only turned in this weekend? I expect the latter but I like asking stupid questions to bug you, Nemo.
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Must screenshots be taken this weekend, or only turned in this weekend? I expect the latter but I like asking stupid questions to bug you, Nemo.

As long as it looks current you can use screenshots from whenever.
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Probably large fonts would be nice? I'm not entering because I'm too lazy, so I can ask rude questions and be silly :) But considering these images might also be reduced - large fonts where possible?

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Standard fonts.
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This is probably a stupid question, how much of the game window do the non-puzzle screenshots have to show? I have a few screenshots from earlier that were cropped to save space, and I was wondering if I could enter these as well.
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Is my name offensive?
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scupperer wrote: 
Is my name offensive?


Not to non-players
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Arethi/Insanity.jpg

EDIT: Some Blockade where I had had enough with the tells.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Arethi/Too_much_red.jpg

EDIT: Old-shool screen shot, back before grapples.
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Nemo wrote: 
flash and text on puzzle screens


Do you want us to code some flash scenes?
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I need to find a nice new car for under 25 that screams "happy"

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Arethi/Too_much_red.jpg

EDIT: Old-shool screen shot, back before grapples.


maybe bastard and wtf should be edited out?
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http://www.snpages.com/ypp/cochineal.jpg

I blame this one on Drunken John.
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http://www.yellow-jackets.net/forum/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=viewimage&img=43
I hope the 4 crabs in a row isn't too bad, and the battle's going on in the background, complete with cannonballs flying!

http://www.yellow-jackets.net/forum/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=viewimage&img=44
Some discussion of the duty report, with a blockade in the background.
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Ok I have a couple!

One if Hearts counts(Sorry for the circle I can't get rid of it):

Peghead: The best mooning Dev in the ocean!
http://img57.echo.cx/img57/7253/pegmoons1vq.jpg


Some people call this nuts... well I call it... err.. No I would call it nuts too :)
http://img252.echo.cx/img252/3009/skellies45zo.jpg


This made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
http://img252.echo.cx/img252/7295/yay1gl.jpg


Mordy is magic!
http://img250.echo.cx/img250/9928/mord2arm0yw.jpg


Thats it for now!

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1) Navigating with completion of level stars, no rum warning, and being pursued. It also mentions the crew feeling the first effects of the lack o' rum.

2) All alone with skellies. I like that the ocean "who" list is on this one, especially since it shows Dane as being the only living being on the island.

3) Swordfight after battle. Fairly generic, but it does have the last NPP knocked out text along with the "Yer team is victorious!" text.

4) Just for fun. It was just one o' those days. ;)

Screenshots are fun.

Edited to change urls to a more reliable (I hope!) host source. Grrr
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Nice colourful apothecary puzzle shot with random text.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/LizEbrey/apothecarypuzzle.png

.. i cant get it bigger with photobucket. i'll get it bigger by the end of the weekend.
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here are some good ones from my forum. I'll be happy to provide the creator's name if any of these win (unfortunately, I didn't take any of these)

funny dock tarting session

Masterpiece^10

Narya's last stand at at Olive (lots of brigs vs cutter)


When sloops engage war brigs during War

Akumu's and Bunny's wedding on Veridian. Lots of shouting, lots of RPing, and even a mute circle

Finally,

Soloing a frig on a brigand mission
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  • Interesting environments, with pirates looking like they're doing what they're doing.


  • Here is a shot of Akumu and Bunnywonder's wedding in Viridian from last week.
    http://www.shotton.com/files/wedding.jpg
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    Ok, these ones are mine

    http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/danikent/Phoenixstrikes.jpg

    This is what happened on Viridian _before_ blackspot came in to effect.

    http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/danikent/step2.jpg

    An apoth puzzle that I'm rather proud of - yes I know - not the best - but still
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    Photobucket is going strange on me, so I've turned to imageshack. Screenshots from my archives:

    Sailing in a blockade

    A drinking game aftermath, featuring an event broadcast!

    A particularly exiting trade
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    http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/danikent/Phoenixstrikes.jpg

    This is what happened on Viridian _before_ blackspot came in to effect.


    You muted Scupperer? A pox on you!

    /e is even more terrified of Veridian now...
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    boats
    Outfits
    Blockades
    Stalls
    Halloween
    Pub
    Hephaestus
    A Wedding
    Iris, Chapparal, Maccaw
    I've got 500+ full screens on my HD. I'll sift and load some more. Have some shots of Winter palace that are nice. May have full screens of alot of the ones above. PM me I don't care about the portrait.
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    [img]http://img82.echo.cx/img82/3068/solobigshipsf4te.th.jpg[/img]

    was at Christmas, and let's you see all the nice things you can do in this game = D
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    The first of my only two SF tourney wins. What you don't see is me sitting at the computer with my jaw on the ground. :)


    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/katiemacalister/Sftourney.jpg

    Edit: slightly better quality jpg
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    xephin wrote: 
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    http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/danikent/Phoenixstrikes.jpg

    This is what happened on Viridian _before_ blackspot came in to effect.


    You muted Scupperer? A pox on you!

    /e is even more terrified of Veridian now...


    I went through a time when i muted everyone who shouted/heartiedme/challenged me to a fight/swore/irritated me/spammed my chat - I ended up with over 700 on my mute list. I was called the "Mute Queen" And then i started wondering why I had trouble getting people in the crew to come pillaging.... I'd muted half the crew as well....
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    You want Vegas!, I give you Vegas!

    Comes with a free tally of a win, too!

    *edited to make a link, so as not to bother the people stuck in the 90's with a dial-up modem
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    Advice and Requests:
    • ]High-quality, full-size images only. No bad JPG comression, no cropped images.
    • ]Enter only images. I'm not wading through your pages of random screenshots.
    • ]Plan it and/or Doctor it. Truly interesting screenshots usually don't just happen, and when they do, you're too interested in the happening to take the picture. People's text is already off the screen, or the action and the dialogue don't quite line up. The event itself was great, but it's hard to capture it in one image. Plan, edit, then submit.
    • ]Again, no game in-jokes.
    • ]Notice the puzzles people have already done good shots of and try a different one.[/list:u:ae4a5376e7]
      Thanks to those who have submitted great images so far! There are several that I can already see using.
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