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Hi dudes,

Some people have been contacting me through PM to restart the SotM Contests again. I'm not sure of its sustainability, so I thought to have a trial run. If the next few months show good activity/participation, I'll think of continuing it for 2014. So without further ado...


Most of the rules are same as before. Any changes will be highlighted.


THE RULES:

• These rules are subject to change at any time.
• You must be a member of these forums. No bots allowed.
• You must submit your own work.
• You can only submit 1 screenshot every month/contest.
• The screenshot must be a still picture taken from MM2. No videos or animations allowed!
• The screenshot may include only publicly released addons. No private addons allowed!
• 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 GIF, JPEG or PNG.
• When you decide to enter your screenshot, post it here in this topic after the "Stage 1: Enter Your Screenshots!" anouncement has been made for that month.
• Do not explicitly post the full-size image in the contest thread. Instead use the thumbnail (hotlinked to original) or provide the link to it.
• Use common image-hosting sites such as ImageShack, MediaFire or PhotoBucket.
• You are allowed to change your screenshot submission 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. Results will be posted shortly thereafter.
• Vote after "Stage 2: Vote Now!" anouncement has been made.
• To vote, make a post stating your choice for that month.
• 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 Anouncement has been made.
• New contests should start on the 4th day of a new month or when the new "Stage 1" anouncement 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.
• Any participant may be disqualified if in violation of above-mentioned rules or for reasons not said above.

THE RESOURCES:

If you are in need of image-editing software, try Paint.NET (very good and quick download), the GIMP, Photofiltre or Photoshop Express (online). They are all free and can be found with a quick google search.

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 - NEW!
- How to Add Reflections to MM2 Screenshots - NEW!


SOME EXAMPLES:






Good luck to all.



Stage 1: Enter Your Screenshots!

No specific themes.

Yay yay yay!!! Gonna start a new pic.

Nothing much.

What are SotM Contests?

Good idea. But unfortunately, the rules include that not to take screenshots with private addons. I've my unreleased sky mod, decided to post one of 'em but can't. But I'll try my best according to rules.
Btw, nice picture, Telamon.

Nice pic!

What are SotM Contests?

Screenshot of the month. Well I used to post edited screenshots but I'm not doing it anymore. Because the lack of time and having no Photoshop in my PC

Nice to see this again, at the time when SotM was commenced, I was not an active member of the forums.
For the rule that says no to post full size images in the forum, times have changed now and mm2x forums automatically re-size any image that is too big to fit into it.

1st nice edit screen shot of me: -

If you don't understand it, it's a Panoz GTR-1 in London!

1st edit screen shot of me: -

The thing new in them is that they are blurred!

Can't you read the rules? You can't post more than 1 screenshot per month. Pick one from those three...

ddslcfs.jpg

What are SotM Contests?

Screenshot of the month. Well I used to post edited screenshots but I'm not doing it anymore. Because the lack of time and having no Photoshop in my PC

Use Paint.net

I'll post tomorrow, no time today.

Use Paint.net

If you cant use Photoshop, Pixlr Photo Editor does the job IMO better than Paint.net.

EDIT

Maybe post tomorrow, not for sure, though.

Really great to see SotM return, Silent.

For the last 2 years, there was a tradition to hold Screenshot of the Month (SOTM) contests here at MM2X. The idea originated from other MM2 websites that had shut down.

So each month people enter their best screenshots, edited or not, and people vote for the best one. The winner of a certain month gets their screenshot entered into the Screenshot Of The Year (SOTY) contest, which will be voted for at the end of the year.

The first year had a huge success and it was very live; an awesome way to end the year. The second year was promising (with the idea of themes), but was interrupted and was forgotten about. You can see those topics to get an idea:

SOTM & SOTY 2011
SOTM 2012


I would post the rules again here, but I think its due to the locked topic that I cant "quote" those posts and links. If Franch could help me out.... So please do read the rules from that topic (2012 is most up-to-date, but ignore themes).

There are also some examples given as well as some tutorials to help you learn how to edit screenshots. Also, some alternate/free photo-editing software are mentioned.