Your Judges for This Contest Will Be Sam, Niall, Ahmed, and Myself. This MAY Change.


I feel really mean about doing this for TS3 seeing as we don't have much holiday stuff at all for the game yet. The best we can have are the overpriced outfits at the Sim Store and various patterns if you can find any. I almost want to do a contest that can only be done in this game, but I suppose this will give everyone the chance to be creative, eh?
Anyways, the goal is to take a picture of a family enjoying the holidays together. Since there's a lack of holiday items, you have to be creative and try to think what people would do besides open presents by the tree . I'd love to give you ideas right here, but I must not o_o

Categories to be Judged on:

You will be graded out of 4 categories:

Creativity
How creative were you taking the fact that there's not much holiday things to use?

Originality
Was yours different? Did yours stand out?

Technicality
Did your picture look professional or unprofessional with plumb bobs and speech bubbles? Did you mind the walls?

Overall Effort
Did you at least try?

Each category is worth 10 points, and you'll receive a score out of 40 from each of the judges. With 4 judges, you'll receive a cumulative score out of 160 points. Whoever has the most points win.

Prize:

TBA.

(meaning if any of the judges have time around this holiday season to make something, or be willing to making something that the winner wants, please come forward )

Deadline:

Due to midterms/finals week for people this week, and Christmas is next week, I'm making the deadline Sunday, December 27th, 2009 at 11:59pm PST. Since everyone seems to live in different time zones, here's everyone's deadline times so you don't have to think about it:
(24 Hour Time is in parenthesis)

HAWAII: Sunday, December 27th, 2009 at 9:59pm (21:59)
ALASKA: Sunday, December 27th, 2009 at 10:59pm (22:59)
PACIFIC COAST: Sunday, December 27th, 2009 at 11:59pm (23:25)
MOUNTAIN TIME: Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 12:59am (00:59)
CENTRAL TIME: Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 1:59am (01:59)
EASTERN TIME: Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 2:59am (02:59)
ATLANTIC TIME ZONE: Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 3:59am (03:59)
NEWFOUNDLAND TIME: Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 4:59am (04:59)
GMT/UTC: Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 7:59am (07:59)
EGYPT: Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 9:59am (09:59)
AUSTRIALIA: Somewhere between Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 3:59pm to 5:59pm (15:59 - 17:59)
NEW ZEALAND: Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 7:59pm (19:59)

...as for everyone else, if I missed a time zone, let me know and I'll add it xD There's so many that I just tried to get the bulk of them xD (I also lost steam at Australia. XD So if anyone from Australia wants a specific time zone listed, let me know lol). Also if I got any WRONG, tell me.

Rules:

1. Can be in any world (Sunset Valley, Riverview, Egypt, China, or France)
2. You MAY photoshop if you know how, but only to change brightness/contrast and add borders and things. However, you don't HAVE to.
3. Only ONE snapshot of a family.
4. The family can be a premade or your own.
5. Use as much or as little CC as you feel like.
6. Have Fun!

When you are ready to submit your screenshot, just post it below. Really, you all might be gawking at how everyone will see everyone else's submissions, but it'll be soo much easier to judge without having to send a PM to everyone.

Because I am asking everyone to post their submissions in plain sight, I will tell you all this. If you are thinking about joining, but then see someone's "amazing" pictures and you think you can't top it so you won't join - join anyways. Just because you think someone else's is amazing doesn't mean that it will win. You never know, YOUR picture might be the winner. So don't let someone else's submissions stop you from joining. If you want, DON'T look at the thread except for this post until you are ready to submit your picture.

*Also, don't worry about your graphics settings. If you have to play on low, don't worry about turning it up just to get a better picture

If you have any questions, ask below or PM me.

Also, to help y'all out, I'm going to see if I can find any patterns or anything that can be holiday-ish and post them. If anyone else wants to help out as well, feel free.