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==Contest==
 
==Contest==
The contest, started by Axem and now judged by MjnMixael, is a part of the monthly HLP Newsletter. The whole idea is to capture the best of the best of what the FSO engine can do! Each month features a theme and entries must be based on that theme.
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The contest, started by Axem and now judged by NeonShivan, is a part of the monthly HLP Newsletter. The whole idea is to capture the best of the best of what the FSO engine can do! Each month features a theme and entries must be based on that theme.
  
At the end of the year, the person with the most winning screenshots is awarded the trophy badge! If there is no First Place winner, then a winner is chosen by picking the best screenshot from among the winning screens of the tied contestants.
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By entering the contest, you are now putting your reputation on the line.. in the form of badges! The winner of the month gets this badge. [[Image:Silverbadge.png]]
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The badge is removed and placed on the winner of the following month. So... if you want to prove you are the best at getting screens, you need to keep that badge multiple months in a row! At the end of the year, the points are tallied up. Whoever won the most months gets this badge for a WHOLE YEAR!
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[[Image:Goldbadge.png]]
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Wow! So if you manage to keep that badge for multiple years.. you are most definitely the Screencap King. (Yes, this is a challenge.) But Mjn, you say, what if no one has won more than one month in a year? Well... then the best screenshot from all 12 winners will be chosen and that person crowned king with the Golden Badge of Screencap Glory. (That's the official name.)
  
 
==Scoring==
 
==Scoring==
 
The points don't matter, so don't worry about them! However, these types of things tend to help your screencap get closer to winning.
 
The points don't matter, so don't worry about them! However, these types of things tend to help your screencap get closer to winning.
*'''No HUDs''' ''(HUDs are uuuuuuugly!)''
 
 
*'''Uniqueness of composition''' ''(Is it like every other screen out there, or is it something new?)''
 
*'''Uniqueness of composition''' ''(Is it like every other screen out there, or is it something new?)''
*'''Communicates the theme''' ''(This should be self-explanetory)''
 
 
*'''Communicates''' ''(Does your image tell a story? Does it capture the mind of the viewer?)''
 
*'''Communicates''' ''(Does your image tell a story? Does it capture the mind of the viewer?)''
 
*'''Wow-factor''' ''(How much does this image scream to be a desktop wallpaper?)''
 
*'''Wow-factor''' ''(How much does this image scream to be a desktop wallpaper?)''
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*'''Profit!''' ''($$$$$)''
 
*'''Profit!''' ''($$$$$)''
  
==Trophy Winners==
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==Unbreakable Rules==
*2013: ???
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These rules must be true of a screencap in order to be eligible to win.
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*Must be from the FSO engine
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*No HUDs
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*No Photoshop or any post procesing
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*Must fit the month's theme
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*Only 3 entries per person, per month
  
 
==2013 Screencap Season==
 
==2013 Screencap Season==
<gallery widths=150px perrow=6>
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Year Winner - ssmit132
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<gallery heights=90px widths=150px perrow=6>>
 
File:RScreen0103.jpg|<center>January 2013 Winner<br/>By ssmit132<br/>Theme: '2012'
 
File:RScreen0103.jpg|<center>January 2013 Winner<br/>By ssmit132<br/>Theme: '2012'
 
File:RScreen0111.png|<center>February 2013 Winner<br/>By X3N0-Life-Form<br/>Theme: 'Blue'
 
File:RScreen0111.png|<center>February 2013 Winner<br/>By X3N0-Life-Form<br/>Theme: 'Blue'
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File:RScreen0114.png|<center>April 2013 Winner<br/>By MjnMixael<br/>Theme: 'Outnumbered'
 
File:RScreen0114.png|<center>April 2013 Winner<br/>By MjnMixael<br/>Theme: 'Outnumbered'
 
File:RScreen0115.jpg|<center>May 2013 Winner<br/>By Belisarius<br/>Theme: 'Giant Beams'
 
File:RScreen0115.jpg|<center>May 2013 Winner<br/>By Belisarius<br/>Theme: 'Giant Beams'
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File:RScreen0116.jpg|<center>June 2013 Winner<br/>By MatthTheGeek<br/>Theme: 'The Quiet Life'
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File:RScreen0117.jpg|<center>July 2013 Winner<br/>By knossosfs2<br/>Theme: 'Turrets'
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File:RScreen0118.jpg|<center>August 2013 Winner<br/>By Betrayal<br/>Theme: 'Fleets'
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File:RScreen0119.png|<center>September 2013 Winner<br/>By Aesaar<br/>Theme: 'Explosions'
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File:RScreen0120.jpg|<center>October 2013 Winner<br/>By Axem<br/>Theme: 'Asteroids'
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File:RScreen0121.png|<center>November 2013 Winner<br/>By ssmit132<br/>Theme: '2013 Modelling Contest'
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File:RScreen0122.jpg|<center>December 2013 Winner<br/>By CKid<br/>Theme: 'Free-For-All'
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</gallery>
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==2014 Screencap Season==
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Year Winner - MPez
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<gallery heights=90px widths=150px perrow=6>>
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File:RScreen0123.jpg|<center>January 2014 Winner<br/>By CKid<br/>Theme: 'Rage'
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File:RScreen0127.jpg|<center>February 2014 Winner<br/>By Mpez<br/>Theme: 'Love'
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File:RScreen0128.jpg|<center>March 2014 Winner<br/>By Mpez<br/>Theme: 'Loneliness'
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File:RScreen0129.png|<center>April 2014 Winner<br/>By AndrewofDoom<br/>Theme: 'Satisfaction'
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File:RScreen0130.jpg|<center>May 2014 Winner<br/>By tnathan475<br/>Theme: 'Desolation'
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File:RScreen0131.png|<center>June 2014 Winner<br/>By TheHound<br/>Theme: 'Anticipation'
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File:RScreen0132.jpg|<center>July 2014 Winner<br>By CKid<br>Theme: 'Panic'
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File:RScreen0133.jpg|<center>August 2014 Winner<br>By MPez<br>Theme: 'Dread'
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File:RScreen0134.jpg|<center>September 2014 Winner<br>By Betrayal<br>Theme: 'Relief'
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File:RScreen0135.png|<center>October 2014 Winner<br>By AdmiralRalwood<br>Theme: 'Fear'
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File:RScreen0136.jpg|<center>November 2014 Screenshot Winner<br>By Betrayal<br>Theme: 'Wonder'
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File:RScreen0137.jpg|<center>December 2014 Screenshot Winner<br>By TheHound<br>Theme: 'Sorrow'
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</gallery>
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==2015 Screencap Season==
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Year Winner - Tomimaki
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<gallery heights=90px widths=150px perrow=6>>
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File:RScreen0138.jpg|<center>January 2015 Winner<br/>By LuisDias<br/>Theme: 'Anything Goes'
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File:RScreen0139.jpg|<center>February 2015 Winner<br/>By CKid<br/>Theme: 'Green'
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File:RScreen0140.png|<center>March 2015 Winner<br/>By Spoon<br/>Theme: 'Nebula'
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File:RScreen0141.png|<center>April 2015 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Shivans'
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File:RScreen0142.jpg|<center>May 2015 Winner<br/>By CKid<br/>Theme: 'Runway Lights'
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File:RScreen0143.jpg|<center>June 2015 Winner<br/>By CKid<br/>Theme: 'Broadside'
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File:RScreen0144.jpg|<center>July 2015 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Livin Large'
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File:RScreen0145.png|<center>August 2015 Winner<br/>By Spoon<br/>Theme: 'Missiles'
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File:RScreen0148.jpg|<center>September 2015 Winner<br/>By Darius<br/>Theme: 'Heat'
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File:RScreen0149.png|<center>October 2015 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Wartime'
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File:RScreen0150.png|<center>November 2015 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Shadow'
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File:RScreen0151.png|<center>December 2015 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Close Call'
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</gallery>
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==2016 Screencap Season==
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Year Winner - Darius
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<gallery heights=90px widths=150px perrow=6>>
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File:RScreen0152.jpg|<center>January 2016 Winner<br/>By Betrayal<br/>Theme: 'Terrans'
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File:RScreen0153.png|<center>February 2016 Winner<br/>By Spoon<br/>Theme: 'Purple'
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File:RScreen0154.png|<center>March 2016 Winner<br/>By Spoon<br/>Theme: 'Trails'
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File:RScreen0155.jpg|<center>April 2016 Winner<br/>By Black Wolf<br/>Theme: 'Speed'
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File:RScreen0156.jpg|<center>May 2016 Winner<br/>By Erebus Alpha<br/>Theme: 'Beams'
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File:RScreen0157.jpg|<center>June 2016 Winner<br/>By Erebus Alpha<br/>Theme: 'Old Vs New'
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File:RScreen0158.jpg|<center>July 2016 Winner<br/>By Darius<br/>Theme: 'Blue'
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File:RScreen0159.png|<center>August 2016 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Annihilation'
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File:RScreen0160.jpg|<center>September 2016 Winner<br/>By Darius<br/>Theme: 'Dogfights'
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File:RScreen0161.jpg|<center>October 2016 Winner<br/>By Niffiwan<br/>Theme: 'Preparing for War'
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File:RScreen0162.png|<center>November 2016 Winner<br/>By Black Wolf<br/>Theme: 'Vasudans'
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File:RScreen0163.jpg|<center>December 2016 Winner<br/>By Darius<br/>Theme: 'Anything Goes'
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</gallery>
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==2017 Screencap Season==
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Year Winner - Tomimaki
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<gallery heights=90px widths=150px perrow=6>>
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File:RScreen0164.jpg|<center>January 2017 Winner<br/>By Darius<br/>Theme: 'Community Models'
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File:RScreen0165.png|<center>February 2017 Winner<br/>By niffiwan<br/>Theme: 'Mano e Mano'
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File:RScreen0166.jpg|<center>March 2017 Winner<br/>By tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'No Theme'
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File:RScreen0167.jpg|<center>April 2017 Winner<br/>By thisisaverylongusername<br/>Theme: 'It's a Trap'
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File:RScreen0168.jpg|<center>May 2017 Winner<br/>By Frikgfeek<br/>Theme: 'Sense of Scale'
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File:RScreen0169.jpg|<center>June 2017 Winner<br/>By Nyctaeus<br/>Theme: 'Evil'
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File:RScreen0170.jpg|<center>July 2017 Winner<br/>By DahBlount<br/>Theme: 'No Theme'
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File:RScreen0171.jpg|<center>August 2017 Winner<br/>By deathsnake<br/>Theme: 'A Slice of Space Life'
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File:RScreen0172.jpg|<center>September 2017 Winner<br/>By tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Unity'
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File:RScreen0173.jpg|<center>October 2017 Winner<br/>By BlackWolf<br/>Theme: 'Spooky Scary'
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File:RScreen0174.png|<center>November 2017 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Beams'
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File:RScreen0175.png|<center>December 2017 Winner<br/>By 0rph3us<br/>Theme: 'Freestyle'
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</gallery>
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==2018 Screencap Season==
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Year Winner - Tomimaki
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<gallery heights=90px widths=150px perrow=6>>
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File:RScreen0176.jpg|<center>January 2018 Winner<br/>By Niffiwan<br/>Theme: 'Warping'
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File:RScreen0177.jpg|<center>February 2018 Winner<br/>By Nightmare<br/>Theme: 'Red'
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File:RScreen0178.jpg|<center>March 2018 Winner<br/>By CKid<br/>Theme: 'Under Construction'
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File:RScreen0179.jpg|<center>April 2018 Winner<br/>By BTA<br/>Theme: 'Free Month'
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File:RScreen0180.jpg|<center>May 2018 Winner<br/>By CKid<br/>Theme: 'The Killing Blow'
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File:RScreen0181.png|<center>June 2018 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'The Calvary is here!'
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File:RScreen0182.png|<center>July 2018 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Bombing Run'
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File:RScreen0183.jpg|<center>August 2018 Winner<br/>By BTA<br/>Theme: 'Free Month'
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File:RScreen0184.png|<center>September 2018 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'The Little Guys'
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File:RScreen0185.jpg|<center>October 2018 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Evil Attacks!'
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File:RScreen0186.jpg|<center>November 2018 Winner<br/>By Tomimaki<br/>Theme: 'Chaos'
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</gallery>
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==2019 Screencap Season==
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Year Winner - To Be Announced
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<gallery heights=90px widths=150px perrow=6>>
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File:RScreen0187.jpg|<center>January 2019 Winner<br/>By Nightmare<br/>Theme: 'Fireworks'
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File:RScreen0188.jpg|<center>February 2019 Winner<br/>By Colt<br/>Theme: 'Little guys fight back.'
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File:RScreen0189.jpg|<center>March 2019 Winner<br/>By MitoPL<br/>Theme: 'Your favorite vessel.'
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File:RScreen0190.jpg|<center>April 2019 Winner<br/>By Colt<br/>Theme: 'Old School'
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File:RScreen0191.jpg|<center>May 2019 Winner<br/>By Colt<br/>Theme: 'Green'
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File:RScreen0192.jpg|<center>June 2019 Winner<br/>By Orph3u5<br/>Theme: 'Ship Waifu'
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File:RScreen0193.jpg|<center>July 2019 Winner<br/>By Nyctaeus<br/>Theme: 'Terran Pride'
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File:RScreen0194.jpg|<center>August 2019 Winner<br/>By Nightmare<br/>Theme: 'Free'
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File:RScreen0195.jpg|<center>September 2019 Winner<br/>By MitoPL<br/>Theme: 'Civie and Construction'
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File:RScreen0196.jpg|<center>October 2019 Winner<br/>By Nightmare<br/>Theme: 'Shivans'
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File:RScreen0197.jpg|<center>November 2019 Winner<br/>By Nightmare<br/>Theme: 'Autumn'
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</gallery>

Latest revision as of 02:13, 3 December 2019

Screencapcontest.png

Contest

The contest, started by Axem and now judged by NeonShivan, is a part of the monthly HLP Newsletter. The whole idea is to capture the best of the best of what the FSO engine can do! Each month features a theme and entries must be based on that theme.

By entering the contest, you are now putting your reputation on the line.. in the form of badges! The winner of the month gets this badge. Silverbadge.png

The badge is removed and placed on the winner of the following month. So... if you want to prove you are the best at getting screens, you need to keep that badge multiple months in a row! At the end of the year, the points are tallied up. Whoever won the most months gets this badge for a WHOLE YEAR! Goldbadge.png

Wow! So if you manage to keep that badge for multiple years.. you are most definitely the Screencap King. (Yes, this is a challenge.) But Mjn, you say, what if no one has won more than one month in a year? Well... then the best screenshot from all 12 winners will be chosen and that person crowned king with the Golden Badge of Screencap Glory. (That's the official name.)

Scoring

The points don't matter, so don't worry about them! However, these types of things tend to help your screencap get closer to winning.

  • Uniqueness of composition (Is it like every other screen out there, or is it something new?)
  • Communicates (Does your image tell a story? Does it capture the mind of the viewer?)
  • Wow-factor (How much does this image scream to be a desktop wallpaper?)
  • Framing and Composition (10 Rules of Photo Composition)
  • ????? (?????)
  • Profit! ($$$$$)

Unbreakable Rules

These rules must be true of a screencap in order to be eligible to win.

  • Must be from the FSO engine
  • No HUDs
  • No Photoshop or any post procesing
  • Must fit the month's theme
  • Only 3 entries per person, per month

2013 Screencap Season

Year Winner - ssmit132

2014 Screencap Season

Year Winner - MPez

2015 Screencap Season

Year Winner - Tomimaki

2016 Screencap Season

Year Winner - Darius

2017 Screencap Season

Year Winner - Tomimaki

2018 Screencap Season

Year Winner - Tomimaki

2019 Screencap Season

Year Winner - To Be Announced