MRT Screenshot Contest (2017)
| MRT Screenshot Contest | |
|---|---|
 "Copperport", the winning screenshot taken by MikeRoma | |
| Organizer | Frumple |
| Dates run | May 20, 2017 – June 26, 2017 |
| Number of entries | 36 |
| Winning screenshot | "Copperport" - MikeRoma |
| Contest chronology | |
| Preceded by | MRT Screenshot Contest (2015) |
The second MRT Screenshot Contest was held from May to June 2017 and organized by Frumple. The contest was first announced at the May 2017 General Staff Meeting.
The winner was MikeRoma with "Copperport", a screenshot of Copperport. Mossie_1810 placed second, MC_Protocol placed third, camelfantasy placed fourth, and godzilltrain placed fifth.
Background
At the April 2017 General Staff Meeting, Yellowitcher proposed running a second edition to the MRT Screenshot Contest. On May 20, 2017, Frumple officially announced the second MRT Screenshot Contest, with the top screenshots being placed on an image slider on the MRT's website. Participants of the contest also were to receive cash prizes in-game.
Format
The contest began following the May 2017 General Staff Meeting, on May 20, 2017. Eligibility rules, as listed on the MRT website, were:
- The contest was open to all players who were of at least Member rank and at most Administrator rank.
- Each player could have made only one screenshot submission to the contest. If a player had already sent in a submission, any further submissions were not accepted.
Screenshots were required to be of a minimum resolution of 1024 by 768 and have their heads-up display hidden. Editing screenshots in any way other than rotating or cropping and showing the heads-up display was prohibited. Screenshots were allowed to be taken in any texture or shader packs.
Entries were accepted through the MRT's subreddit. Submissions were accepted until 11:59 p.m. UTC on June 17, 2017. First place received $10,000, second place received $5,000, third place received $3,000, fourth place received $2,000, fifth place received $1,000, and all other submissions received $100. When the results were revealed, it was also revealed that the top 16 screenshots were featured on the MRT's website.
Voting
Voting was open to all players who were of at least Member rank and at most Administrator rank. Voting was held through Google Forms. Each voter scored each screenshot from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest score. At the end of voting, each submission was ranked by their average score.
Voters were asked to score screenshots objectively, taking into account each screenshot's technical and artistic merits regardless of the person who took the screenshot.
Participating screenshots
All screenshots are viewable together on a public Imgur album.
36 screenshots participated in the contest. The results were revealed at the June 2017 GSM. The top 16 screenshots were featured on the MRT website.
Screenshot submissions are listed in the order they were shown on the Google Form used to vote, which was in the order in which they were first submitted on the MRT subreddit.
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