MRTvision Screenshot Contest 12
| MRTvision Screenshot Contest 12 | |
|---|---|
 MRTvision Screenshot Contest 12 logo | |
| Host | |
| Venue | Caprican Amphitheater, Caprica |
| Presenter | McYoshi26 |
| Producers | McYoshi26 Tonster__ |
| Official broadcaster | MBS |
| Slogan | "Shine Bright" |
| Dates | |
| Joining period(s) | September 21, 2023 - October 7, 2023 |
| Submission period | September 23, 2022 - October 14, 2023 |
| Voting period(s) | October 14, 2023 - October 19, 2023[a] (semi-finals) October 21, 2023 - October 26, 2023[b] (final) |
| Semi-final | October 21, 2023 |
| Final | October 28, 2023 |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 37 |
| Debuting cities |  Birmingham Filipowice Memphis Minery City Pascal Port Dupont Republic of Miu Wan Solstice Springs
|
| Returning cities |  Broville Hendon Pixl Tokyo
|
| Non-returning cities |  Auburn Bahia Barshat Abtalit Bristol Cape Cambridge Caprica Cypress Kanata Larkspur Oparia Redwood Stillwater Tres Ríos Winterside |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Semi-finals: Each city awards a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite screenshots, respectively Final: Each qualifying city and willing members of the public award a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite screenshots, respectively |
| Vote weight | Semi-finals: 100% participants Final: 50% qualifiers, 50% public |
| Nul points |  Lacledic Republic(in Semi-final 2) |
| Winning screenshot | Solstice Springs "Sunset District" - ReallyTuck |
| Contest chronology | |
| Preceded by | MRTvision Screenshot Contest 11 |
The MRTvision Screenshot Contest 12 was the twelfth edition of the MRTvision Screenshot Contest. The contest is a server-wide screenshot competition with Eurovision-style voting and representation.
The ceremony took place in Caprica, following Tonster__'s win at the eleventh contest with the screenshot "High Expectations". The contest debuted with a soft opening on September 21, 2023, with an official opening planned to take place two days later. The contest's slogan is "Shine Bright". The winner was revealed on October 28, 2023, at 7 p.m. UTC at the Caprican Amphitheater. There was an official MBS live stream for both the semi-final and final ceremonies.
This contest is the second time the owner of the host city did not participate in the respective contest.
37 cities participated in the contest. The winner was Solstice Springs with "Sunset District", a screenshot of Solstice Springs taken by ReallyTuck. Murrville came second with the screenshot "Raindreaming" and Lapis Bay came third with the screenshot "Urban Nightscape".
Production
The contest was first teased on September 17, 2023, by McYoshi26 in the MRT Discord through a poll asking Members if they would be "interested in participating in an upcoming MRTvision Screenshot Contest". The poll was used to show interest when submitting an event funding proposal. The contest, the host city, and the venue were officially confirmed on MRT Wiki on September 21, 2023.
The non-qualifiers' placements and point totals in the semi-finals were released on October 26, 2023, following voting being completed for the final.
Venue
The contest's results ceremonies will take place in Caprica for the first time. The host city and venue were announced on September 21, 2023
The contest will occur at Caprica's 126-seat amphitheater, the Caprican Amphitheater. The outdoor venue was constructed in 2022. The closest transit to the amphitheater is Caprica Emergency Airfield and the Caprica Seaplane Terminal.
Visual design
The contest's logo and slogan were announced and released on September 21, 2023, both created by McYoshi26. The contest's logo is a combination of an image of a sun and forest and an image of a lighthouse, originally created by kjpargeter and pch.vector respectively and edited by McYoshi26.
The contest's logo colors were inspired by the retro color scheme and wall prints of the 1970s in the United States of America. The forest and lighthouse in the contest's logo were inspired by the lighthouse in Tonster__'s previous winning screenshot, "High Expectations", the forested hills of Caprica, and the Anderson Lighthouse in Caprica.
The intro to the MBS broadcasts featured the sun from the contest's logo rising and the lighthouse beaming a rotating light. The broadcast also featured pulsating hearts with participants' flags for the first time. The outro of the final broadcast featured a montage of the top 10 finalists. As the MRT Server was down for the migration to Delta, SimonScholar recorded the in-game presenter portions of the MBS broadcasts.
Format
Similarly to the previous contests, the contest featured members representing cities, each submitting a screenshot to be voted on by the participants and the willing public. Each city and willing non-participants award a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite screenshots, respectively. Each participant is required to vote. Failing to vote or voting strategically can result in the participant facing disqualification or a possible ban from participating in future contests. Similarly to most of the previous contests, there was no theme.
The deadline to join was announced as October 7, 2023. The deadline to send in a screenshot was announced as October 14, 2023. After the semi-final ceremony, the draw order was selected for the final, and voting opened for the final near the end of the ceremony. The winner can influence the slogan for the next contest, choose the next host city, and receive $3,000. Second place will receive $2,000. Third place will receive $1,000. All competitors received $20 as a participatory stipend for voting. The winning screenshot was displayed in map form in the MRT Welcome Centre and top 10 was featured on the MRT website.
Semi-final allocation draw
On October 13, 2023, it was confirmed that there would be two semi-finals. The top 10 screenshots from each semi-final advance to the final.
For the eighth time, there were pots created for semi-final allocation drawings. The 37 semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, based on aggregate rankings by participant, not by city, from prior contest data. Drawing from different pots helps to reduce the chance of lopsided semi-finals by predicted placement from prior contests. The semi-final allocations occurred on October 14, 2023.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participating cities
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All of the screenshots are viewable together on a public Google Folder.
RacCort was given permission to participate under the city he formerly owned, Murrville, by KittyCat11231. _Kastle was given permission to participate under the city he formerly owned, Covina, by McYoshi26.
Semi-final 1
18 cities participated in the first semi-final. The highlighted cities qualified for the final. The results were revealed on October 21, 2023, at 6 p.m. UTC.
Semi-final 2
19 cities participated in the second semi-final. The highlighted cities qualified for the final. The results were revealed on October 21, 2023, at 6 p.m. UTC.
Final
20 cities participated in the final, with all qualifying cities required to vote. The results were revealed on October 28, 2023, at 7 p.m. UTC.
- Winner
- Second place
- Third place
Voting
Semi-final 1
| Participant vote | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caravaca | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Pascal | 42 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Essex | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Keriyowna | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Murrville | 161 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | |
| Peripotamia | 54 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Tokyo | 31 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Nuuk | 96 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Republic of Miu Wan | 84 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| Sansvikk | 39 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Richville | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Port Dupont | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Nibel | 95 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Covina | 96 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Birmingham | 50 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dewford City | 36 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Dand | 107 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Nymphic Union | 79 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||||
12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each city:
| No. | City | Cities giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 8 |  Murrville |
Birmingham, Covina, Dewford City, Keriyowna, Nibel, Nuuk, Richville, Sansvikk |
| 3 |  Dand |
Murrville, Republic of Miu Wan, Tokyo |
| 5 |  Nibel |
Pascal, Peripotamia |
 Nuuk |
Caravaca, Essex | |
| 1 |  Dewford City |
Nymphic Union |
| Pascal |
Port Dupont | |
| Republic of Miu Wan |
Dand |
Semi-final 2
| Participant vote | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solstice Springs | 150 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Memphis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hendon | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Lanatam | 36 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| Porton | 86 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Filipowice | 25 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Konten State | 44 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Foresne | 165 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | |
| Lapis Bay | 131 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | ||
| East Mesa | 87 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Malosa | 92 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| Broville | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Minery City | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| New Constantinople | 22 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Lacledic Republic | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| City-State of Kitania | 106 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | ||
| New Chandigarh | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pixl | 80 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| Newark | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each city:
| No. | City | Cities giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 7 |  Foresne |
East Mesa, Filipowice, Konten State, Lapis Bay, Lacledic Republic, Malosa, New Constantinople |
| 4 |  Lapis Bay |
City-State of Kitania, Foresne, Memphis, Minery City |
| 3 | Solstice Springs |
New Chandigarh, Pixl, Porton |
| 2 |  Malosa |
Newark, Solstice Springs |
| 1 |  City-State of Kitania |
Lanatam |
 Konten State |
Hendon | |
| Pixl |
Broville |
Final
| Place | Combined | Qualifiers | Public | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Points | City | Points | City | Points | |
| 1 | Solstice Springs
|
282 | Murrville
|
147 | Solstice Springs
|
142 |
| 2 | Murrville
|
228 | Solstice Springs
|
140 | Foresne
|
97 |
| 3 | Lapis Bay
|
194 | Dand
|
99 | Lapis Bay
|
95 |
| 4 | Foresne
|
177 | Lapis Bay
|
99 | Nuuk
|
93 |
| 5 | Dand
|
170 | Foresne
|
80 | Malosa
|
92 |
| 6 | Malosa
|
149 |  Nymphic Union
|
68 | Murrville
|
81 |
| 7 | Nuuk
|
148 | Nibel
|
67 | Dand
|
71 |
| 8 |  Covina
|
134 | Covina
|
64 | Covina
|
70 |
| 9 | Nibel
|
115 |  Porton
|
61 | Pixl
|
65 |
| 10 | Pixl
|
112 | Malosa
|
57 |  East Mesa
|
55 |
| 11 | Nymphic Union
|
99 | City-State of Kitania
|
55 | Nibel
|
48 |
| 12 | Porton
|
92 | Nuuk
|
55 | Konten State
|
46 |
| 13 | East Mesa
|
92 | Pixl
|
47 | Porton
|
31 |
| 14 | City-State of Kitania
|
78 | East Mesa
|
37 | Pascal
|
31 |
| 15 | Republic of Miu Wan
|
58 | Republic of Miu Wan
|
32 | Nymphic Union
|
31 |
| 16 | Konten State
|
56 | Pascal
|
16 | Birmingham
|
30 |
| 17 | Pascal
|
47 | Konten State
|
10 | Republic of Miu Wan
|
26 |
| 18 | Birmingham
|
40 |  Peripotamia
|
10 | City-State of Kitania
|
23 |
| 19 | Peripotamia
|
27 | Birmingham
|
10 | Peripotamia
|
17 |
| 20 |  Lanatam
|
22 | Lanatam
|
6 | Lanatam
|
16 |
| Qualifier vote | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City-State of Kitania | 78 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| Pixl | 112 | 65 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Pascal | 47 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Covina | 134 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Foresne | 177 | 97 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||
| Lanatam | 22 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malosa | 149 | 92 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Nuuk | 148 | 93 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Konten State | 56 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Birmingham | 40 | 30 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Mesa | 92 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Dand | 170 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| Nymphic Union | 99 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | |||||||
| Nibel | 115 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||
| Solstice Springs | 282 | 142 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | |
| Porton | 92 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
| Peripotamia | 27 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lapis Bay | 194 | 95 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||
| Republic of Miu Wan | 58 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Murrville | 228 | 81 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | ||
12 points
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each city and public (in italics):
| No. | City | Cities giving 12 points |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Lapis Bay |
Birmingham, City-State of Kitania, Covina, Foresne, Public (3) |
| Solstice Springs |
Murrville, Nuuk, Public (5) | |
| 5 | Murrville |
Dand, East Mesa, Lapis Bay, Nibel, Pixl |
| 3 | Covina |
Solstice Springs, Public (2) |
| Dand |
Lanatam, Porton, Public (1) | |
| Foresne |
Malosa, Public (2) | |
| Malosa |
Pascal, Public (2) | |
| 2 | Nibel |
Peripotamia, Republic of Miu Wan |
| Nuuk |
Nymphic Union, Public (1) | |
| Nymphic Union |
Konten State, Public (1) | |
| 1 | Pixl |
Public (1) |
| Porton |
Public (1) | |
| Republic of Miu Wan |
Public (1) |
Other cities
Eligibility for participation in the MRTvision Screenshot Contest requires that the city be ranked and have a flag.
Prior participants
Barshat Abtalit – On September 29, 2023, when asked about their participation, Wipeout111 stated that they were too busy with school to participate. Barshat Abtalit last participated in the eleventh contest.
Bristol – On September 29, 2023, when asked about their participation, Minecraft252 stated that they would not participate in the contest. Bristol last participated in the eleventh contest.
Cape Cambridge – On September 27, 2023, when asked about their participation, PaintedBlue stated that they would not participate as they "haven't had any motivation to become active on the MRT as of right now". Cape Cambridge last participated in the eleventh contest.
Caprica – On September 17, 2023, when asked about their participation, Tonster__ stated that they were unsure whether they would participate due to being busy in real life and would not "have time to join". They failed to confirm provisional interest by the deadline. Caprica last participated in the eleventh contest.
Cypress – On September 27, 2023, when asked about their participation, Avaneesh2008 stated that they were unable to participate. Cypress last participated in the eleventh contest.
Kanata – On June 10, 2023, Spegit noted that their computer's battery was damaged and they would be unable to join the server for the foreseeable future until their computer was fixed. They failed to confirm provisional interest by the deadline. Spegit has not joined the server since. Kanata last participated in the eleventh contest.
Larkspur – On September 21, 2023, VickiTori_ declared their participation officially. On October 13, 2023, VickiTori_ noted that they did not "have the time or energy to take a quality screenshot" and would withdraw. Larkspur last participated in the eleventh contest.
Oparia – On October 4, 2023, kyyl_ stated that they would not participate as they did not "have any pictures this time around". Oparia last participated in the eleventh contest.
Stillwater – On September 26, 2023, when asked about their participation, ReallyTuck stated that they were interested in joining the contest; however, they noted that they "currently have a lot of things going on right now" and would think about it. On September 30, 2023, ReallyTuck officially declared participation under Solstice Springs. Thus, there was no representative for Stillwater. Stillwater last participated in the eleventh contest.
Winterside – On September 27, 2023, when asked about their participation, Needn_NL stated that they were not planning on participating as they were "short on time". Winterside last participated in the eleventh contest.
The following cities participated in the previous contest, but did not make any statement about the contest and did not confirm provisional participation by the deadline:
Notes
- ↑ Voting for the semi-final was set to close on October 20, 2023, but closed one day earlier as all of the votes were submitted.
- ↑ Voting for the final was set to close on October 27, 2023, but closed a day earlier as all of the votes were submitted.
- ↑ a b This screenshot was taken along the coast of the Autumnal Sea.