MRTvision Screenshot Contest 2

MRTvision Screenshot Contest 2
MRTvision Screenshot Contest 2 logo
Host
Venue	PAW Center, Murrville
Presenter	MinecraftYoshi26
Producers	MinecraftYoshi26 Cortesi
Official broadcaster	MBS
Slogan	"Show Us What You've Got"
Dates
Joining period(s)	November 1, 2018 - November 15, 2018
Submission period	November 1, 2018 - November 15, 2018
Voting period(s)	November 15, 2018 - November 29, 2018
Final	December 1, 2018
Participants
Number of entries	30
Debuting cities	Bawktown Birchwood Cactus River Carnoustie Fort Yaxier Kevtropolis Kyoto Pixl Secunda Sunshine Coast
Non-returning cities	Coruscant Deadbush Eagleshore Eden Marblegate New Bakersville City Nymphalia Seoland Silver Mountain Sulfureal Lakes Whiteley Woodsdale
Vote
Voting system	Each city and willing non-participants award a set of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their 10 favorite screenshots, respectively
Vote weight	50% participants, 50% public
Nul points	None
Winning screenshot	Wazamawazi "Golf at the Savannah Oasis" - autobus22
Contest chronology
Preceded by	MRTvision Screenshot Contest 1
Followed by	MRTvision Screenshot Contest 3

The MRTvision Screenshot Contest 2 is the second 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 Murrville, following Cortesi's win at the first contest with the screenshot "After The Party". The contest debuted on November 1, 2018. The contest's slogan was "Show Us What You've Got". The winner was revealed on December 1, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. UTC at the PAW Center in Murrville. There was an accompanying official MBS livestream with the ceremony.

This contest differed from the previous contest as the vote weight in the final changed to 50% participants and 50% public.

30 cities participated in the contest. The winner was Wazamawazi with the screenshot "Golf at the Savannah Oasis", taken by autobus22.

Production

The contest was announced on the MRT Wiki on October 28, 2018.

On the day of the ceremony, Cortesi held a raffle for those who showed up in the physical audience for two free small airplane gates: one at Epsilon International Airport and one at Murrville Kekkomatic Memorial Airport. To participate, members of the audience had to send Cortesi a number between 1 and 100. Using a random generator, he selected a winner for each gate, respectively. TheSubway won the gate at Epsilon International Airport and Narnia17 won the gate at Murrville Kekkomatic Memorial Airport.

Venue

The venue of the contest, the PAW Center, in northeastern Murrville

The contest's results ceremony took place for the first time in Murrville, following the city's victory in the previous edition with the screenshot "After The Party", taken by Cortesi.

The PAW Center in Murrville is a two-story building that was furnished exclusively for the contest and has a capacity of 55 seats. It is the only venue of its kind in Murrville. It is located across from the Color Market in northeastern Murrville at the corner of Colour Street and Paws Road. It sits adjacent to a river in the, at the time, newly developed area in Murrville.

Visual design

The slogan and logo, both created by Cortesi, were revealed on October 30, 2018.

The intro to the MBS broadcast featured a fast-moving gallery of the contest's entries.

Format

Similarly to the previous contest, the contest features 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.

Through a poll on Discord and discussion between MinecraftYoshi26 and Cortesi, it was decided that there would be no theme. Though the poll showed a slight majority wanted a theme, MinecraftYoshi26 stated that they had come to this decision because they "want to not limit the people participating and avoid people from complaining their photo was rejected on the grounds of not fitting the theme."

The deadline to join and send in a screenshot was on November 15, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. UTC. The draw was selected and voting was opened immediately after. The winner was able to influence the slogan for the next contest, chose the next host city, and received $3,000. Second place received $2,000. Third place received $1,000. The top 12 are featured on the MRT website. All competitors received a $10 participation stipend for voting.

On November 1, 2018, the rules were slightly changed to allow members with only unranked cities to participate under that city, rather than having to represent someone else's.

Participating cities

autobus22, representing Wazamawazi, won with the screenshot "Golf at the Savannah Oasis".

The ceremony broadcasted by MBS on YouTube

All of the screenshots are viewable together on a public Google Folder.

30 cities participated in the contest. The top 12 screenshots were featured on the MRT website. The results were revealed on December 1, 2018.

Seoland was originally allocated to participate as draw number 10, but was withdrawn due to not submitting a screenshot in time. This resulted in the Lacledic Republic being moved from draw number 31 to replace Seoland's draw number.

     Winner

     Second place

     Third place

Draw	City	Photographer	Screenshot	City photographed	Points	Place
01	West Calbar	sesese9	"Refreshing Inspiration"	West Calbar	94	14
02	Rank Resort	megascatterbomb	"The Shadows of Thunderbird"	Thunderbird	262	4
03	Hanamura	MikeRoma	"All Summer in a Day"	Hanamura	169	8
04	Bawktown	FooteChicken	"A Lesser Known Town"	Watchfield	41	26
05	Wazamawazi	autobus22	"Golf at the Savannah Oasis"	Bexley	365	1
06	Carnoustie	CaptainObi	"Fall Fever"	Carnoustie	11	29
07	Quiris	_HeavenAngel_	"Kessler at Night"	Kessler	72	17
08	Radiance Square	MindBender15	"It's a Beautiful Morning for Baseball!"	Radiance Square	51	22
09	New Woodbury	AlfiePops	"Sunset by the Campfire"	New Woodbury	142	9
10	Lacledic Republic	jphgolf4321	"Where It All Began"	Spawn City	41	25
11	Segville	godzilltrain	"Sun on the Hill"	Arisa	42	24
12	Richville	woorich999	"A Day In San Reinoldi"	San Reinoldi	55	21
13	Murrville	Cortesi	"Waiting for Winter"	Central City	126	11
14	Kessler	lalaboy	"Walk in the Park"	Banana	201	5
15	Secunda	_Mossie	"Maverick Bridge Sunset"	Verdantium	350	2
16	Covina	_Kastle	"Heading Home"	Gray Cloud	271	3
17	Kevtropolis	mi_aquamarine	"Rain in the Forest"	Kevtropolis	46	23
18	Sunshine Coast	Gran_Cacto	"Hurricane"	Sunshine Coast	113	13
19	Oasis Sands	ConnConn2005	"The Season of Holidays"	Oasis Sands	1	30
20	Waverly	cal76	"Under the City"	Waverly	92	15
21	Elecna Bay	mine_man_	"Home on Water's Edge"	Inchmuir	178	7
22	Utopia	Narnia17	"Sunset at the Federation"	Central City	87	16
23	Pixl	Seshpenguin	"In the distance."	Pixl	58	19
24	Birchwood	Conric005	"Halua Island at Noon"	Halua Island	58	20
25	Espil	EspiDev	"city. plan."	Espil	123	12
26	Peripotamia	Cookie46910	"May the Odds Be Ever In Your Favor"	None	24	27
27	Kyoto	0x10	"Skyline"	Deadbush	68	18
28	Cactus River	SkyjumperTalon	"The Boardwalk"	Quiris	19	28
29	City-State of Kitania	KittyCat11231	"At The Office"	Central City	142	10
30	Fort Yaxier	camelfantasy	"Retreat"	Fort Yaxier	186	6

Voting

Split results of the final

Place	Combined		Participants		Public
	City	Points	City	Points	City	Points
1	Wazamawazi	365	Wazamawazi	189	Secunda	194
2	Secunda	350	Covina	180	Wazamawazi	176
3	Covina	271	Secunda	156	Kessler	121
4	Rank Resort	262	Rank Resort	143	Rank Resort	119
5	Kessler	201	Fort Yaxier	114	Hanamura	97
6	Fort Yaxier	186	Elecna Bay	98	Murrville	92
7	Elecna Bay	178	Kessler	80	Covina	91
8	Hanamura	169	City-State of Kitania	78	New Woodbury	85
9	New Woodbury	142	Hanamura	72	Elecna Bay	80
10	City-State of Kitania	142	Waverly	59	Espil	80
11	Murrville	126	New Woodbury	57	West Calbar	73
12	Espil	123	Kyoto	52	Fort Yaxier	72
13	Sunshine Coast	113	Richville	49	Sunshine Coast	70
14	West Calbar	94	Espil	43	City-State of Kitania	64
15	Waverly	92	Sunshine Coast	43	Utopia	57
16	Utopia	87	Pixl	41	Quiris	46
17	Quiris	72	Murrville	34	Birchwood	39
18	Kyoto	68	Lacledic Republic	33	Waverly	33
19	Pixl	58	Utopia	30	Radiance Square	30
20	Birchwood	58	Kevtropolis	29	Segville	18
21	Richville	55	Quiris	26	Kevtropolis	17
22	Radiance Square	51	Segville	24	Pixl	17
23	Kevtropolis	46	West Calbar	21	Kyoto	16
24	Segville	42	Bawktown	21	Bawktown	12
25	Lacledic Republic	41	Radiance Square	21	Cactus River	11
26	Bawktown	41	Birchwood	19	Peripotamia	10
27	Peripotamia	24	Peripotamia	14	Lacledic Republic	8
28	Cactus River	19	Cactus River	8	Richville	6
29	Carnoustie	11	Carnoustie	5	Carnoustie	6
30	Oasis Sands	1	Oasis Sands	1	Oasis Sands	0

		Total score	Public score	Participant vote
				West Calbar	Rank Resort	Hanamura	Bawktown	Wazamawazi	Carnoustie	Quiris	Radiance Square	New Woodbury	Lacledic Republic	Segville	Richville	Murrville	Kessler	Secunda	Covina	Kevtropolis	Sunshine Coast	Oasis Sands	Waverly	Elecna Bay	Utopia	Pixl	Birchwood	Espil	Peripotamia	Kyoto	Cactus River	City-State of Kitania	Fort Yaxier
Participants	West Calbar	94	73						2	3		4			4																8
	Rank Resort	262	119	6			6	12	7	10		3	12		12		2	2	10	12	5	8	6		8	10	7				5
	Hanamura	169	97	10						2	5	2	10		3	4					7			7		7	2				6	7
	Bawktown	33	12			1											7			2			5			6
	Wazamawazi	365	176		10	10	12		10	7	12	8	8	8	2	6	12				12	2		10	1	4	10	10	12	6		10	7
	Carnoustie	11	6																							5
	Quiris	72	46						8			1					1	6				3		6									1
	Radiance Square	51	30	4		5			1																2	3	3	1				2
	New Woodbury	142	85	5							2		2			3	10	3	5						4	2				7		12	2
	Lacledic Republic	41	8			3		5								1				1				5	10		1	3				4
	Segville	42	18							8		5							7			4
	Richville	55	6	8			5	3			4			2		2	3						7			8	6		1
	Murrville	126	92	3						4			3		6				1		1							7				3	6
	Kessler	201	121		5		8		5		10		4	7	5				2			1			6		4				7	6	10
	Secunda	350	194		6	8	3	7	12	6	7			10		8			12		6	6	8	12	12			6	8	12	3		4
	Covina	271	91	12	12	6		2	3		3	10		12	8	10	8	8		5	10	7	2	8	7		5	5	10	5	12	5	5
	Kevtropolis	46	17										1	5									12								10	1
	Sunshine Coast	113	70		1	4		10												7			10				8		3
	Oasis Sands	1	0																							1
	Waverly	92	33	7	4	7	4	8						3		5		10			4			1				2	4
	Elecna Bay	178	80		8		7			12	6	7		4	7	7		12							3				5	4	4		12
	Utopia	87	57				1				1	6					6		8					2					6
	Pixl	58	17		7				4									5	4			5	1					12		1	2
	Birchwood	58	39	2						1										6	2							4	2	2
	Espil	123	80	1			2	4					7					1		10	3					12							3
	Peripotamia	24	10					1							10								3
	Kyoto	68	16		3													7	3	8			4				12	8	7
	Cactus River	19	11			2														3										3
	City-State of Kitania	142	64					6	6				6	6			4	4	6	4		10		4	5					8	1		8
	Fort Yaxier	186	72		2	12	10			5	8	12	5	1	1	12	5				8	12		3						10		8

12 points

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points awarded by each city and public (in italics):

No.	City	Public and cities giving 12 points
14	Secunda	Carnoustie, Covina, Elecna Bay, Kyoto, Utopia, Public (9)
10	Wazamawazi	Bawktown, Kessler, Sunshine Coast, Peripotamia, Radiance Square, Public (5)
8	Rank Resort	Kevtropolis, Lacledic Republic, Richville, Wazamawazi, Public (4)
5	Covina	Cactus River, Rank Resort, Segville, West Calbar, Public (1)
4	Elecna Bay	Fort Yaxier, Secunda, Quiris, Public (1)
	Fort Yaxier	Hanamura, Murrville, New Woodbury, Oasis Sands
2	Hanamura	Public (2)
	Kessler	Public (2)
1	City-State of Kitania	Public (1)
	Espil	Pixl
	Kevtropolis	Waverly
	Kyoto	Birchwood, Public (1)
	Murrville	Public (1)
	New Woodbury	City-State of Kitania
	Pixl	Espil
	Radiance Square	Public (1)
	Sunshine Coast	Public (1)
	Waverly	Public (1)

Other cities

Prior participants

• Coruscant – On November 2, 2018, SilverBubble stated that he was busy with a project of his own and declined participation.
• Deadbush – On November 1, 2018, MojangChan acknowledged the contest but stated that he would "think about it" and has not officially declared participation. On November 7, 2018, he explicitly stated that he would not participate.
• Eagleshore – In the events channel in the MRT Discord on November 1, 2018, SkyjumperTalon indicated that he would be representing Cactus River. A day later, he officially declared his participation under Cactus River and thus there was no representative for Eagleshore.
• Eden – On November 2, 2018, shadowboarder stated that he is currently "very busy and unable to participate" but also noted that he "look[s] forward to any future MRTvision contests."
• Marblegate – On November 3, 2018, Just_robinho declined to participate, as he stated he was currently busy with life.
• New Bakersville City – On November 2, 2018, FredTheTimeLord acknowledged the contest but did not confirm his participation and stated that he would give his decision later, as he was busy. There was no submission made by the deadline.
• Nymphalia – On November 8, 2018, SoaPuffball stated that he is "planning to on Saturday," referring to November 10, 2018, when inquired about his participation. He officially stated he would be "skipping the event" on November 11, 2018.
• Seoland – On November 1, 2018, CodyHM declared his participation officially; however, when inquired about how he had yet to submit a screenshot on November 13, 2018, he stated that his "computer is not turning on" and was thus unsure if he could take his screenshot in time. CodyHM failed to submit his screenshot by the deadline and thus was automatically withdrawn from the contest.
• Woodsdale – On November 2, 2018, Hightech_TR stated that he "might give it a miss" since he had exams and declined to partake. Furthermore, he added that he "really appreciate[s] the effort to run a contest like this."

The following cities participated in the previous contest, but did not make any statement about the contest nor confirm provisional participation by the deadline:

• Silver Mountain
• Sulfureal Lakes
• Whiteley

New participants

• Verdantium – On November 1, 2018, CaptainChimpy stated that "[p]articipating under the flag of Verdantium is under consideration" and had not confirmed his participation yet due to "time constraints." After being reminded about the contest on November 7, 2018, in the MRT Discord, he stated that he would not participate, but would be open to participating in future contests. DevyySky later joined the contest representing Verdantium for the first time in the third contest.