The First Screenshot Contest

[______________Orchid]

This line will be all about how WEIRD a screenshot you can get me.

The contest goes on until next monday at 5 pm EST or -5 GMT.

I will showthe screen shot that prompted me to start this contest. Here -> HERE

( A shark swimming in the street of Broken Shores )

The winner by my disgression will win 2 million credits, and a surprise item based on the winner's profession! The winner will likely have several items to choose from

Thanks and have fun !

*Screenshots can be uploaded, or emailed to kupotek@hotmail.com

**JPEG format preferred.


~Emiko

[______________Salada]

Looks like a RK1 event only, or how else do you reward screen shots taken by person on RK2 or 3?

[______________Orchid]

Thats a real good question Sorry I guess it is a RK-1 only event

[TexRob]

I bet I have some interesting BETA or early release screenies that are funkalicious...

*roots around hard drive*

Should probably add that no image manipulation should be allowed, unless you plan to allow that.

Edit edit edit, keep thinking of more questions. Should this primarily be odd graphical bugs, or can they be amusing screenshots in general?

[______________Orchid]

Ammusing in general is fine, but no editing.

[_____________Mwerevu]

Bah, my primary host is down, so this will have to do for now...

I have a few ones from beta and just post-release that are amusing.

The amazing three-headed NPC

My friend Stygius dual-weilds a sniper rifle and... a chair

Guards that walk on water

And this is what happens when you fall through the Grid

Vaguely amusing stuff.

[______________Orchid]

I like the guard walking on water, best one so far

Keep em coming!

[______________Orchid]

OK I will not be judging these screenies alone.

I have a group of judges.. me, Sarah, Stormy ( 2 yr old perspectives are always helpful in such matters ) and the house kitty..

emailed to me :

http://www.speakeasy.org/~pgranger/a...s/headless.gif

Screenshot by: Evac156

[FunnyFace]

Not that I'm after the prize money, since I've quit anyway, but here are some of my old favorites.

First we see proof of just how little time there is to build and populate a dynamic mission. Sometimes the staff gets there before the concrete has hardened.

Rooted

Sometimes your keen sense of danger is the only thing that can save you, sometimes not...

Quiet and listen

Not really a special screenshot but it fits the weird category as in: I'm not sure I want to now what went on here...

Wierd experiment

And lastly something from the beta archive. The breed that would make even the nanomages feel uber:

Failed Creation

Hope you find them amusing

[_____________Mwerevu]

Wow, that "Quiet and Listen" one is scary!

[______________Orchid]

Poor Tic Tac

[kiltz]

wow those screenies remind me of the good ole days when this game was released retail. .

[Ratty]

Glad you liked my shark.
I got the idea back when sharks were in PM, I saw some crat charm one into town, and I would give credit but I dont remember who it was. Here is a screenshot of when someone else did it long ago in 20k:

http://scritch.com/rat/ao/screenies/scrn0059.jpg

After its uncharmed it hangs around a long time.
I also brought a bronto up to the top of the steps.
There's a bunch of neat wildlife in BS I've also brought sandworms and vultures in before as well.

btw i have my screenie collection up, I dont care about contest, just look and enjoy. Some good, but a lot of pointless ones that were just stuff that was neat when I was a newbie, like ooh look a big lizard thing! Here's the link:

http://scritch.com/rat/ao/screenies/

Noteable ones--

Opening day of Alvin quest when they fixed it, amazing people were civil enough to form a line
http://scritch.com/rat/ao/screenies/scrn0099.jpg

A few shots of random grafitti cause of the temp armor fixer bug where dropped temp armor stays almost forever:
http://scritch.com/rat/ao/screenies/scrn0106.jpg
http://scritch.com/rat/ao/screenies/scrn0101.jpg
http://scritch.com/rat/ao/screenies/scrn0100.jpg
http://scritch.com/rat/ao/screenies/scrn0097.jpg

And here's the shark you took a screenshot, but before it uncharmed when I brought it above one of those tent things so you could get a better look

http://scritch.com/rat/ao/screenies/scrn0107.jpg

Bug where if you jump and move forward while morphed you can get stuck in jump animation and appear to be flying.

http://scritch.com/rat/ao/screenies/scrn0105.jpg

[kiltz]

i call this one

"mid-nite munch"

http://www.geocities.com/kiltz666/scrn0007.png

[tristalyn]

Dang, I got a great one but don't have anywhere to upload too!!

[________________xero]

http://hinux.hin.no/~joakimb/aouploa...1022553689.jpg

[Darkbane]

Hmm, I've a few, but here is a small selection.

Water walking mob from an unusual angle...

fun with finds this individual missions...

someone has stolen Newland City...

Strange experiments?

When you play AO on drugs?

which way does it fly?

Excuse me, your Yalm is on fire...

The famous mini yalm bug

Who let the dogs out?

{edit: missed one...}

Even Minibronto shop...

[______________Orchid]

I am very impressed and glad how well this turned out. Remember contest ends soon ! so get those screenshots to me at kupotek@hotmail.com

jpeg them if you are able. I will upload them personally if you need them uploaded !

[_____________Thunder]

Giant of Omni-Tek:
http://members.hknet.com/~jkhflee/ao/omni_giant.jpg

Guess how I took this screen shot

[______________Orchid]

The contest is now down to three finalists, unles =s more screenshots are sent in . Thankyou everyone so fa for your participation!

The finalists so far are:

DarkBane

Princess P

Ratty

One day left !