As we approach the holiday season, we're thrilled to host a small event for you to celebrate and have a chance to win exciting prizes both in and outside Nostalther.
There are no specific theme requirements for this contest; feel free to showcase anything interesting. To inspire you, submissions could range from house decorations, in-game roleplay, PvP highlights, hunting moments, rare and interesting item showcases, to holiday season adventures.
Submit your screenshots to the Nostalther Violet Gallery at Nostalther Violet (https://vlt.nostalther.com/gallery.php) by Server Save Jan 1, 2024, 5:00 UTC.
The submitted screenshots will be judged and scored by our team members and some impartial friends.
Prizes for the top scorers are as follows:
1st Place: Shield of Honour, Gold Medal, 200 Nostalther Point Scroll, and $30 USD
2nd Place: Shield of Honour, Silver Medal, 100 Nostalther Point Scroll, and $20 USD
3rd Place: Shield of Honour, Bronze Medal, 50 Nostalther Point Scroll, and $10 USD
The prize money for the contest will be provided via PayPal. If the winning contestant does not have PayPal available, other means of receiving this prize will be organized.
Rules & Guidelines:
1. Image submissions should be the full game window or cropped to be no smaller than the full game window. Staff may adjust some images to suit.
2. Image submissions can be a compilation or collage but must comply with the above and at least retain a reasonable aspect ratio.
3. Image quality should not be lowered, avoid stretching or shrinking beyond a reasonable amount to retain image quality.
4. Players can make as many submissions as they like, but acceptance is not guaranteed if they do not meet the requirements of these rules and guidelines.
5. Image submissions should not contain any content or material that is external to the game, such as external graphics, text, apps, etc. If screenshots are being taken from a CAM Recording playback, please also avoid capturing the text displayed from the CAM Recording playback speed/skip controls.
7. All accepted image submissions will be viewable from the Galley on the Nostalther Violet website.
7. By making any image submissions, you are agreeing for the images to be shared on the Website Gallery and/or Facebook and Social media.
8. Content depicted in all submissions must also comply with the Nostalther Rules. Any accounts that are banned or found to have been breaking any rules will be removed from the contest.
If you miss the chance to take your screenshot while in game, you can
Re-play your Cam recordings to capture your moment. Some instructions on how to use the Cam player can be found
here.
Take Screenshots by pressing
Windows Key+Shift+S. Another great tool is
ShareX, which is a free, open source application which is great for capturing screenshots and video recordings
here