THE RULES

Here are the rules...  Any questions or comments should be directed to a judge and will be answered at the earliest available opportunity.  Any contestant judged to have violated these rules will have his entry removed and be disqualified.
Please start a thread for your entries for each member...
Most of all, HAVE FUN!

Contest starts May 11, 2006
and ends June 5, 2006.

1. This contest will run from May 11, 2006 until June 5, 2006. Entries submitted after Midnight on June 5, 2006 EST will not be accepted.  Judging will occur after June 5, 2006 and the 8 Finalists will be entered into the POLL that will be posted soon after! Now the Members will cast their vote in the Poll to determine this month's winner!

2. Open only to SimV forum members registered before

May 1, 2006.

This is to prohibit registering multiple user names to allow more entries. It is also enforced to keep people who are not regulars at this forum, from joining just to try to win the monthly prize!  Sorry and better luck next time!

3. All images Must BE 800 WIDE and NOT SMALLER THAN 600 HIGH!!
Since many machines run at higher resolutions, the 600 high rule has been eliminated! However, Your image may not be smaller than 800 X 600!
Example: A machine running at 1280X1024 will give you an image of 800X640 when reduced which is perfectly acceptable!
No cropping, editing or adjusting your shot!! Any images over 100 kb in weight, and being smaller than 800 wide and 600 high will not be VALID!  This rule is now being enforced since This is a Screenshot Contest and we "want to see the RAW shot!" All entries must be uploaded to SimV.

***No linking to other sites is allowed and is STRICTLY ENFORCED!!***

YOU CAN ONLY USE A FREEWARE SCREENSHOT CAPTURE PROGRAM!
Active Camera, Walk & Follow are NOT allowed!!

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4.

ONLY ONE ENTRY PER MEMBER!

  Each contestant must start their own thread in the Screenshot Contest forum with their shot! Your entry must be included in this thread.

5. Screenshots from FS98, FS2000, FS2002, FS2004, CFS series only please!!

6. Once an entry is submitted, it may not be withdrawn.  This is to keep the confusion to a minimum, and to maintain forum integrity.  Entries may be withdrawn from the contest, but no additional entries from that member will be accepted.

7. Entries may be of freeware aircraft and scenery only! This keeps the playing field even! 

8. Entries may not be edited in any way.  Any entry discovered to have been edited will be disqualified and the image removed from the contest.

9. All images must be produced specifically with the intent of entering them in this contest.  No screenshots previously posted images or pre-contest images will be accepted.

10. After the contest has ended and the judges have decided on the "Finalists", a "POLL" type thread will be started entitled, "Screenshot Finalists, Vote Now!" It will explain that the Poll will be closed within 48 hours. You must note the Post Time of this thread to know when it will close! This will allow the members to now vote for their favorite shot from the ones the judges have picked!

11. After 48 hours from the time the Finalist Announcement is made, the POLL will be closed and the Winner announced!


A REQUEST
We would like to ask the Author of each screenshot, to please supply us with the name & designer of the Aircraft in your post. So many people always ask "what aircraft is that", and We think it would be very informative for many of us if it were right there under the shot!
Thanks...

Remember, You Signed...
The Oath!

Good Luck to All and Thanks for playing!
The Simviation Moderating Team

Yay!!

Gonna fire up the good ol' fighter up!!

I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

Thought there wasn't gonna be a comp this month... glad there is!!

YAHOOO!!!!!!!!

Perfect theme too!

Great!

Magnificent

Awesome


( Well I guess you get the point now?  )

Thanks!

Nice!! 8)


By the way, "Members must be registered before April 1., 2006"

Isn't that supposed to be May?

Nice comp.. lol I was thinking ME262 when I saw the title but no allowed 
(I don't know if there are any good freeware models anyway)

I will just have to get my prop A/C out

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I saw this myself and thought "That'll be a good rule - at least we'll have less of those 'I-need-me-a-prize-and-don't-care-about-SimV'  (blashphemy! ) members playing"

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I think it's a good rule and the only bad thing about it, is that you didn't thought about it before!

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Thje only problem with that is that you registered prior to April 1, 2006.
So I guess your entry would not be legal! 

Dave

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That seems* like a very smart decision Dave, I was just wanted to make sure it wasn't a mistake.


*seem, seems, seemed
  seem, seems, seemed
  seem, seems, seemed
  seem, seems, seemed

Not - seam, seams, seamed

(It's a joke everyone, I'm doing this because it was also referred to in another thread - all in good fun! )

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Awsome D00DE rember to host on photobucket to get round that peasky 100kb bug in the smv upload script!!111

Dave, that P-38's very nice, but it's clearly payware and the picture doesn't meed contest guidelines.

I recommend you read the rules before posting a pic....



(Staiduk runs away, giggling)

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Dave is happy that Staiduk ran away giggling or Dave may have been beaten to a pulp by Staiduk when he told him that the P-38 is free and available here on Simviation and the Photoreal scenery is also free. 

COOOLLLL!!!!!!!

I'm going to have some fun with this one!

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That's what I was thinking. I hope I can get my FS to run!

So fighters and/or bombers? or is it just fighters?

so I can use any of the PROP aircraft on this page? Clicky

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I guess it would have to be a static shot then..

There is an awesome corsair here at Simviation!

I was also thinking about a model i already have downloaded.

A B35 CLicky for plane

Oh man Dave, now I have to go fly my default C-47

I have forgot when I registered where can I find when I did register I was looking forward to the next comp especially now with the new theme ww2 planes are a personal favourite of mine

[MrBurns] Excellent [/MrBurns]

"Open only to SimV forum members registered before April 1, 2006. "
That means I can't be on the contest

Sorry for those guys posting here regulary, but being registered a tad too late, but you have to understand, that with all the trouble we had last month, such a decission was urgently needed. Practice a bit, take some shots, compare them to the finalists shot, so that you can take a good start, when you are allowed....

Dave, I love you, and the other judges.... Great theme, It´s not only OTU´s alley.... This will for sure get some great entries in....

Looking forward to take some shots, see others entering better shots....

Have fun all !

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Sussed!

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YES!!

Any Prop Driven Plane used in the WW II era!

Remember scenery, lighting, weather, angles...

The field is OPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Dave

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Do you guys really want rules?

This is one of my favorite themes, but I guess im' going to have to watch from the sideline again.

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Then why was it on that list of "WWII aircraft"?!!?

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Please be patient, Admins in the basement are having a little "chat" 

Dave

What a horrible theme

LOL...Kidding...I would enter the RAS Spit...if only I could...

great Topic, off to set it up in multiplayer.

.Mic

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Because it was developed in WWII and designed to be used in WWII

Gotta say, that P-38 would make a nice late birthday present

Nice one better start thinking 

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Thats the same question I'm wondering qiht my b-35

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So I guess I'll wait for Fly2E's judgementwhether it counts or not.

I like it, however its going to be extremly difficult for me as i just did my format,  now to find all the scenery enhacnemets.. and some high detail planes....

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Or P-82s...

can we use a WW2 plane even if the texture wasnt used in the war?  the best detailed plane is a JU-52 package, I know the germans used it in the war but i dont have any textures from ww2.  I think.

Edit: also want to check, had another idea..  can i use a prop driven aircraft with jet assistance?  (the B-36H)

yea i agree   anyway the B-36 was a lousy model and i went with a BF-109 and i think i made a good choice. took about 3 hours to find the plane take a few pics and decide

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here are some dates dealing with the b-36 flight

The first prototype XB-36 flew on August 8 1946.

A second aircraft, the YB-36, flew on December 4 1947

The first B-36 variant meant for normal operation was the B-36B, delivered beginning in November 1948.

and finally WWII ended in 1945.

So the B-36 would not count

Id share a nice pint of Guiness with you black- sheep

I aggree totaly with you, blacksheep. There is nothing in the rules regarding the setting of the picture, just has to contain an authentic WWII prop driven aircraft. Therefore, a Spitfire taking off from modern day Heathrow would still count!

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Thank God that finally somebody said it!! Over here we have a saying: "Don´t be more papist than the Pope". I think that is what´s happening now.

Anyway, just wanted to add my 2 cents. Good luck to everybody in the contest, I think we all agree that there are some great shots this month.

And yes, I would also like to invite you gentelmen (show your id please, no minors  ) to a bottle of one of the finest beers in the world (not just my saying, it has won some international medals and contests and stuff):

Welcome to Simviation mrjake2002!

Unfortunatly, you can't enter this month as you registered after the May 1st deadline. However, you're free to enter next month's contest, so stick around, enjoy some screenshots and start practicing for June!

Most importantly however, be sure to read the contest guidlines at the begining of this thread. We've had a few dificulties with people missing those lately.

so let me get this straight, can I use a WWII aircraft and post war scenery (i.e. the Arizona Memorial)?