Simviation Forum - THE JUNE SCREENSHOT CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT!

Jun 6^th, 2008 at 11:39am

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The JUNE

SCREENSHOT CONTEST!

This month's theme is centered around a classic Warbird...

THE SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE!

FOR THIS CONTEST YOU WILL NEED TO POST A SHOT
THAT INCLUDES A
SPITFIRE!

The Supermarine Spitfire was a British single-seat fighter, used by the Royal Air Force and many other
Allied countries during the Second World War, and into the 1950s. It was produced in greater numbers than any other Allied design. The Spitfire was the only Allied fighter in production at the outbreak of the Second World War that was still in production at the end of the war.

Produced by the Supermarine subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrongs, the Spitfire was designed by the company's Chief Designer R. J. Mitchell, who continued to refine the design until his death from cancer in 1937; the position of chief designer was then filled by his colleague, Joseph Smith. Its elliptical wing had a thin cross-section, allowing a higher top speed than the Hawker Hurricane and many other contemporary designs.

The distinctive silhouette imparted by the wing platform helped the Spitfire to achieve legendary status during the Battle of Britain. There was, and still is, a public perception that it was the RAF fighter of the Battle, in spite of the fact that the more numerous Hurricane shouldered a great deal of the burden against the potent Messerschmidt Bf 109. Much loved by its pilots, the Spitfire saw service throughout the whole of the Second World War, in most theatres of war, in several roles and in many different variants. The Spitfire was to continue to serve as a front-line fighter and in secondary roles for several airforces well into the 1950s.

The Spitfire will always be compared to its main adversary, the Bf 109: both were among the finest fighters of their day,
although the Spitfire ultimately proved to be a more flexible and tractable design, and kept its superb handling qualities through every permutation, increased torque reaction from higher powered engines could cause 'swing' on take-off.

Ok, so you have your subject... Ozzy's most favorite aircraft of all time!
What are you going to do to make Ozzy Proud?

See Example Below...

Screenshot compliments of eno.

And what better a prize than the
Supermarine Spitfire
from RealAir Simulations for FS9 or FSX!!

Once again we would like to thank Rob & everybody at RealAir for donating this month's prize!

Your judges for this contest are...
* CD *
* Krigl *
* Fly2e *
* Clipper *
* Ozzy 72 *

Good Luck to All and Thanks for playing!

PLEASE SEE NEXT POST
FOR THIS MONTH'S RULES!

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Reply #1 - Jun 6^th, 2008 at 11:40am

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THE RULES

Below 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 June 9, 2008
and Ends June 30, 2008.

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Linking images to other sites is NOT allowed and STRICTLY ENFORCED!**
YOU CAN ONLY USE A FREEWARE SCREENSHOT CAPTURE PROGRAM!
Active Camera, Walk & Follow are NOT allowed!!

1. This contest will run from June 9, 2008 until June 30, 2008. Entries submitted after Midnight on June 30, 2008 EST will not be accepted. Judging will occur after June 30, 2008 EST and the 10 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 9, 2008.
This is to prohibit registering multiple user names to allow more entries. It is also enforced to discourage people from joining just to try to win the monthly prize! Sorry and better luck next time!

3. All images Must BE NO WIDER THAN 1024 AND NOT MORE THAN 150KB IN WIEGHT! No cropping, editing or adjusting your shot!! Any images over 150 kb in weight, and wider than 1024 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.

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, FSX & 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! Wink

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!

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Reply #2 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 9:58am

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Spitfires!

Wow this should be great fun!

FlamingBlue Studio is on the roll.

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Reply #3 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 10:00am

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Hmm Freeware spits! Interesting! Cheesy

I take it Seafires are also allowed Cheesy

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Reply #4 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 10:19am

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Posted by: Souichiro Posted on: Today at 10:00am
I take it Seafires are also allowed

Sure, they will be allowed! Wink

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Reply #5 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 10:22am

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I wonder who's idea this was Roll Eyes

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Reply #6 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 10:28am

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Fly2e wrote on Jun 9^th, 2008 at 10:19am:

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Posted by: Souichiro Posted on: Today at 10:00am
I take it Seafires are also allowed

Sure, they will be allowed! Wink

Thanks!

I wonder what bjorn would enter in this comp Tongue

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Reply #7 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 11:30am

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so any variation of the spitefire is ok

It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed

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Reply #8 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 12:02pm

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Posted by: Razgriz Posted on: Today at 11:30am
so any variation of the spitfire is ok

YES, BUT PLEASE STAY CLOSE TO THE THEME....

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Reply #9 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 12:34pm

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Should make for a good competition and one very happy judge! Grin

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I wonder what bjorn would enter in this comp Tongue

Well, there wouldn't be much of a Spitfire left in his pic, I would have thought! Cheesy

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Reply #10 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 1:56pm

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Okay, I'll have to think to get a screenie for this month's theme!!!

Now...of to FSX!

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Reply #11 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 8:32pm

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Oh cool. I'll try to get something in. Great topic. Cheesy

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Reply #12 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 9:51pm

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Well where can you find a

FSX Freeware

Spitfire to download?

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Reply #13 - Jun 9^th, 2008 at 11:23pm

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Bob70 wrote on Jun 9^th, 2008 at 9:51pm:

Well where can you find a

FSX Freeware

Spitfire to download?

Bob

They are in there under the vintage section. Ive found quite a few actual Spitfires, and several variants. Now... to decide what I wanna use... Undecided

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Reply #14 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 1:47am

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To my CFS3 for super real time now Grin

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Reply #15 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 6:38am

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Posted by: YMMB Posted on: Today at 1:47am
To my CFS3 for super real time now

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Reply #16 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 3:13pm

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Does anyone know of a decent, realisitic looking Spitfire for fs9 or fsx? Im very suprised i can only find 5 or 6, and they all appear to be cfs conversions, and therefore not much cop Sad

Even one with a repaint kit so i could have a bash at my own.....

I did find a payware one that offers a 'free fully functioning demo' - as this is technically free and anyone can download it, would it count or is that a little unfair? I only mention it because last month some 'betas' of payware were used....

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Reply #17 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 3:33pm

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I know alphasim has one as freeware but the link seems to be broken. I would see if you can find it on another site, that is if its still available.

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Reply #18 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 3:40pm

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Yeah i came across the 'dead link' for that as well Sad

ALso that AH two seater thats now free is supposedly good, but i remain to be convinced having seen shots of it Undecided

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Reply #19 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 3:58pm

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todayshorse wrote on Jun 10^th, 2008 at 3:40pm:

Yeah i came across the 'dead link' for that as well Sad

ALso that AH two seater thats now free is supposedly good, but i remain to be convinced having seen shots of it Undecided

I tried the irish trainer but I thought the textures were a bit flat for making a good screenie Wink

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Reply #20 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 9:11pm

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todayshorse wrote on Jun 10^th, 2008 at 3:13pm:

I did find a payware one that offers a 'free fully functioning demo' - as this is technically free and anyone can download it, would it count or is that a little unfair? I only mention it because last month some 'betas' of payware were used....

I'll second the question... and add that some one (don't remember who) used the demo in question in one of the previous contests without getting DQ'd...

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Reply #21 - Jun 10^th, 2008 at 10:17pm

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If you can legitimately download it for free and everybody can get it, then it can be used.

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Reply #22 - Jun 11^th, 2008 at 3:15am

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ok cheers - ill add a link to it once ive figured a shot if i use it so everyone else can find it if required, though i found it pretty quick in my recent monstrous 'Spitfire' search!!

Im quite suprised at the lack of Spits for fs2004/fsx, its one of those aircraft that youd think there would be millions!

Im sure i recall downloading loads in the cfs1 days, obviously things move on and those once 'great' planes dont go so well in fs9!

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Reply #23 - Jun 11^th, 2008 at 1:05pm

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The AlphaSim Spitfire can be downloaded from Sim Outhouse Wink

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Reply #24 - Jun 11^th, 2008 at 7:31pm

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Awesome.... I came on here to ask the exact question that Todayshorse asked. So... I dont need to ask it now! Got my answer, thanks!

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Reply #25 - Jun 14^th, 2008 at 2:11am

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one small question...

i'm running a 1280x800 monitor is resizing allowed?

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Reply #26 - Jun 14^th, 2008 at 2:29pm

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Yes... you may resize down to a maximum of 1024x?, but no cropping is allowed.

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Reply #27 - Jun 18^th, 2008 at 2:04am

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Is that the Real Air Spit in the demo shot?

Looks real good, and I need a late mark Spit for my shot.. Wink

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Reply #28 - Jul 1^st, 2008 at 5:37pm

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THE CONTEST IS OVER!
SIT TIGHT FOR THE
10 FINALISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED!!

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Reply #29 - Jul 2^nd, 2008 at 3:18pm

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Okay you guys (yep Fozzer) deleted it. It took a while to fill up that whole box too. No but in all seriousness, it was a good idea to put that up before everyone started asking about it.

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Reply #30 - Jul 5^th, 2008 at 8:44pm

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man the suspense is a killer Grin

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Reply #31 - Jul 5^th, 2008 at 9:35pm

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firemonte007 wrote on Jul 5^th, 2008 at 8:44pm:

man the suspense is a killer Grin

Tell me about it Grin

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Reply #32 - Jul 5^th, 2008 at 11:36pm

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5 days into July... lets get the finalists, and get the new comp going!

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Reply #33 - Jul 6^th, 2008 at 8:21am

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all in favour?

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Reply #34 - Jul 6^th, 2008 at 8:36am

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Sorry everybody!
With the 4th of July weekend here, I was real busy and not online that much... I do apologize!

All the nominee have been picked! I will post the 10 finalists tomarow, Monday.

Thanks again for your patience and sorry for the delay!

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