Spring Deco Contest

[+Nyx]

I am hosting a spring themed deco contest for the month of April. All players are welcome to participate, within the stated rules below.

Players wishing to participate will place a rune to their house in the chest in TC. You may submit your rune at any time, even if you are not yet finished with your decor. The houses will not be judged until the end of the contest. Houses should be decorated to a theme within the overall spring theme. You might opt to create a blooming garden, an easter egg hunt, an orchard or anything else you desire, but your deco should have some directed theme beyond just "spring". Clever and elegant decoration will be rated more highly than a house that has simply slapped down some addons or put flowers willy-nilly around their plots.


Rules:
These rules are subject to change at any time.
- Participants may decorate a maximum of 2 house plots to be considered for the contest. Houses may be combined as part of a larger plot, but must be easily accessed via a rune marked within 10 tiles. If your rune is marked further than 10 tiles from the entrance, you will be disqualified.
- If submitting more than one plot, they must be combined plots. You cannot submit 2 castles or a home in one area and another placed elsewhere. You also cannot submit a plot on the west side of a 10-house compound, and the other plot on the east side. They must be connected directly to each other.
- The submitted property must be owned by the person who signed up by dropping the rune.
- One entry per account. Any attempt to circumvent this rule will result in disqualification.
- Deco must be shard-appropriate, and to the stated theme. Be creative!
- Pre-made addons may be used, but may detract from the overall score if used in lieu of actual decorating skill.
- The administrators (+Veritas, +Colibri, and myself) will judge the plots.
- House location will not be taken into account when scoring the properties. This is decoration only, so those with plots in the stars or other 'special' places will not receive any special consideration for environmental perks they did not design, just as houses in less attractive locations will not be marked down due to their placement.
- Any infractions resulting in jail during the course of the contest will disqualify that player. NOTE: This means infractions above 'warning' and/or jail tasks above 10.
- Houses must be "open to the public" from May 1st - 4th, as all participating houses will be displayed for everyone to visit during the judging period.
- If you enter the contest you must actually participate - if you submit a rune and then all you have is a couple of misc deco items on an otherwise not-to-theme house, you will be disqualified.
- If you are disqualified for any reason you will not receive a participation reward.



To enter the contest:
- Mark a rune close to the house you will be decorating for the contest. You may submit the rune at any time, even before your decoration is completed.
- Drop the rune into the Sign-up chest in TC
- Decorate your house and complete it before May 1st.

On May 1st, the rune box will be removed and gates to the houses will be made available for the public to visit the participants' submissions. The administrators will visit the submitted houses and score them according to the criteria outlined in the rules. The winners will be announced on or before May 5th.


Prizes (subject to change):
1st place - 500 ED + banner
2nd place - 300 ED + banner
3rd place - 200 ED + banner

Happy decorating!

[+Nyx]

The winners are in!

First Place - Baby Spendy
Second Place - Lust
Third Place - Layfon Alseif

Prizes for the winners and participation rewards for the participants will be send directly to your mailboxes shortly.