Spring Galactic Home Show

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This time we are leaving the decisions up to you – choose any building type, any theme you like, and decorate to your heart’s content. You could choose to enter a house that’s already partly / completely decorated or start a new one from scratch.

How to enter:
If you wish to enter a building, please contact Coz with the waypoint, planet, building name, your chosen theme and player/discord name. Please remember to keep it family friendly! In addition, you may submit a paragraph of no more than 150 words to explain / support your house theme. You could do this via: the forum post, or by direct messaging in discord. If you change ideas that is fine – just make sure you update Coz prior to the closing date. Entries will need to be submitted by Tuesday March 18th at 11.59pm PDT. (Wednesday 19th March 6.59am GMT, 2.59am EDT.)

Judging Info:

The houses will be judged by SR staff. If staff enter the competition, they will be excluded from the judging panel. All judges are asked to turn sound on, check spatial chats for call outs or commentaries by player toons or vendors. They are expected to click on items to check whether there is additional relevant information in bio’s, vendor stocks etc. They are reminded not to access the structure management terminal to see who owns the building.

Each judge submits their scores privately. They are collated and held until judging closes and are made available to the senior team for checking. Decisions made by the judges are final. Staff volunteer considerable time to make this server event successful, and disrespecting them / their decision making will not be tolerated and may result in us ceasing to run decorating events in the future.

Judging Criteria:

Each house will be marked out of 10 for each criteria. Those scores are then totalled for a score from each staff member. Those are recorded and the total scores from all staff are combined to create a final score for each entry.

Creativity – Judges will look at how items are used. This is about using items in unusual ways to create an effect, or another item. This is also about how space is used – this may include making the decision to create additional spaces within the building or block spaces off.

Questions staff will consider:

Have items been used for their intended purpose or repurposed? Repurposing items in a creative way will gain more points. E.g., using wood staffs to create a prison cell.

Have smaller items been used in coordination with others to make a new item entirely?

Has space in the building been used in a creative way to explore the theme?

Theme – Points are awarded for reflecting the theme and how it is maintained through the house. The theme is yours to decide this time. You may wish to include renamed items, or use vendors etc to help clarify the theme the judges are seeing. You may also attach a paragraph of no more than 150 words to explain your house / theme.

Questions staff will consider:

Does the decoration fit the theme?

How strongly is the theme reflected in the house?

Are the items in the house named in a way to echo/support the theme?

Overall Feel – Judges will consider the impression and impact of the building and how they contribute to the atmosphere created. Be sure to consider renaming items to help with this. You may also wish to use vendors etc.

Questions staff will consider:

Have items been renamed to contribute to the environment?

Has the space been decorated to reflect the theme?

Is the space clearly organized so that you are able to view elements?

Has the space been used effectively to add to the atmosphere?

Prizes:

First prize:

*A building with a bonus deed: e.g. Commando, Diner, Jedi Meditation House, Player Hospital, Relaxation House, Sandcrawler, Sith Meditation House, Tree House, Vehicle Garage, VIP Bunker
*4 top end loots of your choice – e.g. vehicle schematic, vehicle part, relic module, clothing tape, ancient holocron splinter etc.
*A Miniature house decoration piece, first place trophy, Galactic Home Show winner’s badge and the Master of Force Shui title.

Second prize:

*Choose any building deed which does not have a bonus. For example: Yoda House, Emperor’s House, Hangar House, Mustafarian Bunker, Bespin House, Vehicle House, AT-AT House, Jabba’s Sail Barge, YT1300 House, Barn House, Diner, etc
*3 top end loots of your choice – e.g. vehicle schematic, vehicle part, relic module, clothing tape, ancient holocron splinter etc.
*Second place trophy

Third prize:
*Choose any building deed which does not have a bonus. For example: Yoda House, Emperor’s House, Hangar House, Mustafarian Bunker, Bespin House, Vehicle House, AT-AT House, Jabba’s Sail Barge, YT1300 House, Barn House, Diner, etc
*2 top end loot of your choice – e.g. vehicle schematic, vehicle part, relic module, clothing tape, ancient holocron splinter etc.
*Third place trophy

We also reserve the right to add additional prizes/highly commended ratings if we have a large number of entries.

All entrants will receive a SR coin and a limited edition “Staff of SR Painting.” In addition, they may choose any staff Wanted Poster present or past of their choice.

Closing Date and Open House

The closing date is: Tuesday March 18th at 11.59pm PDT. Please ensure that your house is open to the public by that date and that you have contacted Coz as we will set up a circular tour for the community to view them from Thursday 20th March until Thursday 3rd April. Further details of the tour will be released at the time. We hope to conclude judging by the 30th March and release the scores the next day.