Continuous Screenshot Competition

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The Continuous Screenshot Competition (often abbreviated to
the “CSC” among the community) does what it says on the tin, it is a
continuous competition. But what does this mean in reality? Every week
a category is chosen by the winner of the previous round and then people
can submit a screenshot (there is no need to register or sign up to the
competition as it is open to everyone, all you have to do is post a
screenshot in the thread). Once the time for submission is over, the
winner is voted upon (again this is open to anyone apart from those
who entered the round) and then the winner pick’s the category for
next round. As you can see, it’s a continuous cycle.

A Brief History of the CSC

The contest has been running for well over six years now and proudly
posting over 200 rounds of contests (at the time of writing this of
course, due to the never-ending nature of the contests, who knows what
round number it’ll be up to if you are reading this). A short history,
back May 2006, (the 21st, it ’twas a Sunday to be exact), Thunder77 decided to open the thread and introduce this new format to the
community, some wary and unsure about how long it will last,
but these worries were was soon dispelled as entries were submitted,
rounds were won and the ‘Continuous’ Screenshot Competition lived up to
it’s name. Fast forward a few months to 5th October, of the same year,
where the second thread in the archives of the “CSC” was opened – this time hosted by Scud (as voted on by the community) due to
Thunder having limited time to carry on the responsibility of
hosting the thread. Scud hosted the CSC for about 3 years, during which he opened 4 CSC threads, before feeling it was the time to hand over the responsibility. Another vote was held and the responsibility was handed over to fellow forumer and cherub, Turty. Turty open the sixth CSC thread in 2009 and continued to host through to December 2010. He also hosted the archives during this time. Just over a year later, another voting was held to find a new host and veteran forumer Andanu Trisatya was the victor to be the 4th CSC host. However, Trisatya’s CSC reign was short lived when he decided to leave AOKH in April 2012, only to decide to return a few months later. Anyhow, after just about 7 or 8 months of hosting the CSC yet another voting was held, after which Possidon was chosen as the new host. Possidon went on to host the competition for just over three years, after which the torch was passed to John the Late, the current host of the competition. In conjunction with this, John the Late now also hosts the CSC Archives. The next host was Dark_Reign who took over the competition in 2017. During this period interest in the Archives dropped and it was decided that there was no need to continue updating them, so they were scrapped. Dark_reign continued to manage the competition until late 2019, when he fell silent. After a few months of unrest within the thread, and forummers taking it upon themselves to try and salvage the competition, a familiar face stepped in to save the day – Possidon! Yes, in early 2020 Possidon returned to reclaim his old position as host of the CSC and is still hosting it to this day.

The Archives

The CSC also has its own Archives thread to store all of those submitted screenshots and to show how many votes each entry received. The archives also have a rankings table to see who has one the most victories and a gallery of other screenshots that weren’t entered into a round but found their way into the CSC. The first Archives were created by Lord Basse in 2007. Since then there have been a number of different hosts, actively updating the archives until passing the responsibility onto another. Lord Basse hosted from March 2007 through to January 2008, when he passed to power to ViperIV, who hosted from January to October. The next host turned out to be a future CSC host, Andanu Trisatya. Andan hosted the archives until April 2009 when he faded away from AOKH due to “personal reasons”. After having no updates for some months the archives were opened again by Turty, after he had become the new CSC host. Turty continued to update the Archives until he disbanded as CSC host. A new host was found in Possidon, who would later go on to host the competition itself. After four years of updating the archives, Possidon resigned and the archive was taken over by John the Late, the current host. By 2017 intested in the archives had dwindled and it was decided that due to the large amount of effort it took to maintain them, that they would be scrapped.

The Rules

  • No category may be used twice in the same 100 rounds.
  • You may only enter one screenshot per category. Mapshots and multiple screenshots pasted together are not allowed.
  • You may only enter as an individual; no team efforts.
  • The previous winner cannot compete in the competition he/she set the category for. (For that person would of had an advantage otherwise)
  • In the event that the winner cannot choose the next category, a Super Special Bonkers Bonus Round will happen. There is no category and any screenshot can be entered as long as it conforms to the other rules.
  • If there is a tie in the voting, the person who picked the category (last round’s winner) will cast the tie-breaker vote.
  • No pasting pictures into your screenshots of anything, period (text is an exception).
  • The only acceptable editing to your screenshot is the adding of text and removing of the top and bottom toolbars.
  • Modpacks ARE allowed.
  • The use of AOK: HD and its expansions ARE allowed.
  • The use of AOK: DE its expansions ARE allowed.
  • AokTS, Renaissance, GeniED, and other forms of data editing are allowed.
  • No taking screenshots from campaigns/scenarios that you did not create.
  • This is an open competition. No need to sign up, just post a screenshot that abides to the selected category.
  • None of your screenshots from previous threads/competitions may be used. You must create a new screenshot from a current project to be acceptable.
  • The usual time for entries is 7 days, but if there have been less than 2 screenshots submitted, it will get extended.
  • Competition and voting statuses will close at 11:59pm forum time on the designated deadline.
  • The previous winner and the selector of the category MAY vote.
  • Entrants may vote in the current theme, but not for themselves.
  • No editing of your screenshot once it has been posted as an entry for the competition.
  • Smurf accounts to accumulate votes for your entry, or to have multiple entries will result in CoC discipline.
  • No flaming to other forumers. Criticism of people’s work must be constructive.
  • Don’t whine if you did not win, better luck next time.
  • Have fun, and try hard!

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