Creativity Contest!

[GM-Ciar]

Help HeRO with your creativity and win prizes!

• Rules & Guidelines
  
  
• Deadline: August 1st at 12:00 AM (server time, EST GMT-5)
  
• The GM Team will be the judges for this contest.
  
• A player may submit as many entries as they want in any, some or all categories listed below.
  
• 1 participation prize per player regardless of amount of entries submitted, however a player may win more than 1 winning prize (Maximum of 3 on different categories).
  
• Any entries submitted may be used for heRO, regardless if it wins or not.
  
• Please put all your entries in the same post (unless you reach the image limit, in which case put a link to your next post that contains entries), feel free to edit your post(s) until the deadline.
  
• If your image streches the forum, please use thumbnails or link instead.
  
• Please mention your character names in your entry post so we know who to give rewards to.
  
• Do not steal someone else's work, if using artwork or other material made by someone else please ask them / credit them in your post.
  
• Keep things PG-13.
  
• Must be RO related (avoid images from other games, anime, etc).
  
• More than 1 player may participate in the creation of an entry, however only 1 person may submit it and collect the participation/reward prize for it, that person is then responsible for prize distribution or any other deal agreed to by the players involved.

• Categories
  
  Banner:
  
• Size: Big Banner (728 x 90) OR Small Banner (468 x 60)
  
• Format: Jpeg (.jpg) OR PNG or GIF
  
• Animated GIF preferred
  
• Must display the server name and rates (5/5/3)
  
• Optional: can display the server logo
  
  Loading Screen:
  
• Size: 1600 x 1200 (preferred) OR 1024 x 768 OR 1280 x 1024
  
• Format: Jpeg (.jpg)
  
• Must display the server logo somewhere on the loading screen, even if very small
  
  Video:
  
• At least 30 Seconds
  
• Host it on Youtube
  
• Showcase 1 or several feature(s) of heRO to promote it to an outside user
  
• Must display the server name and rates (5/5/3)
  
• Have the following tags: "heRO", "Ragnarok", "Ragnarok Online", "heRO RO", "heRO Ragnarok", "Ragnarok Private Server", and "heRO Promo" you can add more if you wish
  
• Format: any that YouTube accepts (.mov, .mpeg, .wmv, .avi)
  
• Video sequence preferred to screenshots and still images
  
  Headgear Sprite:
  
• Must provide the 8 files for your creation which are:
  • Collection (description) picture in Bitmap (.bmp) size 75 x 100
    
  • Item (inventory) picture in Bitmap (.bmp) size 24 x 24
    
  • Drop sprite file (.spr)
    
  • Drop sprite actor file (.act)
    
  • Female sprite file (.spr)
    
  • Female actor file (.act)
    
  • Male sprite file (.spr) can be the same as female
    
  • Male actor file (act) can be the same as male
    
  
  Card Image:
  
• Format: Bitmap (.bmp) or .png
  
• Size: 300 x 400
  
• Regular RO Border or heRO emblem not required.
  
• Monster pictures are listed below.
  
  
  Monsters:
  • 
    Poporing Island:
    
  • Foxring
    
  • Jailring
    
    Muspelheim:
    
  • Ember Lizard
    
  • Logi
    
  • Arch Logi
    
  • Muspelite Tree
    
    Geffen Dungeon F4:
    
  • Draugr
    
  • Hellion Revenant
    
  • Wight
    
  • Strigoi
    
    Fairy's Paradise:
    
  • Garden Keeper
    
  • Garden Watcher
    
  • Blue/Red/Yellow Flowers (all in one please :P)
    
    Flooded Yggdrasil Root:
    
  • Kushiel
    
  • Dreamstone Golem
    
  • Dreamstone Crystal
    
    Aldebaran Guild Dungeon F2:
    
  • Armor Bug
    
  • Golden Dragonfly
    
  • Azure Deleter
    
  • Viridian Deleter
    
    Geffen Guild Dungeon F2:
    
  • Revenant
    
  • Umbra
    
  • Tenebris
    
  • Papilio Cinereus
    
  • Blightmare
    
    Payon Guild Dungeon F2:
    
  • Scarlet Guard and Jade Guard
    
  • Warg
    
    Prontera Guild Dungeon F2:
    
  • Abysmal Raydric
    
  • Abysmal Raydric Archer
    
  • Fallen Druid
    
  • Death Knight
    
    Dimensional Gorge:
    
  • Satan Morroc / Wounded Morroc
    
  • Morroc Incarnation (Human)
    
  • Morroc Incarnation (Spirit)
    
  • Morroc Incarnation (Demon)
    
  • Morroc Incarnation (Angel)
    
    Other:
    
  • Piamette
    
  • Kublin
    
  • Comodo Octopus
    
  • Lich Afanasy
    
  • Taini
    
  • Wild Emperium
    
  • Moon Lady
    
  • Baby Eddga
    
  • Mushrooms (Red Mushroom, Black Mushroom, all in one image)
    
  • Ice Queen
    
    
    
    
  Note: If you would like to contribute a creation to the server that would not fit in any of the categories listed above, please suggest it in this thread and we may add it.

• Rewards
  
  Participation Prize: For submitting at least 1 worthy* entry a player will be rewarded once with the following:
  
  *To be considered a worthy an entry should look like at least more than 30 minutes was spent on it, we reserve the right to refuse entries deemed too "cheap" (avoid stick figures and such :P).

• 1 Damp Card Album
  
• 1 Jewelry Box
  
• 1 Crown of King (Right), or Crown of Queen (Left):
  
  Both have the same stats:
  Def 5, +500 HP & Obtain zeny from monsters upon their defeat
  Upper Headgear, Weight 30, Required Level 50, All Jobs
  Refinable, tradable, sellable and each can be equipped by both genders.
  
  In the case of card art or loading screen, If your submission is added to the server, you will obtain the prizes above, plus 1 Old Card Album.
  
  
  There may be Special Mention prizes if the GM Team sees a need for it.
  
  Prize for winning entries: Winners will get their participation prize, their choice of a headgear shown below, plus their choice of rewards from the list below the headgears.
  
  Multiple winners can pick the same prize. There will be anywhere between 5 and 20 winning entries.

First Row: Reissue Schmitz Helm, Magic Stone Hat, Silence Enforcer, Midas Whisper, Mitra.
Second Row: Rune Circlet, Whisper of Wind, Shadow Crown, Driver Band, Burning Spirit.
Third Row: Sniper's Googles, Resting Swan, Minstrel Song Hat
Fourth Row: Coronet of Temperance, Diadem of Diligence, Helm of Generosity, Tiara of Humility
Fifth/Bottom Row: Crown of Patience, Circlet of Purity, Crown of Kindness

All hats take the upper slot. The first three rows of headgears have links to RMS to list their effects. The stat bonus remains, the stat requirement has been lowered to 99, and their defense is 3. The headgears on the fourth and fifth rows have no effect, but will have some added sometime in the future. All headgears are subject to change in effects.

• Choice 1: 3x of any currently obtainable or previously released backpack, and 1 Headgear of your character's allegiance (Soul Wing, Executioner's Hood, Zen Helm)
  
• Choice 2: 300 BG Points, 50 BG Keys, 30 Assumptio Scrolls, and 10x of any +10 Stat Food
  
• Choice 3: 7x OCA, 7x Jewelry Box, 7x Hat Voucher, 7x Wrapped Mask, 2x Master Warp Passes
  
• Choice 4: 5x Enriched Oridecon, 5x Enriched Elunium and 1x Safe Refine on any normally refinable weapons or armors, up to +7
  
• Choice 5: 1x +3 Stat Enchant on any normally enchantable armor
  
• Choice 6: Choice of 3x of any hatter headgear, excluding slotted mids. Note: The same item cannot be chosen more than once.
  

• Tools
  
  
• tinypic (to host images for free without resizing, no registration required)
  
• photobucket (to host images for free without resizing, needs registration)
  
• GIMP (for image editing)
  
• Paint.net (for image editing)
  
• Audacity (for editing sound for your video, if needed)
  
• GRF Factory (to unpack a GRF to find existing sprites)
  
• unbollox (to convert Unicode filenames to ASCII of an extracted GRF)
  
• heRO Logo
  
• actOR2 (to create .act files)
  
• SPR Conview (to convert bmp to spr files and vice versa)
  
• UnBollox (it converts unicode to/from ascii)

• Accepted Entries
  
  Last updated: July 31, 2017
  
  (Format: "Name" [Link to entry 1], [Link to entry 2] ... )
  
• Mofy, Tenebris Card
  
• Shinn, heRO Banner
  
• Nikee, Satan Morroc Card, Loading Screen 1, Loading Screen 2
  
• Roger Hardstone, Video 1, Video 2, Video 3
  
• Rally, Incarnation of Morroc (Ghost) Card
  
• Rasha, Piamette Card, Incarnation of Morroc (Human) Card
  
• Seiko Kimura, Garden Keeper Card, Revenant Card
  
• Pyronic, Warg Card
  
• Janey, Jailring Card, Foxring Card
  
• Lin Lin, Umbra Card, Foxring Card, Jailring Card, Mushroom Card, Flower Card
  
• +Natsume, Garden Watcher Card, Incarnation of Morroc (Ghost) Card, Taini Card
  
• Gianluca, Baby Eddga Card
  
• ShAvEnZ, Garden Keeper Card
  
• Valor, Video 1
  
• Parrie, Taini Card
  
• Minntre, Foxring Card, Garden Keeper Card, Jailring Card, Strigoi Card
  
• Aaronock, Papilio Cinereus Card
  
• Nhya, Strigoi Card
  

• Questions
  Ask and we shall answer!

• Do we need to test the headgear on our own server?
  Answer: You don't have to! You can rename the sprite and move it into your data folder, to see it in game. Only you will see the change by doing this.
  
  
• Do Armors count for the Sprite making category?
  Answer: No, they do not. Since it isn't a visible sprite. We're looking for Upper, Mid and Lower headgears that are seen when equipped. Wings however, take lower slot, so those would count.
  
  
• Will we get cards for all the monsters in the card list?
  Answer: Only the ones that have card images by the end of the contest. :P
  
  
• How many prizes can one win?
  Answer: For submitting a worthy entry, you will get a participation prize. If you win on any category, you'll get another set of prizes, and in the case of card art, if your submission is selected to be added to the server, you'll also get an old card album.
  
  
• I'm not great at digital drawings, can I do them by hand?
  Answer: Yes! Just make sure it's scanned properly (high resolution) and has a clean look (not blurry, grainy, etc).
  
  
• What happened to 2013's screenshot contest?
  Answer: The winners were never chosen for several different reasons, unfortunately. I (Ciar) was not a GM by then and don't know the full details. However, if someone participated in that contest and would like some sort of compensation, please send a support ticket with proof of participation to receive this year's participation prize, plus one of the fourth or fifth row of headgears from the winner's prizes.

Disclaimers:
By posting your entry, you implicitly agree to the following:

Submitted entries can be used by the GM Team for the server in any way shape or form, in or outside the game.
The GM Team reserves the right to adjust prizes as they see fit for balance purposes.
Any entry which is determined to be antagonistic to the HeRO Server or its players will be immediately disqualified. In-game or forum punishments may also apply.
The judgement of the contest organizers is final.