Happy Moo Year and Sexy Stations Contests 🐮

JHartEllis

I am happy to host two housing contests this January! These are open to all on PC/EU and PC/NA! Tours of these will be streamed at twitch.tv/jhartellis at the given times.

Happy Moo Year! 🐮
Tuesday, January 26, 1pm ET

Make a scene to celebrate the Moo Year! Can be related to ox, cow, minotaur, or anything similar.

Moo

Prizes: Top 6 mootastic builds will each get 300,000g on PC/EU or PC/NA

Sexy Stations 👗
Thursday, January 28, 1pm ET

Dress up any crafting station in a way that accentuates its function, for example, a clothing station with creatively crafted clothes around it. Can be any station, including dye and transmute. Must only be ONE station. BIG RULE: the station must still be usable!

Big thanks to CurseDeReaper for sharing this augmented Alchemy Station

Prizes: Top 6 creative stations will each get 300,000g on PC/EU or PC/NA.


HOW TO ENTER:

Two ways to enter:

1) Send an in-game mail to @JHartEllis. Include which contest you are entering (e.g. "Stations"). You may include a BRIEF description if necessary to explain your build.

2) OR, reply to this thread along with the server you are on (EU or NA) and include the contest type and which home it is in, and you may include a longer description and screenshots.

Make sure JHartEllis has Visitor access for the tours. It is not necessary to set the submission as your primary, and you do not need to be present during the streamed tour. Get your entries submitted at least 2 hours before the tours. Enter early (earlier the better). If you have EHT FX, publish them to the community or mail them in-game to JHartEllis

If this is your first month participating, I recommend checking out contest recaps from prior months at spicyeconomics.com

PRIZES:

There will be big winners for each contest (see above for details on each), and winners can be on PC/EU or PC/NA. Prize winners will be determined based on creativity, beauty, fun factor, and screenshotability. All other entrants will receive small participation prizes.

We'll have several prizes for Twitch chat participants during the streamed tours, including many ESO Stream Team game codes for pets, Crowns, and more. Tune in for the tours, get some decoration inspiration, and enter for prizes!

Good luck and have fun! Also... moo. 🐮

Imagie

Thank your Mr. Jay HeartElis! Your contests are always accessible and fun to watch!

Salvas_Aren

Is there any constraint for the crafting benches other than being only one and still in use?

Do we have carte blanche to use transmute stations, event stations, clockwork stations etc?

Araneae6537

Salvas_Aren wrote: »

Is there any constraint for the crafting benches other than being only one and still in use?

Do we have carte blanche to use transmute stations, event stations, clockwork stations etc?

The rules say any station, including dye and transmute.

Araneae6537

Regarding the crafting station contest, are only those things in immediate proximity to the station to be judged or could it be anything up to the whole property, like if someone wanted to set up a shop?

Thank you!

JHartEllis

Salvas_Aren wrote: »

Do we have carte blanche to use transmute stations, event stations, clockwork stations etc?

It can be any interactable station.

JHartEllis

Araneae6537 wrote: »

Regarding the crafting station contest, are only those things in immediate proximity to the station to be judged or could it be anything up to the whole property, like if someone wanted to set up a shop?

Judging is based largely on what ends up being in the screenshot.

A few tips for any of my contests to have a better shot at winning:

Clear away unrelated distracting stuff
Think about what else is being captured in the background (or choose a home with a good backdrop as is)
Have enough space in the foreground to be able to see everything
Add a viewing platform if the ground angle isn't the best
Fill in weird voids--if your creation is tall or squarish, keep in mind that the screenshot is rectangular

Maybe in the future I'll do more gif-related entries where the 3-D aspect matters more, but I'm not there yet.

Araneae6537

JHartEllis wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

Regarding the crafting station contest, are only those things in immediate proximity to the station to be judged or could it be anything up to the whole property, like if someone wanted to set up a shop?

Judging is based largely on what ends up being in the screenshot.

A few tips for any of my contests to have a better shot at winning:

Clear away unrelated distracting stuff
Think about what else is being captured in the background (or choose a home with a good backdrop as is)
Have enough space in the foreground to be able to see everything
Add a viewing platform if the ground angle isn't the best
Fill in weird voids--if your creation is tall or squarish, keep in mind that the screenshot is rectangular

Maybe in the future I'll do more gif-related entries where the 3-D aspect matters more, but I'm not there yet.

Thank you so much for the clarification and tips to better focus my efforts!

kilkenie

Hello,
For your contest, especially the crafting station, how many pictures may we submit? Is the judgement based on only one picture or may we submit two pictures?
Thanks

seecodenotgames

Jhart will tour the houses on the date and take his own screenshots.

kilkenie

merci pour la réponse

j'aimerai participer au concours

Sexy Stations 👗
Jeudi 28 janvier, 13 h HE

kilkenie PC/EU chateau de coeur ébène ( les éboulis) la forge.

LadySinflower

Can't enter because I'm on console, but I look forward to seeing the YouTube stream of the entries.

XoXJulietteXoX

LadySinflower wrote: »

Can't enter because I'm on console, but I look forward to seeing the YouTube stream of the entries.

I can't enter cause I'm on console, too, i cry

kilkenie

bonjour j'aimerais également participer au concours l'année moo si cela est possible.


Bonne année Moo! 🐮
Mardi 26 janvier, 13 h HE

kilkenie PC / EU le bungalow de martemort (havre tempête)

JHartEllis

kilkenie wrote: »

bonjour

I have you down for both contests. Thank you!

Araneae6537

I am @Araneae6537 on the PC NA server and I would like to enter the Sexy Stations contest. The build is in my Exorcised Coven Cottage. I shall post screenshots this weekend.

Thank you for holding these contests, @JHartEllis!

Araneae6537

I was inspired by the Glenmoril Wyrd theme as well as lovely builds by @Versispellis and @Raveπa when designing my alchemist cottage in the woods.



My entry for @JHartEllis's Sexy Station contest in Exorcised Coven Cottage on PC NA:



I shall make it my primary and open to visitors by this weekend.

SickleCider

@Araneae6537 I'm so flattered that I inspired you! This looks so cozy! I like the blue theme you went for (very appropriate, very Wyrd!) and I'm so in love with the clutter. 😍 I wish I could come see this. Alas, PS4!

aipex8_ESO

I love dressing up my stations!

I'm @Aipex8 on PC NA

If I can only enter one home, it would be my Lion's Cradle:

The Lion's Head Forge:



The Skooma Lab:



and finally Nuzhimeh's Feast (Sereyne stopped by and got messed up):




The ground floor of Proudspire is my main crafting area and they are semi-dressed up. Feel free to visit this home as well:



Enchanting:


Alchemy:


Woodworking:


Blacksmithing:


Clothing/Outfit:

Eirinin

I'd like to enter the stations contest, please. The home is the Gardner House in Wayrest, PC NA, @Eirinin (pronounced eye-RIN-in). It is listed as primary with visitor access.

The house is themed for a Breton sorceress with a fondness for crafts and books. She sells alchemy ingredients to pay the bills.

The main door is into Olivia's little alchemy shop, go through the tapestry behind the counter and turn right towards the stairs that go down. The provisioning station is down in the basement, in the kitchen ( head down the stairs, go straight, you'll run into the kitchen). I build a sort of medieval style cooking area with the "campfire" style cooking station, and managed with a lot of fiddling to get it on a base and topper, and with pots and pans and cooking utensils all around it. It has been as close to a kitchen style open cooking flame as I've managed and the station still works.

The house isn't finished - I'm only recently returned to the game after a year + off for health stuff, so the rooms are a very big WIP but I'm pretty chuffed with the kitchen. Hope you find it cozy and fun!

Ithilis

Submission for: Sexy stations contest

Home: Sister of the Sands apartment, PC EU @Ithilis (capital i)

Description: Tamriel Home Textiles - Textiles to create visual harmony and comfortable living space
This small shop in Alik'r offers all you may need to enhance your living space to the colorful, comfortable and harmonius wholeness. The shopkeeper Tails-your-needs is more than happy to help you out!

JHartEllis

Thank you everyone for the Moo Year contest! 🐮





More pics and vod up at https://spicyeconomics.com/moo-year-contest/

aipex8_ESO

Just watched the crafting Twitch stream. Unfortunately I didn't provide good instructions to my Alchemy and Blacksmithing stations, but thanks for coving my Provisioning station!

If you do want to go back and check them out, behind the portal you'll notice a khajiiti arch where you can walk through the fench, then follow the stairs up to the blacksmithing station.

Under the deck (where you saw the bakery) there is a path that goes behind the large painted rock and up over the fence then down the secret skooma lab.

Araneae6537

Omg, I checked throughout for usability, until one of the last minute adds, the basket of skulls behind the alchemy station. *facepalm*

Thank you for visiting and for your kind words! And great job, everyone! I especially liked the Argonian alchemy hut!

Eirinin

Did I miss the tours?

JHartEllis

Loved all the Sexy Stations! Here are my top 6:

lisztea:

waverly13:

Evarelia:

mero977:

Yumij:

perfectlyhumble:


Pics of all 29 entries up here: https://spicyeconomics.com/sexy-stations/

Tour video here: https://youtu.be/yY4oznZmLBw