In this competition you must create the best Christmas themed structure on the Vizzed Minecraft Server. The structure can be of anything you want it to be as long as it is Christmas themed in some way.

I know it's early to start a Christmas competition but it needs to take place well before Christmas so that the submissions and results can be in by Christmas. Also, since I'm doing seasonal competitions now, I'm trying to give users more time to put together their submissions.



You must present your submission in the form of a video and then upload it to the Vizzed YouTube Account from the Minecraft page here:
https://www.vizzed.com/games/minecraft-pc-windows-75185-game

The reason that this is required is because after this competition is over, the site users will be rating the submissions in a Christmas stream which I'll be hosting (similar to how I go about having the submissions in the music competitions voted on).

The structure can be created anywhere on the server but it preferably should be created in the new Creative world and probably somewhere in a snowy area. You'll have flight and unlimited blocks when you're in the creative world so there are almost no limitations on what you can create! More info here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=87112

You can also rent an admin in order to have access to World Edit features which will allow you to have basic structures created in a matter of minutes and also have stuff copy/pasted, moved, etc. More info here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=87068



Instructions for taking a video and submitting it to the Vizzed YouTube Channel:
You can use Camtasia (probably the best and has a free trial available), Camstudio (free), Xsplit or any other program to record with. You may also edit the video however you want (example, adding music, subtitles, etc), just make sure it is less than 5 minutes long.

Once you've recorded the video, you'll want to upload it to the Vizzed YouTube page and add it to the game's page in the Video Game Room. You can do this by going to the game's page (link found below) and then scroll half way down the page to the 'Minecraft User Submitted videos' section and click the 'Click to Upload your Video to Vizzed Youtube' link. Once the video has been uploaded, be sure to place a link to it to this thread, otherwise your submission will not count.



Don't have the ability to record your submission? Several users including myself have the ability to record and put together a YouTube video so if you want to team up with me or someone else, let us know in this thread. If your a user who has video editing/video recording skills, let us know in this thread.



Rules:
-Up to 5 submissions per a user (this also includes structures you've teamed up on)
-Minecraft Staff may compete and I will be competing
-Please separate your submissions with 1 submission per a post
-You may work with others on a submission (you'll then split the earnings)
-No command blocks allowed
-You may use some of your old structures with your new structure as long as your old structures make up less than 25% of your new submission
-The structure has to exist on the Vizzed Minecraft Server to count
-When showing off your submission, you cannot use any resource packs unless you created the resource pack (and if you do create your own, be sure to place a link to download it with your post)



Prizes:
1st = 150,000 Viz or $75
2nd = 50,000 Viz or $25
3rd = 20,000 Viz or $10
4th = 10,000 Viz
5th = 5,000 Viz



Vizzed Minecraft Server IP:
Vizzed.co



Tips:
-Make your video as entertaining as possible. Using basic video editing techniques, recording with high resolution, recording with high frame rate and adding music can definitely help.

-If you need some inspiration or ideas, you can see the results of last year's Christmas Minecraft competition here: https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=83169



Competition ends:
December 23rd

Competition starts:
Now



For information on the Vizzed Minecraft Server, go here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=75152

I gave up near the very beginning of the last one thanks to all the things I had to do even though I had so many ideas, but maybe I can give this one a shot. There aren't that many things that you can really do for Christmas when it comes to ideas but I think that I have a few that might work so I will give it a try when I can.

zanderlex : I'm the opposite, I feel like there are tons of ideas.

If you need some inspiration, you can take a look at last years results here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=83169

Ooo! This sounds fun! I hope I can find time to enter something.

Good luck to everyone entering!

Davideo7 :

Can I team up with you?

TotalSymphony : How do you want to team up? Like I record and put together a video of your submission? If so, what did you have in mind to create?

Ok cool, I checked it out and I wasn't able to get any new ideas that would work out but I did manage to find ways to make the ideas that I already had even better so maybe I could stand a chance at this if I get the time to go on the server.

Davideo7 :  

Yeah. I was thinking of building a house in the middle of a bunch of snow, and adding decorations.

TotalSymphony : Thats all? If I don't lose my focus and have the time, ill probably try to build an entire winter wonderland.

TotalSymphony : That doesn't sound like it'd be worth my time to be honest. If you could go into detail about it more, than I'll consider it.

Davideo7 :

I might make a castle, or something bigger then a house.

In either case, my idea hasn't been decided upon yet.

TotalSymphony : If it's something you'll be investing at least 20 hours into then we can definitely team up and split the earnings.

Davideo7 :

I can build a castle in the middle of winter, complete with several houses, pathways, etc.

TotalSymphony : How's your submission coming along?

sadly  i do not own minecraft or a means to record it. looks like im out

Davideo7 : Do you think it would be possible to add more snow to creative mode? Currently there isn't much snow for a long ways, and it's already taken, which limits people's abilities.

And the fact that people aren't really participating is an advantage for me.

Davideo7 : Well, you never said anything about my Snow Castle thingy.

TotalSymphony : I basically said that if it was something you plan to invest at least 20 hours into then I can help out.

Barathemos : You could rent an admin to change the biome of any location to a snowy biome. There actually is a lot more snow areas than what you see on the map but they just don't appear snowy since no one has been at those locations while it was snowing. It'll only show snow on the map if someone was in a snowy biome while it was snowing.

Davideo7 : I can easily put 20+ hours into a castle.

I should be more active on this website. Maybe I'll try a submission.