Welcome to the Spring Galactic home decorating competition
This Spring the theme will be “Species Showcase”. You may choose any building type, but will then need to choose a species to showcase, and decorate to your heart’s content. You could choose to enter a house that’s already decorated, adapt a current house or start a new one from scratch. You may select any species within Star Wars lore, and create the perfect relaxation space, recreate a key event in their history, create a museum to educate others. You may also wish to consider the profession attributes of your species. As long as it showcases the species you have chosen and is family friendly you are welcome to be as creative as you can be.
If you wish to enter a building, please contact Coz with the waypoint, planet, building name, your chosen theme and player/discord name. You could do this via: the forum post, or by direct messaging in discord. Entries will need to be submitted by Monday April 3rd at 11.59pm PDT. (Tuesday 4th April 7.59am BST, or 2.59am EDT)
As always, the SR staff will judge, however, if a member of staff chooses to participate, they will be excluded from the judging panel.
Judging criteria:
Each player’s decorating skills are judged out of 10 against each of the following criteria. These scores will be added together to create the final score.
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 room, or blocking off areas.
Questions staff will consider:
Have items been used for their intended purpose or repurposed? E.g using a jewelry setting to create a button.
Repurposing items in a creative way will gain more points. E.g. using wood staffs to create a large cage.
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 this time is to create a species showcase. You may wish to include items that give a backstory to the theme, use vendors, etc to help clarify what judges are seeing.
Questions staff will consider:
Does the decoration fit the theme?
Is the chosen species clearly identified by the content, or storyline depicted?
How strongly is the theme reflected in the house?
Are the items in the house named in a way to echo/support the theme?
Do vendors help tell a story, or contribute to 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, including the building itself 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?
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
*3 top end loots of your choice – e.g. vehicle schematic, vehicle part, relic module, clothing tape, ancient holocron splinter etc.
*Limited edition Purple Swoop Racer
*A Hoth Droid decoration piece, first place trophy, Galactic Home Show winner’s badge and the Master of Force Shui title.
Second prize:
*Choose from: Yoda House, Emperor’s House, Hangar House, Mustafarian Bunker, Bespin House, Vehicle House, AT-AT House, Jabba’s Sail Barge, YT1300 House, Generic Large Windowed 1 House, Generic Large Windowed 2 House
*2 top end loots of your choice – e.g. vehicle schematic, vehicle part, relic module, clothing tape, ancient holocron splinter etc.
*Limited edition Purple Swoop Racer
*Second place trophy
Third prize:
*Choose from: Yoda House, Emperor’s House, Hangar House, Mustafarian Bunker, Bespin House, Vehicle House, AT-AT House, Jabba’s Sail Barge, YT1300 House, Diner, Generic Large Windowed 1 House, Generic Large Windowed 2 House
*1 top end loot of your choice – e.g. vehicle schematic, vehicle part, relic module, clothing tape, ancient holocron splinter etc.
*Limited edition Purple Swoop Racer
*Third place trophy
All entrants will receive a SR coin and a limited edition “Staff of SR Painting.
Closing Date for entries:
The closing date is: Monday April 3rd 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 6th April until the 15th April. We intend to announce the winners on Friday 14th April. Further details of the tour will be released at the time.