Official MTS 2016 Calendar Contest: The Sims 2
Use your creativity to showcase your sims in a shot fitting for each month of the year. The picture should be a scene with sims in it representing the "feel" of a particular month. Have the family gathered for Christmas dinner? Beach party in June? Romantic dinner for two in February? We'd love to see what everyone can come up with for this year's calendar. Please use northern hemisphere seasons.Season expansion pack and use of seasons holidays (Love Day, Spooky Day, etc) not required.

Rules
1. 1 picture per entry. You may only enter a month one time but may enter 2 separate months. (If you enter twice, you need to submit two different posts)
2. Only 15 entrants per month. Please no place holders. Each spot is only filled once the picture, that meets all the rules, has been submitted.
3. CC is allowed. However, please make sure to follow MTS rules for CC; no pay content.
4. Pictures must be 1000 (width) x 750 (height).

5. No photo editing.
6. When posting your picture, please make sure to include the month it belongs to.
7. Sims 3 only. For Sims 3 version, please go here and for Sims 4, please go here.
8. REMEMBER: This is a PG-13 Forum! Your entries may not include adult content, pornography, or other inappropriate content.

How to Enter
1. Pick a month and take a picture to represent that month.
2. Upload the picture to any image host - Tinypic, Photobucket, Flickr, ModYourPanties, etc
3. Start a new post on this thread - click Go Advanced, and you can click the little "Insert Image" icon in the toolbar, or just copy-paste the image location into some [img] tags. Make sure to include which month your picture is for.
4. Submit your post - doing so will submit your entry.
5. If you want to do two entries, you need two separate posts.

Duration/Time Period
The contest begins November 1st, as soon as this is posted. Contestants will have until November 30th to post pictures. However, if a month fills up before that date, that month will be closed for new entries and judging.

Contestants
15 per month maximum

Judging and Scoring
Judging will be done by a panel MTS Staff and these are the things that the panel will be looking out for when entries are judged.

• Theme - Does your picture represent the month you chose?
• Creativity - Originality of idea
• Style - Use of space, props, is it pretty?
• Rules - CC adherence, no editing, inclusion of month

Prizes
A sticker for both winners AND participants, like these.
A calendar will be made for download with each winning month.
And, of course, the blue ribbons for each month’s winner.

Questions
Q: I already entered 2 separate months for TS2. Can I compete in the TS3/TS4 calendar as well?
A: Yes, you may. You're more than welcome to submit for all the contests, giving you 6 chances to win!

The picture you post will be your final shot - make it good. Posting a random picture of a christmas tree, easter bunny, yourself, etc to reserve a spot is not allowed and it will be deleted.

Once your post has been added to the table, it may not be changed. Do not change the picture, you may not delete it and enter a new month instead, etc. If you choose to delete your entry, you are removing yourself from the contest and no further entries will be permitted from you.

If anyone is notified that they have used pay content, their entries will be disqualified. The spots they had will NOT be held.

Contestant Entries

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
1	PenelopeT	Denimg8	Freelala	Freelala	Charmful	Yaoilicious	Julie J	Charmful	Ather	mustluvcatz	PenelopeT	Zarathustra
2	dragonheart1999	Maddie_Tried	Ghost sdoj	dragonheart1999	N_Fluen$e	Zarathustra	Peterskywalker!	CatherineTCJD	joandsarah77	N_Fluen$e	Jawusa	Stephaniexo
3	Maddie_Tried	Phaenoh	Jawusa	adrian09_01	HH22	camals	joandsarah77	Peterskywalker!			Options	HH22
4			Scarlet Love								Vivitalia	Innamode
5												TotallySimsCrazy
6												Gimbitmen
7												Scarlet Love
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Month: May
Theme: Mother's Day, Family, Flowers

Month: August
Themes: Start of Uni/School, Coffee, Making friends



@heaven, the image sizes has been corrected

@Charmful, both of your entries are 1000 x 700, not 750. Once you've got the correct size, edit your posts to replace the images and then you can @ me and I will add them to the table.

October


(Screenshot was not edited beyond auto contrast. I put lights everywhere in that screenshot to be sure it was lit enough since it's a night shot. Edited to add - and I have a lighting mod.. forgot about that until I switched to one of my other TS2 games tonight.)

If we're planning on two entries, but only have one close-to-finished yet, there's no problem submitting one now, and another later this month, right?

@Zarathustra that's perfectly okay. You can submit your entries at any point between now and the 30th. They do not need to be submitted together at all.

@Charmful and @mustluvcatz your entries have been added to the table.

December (obviously, I would hope! ) And I have to say, working on this picture made me really start looking forward to Christmas Dinner, even if it is still two whole months away!

@Zarathustra - Your image didn't come through correctly

No? Alright, we'll try this again then... I'll just attach the image.

December (obviously, I would hope! ) And I have to say, working on this picture made me really start looking forward to Christmas Dinner, even if it is still two whole months away!



Better?

Better. Yes!
I love the guy at the head of the table - his expression is priceless

OK - here's my first entry... for August:


The snorkel mask and flippers wouldn't stay on under water (lake water) *sigh*
So, this is Keith shallow diving around the wreckage at Amelia's Fish Camp

@Zarathustra I added your entry to the table. I edited your post to add December since you forgot to bring that info down with the second post.

@CatherineTCJD your entry is added!

February

The month of Love and PINK

@DitzyEkko your image is only 600x450. It needs to be 1000x750 before it can be added to the table as an entry. I definitely would not recommend resizing the picture to the correct dimensions. It will become very fuzzy if you do.

Not sure if you're already aware of that (I can't remember how small TS2 C-key pictures are so I wasn't sure if that's how you were capturing them).

My baby opening her Christmas Gift :P

May

October

@xSaniiSimmer - your attached entry is a thumbnail, not a full size image. Your entry needs to be 1000x750

@N_Fluen$e - your first picture has been added to the table. The second has not because, unless I am missing them, I do not see any sims in your picture.

All your pictures make me want to play Sims 2 again... They're beautiful!

Here is my entry for the month FEBRUARY. A picture of lovers at the park

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Charmful - I absolutely ADORE your picture! :lovestruc
N_Fluen$e - aww, those magnolias in bloom! :lovestruc
Denimg8 - I've never seen trees being so leafy in February

@Liv


Lol , I didnt even realise that. Guess its too late to change it now. Maybe Ill try another month or something..

Month: January
Theme: Winter Fun




Credits: All content by Maxis/EA (scaled down version of the neighborhood deco trees by Amaryll)