About
Converted Legacy Event
This event was converted from our old contest and event system into our new jam format for historic preservation. Some details may be confusing in the new jam context.
Event concluded
Sorry, our conclusion for this event has yet to be restored after converting our event system to jams.
WooooOOooooOoo...
Gather around the crackling fire and listen to a short tale based on true events. Way back in October of 2011, Planet Minecraft had its
very first contest themed around the spookiest holiday, "Halloween". Creatives from all around the planet joined together to make sure no Minecrafter went without a costume. Now,
seven years later, we are reviving the contest from the dead and transforming it into the first ever official open community event for October 2018 on PMC! Let's get Minecraft ready for Halloween! MuHAHhAhahAHAHa
I'm scared of everything. What is this spooky community event?
We're taking PMC and Minecraft and squashing them into a Halloween mixture for the month of October!
Don't be scared, join the fun! During this themed month long event, each member or group can
enter up to five Halloween-themed creations into the event. You can create skins, maps or blogs of all varieties and submit any combination of them. The possibilities are as endless as the time it takes the headless horseman to locate his forehead. As long as your entries are Halloween-related from spooky to terror-ific, it should join the festival of what's happening this month!
Event? This means
no competition, no judges and no final leader board. This event is for the pure fun of creating something together as a community! At the end of the event, each participant will receive a special award for their trophy case. Go alone, team up, roll over, it's all good.
How do I contribute to this Horrific cause?
Simple, create something new or multiple somethings that are Halloween-themed. Upload your creation to one of the following categories:
Projects, Skins or Blogs. Upload your creation like normal but
check the box indicating it's for the "Halloween Community Event".
To add to the event experience, we encourage you to diamond, favorite and comment on your favorite Halloween submissions this month. Maybe share your favorites in a wall-post or gather them into a collection! Everyone appreciates receiving positive responses to their creations.
Take your time, you've got the entire month of October!
Even though this is a non-competitive event, we encourage you to do your best. The event will be active for the entire month of October, so don't rush it! Here are some tips for each category:
If you enter a project, we encourage you to share a world save or schematic so that we can use your creation in Minecraft. You can create any kind of project. That includes land, air, sea, space and time structures, adventure maps, redstone contraptions, organics, terraforms and pixel art. Be sure to include some good visuals (screenshots) and a clear description with your project to maximize the flavor.
If you enter a skin, go for good usable character skins that people can use to dress-up for Halloween in Minecraft! Start from scratch rather than using any default or common base textures. There are several Minecraft skin editing programs available but we recommend
PMCSkin3D! If you need some help getting started with skins, PMC member
Beanie made this excellent
video tutorial on the basics of Minecraft skin editing!
If you enter a blog you naturally have more options than we can give advice on. The blog section allows for all kinds of writing, including stories, poems, articles and interviews. Write to impress and shuffle in some proper grammar whenever possible. Dot your i's and sip your teas as they can be hot.
If you enter artwork or a video, I love your unharnessed creativity and you can use the blog section to share it! We don't require featured images for blogs but a good one can raise an eyebrow or two resulting in more views so it's a recommendation. PMC member
Chiaroscuro wrote a
great tutorial on how to create featured images which will help you to create your own.
Rules & Guidelines
Even though this is a non-competitive event, there are a few, uh, provisos. Ah, a couple of rules and guidelines.
Up to five entries per participant!The event allows for any participant to enter up to five entries in any combination of
projects, skins and blogs categories. Video's, artwork and other creative creations can also be shared as a blog-post.
- The standard rules of Planet Minecraft apply to any submission.
- You are expected to enter new work. This means you cannot enter any creation that was previously uploaded to Planet Minecraft.
- You are allowed to enter work that was created for another Halloween-themed unofficial community event.
- Collaborations and teamwork are allowed for this event.
- Submissions that do not follow the Halloween theme will be disqualified.
Tips
- If you create an entry which doesn't immediately seem Halloween-themed (for example: a fairy costume skin), make sure to explain the relevance to the theme in your submission's description.
- You can create a skin, a blog-post and a project, you do not have to choose a single category.
- You have the entire month of October, so take your time and have fun!
- Don't hesitate to collaborate for this event, we would love to see group efforts!
Any Questions or Grave Concerns?
If you have a question, suggestion, comment or bone to pick about this event, join the haunted thread party over at the
official Halloween Community Event thread.
We are dying to see Halloween inspired creations from you and we hope you'll celebrate in the October festivities!
Special Thanks to
DinowCookie for suggesting we start official events and for helping setup the first! May we have many more fun and unique events in the future.
Event Hosts
Boo!Legal Terms
By participating in the event, participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and regulations and the decisions of Planet Minecraft are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this event.
No cash substitute or transfer of prizes is available. Prizes are awarded without warranty of any kind from Planet Minecraft, express or implied, without limitation, except where this would be contrary to federal, state, provincial, or local laws or regulations. All federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Decisions of Planet Minecraft and the voting system are final and binding on all matters pertaining to this event. Return of any prize/prize notification may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Any potential winner who cannot be contacted by email within 15 days of attempted first notification will forfeit his/her prize. Potential prize winner(s) and their parents/legal guardians may be required to sign and return an Affidavit or Declaration of Eligibility, a Liability/Publicity Release within 30 days following the date of first attempted notification. Failure to comply within this time period may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner. Planet Minecraft at its sole discretion shall reserves the right to disqualify any Participant from the event if it reasonably believes that the Participant has attempted to undermine the legitimate operation of the event by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices or abuses, threatens or harassment of any other Participants, Planet Minecraft employees and affiliates.
Limitations of Liability:
By entering, entrants agree to release Planet Minecraft, and their officers, directors, employees and agencies from any claim, loss, liability, damage or injury of any kind arising from their participation in the event or their receipt or use of the event prize.
Winner is responsible for all federal, state and local taxes associated with acceptance and use of prize.
Any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this event, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by arbitration. Claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this contest, but in no event attorney's fees. These Official Rules shall be governed by, subject to, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maine, United States of America, excluding all conflict of law rules. If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect. To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, seek injunctive relief or make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this event are hereby excluded, and all Participants expressly waive any and all such rights.
Disclaimer:
Planet Minecraft will not be held responsible if for any reason the event is not capable of running or operating as planned due to infection by computer virus, fraud, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or force majeure that, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this event. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with or abuses any aspect of the event, as solely determined by Sponsor, and to cancel, terminate, modify, or postpone the event until a later date. Sponsor assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, or other failure of or related to the software platform on which the event is played, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in this event.
Offer void where prohibited.