Photo Contest - Games People Play (4/17-4/23)

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Discussion Overview

The thread centers around a photo contest themed "Games People Play," inviting participants to submit photographs related to various games played indoors or outdoors. The discussion includes contest rules, submissions, and participant interactions regarding their game-related photos.

Discussion Character

  • Contest-related, Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • Participants are encouraged to submit a digital photo relevant to the theme of games, with specific rules regarding photo size and editing.
  • One participant shares a link to their photo submission.
  • Another participant references a game of chess, mentioning "White Queen mates!"
  • A participant reminisces about their enjoyment of the game Diplomacy and shares a photo related to a recreation of an ancient battle.
  • There is a discussion about whether the game played was based on established rules or modified ones, with references to the historical context of the battle being recreated.
  • Another participant identifies the battle as the Battle of Magnesia, providing historical context to the game recreation.
  • Participants express excitement and anticipation for the contest's final submission day.
  • A participant mentions a game of bowls as another example of games people play.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion includes multiple viewpoints regarding the types of games and the nature of the photo submissions. There is no consensus on a single interpretation of the contest theme, as participants share diverse game-related experiences and photos.

Contextual Notes

Participants reference specific historical games and personal experiences, which may not be universally understood without additional context. The discussion reflects a variety of interpretations of the contest theme.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in photography, game culture, or community contests may find this thread engaging.

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Games People Play

Do you play games? Is it Bingo, dominoes, Bridge, or Clue? Do you toss horse shoe or bean bags in your backyard?

Snap a photo that is related to games that people play indoors or out.

Zz.

Contest Rules:

1. Any digital photo or digitally-scanned photo relevant to the theme will be accepted within the contest period. In case there's a gray area, or you're not sure if the picture is suitable, check with me first.

2. Please resize your digital photo to no more than 800 x 600 or 600 x 800 pixels. You may also crop your picture if you wish. You are also allowed to adjust the brightness and contrast of your picture but these should not dramatically alter the look of the picture. But other than those, any form of picture editing or modification is not allowed. This is a photo contest, not a picture editing/special effect contest. You may add a watermark or your name/nickname to the photo for identification purposes.

3. Upload your photos to any of the photo servers such as imageshack or photobucket. Then post it the relevant contest thread and link your picture using the img command. PM me if you do not know how.

4. Only ONE picture per member per contest. Once a picture is posted, it cannot be changed other than a total withdrawl by that member from that week's photo contest. Exceptions will be made for modification to comply with the rules, such as resizing.

5. At the end of the contest period, I will open a poll and every PF member can vote for the picture they like best.

6. Note that in case we have a large number of entries, I will do the polling in more than one thread. If that's the case, you can vote in each of the polling threads. The photos will be assigned in the polling threads in the order they were submitted.

7. The photo of the subject must be something that you took directly, not via in intermediary medium, and not taken by someone else. Unless otherwise noted, a photo of another photo, painting, print, etc. does not qualify.

8. You can use a picture only once. Once it is used in a contest, it cannot be reused in another contest.

9. Please post only pictures meant for submission in this thread. Photos not meant for submission must not be posted in the contest thread. Posting of more than one photos by a member may result in an automatic disqualification from the week's contest.

Zz.
 
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White Queen mates!
 
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(Diplomacy, one of my favorite games when I was younger)
 
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That reminds me. I have a game picture as well. :woot:
A group of us from college get together each year and this was one of our recreations of an ancient battle.

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Borg said:
A group of us from college get together each year and this was one of our recreations of an ancient battle.
Using your own rules or playing an established game?
 
DennisN said:
Using your own rules or playing an established game?
From what I remember, he tweaks existing rules to better fit the game. The initial setup was designed after an actual battle from around 100 AD. I forgot which one.
 
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Borg said:
@DennisN - It was a recreation of the Battle of Magnesia 190 BC between Rome and the Seleucid Empire.
@Borg Thanks! When you said 100 AD before, I got the feeling it involved Rome :smile:.
 
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Final day to submit your photo for this contest.

Zz.
 
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Game of bowls.
 
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