Portal Screenshot Contest

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Chikorita
38 Posts
Posted May 31, 2012
Today the German Portal Magazine starts a new contest:

Shoot the best Screenshot from Portal or Portal 2!

What's "the best" screenshot? Well, that could be everything. We just want to have a picture, about that we'd say "Wow, that's great!" or something else.

The best screenshot will become the cover for issue 6 of the German Portal Magazin (www.portal-mag.de).

Also, the winner may choose 2 of the following Steam games. The 2nd place may choose one of the remaining games:

  • BIT.TRIP Runner
  • EDGE
  • Machinarium
  • RUSH
  • Super Meat Boy
  • Swords and Soldiers HD
  • Toki Tori
  • VVVVVV

(The games will be delivered as a Steam gift.)

You may:

  • Make screenshots from Custom Maps - so you can create your own background.
  • Use "noclip" to get to a better shooting point.
  • Send in more than one screenshot - but only your latest picture will participate in this contest!

You must not:

  • Edit the picture with a graphic tool.
  • Make screenshots from other games than Portal or Portal 2 (e.g. an Aperture Test Chamber in Minecraft).

The screenshots may be released before. Of course, you must make the screenshot yourself, don't take pictures from the internet or somewhere else.

Send in your screenshot until June 23rd, 2012 at 11:59 PM. Send the picture to [email protected] or just post it into this thread.

More information (in German language): http://www.st-gerner.de/portal%2Dmagazi ... 5&seite=14

Hint: You can make screenshots by hitting F12 ingame.

Have much fun and good luck!

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Lpfreaky90
2,842 Posts
Posted May 31, 2012
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I have a higher resolution if you like.

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BEARD!
169 Posts
Posted May 31, 2012
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Something from portal stories there I take it?

As for myself, I was always pleased with this screenshot from Upstairs Downstairs.

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RubyCarbuncIe
303 Posts
Posted May 31, 2012
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I decided to start off with something from the main story. I always liked this point in the room it shows all the detail of the decaying chamber and just how broken it is.

I may or may not post something from one of my own maps later on. There are quite a few places in them that I like and need to poke around at to find the best one.

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shad0w440
51 Posts
Posted Jun 01, 2012
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I really liked this area
I don't know if this is allowed or not but I used console commands to add more bloom and depth of field blurring.
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mZLY
87 Posts
Posted Jun 01, 2012
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I think never having to play any of those games would make a better prize TBH.
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Brainstone
401 Posts
Posted Jun 01, 2012
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No. I have played VVVVVV and Machinarium and they were both very enjoyable.
Also, you have just hit WinstonSmith, who is a great Machinarium fanboy (or girl? I can't remember.)

As for the contest, I will shortly participate with my own screenshot.
EDIT: Here it is. Screenshot of one map of my upcoming mappack.

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josepezdj
2,386 Posts
Posted Jun 01, 2012
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mZLY wrote:
I think never having to play any of those games would make a better prize TBH.

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RubyCarbuncIe
303 Posts
Posted Jun 01, 2012
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mZLY wrote:
I think never having to play any of those games would make a better prize TBH.

I wouldn't say that, Super Meat Boy seems enjoyable.

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shad0w440
51 Posts
Posted Jun 01, 2012
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RubyCarbuncIe wrote:
mZLY wrote:

I think never having to play any of those games would make a better prize TBH.

I wouldn't say that, Super Meat Boy seems enjoyable.

I enjoyed VVVVVV

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ChickenMobile
2,460 Posts
Posted Jun 01, 2012
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2012-06-02_00002.jpg
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Groxkiller585
652 Posts
Posted Jun 02, 2012
Replied 7 hours later
Are we only allowed one screenshot?

Here's mine:

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spongylover123
944 Posts
Posted Jun 02, 2012
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Here's mine.
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mZLY
87 Posts
Posted Jun 04, 2012
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Okay, well for me at least, these games suck. I think it would be much better to say '1st place = any game(s) to the value of x'. That way the winner can choose whatever they want and with Steam sales, older/indie games and whatnot you can usually pick up a decent game relatively cheap.
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RubyCarbuncIe
303 Posts
Posted Jun 04, 2012
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Okay I've found a good original screenshot from one of my "Secondary Fire" maps. This one is called "Patience"

Here is a larger shot: http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/577 ... 4F2B0EDC2/

I really love how this image turned out. Hope the rest of you all like this image as much as I do. It's hard to compete with the rest of them though. Everybody's custom maps look great and I cannot believe that shad0w440's image was taken in-game just by using console commands. That one looks as though it was edited in an actual editor. (This was meant as a compliment.I'm not trying to say "That wasn't taken in game! GTFO!" It's an amazing shot!)

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spongylover123
944 Posts
Posted Jun 04, 2012
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I made it all pretty, my final entry.
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GLaDOS CUBE
163 Posts
Posted Jun 20, 2012
Replied 16 days later
A Map For Back Stock http://www.moddb.com/mods/back-stock I Just MadeA Higher Resolution Is Available If You Want.
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Another Bad Pun
516 Posts
Posted Jun 21, 2012
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Here's my entry:

Larger/better version: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/59442409/Baxterbts.png

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tesselode
16 Posts
Posted Jun 21, 2012
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Wait, when does this contest end?
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RubyCarbuncIe
303 Posts
Posted Jun 21, 2012
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@tesselode June 23rd two days from now. That's listed on the OP.