2025 Ultima Online Overdrive Halloween Decoration Contest

Faytality

Faytality

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2025 Ultima Online Overdrive Halloween Decoration Contest
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It’s time for the Halloween Decoration Contest! We want to see your creepiest, spookiest, most creative haunted homes. Show off your sinister style and see if your house has what it takes to impress the judges!



Rules​
1. Deadline: All submissions must be posted by October 31st, 11:59PM PST
(that’s November 1st: 2:59AM EST / 1:59AM CST / 12:59AM MST). Anything posted after the deadline will be disqualified.

2. How to Enter: Post your screenshots in this thread only. This thread is for OVERDRIVE contest submissions only. If your house is on Forever, then please post your submission in the designated thread for the Forever Halloween Decoration Competition. If you would like to discuss other players houses, you are free to do so outside this thread. Please be respectful.

3. One House per Player (per server): You may submit one house on Ultima Online Forever and one house on Ultima Online Overdrive. That means if you play both servers, you can enter both contests with separate designs. No side-by-side houses or sneaky extras! We will only judge within the four corners of your plot.

4. Original Work Only: Do not recycle old contest entries, copy designs from the web, or enter staff-created builds. Houses must be completely player-built and decorated. Players are free to work as a team, the rewards will be locked down in the winning houses.

5. Halloween Required: Your house can have any Halloweenesque theme (pirates, haunted carnival, twisted pumpkin patch, etc.), but it must include some form of Halloween decoration.

6. Coordinates Required: Include your house’s (X,Y) coordinates in your post so judges can visit in person. If we cannot access your house, we cannot judge it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do NOT use a sextant to get your coordinates. Use the provided map, with the coordinates in the upper left corner. Coord example (1111,1111). If your house is inside of an instance please provide the owners name.

7.We Judge Everything: Every floor and every corner will be judged. Make the most of your space! This includes your cellar!

Tips for Success ​


Have a Theme or Story: Whether it’s a haunted pirate cove, a twisted pumpkin patch, or a horror scene from pop culture, a clear theme or story makes your entry memorable. This also gives judges insight to your design choices. It can change a judges thoughts from "why would they put that here?!" to "Oh, that's why, then that's pretty cool."

Balance is Key: More is not always better. If your house looks like a box of Halloween deco exploded inside, your score will suffer. Likewise, empty or ignored areas will drag you down. You should strive to have a thoughtfully decorated area, that looks neither too busy of empty.

Attention to Detail: Sometimes the smallest touches are the coolest. Clever use of ordinary items in unexpected ways can really impress the judges.

A Note on Screenshots: We are not judging based on screenshots. The real judging will only take place in person when staff visit your house for inspection. Screenshots are mainly for other players to enjoy and to help staff confirm we are at the correct location. If you’re holding back because you want your screenshots to look pristine, don’t risk missing the deadline. It’s always better to post what you have than to be late.

Don't be so hasty to clean up after Halloween: Please also keep your houses fully decorated until winners are announced, as judges will be visiting them after the submission deadline.

Rewards
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First place: 10k dono, a golden Cthulhu idol, and the Necrobanisher's Tome (2648 moss born, silver slayer spellbook)

Second Place: Silver Cthulhu Idol and 5k Dono

Third Place: Bronze Cthulhu idol and 2.5k Dono

All eligible participants will receive a Cthulhu's 2025 Halloween Participation Jack-O-Lantern. (Animated container.)

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welcome to last remaining Island of evil! stranded on an island are the last remaining evil spirits! God doesnt exist over here! These witches capture, torture and experiment on anyone they can catch around their lands! the ones that dont make it are buried there forever!,many sacrifices take part every week to praise the devil! Every Halloween these witches appear to capture anyone they can! Beware around these parts! many good souls tried to conquer this island but the demons n pumpkanons defend this place! Noone is safe here!
the teleport pad outside will bring you to the first floor, Here we have the child of the corn in jail waiting his experimental meds to turn him into the King of zombies, along with the recent failed experiments in the glass of fluids to be preserved for history,

The second floor is where the devil is worshipped, and many sacrifices left for the great Lucifer himself, so he can keep blessing this island with evil intentions!we have even sacrificed santa claus! he was our greatest sacrifice ever!

The third floor of this Island from hell. is the graveyard, where all the test subject that failed are buried, some are even trying to break threw and resurface, our surgical table is always in use, removing organs and adding other organs and meds to create the ultimate beast to rule the world!

To the Roof of our island oasis! take the telepad from the third floor, here we have 2 Pumpkannons with pumpkin ammo to defend againt the good who tried to stop evil.we have our flames n torched burning to show anyone to never enter !
https://imgur.com/a/VOFdaF8
 
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