The Cosmopolitan Room's Photography Contest!

[Albert.]

Pokemon Showdown’s Cosmopolitan Room
Presents:

The July Photography Contest!​

Contest details:
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Throughout the month of July, the Cosmopolitan room will be hosting a photography contest in which users can submit photos that they’ve taken in an attempt to win prizes.

The rules are as follows:

• Each user can submit up to two photos to be judged.
• These photos must relate to the main focuses of the room. These being: Wildlife, Fashion, Travel/Landscapes, Dance, Celebrities/Pop Culture.
• The submitted photos MUST be taken by the user submitting them. If it is found that the photos are not your personal content, you will be disqualified.
• Photos may not contain any inappropriate/explicit content.
• Photos must be submitted by July 28th at 11:59:59PM EST.

How To Submit Your Photos:

• Upload your photo(s) to Imgur and do one of the following:
  • Email your photo(s) to pscosmopolitanroom@gmail.com. (this can also be done as an attachment if necessary)
  • Send your photo(s) to an RO over Smogon. (Champion Albert, anto, Bulbasword)
  • PM your submissions to an RO over Pokemon Showdown. (This is only if you are unable to submit via any of the other methods)

Prizes:

• 3rd Place: A spot on the front page of the Cosmopolitan website where your submitted photo(s) will be featured for the month of August.
• 2nd Place: A spot in the roomintro of the Cosmopolitan room. (and above)
• 1st Place: A $20 Amazon gift card. (and above)

Disclaimer:

We understand that everyone does not have professional photo-taking equipment, but that does not prohibit you from winning the contest. All photos will be judged equally on content.

Since the RO's of the room are the ones judging the content submitted, Cosmopolitan Room Staff is welcome to enter as well.

This contest is open to users across the server. Global staff are invited to enter as well.

By submitting photos, you are aware that they may be broadcasted in the Cosmopolitan chat/posted on the Cosmopolitan website.

We look forward to seeing your photos!​

 

[Felis]

:D Go cosmopolitan room for being awesome! :D

 

[ant]

Hello, I'm anto, one of the Cosmopolitan RO's! A lot of the people that submitted pictures wanted to see how's the competition going, so I'll be posting what we have so far. Enjoy the amazing pictures submitted by our userbase (in alphabetical order)

IMPORTANT: Click on one of the pictures to make it bigger

0and1
Cambodia || The Tokay Gecko, found in Cambodia


Aether Ring (Codedgryph)
Costa Verde, Lima, Peru


Arifeen
Niagara Falls


Authentication
The dead sea || Some weird stars


AzureEdge
Japan *ahem* Somewhere in NYC


BASED HOENN
Beach in Santa Marta, Colombia || Cliff jumping in Santander, Colombia


Berserking Now
Praying Mantis feasting on a fly || Checkered Beetle and Muscoid Fly on Birch


Blazeshadowthorn
A squirrel || Bubbles in the park


Cheek Pouch
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic || On the plane, above Knoxville, Tennessee!


Dirpz
A closed flower || A dead flower


Drift Wizard
Stanley Park's hollow tree is over 1,000 years old. It has been saved several times, and was preserved by private donations in 2009 || Robson Square's free summer salsa social dance


Felix Lux Lucis
Lake in Idaho called Bloomington (Bloomington Lake) || sunset over mountains, Idaho


Gorry
A building at the beach || "Umbrella market" in Mauritius


GXS
Walter the water dragon || Aussie sun setting over mountain range


Imanalt
Frigatebird


Jariibo
These are Moon Jellyfish. They take the color of light that shines upon them, as you can see in these pictures


Jimbo Morrison
Williamsburg Bridge heading west into the boro of Brooklyn, taken from the east river park in Manhattan on a clear sunny day || My front yard view of new york cities one world trade center


John76
Sunset Over Chicago Skyline (taken from boat) || Cows Near Hiking Trail, Israel


jonnyplasencio
Sunset at the beach


Lyto
Northumbrian Countryside || Pet Bearded Dragon, Aguera


macle
Jellyfish || Wild deer crossing the creek


Magnemite
Panda the cat


Prince Delibird
A creek in the woods behind my grandfather's house in New Hampshire || atop a mountain overlooking New Hampshire


Saburo
Weeping bottle brush || Two common ground doves sitting together


Satanic Gecko
Temptress || Soft Spoken


Seriph
A huge flock of birds in Hiawatha Park, Missisauga, Ontario || A ladybug on a small granite statue in Hiawatha Par


Shiba (xShiba)
Yuki, the white Shiba Inu || Running Quail


Spex554
A close up of the neck of the Greater One-horned Rhinoceros in the San Francisco Zoo || Kim from the band "Matt and Kim” performing at the University of Connecticut in October, 2014.


Spymunk
Flower at Community Service Event I took part in || New York City skyline


TEC-DC9
Jordan's worn 20 minutes from Times Square || Jordan's worn for a quick photo shoot in the Bronx


Th3Myst1cPanda
A pink flower on some lilypads || Light filtering down through the branches onto water


Villa
Plate boundary North Atlantic ridge, Iceland || Gullfoss Waterfall


Yeesus (YeesusIsDaMvp)
Random monkey in the danish indoor rainforest "Randers Regnskov"

 

[ant]

Updated post with Aether Ring & Authentication's pictures!

Edit: uploaded TEC-DC9 & Dirpz's pictures

 

[Ace]

These are some amazing pictures guys. Well done!

 

[ant]

Updated the thread with Felis Lux Lucis and Drift Wizard's pictures!

 

[ant]

AzureEdge's pictures and Authentication's second picture are up! As well as Dirpz's captions

edit: added macle's too
edit2: added Th3Myst1cPanda and GXS' pics

 

[ant]

added Drift Wizard and GXS' second pic as well as BASED HOENN's pics

 

[ant]

uploaded Jimbo Morrison and Lyto's pictures

edit: added Villa's second picture as well
edit2: added macle's second picture as well, as well!

 

[ant]

6 more days till we reach the deadline! check op if you're interested in submitting! :)

 

[ant]

added Berserking Now and Prince Delibird's pictures!

edit: added Satanic Gecko's pics

3 more days until we reach the deadline!​

 

[ant]

added Jariibo's pics!

edit: added Seriph's pics too

just two more days!​

 

[Albert.]

Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is the FINAL DAY to submit your photos for the Conest!
The winners will be announced in this thread and in the Cosmopolitan Room on July 31st.​

 

[ant]

Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is the FINAL DAY to submit your photos for the Conest!
The winners will be announced in this thread and in the Cosmopolitan Room on July 31st.​

^

and Berserking Now's second picture is up!!

 

[ant]

remember that today is the last day to submit pictures!

Photos must be submitted by July 28th at 11:59:59PM EST.

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edit: added Lyto's second picture!
edit2: added Yeesus' picture too :]
edit3: added Spymunk and Spex554's pics!

 

[ant]

Magnemite and John76's pictures were the last ones to be submitted. Thanks everyone for participating! BulbaSword, Champion Albert and I, will be judging and deciding the winners; they'll be announced in chat on July 31st. Good luck everyone and we hope to see you on the room soon and hopefully, on our next contest