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Perfect World Build Contest III: Rabbit Hole Edition
This is a building and photography contest to be judged by pictures only. It is the sequel to my Perfect Home, Perfect World and Perfect Lot, Perfect World contests.
The aim of this instalment in the series is to build a community lot to replace one of the rabbit holes in an EA world of your choice. The lot should express some of the quintessential characteristics of the world you have chosen. It should not seem out of place in its surroundings, but do not be afraid to try something unique and creative.
Deadline
This contest is currently set to close at 11.59pm BST on Friday 5th August 2016.
Index
Rules
Judging Criteria and Prizes
List of Rabbit Holes
Entry Form
Winners
This is a building and photography contest to be judged by pictures only. It is the sequel to my Perfect Home, Perfect World and Perfect Lot, Perfect World contests.
The aim of this instalment in the series is to build a community lot to replace one of the rabbit holes in an EA world of your choice. The lot should express some of the quintessential characteristics of the world you have chosen. It should not seem out of place in its surroundings, but do not be afraid to try something unique and creative.
Deadline
This contest is currently set to close at 11.59pm BST on Friday 5th August 2016.
Index
Rules
Judging Criteria and Prizes
List of Rabbit Holes
Entry Form
Winners
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- Should include an accessible copy of the rabbit hole it is replacing. (See the bottom of this post for guidelines for replacing combined rabbit holes.) You can use any version of the rabbit hole object, and will not be penalized if this part of the build isn't especially attractive, provided it is tucked away somewhere discreet. The basement is an ideal location.
- Must be built on the same lot as the rabbit hole it is replacing. If it's from an expansion pack and you are not building in the corresponding world, you may use any lot that is empty when your chosen world first loads.
- Must be your own from start to finish. You are replacing an EA lot, not just making one over.
- Does not need to be new, but must not currently be entered in another contest or have placed in a contest in the past.
- Should not be a resort. (See List of Rabbit Holes, below.)
- Can cost whatever you like.
Content
- All EA objects are allowed, including limited edition and promotional content. Please excuse me if I have to ask you what something is.
- CAP is allowed but no other third-party CC. Please give credit and links if you have used someone else's patterns.
- Buliding cheats, hidden stencils, and DebugEnabler's 'move' function' are all allowed.
- Mods that lower bloom indoors will give you an unfair advantage. Please be honest and do not use them.
Pictures
- You may share no more than fifty pictures in total.
- Only ten of them may be shown in this thread. Please link to a separate thread or slideshow for the rest. All the pictures will be judged; I just don't want this thread to end up full of loads of massive posts.
- Please show floor plans of every level, and at least one front and one rear view. You'll also need to provide at least one picture of every room, although for most rooms you'll probably end up taking a lot more.
- I'd like to see eye-level pictures where possible, but for very tiny rooms I understand if an overhead shot is all you manage.
- Try to avoid zooming out to much in tab mode, or your build will end up looking like a goldfish bowl.
- You can use borders if you really want to, although no extra points will be awarded for them. Please don't use colour edits or filters on the pictures themselves.
This Thread
- You may enter up to four times, but each entry must be for a different world AND different rabbit hole type. You can win only once.
- If you want to make changes to your entry, just go ahead and edit your original post. We won't start judging until the contest has closed. Please do not make any further edits after the deadline has passed.
- Feel free to share links to further/older builds just for fun if they're relevant.
- WIP pictures, inspirational pictures, questions, encouragement, and general chit-chat are all very welcome!
Architecture: 15 Points
Points will be awarded for aesthetic appeal, technical proficiency & ingenuity, and how well the build expresses your chosen world.
Interiors: 15 Points
Points will be awarded for aesthetic appeal, lighting, technical proficiency & ingenuity, how well the interiors complement the exteriors, and how suitable they are for your chosen world.
Landscaping: 15 Points
Points will be awarded for aesthetic appeal (particularly in relation to the rest of your build and the surrounding area), and how well your landscaping expresses your chosen world.
Functionality: 25 Points
Points will be awarded for including features appropriate to the type of rabbit hole you are replacing.
Photos: 10 Points
Since this is a photos-only contest, having clear screenshots will impact your scores in all categories. However, in this category, points will be awarded for the more formal aspects of the images: good angles and centering, lack of grid-lines, and so on.
Judges
GreenCats
tanubanue
Prizes
First Place: Store gifts worth 1650 simpoints PLUS the code for a copy of Into the Future
Second Place: Store gifts worth 1400 simpoints
Third Place: Store gifts worth 1000 simpoints
Fourth Place: Store gifts worth 700 simpoints
Fifth Place: Store gifts worth 500 simpoints
Sixth Place: Store gifts worth 300 simpoints
HM for Architecture: Store gifts worth 50 simpoints
HM for Interiors: Store gifts worth 50 simpoints
HM for Landscaping: Store gifts worth 50 simpoints
Sponsors
GreenCats - 700sp
tanubanue - ITF code
Kgaff - 2500sp
aricarai - 2500sp
Additional judges and sponsors are very welcome!
Abandoned Warehouse
Administration Centre
Annex
Arboretum
Bistro
Bookstore
City Hall
Diner
Film Studio
Grocery
🐸🐸🐸🐸 Wagon
Hospital
Masoleum
Military Base
Office Buliding
Plumbot Competition Arena
Police Department
School of Art
School of Business
School of Science
Science Lab
Skydiving Centre
Spa
Stadium
Stellar Observatory
Theatre
Vault of Antiquity
As you can see, I have included some of the smaller rabbit holes like the masoleum, arboretum, and vault of antiquity. If you choose one of them, try to imagine what it would be like inside these places: don't just make a regular park or library that happens to have the rabbit hole object on site.
I have not included resort rabbit holes on this list because they really only exist to allow resorts to function, and can't operate independently from them.
There is no equestrian centre listed because horse routing requirements would mean the rabbit hole would have to be at ground level, which wouldn't leave you enough space to show off your awesome building skills.
Guidelines for Combined Rabbit Holes
If the lot you are replacing features a combined rabbit hole, you should make sure your build both is inspired by and includes the rabbit holes for each of the component types.
I don't mind whether you use the original combined rabbit hole object or separate rabbit hole objects for each. However, if you are uploading your build or using it for your own game play, you may want to bear in mind that the combined objects cause some opportunities and careers to bug out.
If the rabbit hole object you want to use is too big, you can stick it in the basement. That's what people building these types of lots usually do.
The lunar lakes rabbit holes are great for this sort of thing because they're smaller than others. You can incorporate them into the design of the build if you're going for something futuristic, or just tuck them away out of sight.
You include the original rabbit hole object (or an equivalent from a different world) from the community lot objects menu.
Sims will use whatever facilities you have built, but they will also have access to the rabbit hole object for careers, opportunities, skill classes, etc.
No.
Thank you so much to everyone who entered this contest! I really enjoyed chatting with you all here, and looking through your fabulous entries.
First Place 1650sp plus ITF @BakingNerd with Riverview Country Hospital (We loved your Hidden Springs Grocery too, but the hospital scored a little higher.)
Second Place 1400sp @Catdog123 with Serenity Gardens
Third Place 1000sp @SjappielovePaul with Bornego College
Joint Fourth Place 700sp each @ZeeGee and @LadyEmillye with Crumplebottom Cafe and Sunset Valley City Hall
Let me know what you'd like to do with your winnings!
Many, many thanks also to our generous points sponsors for allowing us to reward your hard work and creativity with such generous prizes.
@Kgaff How would you feel about taking care of BakingNerd and LadyEmillye's prizes? (2350sp)
@aricarai And for you, Catdog123 and SjappielovePaul? (2400sp)
I can gift ZeeGee. (700sp)
The prize amounts aren't divided up exactly as I anticipated because we only had five contestants, and we ended up with a tie for fourth place, but I hope that's all okay!
Finally, a special thanks to @tanubanue for donating her Into the Future Code and also for helping me out with the challenging task of judging these lovely builds.
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Lot Name:
Rabbit Hole:
World:
Address:
Lot Description:
Download Link [Optional]:
Pictures:
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Entries
Sunset Valley City Hall by LadyEmillye
Bornego College by SjappielovePaul
Serenity Gardens by Catdog123
Riverview Country Hospital by BakingNerd
Hidden Springs Grocery by BakingNerd
Crumplebottom Cafe by ZeeGee
This actually sounds interesting!! However.... I *do* have a question regarding the above. ^^
What - exactly - do you mean by we "should include an accessible copy" of the rabbit hole we're going to replace?? If you want us to build on the same lot (as the rabbit hole), wouldn't that mean that there's NOT going to be enough room?? #confused
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If the rabbit hole object you want to use is too big, you can stick it in the basement. That's what people building these types of lots usually do.
The lunar lakes rabbit holes are great for this sort of thing because they're smaller than others. You can incorporate them into the design of the build if you're going for something futuristic, or just tuck them away out of sight.
I hope this helps!
Lol, I was just typing up a similar comment.
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I hope you get a lot of interest @GreenCats as this is so much fun to do and I think we all like to see "useable" rabbits holes.
@MsPrissy88 - Sometimes when people put the rabbit hole building in the basement, they don't leave enough space in front of "all" the doors or around the stairs. Some rabbit holes have back doors where sims will get trapped if there isn't a second set of stairs nearby.
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Thank you, Ciane
And thanks for that great tip. Checking where all the entrances are is definitely a good idea!
Btw, off topic, but did you see I nominated your blog for an award? I get notifications when other WP users link to my site, but I'm not sure if everyone does? Here's the post: https://gcsims.com/2016/05/15/the-spirit-animal-award/
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Ahhhhhhh..... So, what we're going to build will actually be used by our sims; and not the original? Am I correct in thinking this? We're just going to plunk the original (unless it's small) downstairs "out of sight" - as it were.
See, as I was reading through everything, I actually have something in mind that I would like to try. Of course, I'll have to see if I can find it in the world I'm thinking of. lol
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Ok! I'm in.
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@ciane Looked like I missed your post too! Congrats on the nominations from other simmers. Looking forward to checking out the sites you listed xx
You include the original rabbit hole object (or an equivalent from a different world) from the community lot objects menu.
Sims will use whatever facilities you have built, but they will also have access to the rabbit hole object for careers, opportunities, skill classes, etc.
Wonderful!
It was leftover from when I intended to allow rabbit hole replacement doors/rugs. But the rabbit hole object is large, and you would need to place it in the basement to allow space to build, and obviously that would mean the horses wouldn't be able to get in! (But if you started planning one out, you probably already realised this yourself...)
I've checked through the list a couple more times, and everything else on there should be fine.