Hey everybody,

After some silence and server issues, it's finally time again for new vault quest! Especially with the quarantines going on in many countries, this will hopefully give some entertainment!

However, because of the server issues, we thought up of a new concept that will hopefully lessen the load on the server a bit, trying to avoid big peaks that might hurt it. So, what's up?

The same:
- Contest has a theme
- Users can upload 2 (supporters 3) shots that fit that theme
- After uploading, solving starts
- Don't upload shots that fit the theme but are NOT intended to the vault, or additionally to your quotum.

However, especially the uploading phase will be a bit different, so what's changing:
- Uploading goes through New Submissions (NS). We want you to pick your shots for the vault as you normally would, but upload them as NORMAL QUIZ SHOTS, in the NS section
- You then add the specific tag "doorway vault" to indicate your shot is intended for the vault
- The shot goes through NS normally, so it can slowly collect some votes and solves before it hits the vault
- After it got into Feature Films (and it will have to get in there!), we will manually move the shot to the vault. It will disappear from view for a while, but it will still be there.
- After a set period of time, we stop moving shots and will open the vault to the public. You can then all continue solving until the vault runs out, as normally. The solving will starts at a silly time, but as you all could already go and solve during its NS phase, you won't need to hunt for first solves anyways ;)

You ARE allowed to use Awesome Uploads to get a shot for the vault straight into Feature Films, but you are not allowed to use this to go beyond 1 shot per user per movie. This does mean that there is a possibility that there will be multiple shots of the same movie in the vault.

Now, the theme. I already hinted it, but after the great suggestion here on the forum we only had one choice: Open doorways! It's a great thing to keep in mind that there will again be better days in the future where we can freely run around outside again. Keep up the good hope!

When are we gonna do this?
"Upload" phase starts: 14-Apr-2020, 19:00 Central European Time
"Upload" phase ends: 28-Apr-2020, 18:59 CET
"Solving" phase starts: 29-Apr-2020, 5:00 CET (yes, middle of the night)
"Solving" phase ends: 6-May-2020, 5:00 CET

So, I can imagine there will be questions for this new concept, so go ahead!

Hello ,I hope to read the new rules in French, my English is not so good.. Thank you , may be some other players would appreciate ? also the " FF" , "AU", all the abreviations, I think that it will be easier to understand for new players and avoid mistakes if exact words were used (Feature Film instead of FF) Well, may be it doen(t concern anyone... Thank you for reading my request..

thanks,
one more question, what's the tag gonna be

So I can't use a movie from which I already have uploaded 5 regular shots (I'm a supporter)?

May I try more shots if some don't make it to FF until I reach 3 in FF?

@MisterZob Thank you.

@Asmodai, oh ok, I thought it was just an example, thanks.

Sure.
Allowed:






NOT allowed:

(It's not a doorway, it's a tunnel or tube)


Although it may be a tad open, the door is not the focus of the shot nor is it fully open.


It ain't open


It's a closet, not a doorway.

Are slide doors ok?

I'm thinking of Asian movies.

hello,
you guys pulled one of my "doorway vault" snap secret stash but not another.
my question is: do all FF "doorway vault" snaps get stashed or is it up to you?
or maybe you haven't gotten around to it?
question is just so I know if I need to upload others or not?
thanks

thought so, thanks

Also please be aware that your shots must have reached Feature Films before 28-Apr-2020, 18:59 CET (that's 19:59 Central European *Summer* Time), which means they must have been posted in New Submission at least 24h before that.
If you use an Awesome Upload, you may upload until the deadline, though.