Author: Katarh Mest

Voting ended yesterday but work (and my island, ahem) ate me alive so I didn’t actually close the poll until today. No matter, all the votes were in days ago, and the winner for the month of August was Chibi Blu!

With Patch 6.2 out and all the hosts for ENTM healthy again (hopefully) we plan to have an announcement soon for the next cycle!

Happy Patchmas everyone!

The theme for August was “Smaugust” and our photographers were tasked with getting a screenshot with a dragon or dragon-kin anywhere out in the world. We had four entries this month. Please view each image and then vote for your favorite in the Google poll below. To view each image in a larger size, please click on the middle, and then use your browser’s back button to return to this screen.

Voting will be open until 11:29 PM ET on August 29th, 2022.

If you are having trouble viewing the embedded Google poll above, please click on this link to open the poll in a new tab instead: https://forms.gle/SywaY3mvDwr2WPKK7

The theme for August this year is going to be the delightfully punny Smaugust – go out and take a screenshot with a dragon buddy! This can be any dragon in the game, however, since we don’t have a Smaug specifically (yet.)

The August Challenge will accept entries until 10AM ET August 20th, 2022. Submit your entry and your character name for voting to Admin Katarh Mest on Discord.

The prize will be as always a small item from the Mogstation, the right to choose the next month’s theme, and your winning image on the front page of the ENTM website.

ENTM contests are open to the general screenshot community. You do not have to have participated in any ENTM contest before. You must, however, be a member of our Discord community to see the winner’s announcement. ENTM monthly contest screenshots must be “vanilla” – no mods, no Reshade, and no post processing allowed. You must include the FFXIV copyright notice on the shot to allow us to post on our website for voting. Please submit one (1) original screenshot for this contest, not used in any other contest before or posted on social media. Also please include the character name for voting. No other restrictions apply beyond these and the challenge theme as described above. Do not taunt happy fun ball.

Please >>>click right here<<<< to join the ENTM Discord community if you have not done so already!

Voting was very close this month, with all three entries getting plenty of votes. However, the winner for July 2022 on the theme of “The Reapers” was Forthyn S’yel! Congratulations!

We will be announcing the August theme shortly! (As a reminder, ENTM long form cycles are currently on hiatus until after Patch 6.2.)

We have three entries for this month on the theme of The Reapers. Please view each image below, and then vote for your favorite in the Google poll! Voting will be open until July 30th, 2022, at 11:59 PM ET.

If you are having trouble voting using the embedded poll, please click on this link to open the Google poll in a new tab instead: https://forms.gle/gvsHaZmariJp1GNJ7

The theme for the month of July is going to be The Reapers. When I was in Barcelona, I learned the origin story of the XIV reaper storyline is based on real life events – peasants revolted against invading forces in an event known today as the Reaper’s War.

As always, our challenges are considered open ended, so you don’t have to use the Reaper class itself – or any of the lore, real or in game. Grab this theme, make it your own, and take the best screenshot that you can!

Entries for this challenge will be accepted until Friday, July 22nd at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. To enter, send admin Katarh Mest your screenshot, along with your character name. The prize for the challenge is a small item from the Mogstation, your winning shot on our front page, and the right to choose the theme for the next month.

ENTM contests are open to the general screenshot community. You do not have to have participated in any ENTM contest before. You must, however, be a member of our Discord community to see the winner’s announcement. ENTM monthly contest screenshots must be “vanilla” – no mods, no Reshade, and no post processing allowed. You must include the FFXIV copyright notice on the shot to allow us to post on our website for voting. Please submit one (1) original screenshot for this contest, not used in any other contest before or posted on social media. Also please include the character name for voting. No other restrictions apply beyond these and the challenge theme as described above. Do not taunt happy fun ball.

Please >>>click right here<<<< to join the ENTM Discord community if you have not done so already!

Voting is over and the winner for the theme of Indoor Portrait for this month was Chibi Blu for her gorgeous studio shot with roses and melancholy carbuncle costume.

Congratulations!

We’ll be posting the next challenge soon, and hopefully news about our next cycle soon as well.

Better late than never! We had four entries this month on the theme of “Indoor Portrait.”

Please view each of the shots below, and then vote for your favorite using the Google form. To view the image in a larger size, click in the middle of the image, and then use your browser’s back button to return to this blog post.

Voting will be open until Friday, July 1st at 11:59 PM ET.

Sign in is required to prevent duplicate voting, but your email address is not recorded. If you are having trouble voting using the embedded form, you can also open it in a new tab by clicking on this link: https://forms.gle/AZc9WuRJn4SbYr6i7

The theme for the month of May was the very open ended Bubblegum. We had six entries on this theme, going in wonderfully different directions for inspiration.

Please look at each image in full size by clicking on the middle of the shot, and then use your browser’s back button to return to this page. Vote for your favorite in the Google poll below! Voting will be open until Sunday, May 29th at 11:59 ET (because I will be out of town Friday-Sat.)

If you are having trouble voting in the embedded poll above, please click on this link to open the poll in a new browser tab: https://forms.gle/1Y9d6Xd9ieHnPWLc7

The challenge for the month of May is a single word prompt: Bubblegum. This is a very open ended challenge, and you can interpret it however you want! (Since we don’t have a chew gum emote just yet….)

Entries for the May Challenge will be accepted from now until Friday, May 20th 2022 at 11:59 PM ET. To enter, send your screenshot and your character’s name for voting to Admin Katarh Mest on the ENTM Discord.

The winner will receive a minion or other small item from the Mogstation, their screenshot as the header image on our website, and the right to choose the next month’s theme!

ENTM contests are open to the general screenshot community. You do not have to have participated in any ENTM contest before. You must, however, be a member of our Discord community to see the winner’s announcement. ENTM monthly contest screenshots must be “vanilla” – no mods, no Reshade, and no post processing allowed. You must include the FFXIV copyright notice on the shot to allow us to post on our website for voting. Please submit one (1) original screenshot for this contest, not used in any other contest before or posted on social media. Also please include the character name for voting. No other restrictions apply beyond these and the challenge theme as described above. Do not taunt happy fun ball.