Game Types: Retail and Classic
Event Duration: December 21, 2023 - January 5, 2024
Photo Deadline: January 5, 2024 @ 11:45PM PST | See your time here: https://everytimezone.com/s/e33e3764
Winner Revealed: January 11, 2024

The time has finally come! Aion players from all servers have absolutely stunned us in the Discord server with their game photography. We are so excited to finally give you a contest to submit your best photos of the season!

Holiday cheer is being spread throughout Atreia through festive events and seasonal cosmetics! Throughout all servers, players will have the chance to participate in holiday events and interact with various famous holiday characters. Your mission is to capture the holiday spirit the best you can through a joyously composed in-game photo. Strike a pose with in-game friends, travel solo to frigid landscapes, or create something entirely unique. The creative possibilities are up for you to decide! Your only mission is to take the best Holiday photo possible and submit your merry masterpieces to Discord for a chance to sleigh the competition and win epic prizes!

Each game type will have its own competition and set of rewards. That's one competition each for Retail and one for Classic. If you are one of these winners you will bring home the rewards found below and gain yourself a new special Discord role on our server to show off your photography skills!  

Join our newly launched Discord here where we have been making many updates: https://discord.gg/YcpB3zkCgJ

The photos will be judged by our Aion team + NCA staff and winners will be released on Thursday, January 11th on our Discord!

Rewards

Place 

Retail 

Classic 

1st 

[Event] Paragon Weapon Selection Box 

[Event] Empyrean Lord's Holy Water X 5 

[Event] Winter Holiday Weapon Selection Box 

[Event] Lv110 Enchantment Stone 

[Event] Major Ancient Crown X5 

Cute Solorius Weapon Selection Box 

2nd 

[Event] Empyrean Lord's Holy Water X 3 

[Event] Winter Holiday Weapon Selection Box 

[Event] Major Ancient Crown X3 

Cute Solorius Weapon Selection Box 

3rd 

[Event] Winter Holiday Weapon Selection Box 

Cute Solorius Weapon Selection Box 

 

Rules

  • The photo must be taken during the Contest duration. Do not post old photos. This makes it so everyone has a fair chance to submit a photo with what is currently available in Aion.

  • Using image editing software to retouch, add filters, excessive color enhancements, or any other manipulation is not allowed. However, you may adjust the cropping, brightness, and contrast of your photos.

  • Do not post your photo in the Discord channel in a file format that is not compatible. Make sure your image is showing correctly in the channel. Tips on how to convert the photo are below.

  • Only one submission per person

 

How To Participate

1. Starting December 21, 2023 take a Holiday styled photo using the in-game screenshot command (Print Screen button) or any screengrab program to take a picture.

2. Use your creativity to make the picture stand out! Photography tips below.

3. The in-game screenshot tool takes .jpg photos. You should be able to post these directly to Discord. If you are using a separate tool and need to convert to .jpg, try using this site: https://cloudconvert.com

4. Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/YcpB3zkCgJ

5. Post your photo in the #retail-holiday-contest or #classic-holiday-contest channel in the CREATIVE Category. If it is not showing up in your channel list, please click on "Channels & Roles" and then "Browse Channels" to find and enable the CREATIVE category.

6. When you post your photo, please also type in your character's name. This will be the character that is awarded the items if you win.

6. Each person may only submit one photo during this contest. If you have characters on another game type server, please choose only one contest to submit to. Do not double up and submit the photos to each contest. Choose a game type and submit to one only. If you've submitted your first photo and have decided later during the event that you'd like to replace it, simply delete the old photo and upload the new one to the same channel.

7. On Thursday, January 11th, the Top 3 photos from Retail and the Top 3 photos from Classic will be announced and the rewards will be sent to you in-game. 

8. Have Fun!

Photography Tips

  • Remove all the game interface by pressing F12 to unclutter the frame
  • To take a screenshot using the in game tool, the default button is Print Screen on your keyboard. After, pictures will save in: C:\Program Files (x86)\NCSOFT\AION\Screenshot or
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\NCSOFT\AION_CLASSIC\Screenshot. It is also possible that your default directory may be: C:\Program Files\NCSOFT\...
  • Use creative composition with the in-game camera! Be creative! Use it any way you'd like. It can be a selfie or your player doesn't even have to be in the picture. The only rule is that your photo is Holiday related.
  • Items, other players, weapons, and more can all be used to add creativity to your photo. Again, the only rule is that it is Holiday related.
  • Be creative with your camera angles.
  • Try raising your graphics to high to enhance the photo.

Good luck players and we can't wait to see what you all come up with!