2025 Homecoming Base Contest (Rules & Entries thread)

[Archanarchist]

On 4/2/2025 at 5:11 PM, Dacy said:

Judging does not start until May 4th, so you have some time to finish this. Bases need to be complete to be judged, unless they look and feel complete without whatever it was you were going to finish. However, an unattached teleport point will be pretty obvious.

 

The novice category was created for both the new builder, and the casual builder.  If you're not hiring out for commissions, or entering contests and building prolifically, you probably are just fine in the novice category. If you feel like you should not be in novice due to your skill level, by all means, feel free to switch categories, as the "novice" tag will also be reflected in any title earned. 🙂

 

well the base has been being casually built since 2019.
the core of base is the central room and gimel point out the police box door
its been complete for a year+ 🙂 

yedth point is just where i play about with ideas. 
(and as such will never be complete and usually have junk laying about)
all parts of base even yedth, usually, telepads, points ext work.
i could temp disable the yedth point TP if youd like

i mostly put it in for ppl to see it so i dont really care what category it is
if after u see it u think it should stay in novice leave it there otherwise if u think i have some tricks
in amongst it novices wouldnt know 
put it in open 🙂

[Pyracles]

• Your character name: Axe Maniac

• Your Global handle: @Pyroplasmic

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: The Secret Place Where We Meet

• The shard it is located on: Reunion

• The passcode for entry: secretplace-8396

• The category your base is entering under: fantasy / arcane

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: none

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: 

[Dacy]

Okay! I have updated the TOUR hubs to make touring Contest Bases easier. (Which is why I include this post in this topic).

 

All the current entries have been included in the appropriate categories, and I will update as I can as others enter the competition. Also, still in the TOUR hubs are the bases that still have valid codes from last year's Showcases. I am happy to add any other bases, whether they are in the contest or not, so people can find them while in game.

 

Everlasting: TOUR-33691
Excelsior: TOUR-30788
Indomitable: TOUR-11167
Reunion: TOUR-9105
Torchbearer: TOUR-14480

Victory: TOUR-893

 

The TOUR hubs list base codes and builders and owners, and Everlasting and Excelsior also include a category for Clubs and Venues. There are macros you can copy for base hopping, and portals to all the zones.

 

Edited April 6 by Dacy

[ShardWarrior]

• Your character name (Red Star Holder): Green Paragon

• Your Global handle: @Shard Warrior

• Your base’s name: The Watchtower

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: PARAGON-15105

• The category your base is entering under: Tech/Sci-Fi

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles:  None

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand:   Highest visscale is recommended.  Flight is optional, but fun if you do have it for exploring the exterior of the station.  Vanguard shuttles in the hangar bay are teleports out onto orbiting asteroids for exterior views of the station.  There is something of a hidden easter egg of future base projects I am working on somewhere on the map.  The easter egg is continued in the story of Research Station P2X-374, the Paragon Corps base on Torchbearer and Indus VII, the Paragon Corps base on Indomitable.  

• More information about the Paragon Corps and The Watchtower here - 

   

Edited April 16 by ShardWarrior

[lemming]

• Your character name: Scales

• Your Global handle: @Lemming

• Are you the owner? Y

• Are you the builder? Y

• Your base’s name: Protectors

• The shard it is located on: Victory

• The passcode for entry: Victory-248

• The category your base is entering under: Novice

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @ZapDevil @Aehr

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: Just a functional base that has everything needed in one room.  And since we needed at least some sort of entry on Victory.  I'm happiest about the base portal spots now.

[Dacy]

Just a note...Indom also has no entries. (But it does have a hub. Now I'm off to build another hub on Victory...)

Edit: I wanted to delete these posts as they are more appropriate for the discussion thread, despite the fact that that is not where the issue arose, but the editor here will only let me hide posts, not delete them.. Further discussions will take place in discussion thread.

Edited April 6 by Dacy

[lemming]

30 minutes ago, Dacy said:

Just a note...Indom also has no entries. (But it does have a hub. Now I'm off to build another hub on Victory...)

I thought there were hubs.  Victory-229 was an early one.   (Oh! Tour Hubs!)

Edited April 5 by lemming
doh!

[Lukester]

• Your character name: Emerald Specter

• Your Global handle: @Lukester

• Your base’s name: Midtown

• The shard it is located on:  Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: MIDTOWN-29367

• The category your base is entering under: Realism

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @Lukester

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand:
  Midtown is a massive city block surrounded by tall skyscrapers and glimmering towers. It is connected to four transit tunnels. The main feature is Emerald Square, a park with an amphitheater, food courts, pavilions, and more. /visscale 5 for best viewing distance.

Edited April 6 by Lukester

[Morgahn]

• Your character name: Auron.

• Your Global handle:  @Magikh

• Are you the owner?  I am the owner

• Are you the builder? I am the Builder

• Your base’s name:  Keepers of the Mists

• The shard it is located on:  Excelsisor

• The passcode for entry:  Mists-18552

• The category your base is entering under:  Other

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand:
  Mists is a base meant to have a garden feel.  It's a work in progress, about 2/3 complete.  Key game-related features (vendors, portals, etc) are all near the entrance, the rest is purely aesthetics.

Edited April 6 by Morgahn

[Ragdoll]

• Your character name: Abyssinia

• Your Global handle: @Bootstrap

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: Telemachus Park

• The shard it is located on: Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: PARK-36846

• The category your base is entering under: Nature

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @Bootstrap

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: I'd recommend /visscale 5 or 6! There's also a hidden entrance to underground caverns, but they aren't integral to the general build or vibe.
  
  Attaching below the location of the underbase-on entering the cave behind the hanging vines, there's a portal point hidden in the water at the base of the steps. Enjoy!
  

Edited April 7 by Ragdoll
Including directions for underbase access.

[Coolt2]

• Your character name: Coolt

• Your Global handle: @Coolt

• Are you the owner? Yes

• Are you the builder? Yes 

• Your base’s name: The Silver Scholars

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: Hemingway23-30038

• The category your base is entering under: Tech / Sci-Fi

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: I am the sole builder. 

[BlackRose]

• Your character name: Irradiated Chaos

• Your Global handle: Spider Rose

• Your base’s name: The Fellowship of the Phoenix

• The shard it is located on:  Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: SPIDERROSE-21850

• The category your base is entering under: Novice

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @Spider Rose, @DaReaperMan

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand:  The base is primarily built on the roof. The portal hub to the interior rooms is beside the merchants. Only a few of these are used, all are present for future expansion. The 'Samekh' point leads to the crafting area.

[Viking Queen]

The base owner (the character with the red star in the member list) must submit the entry in this thread with:

• Your character name: Nike Victrix

• Your Global handle: @Viking Queen

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: Victrix Historical Society

• The shard it is located on: Torchbearer

• The passcode for entry: Victrix001-4102

• The category your base is entering under: Arcane

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: 

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: 

[Aalya]

• Your character name: (Red Star Holder) Sabina

• Your Global handle: @Aalya

• Are you the owner? Yes

• Are you the builder? Yes

• Your base’s name: Dryad's Tree

• The shard it is located on: Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: DRYAD-20249

• The category your base is entering under: Fantasy/Arcane

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: N/A

• Things to know:

  • Entrance path: It is NOT recommended to fly on the entrance path. Go straight after entering, open your map, and continue in a westerly direction. This is the only path forward. It twists, but doesn't split. It is meant to feel like you are getting lost in the woods, making the main area hard to find. If you go east from the base portal instead, this will lead to other portals. Continuing east and walking through a bush will lead to a hidden shortcut portal (if you're boring or lazy 😉 )

  • Main area: The pathway through here in basically a circle. If you get really lost, just keep walking and following the wooden planks. You'll get somewhere eventually.

  • Hidden areas: There is a hidden cave entrance in the swimming pond (portal is marked by a blue crystal), a pixie village near the swimming pond, and an underground study under the training area.

  • Services: This is a fully functional base, but all of the service items are hidden as I personally find them ugly.

[GarBear1000]

Your character name: Nini T-BOSSLady

Your Global handle: @TITANIUM11

Your base's name: Merlins Cafe'

The shard it is located on: Exelsior

The passcode for entry: BOSSLADY-34255

The category your base is entering under: Novice

Contributing builders' names or Global handles: @TITANIUM11 & @Canthro

Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: The Serafina Shards are there as Ion transmitters to purify the air. Be kind this is my very first attempt at a Base. Thank You! 😄

 

[DarionLeonidas]

• Your character name: The 20th Century Man

• Your Global handle: @DASHER

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: The League Against Nemesis

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: LEAGUE-11865

• The category your base is entering under: Tech/Sci-Fi

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @DASHER

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: It's language-agnostic, and there's an attic. 🙂

[Alienzen]

• Your character name: Lenny

• Your Global handle: LifeBringer

• Are you the owner? Yes

• Are you the builder? Yes

• Your base’s name: Monoculars for Peace

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: eyes-34389

• The category your base is entering under: Novice/Basic

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles:  None
  Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: It's the little details that make it fun!!

Edited April 13 by Alienzen

[Dacy]

12 hours ago, Viking Queen said:

• Your base’s name: Victrix Historical Society

• The shard it is located on: Torchbearer

• The passcode for entry: Victrix001-4102

Please correct your entry information, this is not the sg listed for the code listed, and the code is invalid. Thank you!

[Rastille]

• Your character name: Deathrunner

• Your Global handle: Rastille 

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: Skull Haven

• The shard it is located on: Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: RUNNER-35723

• The category your base is entering under: Realism

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: N/A

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: RP-friendly, neighborhood-style base with a variety of businesses and living spaces. Several businesses are interiors accessed via a door portal (e.g., Cloud Clean, Flamestone Apartments, Nina's, Urgentis Health, Runetech, Emerald, RedStar Fitness, and The Neon). Others are walk-up accessible (e.g., Runners, Rustford and Banebury, Lazarus Investigations, and The Farmer's Market). Several of the businesses have less-than-legal activities going on in (casino, smuggling, cage fighting, brothel)!
  
  A few additional RP-oriented spaces are tucked away on the rooftops.

[Dacy]

On 4/10/2025 at 6:29 AM, Viking Queen said:

• Your base’s name: Victrix Historical Society

• The shard it is located on: Torchbearer

• The passcode for entry: Victrix001-4102

The correct code for this, for everyone who is visiting, is Victrix001-3323.

 

[Jayn'ell]

• Your character name: Audibella

• Your Global handle: @Jayn'ell

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: Universal Debt Riders

• The shard it is located on: Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: Debtors-19587

• The category your base is entering under: Nature

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @Jayn'ell

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: An ode to remote islands with secrets

Edited April 13 by Jayn'ell

[SabreOne]

• Your character name: Iron Saviour

• Your Global handle: @Bowstrike

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: Agents of H.E.R.O.

• The shard it is located on:  Excelsior

• The passcode for entry: Codeword-24503

• The category your base is entering under: Novice

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: @Red Skorp1

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand:  Trying to make a believable tech base of ops for SG. Not wholly completed, still trying to add an outside flight deck area but am stymied as to how to create an outside environment for that area.

Edited April 16 by SabreOne
forgot to include some info: Owner/builder

[josephgudgeon]

CHARACTER NAME: Hell Lord Satan

GLOBAL HANDLE: @Shadow Vendetta

OWNER:: Hell Lord Satan / @Shadow Vendetta

BASE NAME: Hell's Demonic Legions

SHARD: Excelsior

Base Passcode: HELL666-13805

CATEGORY: Fantasy / Arcane 

PRIMARY BUILDER: Hell Lord Satan / @Shadow Vendetta     ( 80% )

SECONDARY BUILDER: Wolfgangsmergnof / @Wolfgangsmergnof  ( 20% )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 16 by josephgudgeon

[ScarredSilencer]

• Your character name: Build'En Bill

• Your Global handle: @ScarredSilencer

• Are you the owner: Yes

• Are you the builder: Yes

• Your base’s name: "The Intrepid Sparrow Mk. 4"

• The shard it is located on: Everlasting

• The passcode for entry: SPARROW-25676

• The category your base is entering under: Tech / Sci-Fi

• Contributing builders’ names or Global handles: Just Me!

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: 
  
  Note 1: Please ensure that all judges are utilizing /Vis_Scale 5
  Note 2: The following build was a self-imposed challenge to build as compact and tight within another large object(s) [Praetorian Tunnel Generator Models]
  Note 3: As with the note above, the rest of the base is mostly set dressing (although there is a landing terminal you can enter in the back, and the warehouse in the beginning) for the main attraction: The Intrepid Sparrow starship. As such, the ship is better explored at a walking pace (there is MANY doorways on both the left and right with lots of detailed rooms, you do not want to move fast in there.), and preferably in a first person, or very zoomed in camera. The build is intentionally small, to reflect what a ship interior really would look like to scale.
  Note 4: The starship has two floors. It is accessed via the immediate left door upon entering the ship, and up a steep industrial stairway. Alternatively, it can also be accessed via an emergency ladder partway down the first corridor, by jumping upward through the hole. (7 rooms on first floor, 9 rooms on second floor)
  Note 5: The ship was designed with average height characters in mind, utilizing the fit gizmo.
  
  Lore!!: The original idea of this build came from four roleplay characters, various aliens from different planets and places in another galaxy making a stop on Earth. The four of them are a team of Bounty Hunters, looking for their next Bounty located on Earth. In the meanwhile, they parked at a major landing pad to stock up on supplies, rest, and prepare for their hunt. You will find various tools, gadgets, and armaments on this ship, as well as living spaces and amenities for long term space travel, including cryo sleep pods! Hailing from the Veyga Galaxy, the Intrepid Sparrow was a retrofitted junker utility ship, with various conversions and modifications made to it to be a formidable chase and getaway vehicle. 
  
  

Edited April 17 by ScarredSilencer

[scruff]

 

• Your character name:   Burden of Sin   *(Factorio is the red tag owner of the base SG, same account)

• Your Global handle:   scruff

• Are you the owner?:  Yes!

• Are you the builder?: Yes!

• Your base’s name:   Scala Naturae

• The shard it is located on:  Everlasting

• The passcode for entry:   BIRDHOUSE-33864

• The category your base is entering under:     Other / Misc.   
  ( Home and Living design, wasn't sure where to put this - feel free to relocate its category if Misc isn't the place for it 😳)
   

• Any additional information you wish the judges to know beforehand: 
  An astral, modernized sanctum far-removed from Paragon City or even the familiarity of your very home-dimension! Curious sprites and housekeeping Fey are abundant in this place as groundskeepers - be kind to them and they shall be kind to you.
    

• This is my first base I've worked on and I have a lot of historical progress pictures of its evolutions over the last year or so - the exterior used to be a cityscape before a roleplay event shifted it into a more extra-dimensional space! Make sure to check out the garden if you like greenery, you can reach it through the upstair balcony through the master bedroom or the little patio exit on the first floor.

• It was designed to be a fully walkable and relatively natural-feeling floorspace while including comforts, recreation and necessities in a fantasy gothic-industrial presentation. 🕊️ 🖤

• (ps. the 'flickering' on the front door seems largely unavoidable due to reflection-funnies with the space biome sky lighting, sorry!)
  
  I owe a lot to Dropout, Bootstrap, Squidget and ScarredSilencer as mentors and motivations for this home project!
  Thank you, Everlasting 💖

Edited April 19 by scruff