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Housing snap competition!

Phew, after all the feat excitement, it's time to kick back and relax… with a new snap competition!  The theme this week is housing.  You've spent hours of time customizing your house, please share it with us!

To enter you simply need to Tweet a snap of your house or tower including the hashtags #glitchsnap and #myhouse.  The tweet needs to be publicly visible.  We will pick the winner for the 500 credit first prize next week.

May the best house win!

Posted 54 days ago by Mayor Quimby Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Is it meant to be one floor snap or several floors ?
    Posted 54 days ago by kepi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Kepi, it can be either.  The most important thing that the snap is of your house and looks great!
    Posted 54 days ago by Mayor Quimby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • is there a deadline? also, i need to just send it through my tweeter account? *does not use tweeter much*
    Posted 54 days ago by kepi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • May I post an old snap? Or this only applies to new ones?
    Posted 54 days ago by Kopek Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Deadline: one week! And, like all of these contests, it is totally acceptable to post old snaps, as long as they match the theme :)
    Posted 54 days ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • http://i.imgur.com/atRso.png 
    And the kitchen  is the like the flag of Italy. :)
    Posted 54 days ago by Misty Power Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lem.to/p/qAAV
    Don't get drunk at my house.
    You might find yourself naked, in the bed with someone you just met, with a gorilla watching.
    Posted 54 days ago by jiva Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just to be clear, you need to share your snaps on Twitter to have them entered in the contest.
    Posted 54 days ago by Mayor Quimby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Aw, rats. I dont have twitter. And got rid of my FB account.
    Posted 54 days ago by ꘑ ShadowCat2 ꖘ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nooo clue if this worked.  I had to figure this hashtag-thingamajig out for myself, and probably got it all wrong (because I've never bothered actually using my Twitter account until now), but still: http://t.co/vNclRAQJ
    Posted 54 days ago by Kipple Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't have twitter! Oh man! I really wanted to enter. :(
    Posted 54 days ago by Misty Power Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wait we can do multiple snaps right??

    And a Twitter account is free, guys. o.o
    Posted 54 days ago by Sororia Rose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Whew! Wasn't 100% sure if it was acceptable to post old snaps, so thanks for pointing that out.

    www.glitch.com/snaps/PUVKMV...

    Did this one last week; I've got a sequel for it planned. Can I enter that one too?
    Posted 54 days ago by Jus​tin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So, I tried to set up a twitter account today to enter in this contest. However, when I did it said, "Twitter is over capacity." What if I am physically unable (due to issues with twitter) to set up an account and enter this contest? 
    Posted 53 days ago by MaeBerry Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK, my pics are in!
    Posted 53 days ago by Lucille Ball Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mine too!
    Posted 53 days ago by Scarlett Bearsdale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Done. 

    https://twitter.com/mixedandtea/status/259764568111329281

    I don't like clutter... :3
    Posted 53 days ago by Piratice Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @MaeBerry: It'll fix itself up soon. The "fail whale" used to be the norm a couple of years ago.
    Posted 53 days ago by Jus​tin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Justin. It's fixed. Thank you! :)
    Posted 53 days ago by MaeBerry Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Question - is it just one snap that can be entered into the contest? Or can I post more than one?
    Posted 53 days ago by Kristen Marie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Question: Does it have to be a snap of the interior of the house, or can we submit a picture of the exterior as well?
    Posted 53 days ago by Laronmi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Here's my humble home
    Posted 52 days ago by Nika Stone Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Kristen Marie: You can enter as many snaps as you want

    @Laronmi: Exterior or interior, it doesn't matter to us!
    Posted 52 days ago by Mayor Quimby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i tweeted this gem: lem.to/p/MLsa
    you're welcome. :)
    Posted 51 days ago by awesome sauce01 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ugh! i tried to tweet a snap, i'm not sure it worked since i don't really use twitter. I pasted the snapshot from glitch, then added  #glitchsnap  #myhouse. I can't tell if it's any good.
    Posted 50 days ago by kepi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What's your name on twitter, kepi? I can look at your account and see if it pops up, if you'd like?
    And damn @awesome sauce01, if you don't win for the brilliant/hilarious snap - I don't know who will!
    Posted 50 days ago by MaeBerry Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Whoever it was that posted a picture of their tower in another thread last week that they turned into a board game should totally enter this!!!!
    Posted 50 days ago by Fadas Néboa Curuxa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I almost entered this for my own amusement: lem.to/p/ZSHs
    Posted 50 days ago by FyodorD Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hi Fadas: the snap you're thinking of was an entry from FyodorD and me. We couldn't enter it in this one because it was Fyo's house, snapped by me, after being decorated by both of us, and the rules stipulate that it has to be your own house or tower, snapped by you yourself.

    Besides, it's more fun to see new entries anyway. :) But thanks for thinking of us! Good luck to all entrants, this week and beyond!
    Posted 49 days ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink
  • awesome sauce01, that is hilarious. 
    At least the 'once seen can't forget ' effect is less vicious than usual :)
    Posted 49 days ago by Zira Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What's "tweet?"
    Posted 49 days ago by Melting Sky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i don't use twitter much, but i' wanted to enter this contest. I wish some clearer instructions were given for those who aren't so knowledgeable on these "trendy" sites. I'm sure i'll look like an idiot because i posted on my page but all the instructions above said was: 

    Tweet a snap of your house or tower including the hashtags #glitchsnap and #myhouse . There's nothing about finding the glitch page...which i see several ... 
    Posted 49 days ago by kepi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • https://twitter.com/ArthurDentUr  This is my twitter. I think I shared my tower snaps appropriately?
    Posted 49 days ago by Arthur Dent-Ur Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Twitter 101

    Twitter is a site that gives you a news feed that you can post to and, as long as you are not marked private, anyone in the world can see what you post (posts are called tweets). You do not need to post to any sort of Glitch page or follow any of the Glitch twitter accounts for them to find your tweets. 

    There are a couple ways to make it easy to find tweets... you can follow people and then you will see everything that they post/tweet. You can also search tweets - either by word (word) people (@username) or by hashtag (#hashtag).

    TinySpeck is using hashtags to find our tweets.

    Hashtags are used to help narrow in on words. People use them to make a word into a tag or category. For example, if you search "glitch" you will find a lot of people using glitch in a sentence ("Glitch with Maryland's new online voter registration will affect hundreds" "I think there was a glitch in the matrix") but if you search "#glitch" you will find tweets where people are emphasizing the word glitch. But glitch is such a popular word that it's not very useful for the purposes of the contest, so we are using two hashtags...

    #glitchsnap (which will show all tweets using the #glitchsnap tag, many of which aren't related to the contest) 
    and
    #myhouse (which will show all tweets using the #myhouse tag, many of which aren't glitch related) 

    By using both of those hashtags, TinySpeck can search both together and find the various contest entries. Of course, they aren't searching via twitter but through a different tool because twitter only shows a few of all the possible results. Other tools will show them all. So, if you don't see your tweet on the search page for both hashtags, do not panic. As long as you have used them both, you should be just fine!

    To find your tweet and to make sure that you have used both hashtags, sign into twitter. You will see a bunch of tweets from all of the people you follow. To find yours, click on your username in the upper left corner. This will show only the tweets that you have made.

    Feel free to ask me any questions (or hit me up in game for more of a tutorial) if this was a bit confusing. And no worries if you think it is the stupidest question of all stupid questions. I get twitter, but there are a lot of things in this world I do not get and oh boy do I have loads of stupid questions about those :)
    Posted 49 days ago by Vera Strange Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Contest Entry 101
    Note: you must have your twitter account linked to your glitch account to do it this way (there are other possibilities, but this is the easiest as it's integrated right into the game)

    Step 1: Take a snap
    * press C (to activate the camera)
    * press enter (to take the snap)

    Step 2: Save the snap
    * play with whatever filters
    * add a caption
    * click "Save Snap"

    Step 3: Tweet the snap
    A little screen will pop up telling you the snap was saved. It has a few options for sharing...
    * Click "Tweet"

    A little twitter screen will pop up with a prewritten tweet inside that has the caption you wrote along with a link to the picture and the #glitchsnap hashtag. For the purpose of the contest you need to add the contest hashtag here...
    * Click in the twitter (What's happening) window and at the very end add contest hashtag (currently #myhouse)
    * Click "Tweet"

    Step 4: Get out of camera mode
    * Click done (or view it or whatever you want to do from here)

    Step 5: Check twitter
    Optional, but suggested for the more obsessive/worrisome of us, like me ;)
    * Go to your twitter page (your user name after twitter.com. For example, mine is: twitter.com/VeraStrange)
    * Look at your latest tweet to make sure it's the picture you just snapped. (I'm sure it is!)

    Done!
    Posted 49 days ago by Vera Strange Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Query: Is the deadline past?
    Posted 48 days ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I tweeted!
    Posted 48 days ago by Amelia-Fae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Vera Strange, those are fantastic instructions and explanations for those of us who before now have never been tweety. Thank you for breaking it down into simple bits without making me feel like a moron.
    Posted 48 days ago by Sirentist Subscriber! | Permalink