Yesterday the NDA lifted, allowing beta testers to post pictures, talk about the beta, and post videos. So the developers over at SV thought it would be good for marketing and along with showing everyone the game, to have a Machinima Contest. Earlier yesterday Maerlyn posted the rules and the contest deadline. The deadline for the contest is December 14th, with some talk of extending the deadline. The full post can be found below or in the subforum.

The Subforum can be found here, along with some videos that have already been posted. A few of them have been of the combat system, while one has been a walk through of the Morin Khur the Khurite capital. We can only wait for more videos to start poping up. So stay tune for more coverage of the Mortal Machinima Contest 2009.

Update: Thanks for Maerlyn for the update, as there is now a graphics card up for grabs for the first place winner.

Mortal Online Machinima Contest
2009

Show us what you got. Jump into the game, get your mates, make a video and upload it to youtube. Show how you build your house, create an awsome piece of armor, re-enact Braveheart, or explore the wonders of Nave – it doesn’t matter. As long as it’s cool and will impress our judges.
The contest will run from today November 23rd until noon November 30th (GMT+1). As soon as you’ve uploaded your video, make a thread in this subforum, post the link and maybe a short description of what you are going to show us. Make sure you also link back to your thread in the video description on youtube.

Rule of engagement:

• between 3-7 minutes long
• English only
• no nudity or at least blurred/blacked out (meh, youtube… whatcha gonna do)
• no copyrighted music
• you are allowed to dubb (in English)
• make sure you are not breaking youtube’s TOS

The 3 best videos will be awarded not only with the respect of the developers and the community, but also with these cool prizes. They will also be featured on mortalonline.com.
Note that the Avatars are handcrafted and approved by our 2D God, Lord Hannu himself.

Now go get crazy – it’s the Emperor’s will!