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To make is easier to track what themes have been suggested, this will be a central location for proposing themes for future Screenshot of the Week contests.

Please limit answers to one theme per answer to allow for voting on individual themes. For submission, please have a short summary like "Glitches and bugs", followed by a small summary.

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    Will answers be removed once the theme has been done?
    – Fabian Röling
    Commented Apr 20, 2020 at 22:53
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    @FabianRöling no, we will reuse themes in the future
    – Dragonrage Mod
    Commented Apr 20, 2020 at 22:54
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    I added a couple of non-suggested themes used in previous contest, just to keep track and maybe reuse them in the future
    – pinckerman
    Commented Mar 13 at 17:05

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Theme idea: Secrets / Easter Eggs

Show off your favorite things in games that reference other things!

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #32: Secrets and Easter Eggs
  2. Screenshot of the Week #88: Easter (Eggs)
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Theme: Epic Fail

Show us your face-palming, gut wrenching, embarrassing epic moments of failure!

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  • I can't wait for this one lol
    – Taco
    Commented Aug 9, 2021 at 19:34
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Theme idea: Moments before Disaster

That split second before Murphy's law kicks in.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week #11: Moments Before Disaster
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Theme idea: Victory.

Win first place? Finish that impossible level? Conquer the world? Triumph and success, no matter how small, can be quite satisfying. Show off your victories.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #17: Victory
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Theme idea: Residence.

Whether it be a humble abode, intimidating castle, ivory tower, or fortress of solitude: it's time to show off your hours of work.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week #13: Residence
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Theme Idea: Hero Pose

It could be you or an NPC, show a character striking a cool pose for the camera!

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week #52 - Hero Pose!
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Theme Idea: Living with Nature

Screenshots of you working with nature/the environment, from buildings to befriending animals to using nature to defeat your foe

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week #72 - Living with Nature
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Theme idea: Classic.

All submissions must come from a game 10 years old or older.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #21: Classic Games
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  • How would this work with games that have been receiving continuous updates for 10 years? Minecraft and World of Warcraft both have been receiving updates regularly. Also, there fairly little difference with the 90s theme, just slightly more encompassing.
    – Nzall
    Commented Jun 15, 2020 at 21:40
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    @Nzall I would suggest the main focus of the submission would need to be from content that existed from the game as it was at least 10 years ago.
    – Batophobia
    Commented Jun 16, 2020 at 2:55
  • What about games that were released 10 years ago, but the content is TOTALLY different? Or mostly different? MMORPGs aren't known for keeping old content around. Tera, for example, closed a lot of old dungeons.
    – Ismael Miguel
    Commented Jul 20, 2020 at 11:36
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Theme idea: Water scenes.

On the water, under water, ocean views. Scenes with water as a major part of the composition.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #23: Water Scenes
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Theme idea: Loading Screens.

Everyone hates to have loading screens, but some are quite interesting or hilarious. Show us the best you've found.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #26: Loading Screens
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Theme idea: Achievements!

Show off your hard work in a game.

Your promotion in a competitive game. You standing victorious over that one Boss. You dinging to max-level.

Theme featured in:

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    I'd argue that this was featured in #17: Victory but we'll talk through it for the next themed week since we're already very late this week
    – Unionhawk Mod
    Commented Apr 5, 2021 at 21:50
  • I was about to add this theme to the current SotW, but first we have to discuss how to properly take screenshots of achievements. Do we count mentions? I know some games automatically take screenshots when an achievement is made, but the lion's share does not.
    – Joachim
    Commented Sep 19, 2022 at 22:23
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Theme idea: Love Declaration. (for a Valentine's Day week?)

Either between characters or from a character to an inanimate object/concept, either funny or sad, there's a lot of ways one could declare their love.

Theme featured in:

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    It'd usually seem a bit meh, but there was just a only-fans-will-get-it moment like this in the game I'm currently playing, so... why not :)
    – Jenayah
    Commented May 1, 2020 at 22:44
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    Could be simplified to Love
    – Fredy31 Mod
    Commented Mar 3, 2022 at 15:29
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Theme idea: Halloween.

Ghosts, pumpkins, monsters, demons, witches, and spooky stuff. Whatever your traditions are, show off something that represents Halloween.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #24: Halloween
  2. Screenshot of Week #50 - Halloween
  3. Screenshot of the Week #76 - Halloween
  4. Screenshot of the Week #102 - Halloween
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Theme idea: Explosions

Make something go boom! The bigger, the better.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week #104 - Explosions!
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Theme idea: Glitches and Bugs

Any weird/fun glitches or bugs that you experience while playing.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the week contest #5: Glitches and Bugs
  2. Screenshot of the Week #109 - Glitches and Bugs
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Theme idea: 90s (1990-1999) - No HD Remasters

Get retro. Only 90's kids will remember these.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #15: '90s
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Theme idea: Winter.

Winter is coming! Show us your frigid adventure, or cozy home you are holing up in to wait it out.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week contest #34: Winter
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Theme idea: Destruction!

Images of the highest level of carnage, debris, or otherwise broken and explodey stuff.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #42: Destruction!
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Theme idea: RNG!

Do the RNGods favor you? Show us your (un)luckiest moments.

That ultra rare drop you were lucky to get. Absurd moments caused by the world generator. You dying to that rare triple crit by the basic enemy.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #44 - RNG
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Theme idea: Photorealism

Screenshots that are impossible to distinguish from IRL photographs.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week #129: Photorealism
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Theme idea: Scenery

For sharing all the picturesque, hidden, or otherwise interesting locations or objects.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #8: Scenery
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Theme idea: Space Exploration.

Take us to where no person has gone before. What are you coolest finds out in space?

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #19: Space Exploration
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Theme idea: Robots/Synths/AIs

Show your appreciation for your robot overlords.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #40: Robots!
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Theme idea: Night

What makes you afraid of the dark? Does something lurk in the shadows?

Is it a peaceful, starry night? Does the night sky shimmer with dancing lights?

Scenes taken at night.

  1. Screenshot of the Week #48 - Nighttime
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Recurring Theme Idea: Game of the Year

Show off something from your favorite game from the past year. This could be an annual theme that happens every December or January, maybe coinciding with the Winterbash?

Theme Featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #30: Game of the Year 2020
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Theme Idea: Pets

Whether it's something traditional, like a dog or cat, or fantastical, like a chocobo or tiny dragon.

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week #58 - Pets
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Theme Idea: Moments After Disaster

Similar to moments before disaster, but the immediate aftermath.

Theme Featured in:

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Theme idea: Inventory

Immense stacks of potions, a pet, a fancy hat, trivial trinkets, mountains of gold, that one weapon-that-will-be-extremely-useful-in-that-very-particular-situation: show us what you got!

Theme Featured in: Screenshot of the Week #74 - Inventory

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Theme idea: Christmas

Just thinking ahead :)

Also: snowy landscapes, guiding stars, comfy carols, pagan ceremonies, useless gifts, trees with lights in them, krampuses, turońs, zwarte pieten, and other figures that perpetuate misopedic, sexist, and racist traditions. Merry Christmas!

Theme Featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #28: Holiday
  2. Screenshot of the Week Contest #54: Happy Holidays 2021!
  3. Screenshot of the Week #80 - Happy Holidays 2022!
  4. Screenshot of the Week #105 - Happy Holidays 2023!
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  • It's been 3 years since this was posted and I've edited it multiple times, and I am just now realizing the last few items in the paragraph... uhhhhhhhhh
    – Timmy Jim Mod
    Commented Dec 19, 2023 at 16:12
  • @TimmyJim Yeah, the history of many contemporary holidays is quite loaded. And what a well-chosen platform to bring that up, right?
    – Joachim
    Commented Dec 19, 2023 at 19:01
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    I knew what you were going for, I just totally missed it
    – Timmy Jim Mod
    Commented Dec 19, 2023 at 19:09
  • @TimmyJim Understandable, given the circumstances :)
    – Joachim
    Commented Dec 19, 2023 at 19:12
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Theme idea: Giant monsters.

I already have a good one for this category, I want to share it. ;)

Theme featured in:

  1. Screenshot of the Week Contest #36: Giant Monsters
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