Community Events

## Contests

Community contests consist of photography and build/map competitions. These contests typically last anywhere from one week to one month. Each event usually has multiple winners which are revealed on the Discord server and sometimes on the Twitter page.

### Farm Decorating Contest

* **Start Date:** October 16, 2023
* **End Date:** November 1, 2023

In this contest participants had to decorate their own farm in My Farm Life. Judges decided the best decorated farms.

Rules & Guidelines
* This contest is for decorating the outside of your farm, not the inside of your house.
* Any vanilla blocks or mechanics available in the game can be used.
* Up to two people can decorate a farm. The player's farm which is being decorated needs to be the one to enter their farming group into the contest.
* All participants must be a member of our Discord server.
* All builds must be appropriate and follow our rules.
* Participants cannot have an active ban on the server or Discord during the time of the contest. If a player gets banned anytime before the winners are announced, they will be disqualified.

Rewards
Top Prize

* 1000
* 3 months ELITE
* Exclusive Legendary "Charming Farmer" title
* A My Farm Life Early Access gift code
* An existing furniture pack from the store
* 50 Fertilizer

Honorable Mentions

* 500
* 1 month ELITE
* A My Farm Life Early Access gift code
* 25 Fertilizer

### Summer Art Contest

* **Start Date:** July 17, 2023
* **End Date:** July 31, 2023

The Summer Art Contest is a contest where players could make any kind of art related to Galaxite and Minecraft with no limitation on what art style players could use.

Rules
* Keep it appropriate and kid-friendly
* Art must be entirely made by the submitter
* Art must be Galaxite & Minecraft related
* Must practice good sportsmanship towards fellow artists
* Only one account can claim the prizes for winning with one piece of art
* The submitter must be a member of the Galaxite Discord to enter this contest
* The submitter is ineligible to win if they are banned on the server or Discord Server

**First place**

* Art gets displayed on Galaxite's server, social media, Discord, and Website
* A "Amazing Artist" legendary title
* 500
* 30 days of ELITE

### Photography Competition March 2023

* **Start Date:** February 23, 2023
* **End Date:** March 10, 2023

* Players may submit up to 3 images per category in as many categories as they would like. If they submit more than three, only the first three will be counted.
* A player cannot win more than 3 of the categories to give opportunity for other players to win.
* All images must be appropriate and respectful. Anything that isn't will be disqualified.
* All pictures must be taken by the submitter. Anything stolen from another source will be disqualified and the submitter could be banned.
* The submitter can use any resource or shader pack they would like, as long as it's appropriate!
* Any category the submitter does not want to enter can be skipped.
* Best Party Picture - A picture with friends (3+ people)
* Funniest Picture - A funny picture (appropriate)
* Best Selfie - A picture of yourself in-game
* Best Picture With a Helper - A picture with a Server Helper
* Best Scenic Picture - A picture of scenery found in the game
* Best Playground Picture - A picture taken in the Playground
* Best Chronos Picture - A picture taken in Chronos
* Best Core Wars Picture - A picture taken in Core Wars
* Best Parkour Builders Picture - A picture taken in a Parkour Builder’s Map
* Best Hyper Racers Picture - A picture taken in Hyper Racers

* 30 days of ELITE, per category (90 days max)
* One pet of the player's choice!
* Exclusive Legendary “Photographer” title!
* The winning images shared on Galaxite's social media sites, website, and Discord server.

Photography Competition March 2023 Winners:

Best Party Picture - norbix112Funniest Picture - RedStoneManCZBest Selfie - philandheatherjBest Picture with a Helper - InvilAvocadoBest Scenic Picture - AbbyjckBest Playground Picture - RedStoneManCZBest Chronos Picture - norbix112Best Core Wars Picture - Genesis 1 1 BBest Parkour Builders Picture - AbbyjckBest Hyper Racers Picture - SplattyYT
### Photography Competition January 2022

* **Start Date:** January 5, 2022
* **End Date:** January 21, 2022

Guidelines
* A player cannot win more than three of the categories to give opportunity for other players to win.
* You can submit only three images per category. If someone submits more than three, none will be counted.
* All images must be appropriate and respectful, anything that is not, will be disqualified.
* Any category a player does not want to enter can be skipped.

Categories
* Best Playground Hub Picture - A picture taken in the Playground
* Best Hyper Racers Picture - A picture taken in Hyper Racers
* Best Rush Picture - A picture taken in Rush
* Best Chronos Picture - A picture taken in Chronos
* Best Main Hub Picture - A picture taken in the Main Hub
* Best Party Picture - A picture with friends (2+ people)
* Best Selfie - A picture of yourself in-game
* Best Scenic Picture - A picture of scenery found in the game
* Best Picture With a Helper - A picture with a server Helper
* Funniest Picture - A funny picture

Rewards
* 30 days ELITE.
* One store item of winner's choosing (per winning category).
* The winning images shared on Galaxite's social media sites, website, and Discord server.

Photography Competition January 2022 Winners:

Best Hyper Racers Picture - X0iAmGamez0XBest Main Hub Picture - goodlilneohBest Chronos Picture - BaconBuddy14Best Party Picture - X0iAmGamez0XBest Playground Picture - RedStoneManCZBest Picture With a Helper - philandheatherjBest Rush Picture - goodlilneohBest Scenic Picture - AbbyjckBest Selfie - wakefulpromoFunniest Picture - RedStoneManCZ
### Prop Hunt Build Contest

* **Start Date:** May 24, 2021
* **End Date:** July 7, 2021

Players created a Prop Hunt map that is inescapable, similar size to current maps on the network and have a unique theme that compliments the current props.

Rules
* You may work in groups of up to four people.
* The map(s) should be built by the builders. If someone submits a map built by someone else or stolen from somewhere, they will be banned.

Prize
Winners were given the Season 4 Battlepass and one vanity item of the winner(s) choice. Their map was added to Galaxite and the creator's names will be displayed below the map name when the map is selected during games.

Winners
Circus by Abbyjck, MrDucky4037, JJason, REAL Gleam; Sphinx Ship by SevenScroll5003, Argent7879; Kyoto by LavieGS, NULL1017.

Winning Maps

### Core Wars Map Contest

* **Start Date:** December 2, 2020
* **End Date:** January 3, 2021

Players built Core Wars maps for solos, duos, and quads. Maps were required to have two spawn islands built with a core (2 for quads) and an iron drill, a spawn point, and two shopkeepers marked out. 1-2 Ender Chests should be placed somewhere near the shop points. 2-3 diamond drill islands.

Rules
* You may work in groups of up to four people.
* The map(s) should be built by the builders. If someone submits a map built by someone else or stolen from somewhere, they'll be banned.

Prize
Winners were given the Season 3 Battlepass and an optional vanity item from previous shops tailored to the winner(s). Their map was added to Galaxite and the creator's names were to be displayed below the map name when the map is selected during games.

Winning Maps
 Apex Studios:
LazarusRunestar, Real Gleam, TnT II Darkness, ChirpyBacon

OlympusRunestars' BreachSakura
### Chronos Build Contest 2022

* **Start Date:** May 22, 2022
* **End Date:** June 20, 2022

Players were given the chance for their builds to be added to the Chronos map.

The choice of areas to edit were Port, Lighthouse, and Rome (a team could only win once)

Rules
* You may work in groups of up to five people.
* The map(s) should be built by the builders. If someone submits a map built by someone else or stolen from somewhere, they'll be banned.

Prizes The three winning teams, one for each section, got their area added in-game. They were also given the Season 6 Battlepass, 30 days of ELITE, and a dropship of their choice from the store.

Winning Areas
 QuirkyGalSav, WispyGuitar1, Lexieepav, JALONACE08

### Pixel Art Contest

* **Start Date:** November 8, 2020
* **End Date:** November 16, 2020

16x16 block pixel arts were created using the default Minecraft resource pack.

Rules
* No copyrighted or trademarked material
* No plagiarism
* No blood or gore

Prizes
Winning pixel arts got added to the game and added as an emoji on the Discord Server, 30 days of ELITE, and the Season 2 Battlepass.

Skull by HarryBeestGalaxiting by LavieGSTHE SHELL by ButterPal
### Photography Competition 2020

* **Start Date:** December 16, 2020
* **End Date**: December 21, 2020

Take a photo on Galaxite following one of the categories below:

* Best Party Picture - A picture with friends (2+ people)
* Funniest Picture - A funny picture
* Best Selfie - A picture of yourself in-game
* Best Scenic Picture - A picture of scenery found in the game
* Best Picture With a Helper - A picture with a server Helper
* Best Main Hub Picture - A picture taken in the Main Hub
* Best Chronos Picture - A picture taken in the Chronos
* Best Core Wars Picture - A picture taken in the Core Wars
* Best Fill the Gaps Picture - A picture taken in the Fill The Gaps
* Best Prop Hunt Picture - A picture taken in the Prop Hunt

All images must be appropriate and respectful, anything that isn't, will be disqualified.

Prize
* 30 days of ELITE.
* One item available in the store.
* winning image shared on Galaxite social media sites and on the Discord server.

Winners
Winners were announced on December 23, 2020.

Best Scenic Picture - JxnnahRxseBest Fill The Gaps Picture - GabePvPxBest Picture With a Helper - GabePvPxBest Core Wars Picture - JxnnahRxseBest Chronos Picture - AbbyjckBest Selfie - AbbyjckFunniest Picture - BaconBuddy14Best Party Picture - THE SHELLBest Main Hub Picture - LavieGSBest Prop Hunt Picture - GabePvPx
### Chronos Video Competition

* **Start Date:** October 4, 2020
* **End Date:** November 27, 2020

Short videos were created themed around our game Chronos. It could be any kind of video as long as the video contained kid-friendly so it could appeal to all ages without high volume levels and repetitive flashing lights.

Rules
* Must be at least 90 seconds long and not exceed 4 minutes in length
* Theme must be centered around the game Chronos
* Video must be uploaded to YouTube and set to public
* Video should have "Chronos" in the title somewhere
* Only one submission per person

Prize
Multiple vanity items (tailored to the winner) and 30 days of ELITE.

Winner
Galaxite // New Game 「Chronos」 by LavieGS

## Events

Community events consist of scavenger hunts, login events, and interactive holiday specials. These events typically last anywhere from one day to a few weeks. Scavenger hunts require the player to go off in search of specific items scattered throughout the hub and/or minigames. Once all items are found, the player will be rewarded with a vanity item. Login events simply require the player to log in during the event to claim the reward. Interactive holiday specials are where the player enjoys a cinematic experience.

### Clock Hunt

* **Start Date:** October 1, 2020
* **End Date:** November 5, 2020

The clock hunt was available during Season 2. In the hunt, 10 clocks were equally spread around the hub. Finding a clock would reward you with 10 time shards.

### Gummy Bear Hunt

* **Start Date:** November 5, 2020
* **End Date:** November 30, 2020

The Gummy Bear Hunt is a scavenger hunt that required players to go off in search across the hub and different minigames to find different colored gummy bears.

Finding a bear rewarded the player with that bear as a core.

There were eight gummy bears available at that time, as presented below:

### Sam & Danni: Halloween Special

*Main article: Halloween Event 2020*
* **Start Date:** October 31, 2020
* **End Date:** November 11, 2020

The Halloween special was where players could ride down the rivers of Oakmir towards the festival where everybody in the town was heading to.

* The reward for completing the Sam and Danni Halloween Special was a Vampire Danni avatar.
* The reward for finding every Pumpkin in the Event was a Cauldron core.

Vampire Danni AvatarCauldron Core
### Avatar Hunt

* **Start Date:** October 15, 2020
* **End Date:** October 22, 2020.

This **Avatar Hunt** was a collaboration between Galaxite and The Misfit Society, where both worked together to "revamp" the hub and added an exclusive 1 week long avatar hunt, as well as two new Core Wars maps, "Elder Springs" and "Painted Cliffs". This was a promotional effort for The Misfit Society's new map "Totems". The avatar hunt consisted of going around the hub finding clues and finding a total of 3 new avatars, in addition to this if you found all three you would receive an exclusive core for the minigame Core Wars.

PriestElder PriestZealot
### Advent Calendar 2020

* **Start Date:** December 1, 2020
* **End Date:** December 25, 2020

The 2020 Winter Advent Calendar was an event that rewarded players for logging in every day during the event. If a player did not log in during one of the days, they then missed out that day's vanity item.

### Cinco De Mayo 2021

* **Start Date:** May 5, 2021
* **End Date:** May 6, 2021

The Cinco De Mayo event was a one-day login event, logging in from May 5th–May 6th would grant everyone who joined a "Cinco De Mayo" title and taunt. This event also brought along the Festivo Bundle that could be bought for 830 . The Festivo Bundle included six items that can be seen on the store.

Cinco De Mayo TauntCinco De Mayo Title
### Crab Hunt

* **Start Date:** July 13, 2021
* **End Date:** October 14, 2021

The Crab Hunt scavenger hunt launched with Season 4 and lasted until Spookfest took over the hub. Players were tasked with finding crabs scattered across the hub and were rewarded with a crab core for finding all 20 hidden crabs.

### Galaxite's First Birthday Event

* **Start Date:** July 26, 2021
* **End Date:** August 12, 2022

The hub was changed into a special birthday theme and the number 1 was hidden in 5 places around the hub that players had to find and were rewarded with special birthday themed vanity items!

First Anniversary TauntFirst Anniversary GravestoneFirst Anniversary Core1 Year Title

### Spookfest 2021

* **Start Date:** October 14, 2021
* **End Date:** November 4, 2021

The Spooky event featured a Halloween-themed hub, and the removal of the Crab Hunt was followed by a new hunt; Pumpkin Hunt! Smash the randomly spawning pumpkins across the map for experience rewards! Including a special reward once you've gotten enough pumpkin smashes. These rewards are:

Pumpkin Smashing Achievements
Title

### Snowman Hunt

* **Start Date:** November 23, 2021
* **End Date:** March 13, 2022

The Snowman Hunt released with Season 5 and challenged players to find 25 snowmen scattered across the hub to unlock a Snowman gravestone.

### Winter Fest 2021

* **Start Date:** December 9, 2021
* **End Date:** January 27, 2022

Players could collect ornaments from minigames to progress through milestones and purchase items. With ornaments, player could buy a selection of cosmetics. Collecting ornaments came with a variety of ways such as winning a game, granting 20 , killing players in the Frost Fight LTM which was specifically made for ornament harvesting. Frost Fight would grant 5  per kill and 3 different types of ornaments were available in loot boxes across the whole server.

The Ornaments that players collect would permanently stay in their balance and instead of spending them, players need to simply have the amount in order to unlock and receive an item.

The ornaments that the whole Galaxite community has collected would all accumulate to the global ornaments number, and eventually unlock more items with the same idea!

### Twos Day 2022

* **Start Date:** February 22, 2022
* **End Date:** March 1, 2022

Twos day was an event full of 2s. Players could find four cosmetics themed around the number two hidden around the hub.

Core - Two Peas in a PodCore - Rod's DiceTaunt - VTaunt - 2 Thumbs
### Lacoste X Minecraft

* **Start Date:** March 12, 2022
* **End Date:** ~April 16, 2022

*Main article: Croco Island*

Lacoste is a French clothing brand that partnered with Blockception to create an event for Galaxite. The Main Hub was changed to Croco Island, which featured a Scavenger Hunt, Tennis, and other microgames. Players could earn Croc Tokens, which they could use to buy vanity items (similar to the Winter Fest 2021 event).

### Pi Day 2022

* **Start Date:** March 14, 2022
* **End Date:** March 22, 2022

To celebrate Pi Day, players that logged on could claim a free cherry pie core from the hub.

### Rainbow Kill Bits

* **Start Date:** June 14, 2022
* **End Date:** N/A

To celebrate Pride Month 2022, players could claim free rainbow Kill Bits from the hub during Season 6.

### Summer 2022 Treasure Hunt

*Main article: Treasure Hunt Summer 2022*
* **Start Date:** July 1, 2022
* **End Date:** August 18, 2022

Nine signs were hidden around the Galaxite server each with clues to the next sign and rewards.

### Pumpkin Hunt 2023

* **Start Date:** October 31, 2023
* **End Date:** December 13, 2023

Players were able to smash continiously regrowing pumpkins around the hub! For that they were rewarded with a certain amount of Battlepass XP! Also there was a Leaderboard, based on the amount of pumpkins smashed by players located in the hub for everyone to see!

### Winter Event 2023

* **Start Date:** December 13, 2023
* **End Date:** TBD

Players could create snowmen from snow piles around the main hub. After creating 100 Snowmen the Player would receive the ''Snowmen Created 2023'' living title. Smashing Snowmen would also give a small amount of XP.

## Charity Events

charity events were events that raised awareness for charities, these events gave free cosmetics themed around the Charity.

### No Kid Hungry 2020

* **Start Date:** November 27, 2020

No Kid Hungry provides meals for hungry children in need during the event. An avatar and title were unlocked by redeeming a token that you could find at the NPC in the hub for a limited time.

Gapple TitleCorey Avatar
### GameBlast 2021

* **Start Date:** February 26, 2021
* **End Date:** February 28, 2021

GameBlast helps people with physical challenges across the world make videogames accessible and focus on optimizing inclusion, enjoyment and quality of life by helping people control video games to the best of their abilities. During this event, players could claim a free avatar and title from an NPC in the hub.

GameBlast21 AvatarGameBlast21 Title
## Tournaments

Tournaments are listed on a separate page for easier viewing, the link can be found here.

## References

1. ↑ "Summer Art Contest!" by Gwynn. Galaxite.net, July 17, 2023
2. ↑ "Photography Competition Winners!" by Gwynn. Galaxite.net, December 23, 2020