Invictus Guilds Inc. - Housing Competitions

💰✨ ***BREAKING NEWS: Deni’s Gold Enters Witness Protection*** ✨💰

(*And by that, we mean… it’s gone*.)

Oh don’t worry about Deni, she’s absolutely thriving while we gleefully drain her gold reserves for the Grand Master Housing Challenge.

I mean, it’s not like she needs it.

She already owns more houses than Coldharbour has regrets, and let’s be real, she doesn’t need another mount unless it massages her feet and pays rent.

Why keep her gold when she could be funding floor tiles, trophy shelves, and someone else’s very questionable design choices? (Yes, Kyle, we saw the lava bathtub shrine.)

Gold is temporary. But the trauma of judging 87 player homes with mismatched lighting?

Forever.

So THANK YOU, Deni.

For being our sugar mama.

Our architectural martyr.

Our golden goddess of budgetary self-neglect.

🏆 ***Guild Housing Build Challenge: “Tiny World***”

Theme: Perception is everything. Use illusion to reshape scale!

Challenge Overview

A. Theme Description

• “Tiny World” challenges builders to creatively distort perception using scale illusions.

• Builders must use housing tools, furnishings, and illusion to make their build appear:

• Gigantic — as if the viewer is miniature in a massive world.

• OR

• Miniature — as if the viewer towers over a tiny, intricate world.

• Builders may choose either direction, but the illusion must be convincing.

B. Objective

• Create a housing build where the primary illusion makes the space feel vastly bigger or smaller than it actually is.

• Visual trickery, forced perspective, layering, and use of out-of-place objects are encouraged.

Build Requirements & Parameters

A. Scale Illusion Criteria

• Must use furnishings creatively to imply scale shifts (e.g., a tiny mug as a bathtub in a miniature world).

• Must anchor the illusion with at least one object from the real world that aids comparison (e.g., a normal-sized book next to a giant spoon).

• May use lighting and fog to enhance illusion depth.

B. Technical Parameters

• Platform: NA Server

• Build Limit: Up to 700 furnishing slots

• Homes Allowed:

• Limited to 1 primary home (no linking multiple houses)

• Add-ons/Tools: EHT (Essential Housing Tools) permitted for (examples of EHT are Crown Store Furnishings):

• Animation

• Visual FX (sparingly — must support illusion, not replace it)

C. Build Type Categories

Participants may optionally label their entry:

• “Macro Illusion” – Makes the viewer feel tiny

• “Micro Illusion” – Makes the viewer feel like a giant

D. Rules & Guidelines

1. No real size editing (e.g., hacks)

2. Build must remain static (illusion must persist from all reasonable viewing angles)

3. Only one submission per player

4. Builds must be accessible for judges and tours ONLY after the deadline

5. Submit with:

• Build name & category (Macro or Micro)

• Short description (200 words max)

E. Timeline

• Start Date: June 7th

• Submission Deadline: Aug 2nd

• Judging Period: Aug 3rd

• Winners Announced: Aug 4th

F. Prizes

• 🥇 1st Place – $5 MILLION PLUS 15 Crown Crates + Guild Title: “Master of Illusion”

• 🥈 2nd Place - $2 MILLION + 4 Crown Crates

• 🥉 3rd Place - $1 MILLION + Furnishing Materials

• 🎖️ Honorable Mentions – Featured in Guild Housing Newsletter “The Bent Nail”

Judging Category

Illusion Execution ~ 10

How convincing is the shift in perceived scale ?

Creativity ~ 10

Original use of items, space, and lighting

Technical skill ~ 10

Use of space, items, manipulation, layering

Theme Cohesion ~ 10

How well the illusion supports a larger concept

(eg, story, world, emotion)

Overall Impact ~ 10

Viewer reaction, immersion, and surprise factor

***🚨THERE IS NO DEFAULT WINNER !!! YOU MUST MEET ALL THE PARAMETERS***🚨

“***The Kings & Queens on the Board”***

A Poem for Pride, in a World That Still Fights It

They move like shadows across open squares,

Hearts armored with silence, pretending not to care.

Each step a calculation, not of strategy, but fear

A world that still asks, “Why are you even here?”

It’s a game of chess they never asked to play,

Where safety is gambled every single day.

Where holding a hand or wearing a pin

Can feel like defiance, or a fight they won’t win.

The pawn wears heels but keeps their head low,

The knight binds their chest so the questions don’t grow.

The bishop prays softly for the right just to be,

And the queen, oh, the queen, claims space gracefully.

They check every room like they’re scanning a board,

Every glance, every whisper, each slur ignored.

But inside, they’re fire, brave, burning bright

Warriors in silence, still choosing the light.

They’ve been called too much, too loud, too proud,

Told to shrink, to vanish, to blend in the crowd.

But still they rise, in sequins or jeans,

Their love louder than the loudest machines.

Imagine a world that didn’t force them to hide,

Where streets weren’t battlegrounds just to walk with pride.

Where children grew up without learning to mask,

And no one feared who they love as a task.

A world that saw love as a birthright, not threat,

Where rainbows meant joy, not regret.

Where “coming out” was a phrase of the past,

Because love was just love, and peace came at last.

Until then, they stand.

Bold.

Unbroken.

True.

Every day, choosing the most honest hue.

To the LGBTQ souls who live life on guard:

You are not weak, you are beautifully hard.

You are kings and queens in a cruel, shifting storm,

And you love in colors the world should conform.

So here’s to the warriors behind every dress,

Fighting for peace in a game of distress.

You are not a problem this world needs to fix

You are poetry—truth—light through the bricks.

(💖 *This poem is dedicated to the Kings & Queens of Invictus, Love Deni* 💖)

***✨Master Class Housing***✨

This months Master Class is ***Board Game***, These challenges are for hard core housing geeks as they have very specific parameters that have to be met and there is **NO Default Winner**.

You must create a “**Board Game**”in one of your properties. (*missing a parameter will get you disqualified, make sure you knock it out of the park for every parameter or face losing huge marks*).

Parameters for Master Class Board Game

- must have game pieces

- must have spinner, dice, or counting piece of some sort

- must have “spaces” for the game pieces to occupy

- may replicate an existing board game but extra points will be given if you make up your own game and it makes sense

**Here are the Prize Ranks**

*And yes we’re gonna force you to get your fellow hoes involved, as the more that sign up, the bigger the payout*

1 sign up $375k + New Gold Praxis

2 sign up $450k + New Gold Praxis

3 sign up $600 + New Gold Praxis

4 or more $750k plus a Gold Housing Essentials Basket (*basket value $350k*)

Tag 🏷️ Wookie or Sapp in the Master Class Channel that your participating.

Event Closes on June 29th, Midnight

(*additional prize ranks will be added based on participation*)

🌈👒 “**Alice in Wonderland Came Out This June**” 👒🌈

A Pride Month Fairytale with Sparkle and Sass

Alice once tripped down that rabbit-y hole,

Expecting some tea and a mild little stroll.

But WHAM! she woke up in a glitter parade,

With drag queens on mushrooms and love on cascade.

The Rabbit was late, but not for a date,

He was headed to brunch in a sequined beret.

He yelled, “Time is fake! Let your freak flag fly!”

Then dabbed with a peacock and twirled to the sky.

The Caterpillar puffed rainbow clouds with delight,

Then said, “Baby, your pronouns are giving me life.”

“Who are you?” he asked with a wink and a swirl,

She said, “Still figuring out, but I’m that girl.”

The Mad Hatter threw a fierce tea affair,

With poly-pan-lesbian cakes in the air.

He clinked his glass and declared with a cheer,

“To loving yourself, now pour me a beer!”

The Queen of Hearts? Oh, she softened her edge

She now grows dahlias and leads the pledge:

“Be kind, be loud, be flaming and free

And always wear capes when you sip your iced tea.”

Even the Cheshire Cat left behind shame,

He meowed, “I’m queer!” and lit up in flame.

He faded and winked from a treetop above:

“Visibility, darling, that’s the real love.”

Alice just laughed with a heart full of glee,

“I thought I was lost, but I just found me!”

She danced through the land with a flag held up high,

Under rainbows that literally exploded the sky.

🌟💖

So if life feels strange or too much to bear,

Remember there’s magic and pride in the air.

Like Alice, we’re all on a journey, you see

To a Wonderland shaped by being boldly, ME !

✨***Normal Housing***✨

This months Normal Housing Challenge is to take a room in one of your properties and turn it into your favourite novel (eg: Alice in Wonderland). You can build as big as you want but must be a minimum of one good sized room.

***Your Favourite Novel!***

*Your Novel build has to be a minimum of one room* Think outside the box, be unique, try to stand out from your competitors.

**1st Prize** $150k + 2 epic Praxis.

**2nd Prize** $100k + 1 epic praxis

**3rd Prize** $50k + 1 epic praxis

Tag 🏷️ Wookie or Sapp in the Housing Channel that your participating

Event closes June 29th, Midnight

🏳️‍🌈🍄 “***The Rainbow That Blew Up the Shroom***” 🍄🏳️‍🌈

In a tiny wee house made of mushroom and sass,

Lived a pixie named Bloop with a glittery ass.

They brewed up a potion called “Pride Boom Deluxe”

With sparkles, some glitter, and three shiny ducks.

But oh, when it bubbled, it burst with a POW!

And a rainbow exploded from chimney to cow.

It painted the trees, it dyed all the sheep,

Even the trolls woke up from their sass-naps of sleep.

Now the house is a disco with mushrooms that twerk,

And Bloop? They just giggle and call it “light work.”

So beware when you party in fungusy spots

You might leave more fabulous than you thought. 💥🌈

***Baby Birds Housing***

This Months Baby Bird Challenge is “Rainbow Mushroom House”

✨***Baby Bird Housing Challenge***

Our **Baby Bird Housing**, is for new home decorators just learning the ropes. Baby Bird Challenges are also only typically 14-30 Day Challenges **This challenge is 30 days**

***This months BB challenge is “Rainbow Mushroom House”***

This challenge has NO parameter.

Tag 🏷️ Wookie or Sapphira in the **Housing Channel**, that you’re going to participate.

1st Prize 🏆 $100k & Home Essentials Basket

2nd Prize 🏆 $75k + Epic Praxis

3rd Prize 🏆 $50k + Epic Praxis

(*All gold prizes will be upped based participation*)

**Event closes June 29th, Midnight**

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