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Hey Survivors! Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch! The Community Crunch is where we share important things going on with ARK, as well as host contests and showcase creations made by the community! Mysterious Mysteries: Introducing ??????? What an intriguing discovery survivors, can you guess what creature it is? Xbox Play Anywhere! A small update: the Xbox Play Anywhere patch has officially entered the certification process. In addition to the Aberration update, barring any cert issues that could arise, Xbox will receive the Play Anywhere update on December 12th. This update will allow crossplay between the Windows 10 version of ARK and the Xbox version. Survivors will be able to choose to allow crossplay on their unofficial servers or non-dedicated sessions with a simple checkbox on the host menu. ARK: 2x Evolution Event Weekend! Survivors across ALL Platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It's already live now and will remain active until Monday the 4th at 12 PM EST. All Official Servers will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes: 2x Harvesting Rate 2x Taming Rate 2x EXP Rate Community Contests! NVidia Ansel Photography Contest Super Resolution Version: http://images.nvidia.com/ansel/SuperResolution/ARK-SuperResolution1/ARK__Survival_Evolved_HighRes_2016_09_01_-_14_38_36_55.html ARK: Survival Evolved and the Scorched Earth Expansion Pack now include support for NVIDIA Ansel -- a revolutionary new way to capture in-game shots. Compose shots from any position, adjust with post-process filters, capture HDR images in high-fidelity formats, and share the screenshots in 360 via a smartphone, PC or VR headset. Learn more about these features from the NVIDIA blog. Now let’s get to the contest! There were 3 potential categories for survivors to enter their shots into and they were the following: Three Categories Super Resolution: These should be taken at 8x Super Resolution. Players can optionally use Depth of Field effects accessible in Spectator mode by pressing the [Delete] key. Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D: These should be taken at 4x Super Resolution, in 360 Stereoscopic 3D mode. We will crop them to 2D for web display, while also providing the 3D version for viewing within VR display. Freeform: Any settings, whacky and creative use of Ansel filters are encouraged. Adding humorous titles/captions in Photoshop is also acceptable for this category! And now without further ado, here are your entries! Super Resolution! Winner! BlueDragon - A Dance of Fire Runners-up! Ego - Touch and run - Super Resolution Christopher Warburton - The Hunt Joe Lally - Unfortunate Norlinri - Howling at the moon Honourable Mentions! BlueDragon - Bullies BlueDragon - Extra Crispy BlueDragon - The ants go marching BlueDragon - The Hunt BlueDragon - Turkey 1, Survivor 0 BlueDragon - Turkey Assault BlueDragon - Turkey Life Christopher Warburton - Canyon Christopher Warburton - Earth Vs Fire 1 Christopher Warburton - Hidden Temple Christopher Warburton - Target Spotted Christopher Warburton - The Desert Sun Christopher Warburton - Wing Blast Joe Lally - Buzzing Joe Lally - Microraptor Maxib - Highest Peak Norlinri - I command it Norlinri - Power of the artifact Norlinri - Red obelisk Norlinri - Sense of freedom Norlinri - The bear Norlinri - Underwater cave StateofMynd42 - He Sees You StateofMynd42 - Sandy Claws The Pilgrim - Digi giga spiral Tek The Pilgrim - Think Tek Vakarian - Catch the Stone Vakarian - Draconis Mantis Vakarian - Grab the Stone Vakarian - I said NO! Vakarian - The wild hunt Vakarian - Unicorn in the Sunlight Vakarian - Water Jug Bug Vakarian - Way to Home Valoule - Good sleep Wolf Angelus - Angry Bird Wolf Angelus - Magical Haze Wolf Angelus - Yutyrannus in Japan Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D! Winner! Vakarian - Inseparable Runners-up! Wolf Angelus - Lost Eden Bath 2 Honourable Mentions! BlueDragon - A giga's paradise BlueDragon - After the Feast Vakarian - BOOOOOM! Vakarian - Draconis vipera vs Colossus petram Vakarian - Sunset in the desert Vakarian - Under the Stone Vakarian - Unicorn Ride on the beach Valoule - ARKladdin Wolf Angelus - Lost Eden Wolf Angelus - Lost Eden Bath Wolf Angelus - Lost Eden Center Night Wolf Angelus - Rock Climbers View Freeform! Winner! Starwolf23 - What's In Your Backyard Runner Up! Valoule - GTARK Honourable Mentions! Wolf Angelus - PIRATES of the CARRIBEAN SURVIVOR BOB TELLS NO TALES BatmanTDKR - Guardian Of Fire ARKVideo! This contest is open to all types of video be they funny, epic, scenic, stories, whatever inspires you. Just a general reminder that they should remain safe for work, think of the children! And without further ado, the ARKVideo for Community Crunch 110 is... Dozan the Dodo Man by Dax and Tag vs the World! ARKitect! This is an award given to Survivors to celebrate the amazing structures you build. These bases are judged based upon a number of different factors such as their creativity, uniqueness, how fun of a base it is, the difficulty of building it, the functionality it provides and much more! The ARKitect for Community Crunch 110 is… Chessboard by Rockz! and... The Pilgrim-Tek Skyscraper-ARKitect and... Pirate Galleon, PvE Base by Sitharias! If you'd like to check out the submissions from the rest of the entrants, you can do so here: A shorter than normal crunch this week, we'll be getting back to the extended ones soon but right now the team is all hands on deck for the upcoming release of Aberration! As always if you’ve got anything to share please get in touch and be sure to follow us on: Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark All the best, Studio Wildcard