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Let's start:

Basic Concept

Sgvn is in need of a mascot to represent itself. Design a mascot that we can proudly display on our group's homepage and win stuff! Submissions are text-based,so no drawing skills are required!

Rewards

Rewards work with tiers - more submissions equal more rewards!

Tier #0: Random Background (x1 - x5),Steam

A Random background will be given to the first 10 valid submissions regardless of whatever any of them is chosen for any other tier. 10 more backgrounds will be given out to random participants in the thread for every tier achieved - this is chance-based for each comment and can stack with itself,up to five times (meaning each person can get a max of 5 backgrounds,but will never be awarded more than one background per one comment).

Tier #1: Alice: Madness Returns or Counter-Strike: Global Offensive or Tomb Raider GOTY(x1),Steam

Assuming a submission is accepted as Sgvn's official mascot,the person who submitted it will win this. If the submitter wishes so,he may switch it for any other gift from the other tiers. CS:GO and Alice were donated by Gaba,and Tomb Raider was donated by Montecristo.

Tier #2: Café 0 The Drowned Mermaid (x1),Desura

Unlocked when there are 10 valid submissions. A random person providing constructive feedback or improvement suggestions to a valid submission will win a desura copy.

Tier #3: Café 0 The Drowned Mermaid (x2),Desura,Voting System.

Unlocked when there are 20 valid submissions.

Voting system:

Each of the following gives you one vote:

• If you have successfully completed at least 1 non-bundle giveaways worth $1 or more.
• If you have successfully completed at least 3 bundle giveaways totaling in $50 or more.
• If you have been a registered steamgifts user for at least 3 months,and either entered at least 200 giveaways or wrote 20 comments.

Once voting is unlocked,you may vote for your favorite submissions by replying to them with the sentence 'you have my vote'. Feel free to add your personal touch to that,extend your post beyond that and explain why you're voting or express your opinion about the submission. You may not vote for the same person more than once,even if he has more than one submission,or vote for yourself. The community's most voted submission,As well as one random valid vote,will both win a desura copy. If the submission with most votes already won tier 1,the submission with the second-best amount of votes will win this.

Tier #4: Mystery game (x?),Steam,Voting System Extension

Unlocks When there are 40 valid submissions and 70 feedbacks+votes in total.

Submission Rules

• Each member may post up to 3 submissions. If you have more than one submission,post each on a separate comment.
• Participation via submission for this contest is free for all - there are no restrictions whatsoever on who can participate.
• Current deadline: 8.11.2014,10am GMT. This may be extended.
• Submissions must be original characters. Please don't suggest any character from an existing title.

Each submission must include the following to be considered as a valid entry:

1. Name. Please write the full name as well as any nicknames. In case your suggested name is not in english,please make sure it is moderately easy to pronounce in english,as well as include the meaning/translation of the name.
2. Visual description: Explanation in detail about the mascot's look,clothes,etc.
3. Personality: From arrogant and spoiled to cynical and bitter - describe our mascot's personality.
4. Instance information: In the actual scene drawn when creating the drawing of our mascot,what should our mascot be doing? Reading a book,or sleeping on a keyboard? What expression should be stuck on his/her/its face? What pose should he/she/it be drawn in? Sitting on the bed,or looking under it? Any near objects? Pets? Everything that is on the scene and wasn't already mentioned should be here.
5. Color palette: With what colors should the drawing be colored - light,dark,vibrant,shades of purple,etc. If you want to specify exact colors(not required),use this site and write the hex value. (e.g. Instead of "I want her dress to be crimson red" write "Her dress color is #7E1B1B").

A submission will can contain those,but they are not required:

6.Other: any details you want to add but don't fit above.

7. Sketch: If you can,draw a sketch of how your imagined mascot looks. It doesn't have to be detailed - I expect rough black&white sketches.
8. Backstory: Anything about the character's past. Watched his parents burn to death when he was 3 years old? Suffered from stuttering and thus turned socially awkward? Those go here.

• Please do not suggest any of the following: Mecha,nude characters (exception:if said character is not human or has extensive non-human features),facial piercings (exception:earrings),more than one human character (exception:linked bodies).

Disclaimer & Notes: I will add winners once the contest is over,please do not add me. If you want to privately discuss contest-related issues,questions,donations,etc - please comment on my profile before sending a friend request. Please allow time for judgement and gift delivery - in case of failed contact due to timezones,please send me your email in a Steam message. If you refuse or ignore contact via steam,I will not seek alternative methods. More than one gift will not be given to the same person,even if he legitimately won in more than one tier,or multiple gifts from the same tier. In the unlikely case of me judging all submissions as being horrible or otherwise not fitting,no gifts will be given out. Technical issues are also not covered by me - keys not working despite the fact they should,gifts disappearing in steam inventory limbo,etc. I will do my best to assist the winner and contact support if needed,but I will not purchase the gifts again. Everything given away here was legitimately acquired and is not country restricted by any means.

P.S. Bumps are appreciated!