Guild Wars has announced a new contest just in time for Halloween. Those of you with an artistic bent should definitely grab the details!
Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2008
Official Rules and Conditions
We invite you to put your imagination and creative talents to work by crafting Halloween art with a Guild Wars® theme. This is our fourth annual opportunity to celebrate the autumn season with the entire Guild Wars community. Dream up your own way to bring a Halloween twist to Guild Wars, and enter the contest before 12:00 Noon PDT, October 27, 2008!
How to Enter:
Create a concept and bring it to life.
Some suggestions:
* Carve a pumpkin or create a template for other pumpkin carvers.
* Sketch a costume by hand or on the computer. If you're extra creative, make that costume and model it in a photograph.
* Design a desktop image or wallpaper.
* Decorate a cake, bake some cookies, compose a menu, build an edible haunted house-put your culinary skills to the task.
* Decorate your home in a Guild Wars theme.
* Find your own way to bring a Halloween twist to Guild Wars, or a Guild Wars twist to Halloween.For each entry, submit a JPEG image of your original work (scanned or photographed) or a saved file of your computer-generated art and attach it to an email. (Please use compression to reduce the file size, when possible.) We strongly encourage you to submit your work electronically rather than via postal mail.
Include your first and last name, age, full mailing address (including country), and a valid, preferred email address with your entry.
If you wish to be mentioned by "handle" or in-game name rather than your first and last name, please indicate your preference in your entry and provide your handle or in-game name in addition to the information listed above.
Submit your entry to: contests@arena.net. Please be sure to use "Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2008" as the subject line. If you would prefer to send your entry via postal mail, use the following address:
Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest
ArenaNet, Inc.
227 Bellevue Way NE #75
Bellevue, WA 98004 USANo other methods of entry will be accepted.
ArenaNet, Inc. collects personal information from you when you enter this contest. This information is subject to the Privacy Policy of the site through which you entered this contest.
Prizes
Prizes: 40 winners (1 one Grand Prize Winner, 1 Second Place Winner, 8 Winners, 10 Honorable Mentions, 20 Finalists) will receive one of the prizes below. The Grand Prize Winner, Second Place Winner, and 8 Winners will also have their creations displayed on the Guild Wars website. (The total estimated retail value of all prizes exceeds $2,600 US. Cash alternatives are not available.) The prizes are as follows:
* Grand Prize Winner (1 awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one VisionTek Radeon HD3650 graphics card, one signed copy of Guild Wars Nightfall Collector's Edition; one complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins; one Guild Wars Skill Unlock Key
(Approximate total retail value of package: $390.00 US.)* Second Place Winner (1 Awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer sound card; one signed copy of Guild Wars Nightfall Collector's Edition; one complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill pins; one Guild Wars Skill Unlock Key; one Guild Wars Character Slot Key
(Approximate total retail value of package: $310.00 US.)* Winners (8 awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one signed copy of Guild Wars Nightfall; one complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins; one Guild Wars Skill Unlock Key; one Guild Wars Character Slot Key
(Approximate total retail value of package: $150.00 US.)* Honorable Mentions (10 awarded): One complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins; one Guild Wars Skill Unlock Key
(Approximate total retail value of package: $30 US.)* Finalists (20 Awarded): One complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins
(Approximate total retail value of package: $20 US.)Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of Halloween into a Guild Wars theme.
Deadline for entries to be received is 12:00 Noon PDT on Monday, October 27, 2008.
Winners will be announced on or before November 3, 2008 and will be posted on www.guildwars.com
WHOOT! Sounds like LOTS of fun!
