Discussion: Halloween "Mashup" Costume Contest on Exalted - Friday, October 28
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Posted on: 2011-10-25 17:35 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
It'd be pretty awesome if our Pacific and earlier players could join. 11am and 5pm are both covered by my work shift.
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Silly Agge. They have no idea what normal work hours for people in the Pacific time zone might be.
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Can winners of those previous costume contests enter? 'Cause they couldn't for those (you couldn't place in both darkity dark dark AND crazy history).
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Yes, but again you are only allowed to enter one of the two events...|
Originally Posted by Culex
Can winners of those previous costume contests enter? 'Cause they couldn't for those (you couldn't place in both darkity dark dark AND crazy history).
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Originally Posted by City of Heroes Freedom Costume Contest Official Terms and Conditions - October 2011
1. ENTRY
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. IF YOU ARE ENTERING THIS CONTEST AS A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS CONTEST SHALL BE VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY UNITED STATES LAW. This is a skill based contest based on creativity, visual appearance and adherence to a given theme (the "Contest"). To enter, prepare a costume fitting theme of "Mashup" and present your costume to a panel of judges in Pocket D on the Exalted server for City of Heroes Freedom at one of the following times: At 1:00 p.m. CDT (7:00 p.m. BST / 20:00 CEST) on Friday, October 28, 2011 ; OR At 7:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, October 28, 2011 (1:00 a.m. BST / 2:00 CEST on Saturday, October 29, 2011 in Europe). |
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Originally Posted by City of Heroes Freedom Costume Contest Official Terms and Conditions - October 2011
3. DURATION
The contest period begins at 1:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, October 28, 2011 (7:00 p.m. BST / 20:00 CEST) and ends at 8:30 p.m. CDT on Friday, October 28, 2011 (2:30 a.m. BST /3:30 CEST on Saturday, October 29, 2011 in Europe). |
The previous three events were also counted as a single competition despite having three different themes, they were all within the competition period of their rules, hence the restricted entry of any one out of the three events.
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1. For those not quite grasping this, it says "one of" and NOTboth.
2. The above quoted rules are from here: City of Heroes Freedom Costume Contest Official Terms and Conditions - October 2011
http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/contests_promos/city_of_heroes_freedom_costume_contest_official_terms_and_conditions_-_october_2011.php
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2. ELIGIBILITY To enter the contest, as of Friday, October 28, 2011 (a) you must be 13 years of age or older, (b) if you are a minor in your country of residence, you must provide the entry as set forth under 1.1 with your legal guardian's approval and you must provide written approval of your entry to the Contest, and consent to these Official Rules and Conditions by your legal guardian (this written approval shall be provided within 14 days after the receipt of request by the Sponsor), (c) you must have Internet access, an email account and access to a personal computer, and (d) you must be a resident of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec) (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prizes), or the European Union. |
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Yarp. On a day I might actually be able to participate too (ie: no night college) :/
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
It'd be pretty awesome if our Pacific and earlier players could join. 11am and 5pm are both covered by my work shift.
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Yay! Costume Contest! Hope I can make it.
Ok, n00b question. Why is Rhode Island always excluded from these contests? I always found it humorous given it the state where Paragon City is supposed to be located and all. (I'm European so please excuse my ignorance
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Originally Posted by xhris
Yay! Costume Contest! Hope I can make it.
Ok, n00b question. Why is Rhode Island always excluded from these contests? I always found it humorous given it the state where Paragon City is supposed to be located and all. (I'm European so please excuse my ignorance ). |
Rhode Island has a special contest law. It requires companies to file a legal statement before they can run a contest in the state. In addition, the law requires the companies to pay $150 filing fee. If a company runs a contest in Rhode Island and fails to file a statement correctly, the company is actually breaking the law.
For companies that want to run national contests, the filing fee alone is a problem because no other state requires it. When you add to that the hassle of researching Rhode Island law in order to file the statement correctly and the penalty if you make a mistake, very few national companies are gonna bother.
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I had a feeling when during the headstart of i21 all events were held on Exalted while the other servers are being ignored.
Now another Costume Contest, on Exalted. *SIGH*
Look, it's nice that you guys hold a CC for people, but does it really have to be on just that server?
Not everyone moved to Exalted, not even with the monthly server transfers we get. I for one, avoid that server like the plague, the server transfers are collecting dust, and get more and more frustrated by the fact that the majority of the player base and it's servers are being neglected.
Yes, i'm a VIP, but does that mean i HAVE to move to the VIP only server? It seems that with the monthly server tokens we get, you, the Devs, would like to see that.
I have my toons, my SG and my friends on Guardian, i am not moving, no matter how many free server transfers you try to cram on my account.
I've seen a lot of people complain about these free tokens.
Yes, i totally understand the idea behind it, and i'm thankful that we get a little extra for being a VIP. All i want, and not just me, is a choice, is freedom. I hope that in the near future, we can either trade the server transfers we received, or, what i really hope, that we get a choice in a reward.
Look, it doesn't have to be the same value, really it doesn't.
Say we can pick from:
- Free Server Transfer
- Free Server Slot
- Free Respec Token
- Paragon Points (400-600)
So please, unless you can make cross server play available, for ideas see http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=256726,
please stop neglecting the servers that build this wonderful game.
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The contests are VIP perks, and holding them on Exalted is the easiest way of making sure that all the contestants are VIPs.
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I just transferred some toons on Exalted, and made some new ones. I like having perks for being VIP. This is one of them 
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Ill add the same comment as always...
Blablabla US Residents and EU only...
Thats why I care only for the game, not the events.
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You don't have to move any existing characters to Exalted. Since this is a costume content, you can make some new character there. If this was some other event, you could move an existing character and then move him back and ask your SG for a reinvite.|
Originally Posted by Dark Energon
And my fears become reality!
I had a feeling when during the headstart of i21 all events were held on Exalted while the other servers are being ignored. Now another Costume Contest, on Exalted. *SIGH* Look, it's nice that you guys hold a CC for people, but does it really have to be on just that server? Not everyone moved to Exalted, not even with the monthly server transfers we get. I for one, avoid that server like the plague, the server transfers are collecting dust, and get more and more frustrated by the fact that the majority of the player base and it's servers are being neglected. Yes, i'm a VIP, but does that mean i HAVE to move to the VIP only server? It seems that with the monthly server tokens we get, you, the Devs, would like to see that. I have my toons, my SG and my friends on Guardian, i am not moving, no matter how many free server transfers you try to cram on my account. I've seen a lot of people complain about these free tokens. Yes, i totally understand the idea behind it, and i'm thankful that we get a little extra for being a VIP. All i want, and not just me, is a choice, is freedom. I hope that in the near future, we can either trade the server transfers we received, or, what i really hope, that we get a choice in a reward. Look, it doesn't have to be the same value, really it doesn't. Say we can pick from: - Free Server Transfer - Free Server Slot - Free Respec Token - Paragon Points (400-600) So please, unless you can make cross server play available, for ideas see http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=256726, please stop neglecting the servers that build this wonderful game. |
As for the free server tranfers, I personally use them as free rename tokens.
Ya unfortunately both Rhode Island & Quebec have prohibitive regulations reguarding Promotions. It's bluddy unfortunate that they place so many legal hoops that most Contests (& Lotteries) find it way easier to just exclude residents from that State & Province.
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Moving toons from server and back deletes earned prestige in the SG.|
Originally Posted by xhris
You don't have to move any existing characters to Exalted. Since this is a costume content, you can make some new character there. If this was some other event, you could move an existing character and then move him back and ask your SG for a reinvite.
As for the free server tranfers, I personally use them as free rename tokens. |
I understand that the SG will not loose it, but the toon's slate will start at 0.
This is one of the main reasons i don't just send my toons on vacation to a diff server, esp not for an event where my chances are slim to none to actually win something.
As for making a new toon just for that event, as stated, i avoid that server like the plague, making a new toon just to join an event makes me look like a hypocrite.
All i want is that they don't forget about the rest of the servers.
And to someone else.. Please, don't make an assumption and think that that is the reason. When you assume, u make an a$s out of yourself.
And if this is something to show their VIPs some love, and show them that they are appreciated, does that mean that the VIPs who stay loyal to their home servers are not loved? That the players who played for years, and now came back are not loved? That the free players, trying this great game out, are also not loved?
Free players are being very, in my opinion too limited, in their actions. Showing them that we have Devs and a team that does not distinguish Free, Premium and VIPs but treats them the same, would make them see that we do have the best team in the business, make them see why this game is so loved by it's players, why they should stay, why they should become VIPs, become veterans to this amazing game, and maybe even bring their friends from the other games they play(ed).
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Join us in Pocket D on Exalted, our VIP server, on Friday, October 28 for the return of our official themed Costume Contest!
The first one will take place at 11:00 a.m. PDT / 2:00 p.m. EDT (7:00 p.m. BST / 20:00 CEST) so our European players can join in, and the second will start at 5:00 p.m. PDT / 8:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, October 28, 2011 (1:00 a.m. BST / 2:00 CEST on Saturday, October 29, 2011 in Europe)!
This month's theme will be "Halloween Mashup"! So come along wearing your best mashup of Halloween concepts! Please note, the use of Copyright material is not allowed and will get you eliminated from the contest!
You're all out of inspiration or don't quite understand the idea? Let's take a clown and let's take the concept of horror. Now, some might say that a clown is already quite horrific in itself. But if you show up as a clown, all you'll be is a clown. Now, to incorporate "horror" into your costume, you'll need to be creative and add a few horrific elements, like an exposed brain for instance or mad eyes. But that's just an example, you can be much more creative than that! Take a widely known Halloween concept and add your twist to it!
So, crank up the proverbial heat and dazzle us with your mashup! And please, nothing too esoteric or obscure or you'll run the risk of us not quite understanding what combination you went for!
Head over to this page for the City of Heroes Freedom Costume Contest Official Terms and Conditions.
We're looking forward to being spooked on Friday!
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