Discord Costume Competition - Top prize of "Sinister" Character Name on Everlasting!

Waljoricar · June 17

One Week Only!

A HC Discord Costume Copetition Like No Other!

The character name Sinister is up for grabs (Everlasting shard)!

Thanks to a generous donation by none other than

Huge Influence Prizes to winning entrants and special mentions!

Any character may be entered from any shard

Brought to you by

Hosted on the

#Costume-Discussion
Discord channel (click the link!)

The Rules:

As many entries as you like
Make sure the costumes adhere to the Code of Conduct
Entries need to be in by 10pm UTC on 21st of June 2024, which is:

3pm Pacific Time

6pm Eastern Time

11pm UK time

12:00am Central European Time

Please make sure to state the server that you are on. Due to the name up for grabs side of this contest, not tagging may make your ineligible for the name component of the contest
Any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to post a message down on this post or use Discord. Discord names to directly contact are: Taffypanda, Cynwulf and Waljoricar. We'll aim to get back to you ASAP.
If possible, please use the Homecoming Discord Server to enter results. This is on the #costume-discussion part, and you'll need to tag @taffypanda and @cynwulf for the entry to count.
If you don't use Discord, post your entries below this post, making sure to make this obvious to the people collecting the entries.
The results post for this theme will be available at some point after 7pm UTC on the 23rd June. This is because Pandamonium All Stars will be hosting an in-game unthemed costume contest on that date (Everlasting Shard). Said contest will take place at 6pm UTC on the 23rd June, in Echo Plaza.
And, as always, have fun!

Edited June 17 by Waljoricar

luficia · June 17

This costume contest looks great but I'm a little put off on the fact that unique names are now being auctioned off via costume contests.

There's an issue with names being hoarded as is to the point that they are testing for name releases but even then, if your level 50, you can just have a name forever whether you play that toon regularly or not.

It just feels really in poor form to be doing this with unique names now. I know influence/infamy isn't exciting and there's a limit to prizes but I feel like this is a step too far??

Please don't auction off names or use them for contests.

Waljoricar · June 17

59 minutes ago, luficia said:

This costume contest looks great but I'm a little put off on the fact that unique names are now being auctioned off via costume contests.

There's an issue with names being hoarded as is to the point that they are testing for name releases but even then, if your level 50, you can just have a name forever whether you play that toon regularly or not.

It just feels really in poor form to be doing this with unique names now. I know influence/infamy isn't exciting and there's a limit to prizes but I feel like this is a step too far??

Please don't auction off names or use them for contests.

Thanks for taking the time to comment!

The charactrer name is in no way being auctioned off; every player who submits an entry of a character from the Everlasting shard has an equal chance of winning that prize. It may not be bid for in any capacity.

To the best of my knowledge, a contest with a prize like this has never been attempted before; it's a collaborative effort between passionate costume designers and an SG with years of experience running costume conests that drive engagement, reward creativity and motivate people to play the game.

If the winner of the main prize wishs to release the character name into the ether afterward, that is their perogative. Perhaps that could be you. You're welcome to submit an entry 🙂

Edited June 17 by Waljoricar

Herotu · June 17

1 hour ago, luficia said:

This costume contest looks great but [..] etc.

Please don't auction off names or use them for contests.

Hard disagree.

People can already hoard names. Costume competitions don't encourage this AND giving away (not auctioning off) the name to a player who has a costume judged by multiple people to be WORTHY of the name will satisfy the current holder that it's not going to someone who doesn't give a flying monkey's, as currently happens if you release a name.

Dungeoness Eloora · June 18

I personally think releasing a name that would probably be very desirable to a lot of players as a reward for a costume contest is a great idea, and wish someone had thought of it sooner! It is an unfortunate fact that players are going to hoard names indefinitely in this game, since the name releasing mechanism doesn't exactly appear imminent. Hosting this contest doesn't change that fact one way or another.

It could be an interesting opportunity to expand the "prize pool", however. "Donating" an unused, saved name is certainly a different kind of generosity than donating millions of influence to a contest. I bet there are more folks who would come forward and put a reserved name in the pot if this got enough traction. Perhaps multiple names become up for grabs! First place gets to pick their favorite, then second, then third, and so on. The donor gets their shout-out just like the inf donors typically do. It's a win all around 🙂

TabithaPandana · June 18

4 hours ago, Dungeoness Eloora said:

I personally think releasing a name that would probably be very desirable to a lot of players as a reward for a costume contest is a great idea, and wish someone had thought of it sooner! It is an unfortunate fact that players are going to hoard names indefinitely in this game, since the name releasing mechanism doesn't exactly appear imminent. Hosting this contest doesn't change that fact one way or another.

It could be an interesting opportunity to expand the "prize pool", however. "Donating" an unused, saved name is certainly a different kind of generosity than donating millions of influence to a contest. I bet there are more folks who would come forward and put a reserved name in the pot if this got enough traction. Perhaps multiple names become up for grabs! First place gets to pick their favorite, then second, then third, and so on. The donor gets their shout-out just like the inf donors typically do. It's a win all around 🙂

Hi there, Taffy Panda here from Discord CCs here. This is the first time Discord CCs has tried it and we've gone to great lengths to set this up correctly (hence the two-part model for those not on Everlasting). In the future we might consider a variety of names but then bunch the names into a "topic" of sorts so that as a judging collective, we can pick this out. There's always room to improve, so to speak.

A bit of a rundown of how our contests work - we have a prize for winners and special mentions, as well as awards since our panel might have preferences. However, for this contest, we will be giving an influence prize alongside the winning name. Think of it like a "getting started" fund for the character with the name.

Again, we'll see what happens with how this turns out before we set anything into place. Any other questions and I'll get back to you ASAP!

Outrider_01 · June 18

Going to say, this maybe toeing the line of copy right infringement. Sinister maybe missing the Mister Sinister, but long time back I saw a Carnage farmer and reported ASAP. Also a Statesmen and Lord Recluse about the same time spelled correctly which was wierd

TabithaPandana · June 18

48 minutes ago, Outrider_01 said:

Going to say, this maybe toeing the line of copy right infringement. Sinister maybe missing the Mister Sinister, but long time back I saw a Carnage farmer and reported ASAP

As Discord CCs is a panel of judges, we aim to tackle the issue of copyright infringement. Our judges have, on several themes, pointed out copyrighted costumes and we've avoided those when making the final verdict. We have a responsibility to maintain the Code of Conduct, and we take it very seriously during the judging period of the contest.

I hope this helps! 🙂

Edited June 18 by TabithaPandana
Clarity

Waljoricar · June 24

Winner Announcement!

Discord CCs 2024 is back with the results to this week's theme.

This week's theme was Sinister, which included the character name up for grabs if you were on Everlasting. We got so many incredible entries from various servers that we have 2 awards to give, alongside the winner and three special mentions.

Our first award is the "Mainframe Award", going to an entry that captured the attention of one of our judges in particular (@Mainframe), and for that we have @Sile with Countdown to Doom. I'll post a few of their screenshots since the concept is brilliant, but we are happy you received this award. Well done!

Our second award is the "Head Judge Award", which is a special award combining the viewpoints of Pandamonium All Stars leaders and contest head judges @Taffy and @Cyn. What they loved about this entry is the information the person gave us (included below), and is a testament to their dedication to great character design. Therefore, the award goes to @ColonelDave with Diabolitech.

Now for the special mentions! We've 3 to award here, and these go to @Quantum Knight with Doctor Psychosis, @Dr with Spirit Justicar and @Canadian Prime with Volt-Ture! We love these entries so much! Well done.

And our winner for this portion goes to... @Sile with Pickles the Clown. Man, this is such a perfectly sinister character that fits his name. He would've landed in our top 5 for the name grab if not for the fact he suits his name well and he is just so impressive to look at. By no means disrespect this, for this is a fantastic entry and you have the judge's respect since most of the people judging did vote for you. A massive congrats to you!

Edited June 24 by Waljoricar

Waljoricar · June 24

And now for the BIG bit...The Name Giveaway. The way we did this part was in a top 5 style, which was then shortened to a top 3, in a similar way that Pandamonium All Stars do their in-game costume contests.

In third place, hailing from the Excelsior server, it's @Unlimitum with Goblineer. They received 25 million influence for the third place prize!

In second place, hailing from the Reunion Server, it's @VirtualGreen with Captain Dread. They received 50 million influence for the second place prize!

And in first place, taking home not JUST the name of "Sinister" for their character on Everlasting, but also 100 million influence, is... @VirtualGreen with Frightman!

A huge well done to you all; winner, special mention or even top 3 of this wonderful contest. We'll aim to incorporate these named donation contests into our calendar moving forward, but there won't be too many and they will likely expand to other servers so anybody on Excelsior and such will not be left out!

We've already kicked off our next Discord CC, so head on over to the #costume-discussion channel if you want to enter or just see some amazing costumes! Until then, keep creating!

BurtHutt · June 24

35 minutes ago, Waljoricar said:

Winner Announcement!

Discord CCs 2024 is back with the results to this week's theme.

This week's theme was Sinister, which included the character name up for grabs if you were on Everlasting. We got so many incredible entries from various servers that we have 2 awards to give, alongside the winner and three special mentions.

Our first award is the "Mainframe Award", going to an entry that captured the attention of one of our judges in particular (@Mainframe), and for that we have @Sile with Countdown to Doom. I'll post a few of their screenshots since the concept is brilliant, but we are happy you received this award. Well done!

Our second award is the "Head Judge Award", which is a special award combining the viewpoints of Pandamonium All Stars leaders and contest head judges @Taffy and @Cyn. What they loved about this entry is the information the person gave us (included below), and is a testament to their dedication to great character design. Therefore, the award goes to @ColonelDave with Diabolitech.

Now for the special mentions! We've 3 to award here, and these go to @Quantum Knight with Doctor Psychosis, @Dr with Spirit Justicar and @Canadian Prime with Volt-Ture! We love these entries so much! Well done.

And our winner for this portion goes to... @Sile with Pickles the Clown. Man, this is such a perfectly sinister character that fits his name. He would've landed in our top 5 for the name grab if not for the fact he suits his name well and he is just so impressive to look at. By no means disrespect this, for this is a fantastic entry and you have the judge's respect since most of the people judging did vote for you. A massive congrats to you!