ATS Holiday Avatar Competition

Welcome to the Above Top Secret Holiday Avatar Competition!

The contest officially opens as of right now. It will run until January 2nd, 2007 @ 12:00AM PST. At that time the contest will close, & the judges will take over. All submissions are of the Holiday theme, so be it Christmas, Hanukkah, etc., feel free to submit your work.

PLEASE Read All of the Rules & Guidelines Before Entering the Competition!

Each judge will rate submitted images from 1 to 10.
1 being the lowest score and 10 being the highest.
The judges scores are purely subjective and anonymous. Members will be able to see scores but they will not be able to see what judge scored what amount.
The image that scores the highest will receive a set amount of BTS Points.
Every submission will be issued a point total at the end of the competition, so everyone will be able to see where they placed.

The competition is consisted of TWO Divisions. We have the LIGHT Weight Division, and the HEAVY Weight Division.

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LIGHT WEIGHT DIVISION

This Division is for Members who do not regularly create images, or hold breathtaking photoshop abilities. We do stipulate that you do create your own avatar to enter the competition.

If you need any assistance with an Avatar, Resizing or Cropping, it is mandatory that you turn to myself or Umbrax for help. The two of us have put our heads together on this and we would like to restrict the editing of submissions by other Members or Competitors. So if you need help, ask either of us for it. We would be more than happy to lend a hand.

You can u2u either of us by clicking our names below.

chissler -- Umbrax

The Winner of the Light Weight Division will be issued 7,000 BTS Points. If your avatar has an Alien theme, you will be issued a bonus 3,000 BTS Points.

HEAVY WEIGHT DIVISION

This Division is restricted to the members who create their own avatars, without any assistance. If you wish to enter this Division, you can not ask for any help. Judges will decipher through all the submissions and decide on a winner. If you are submitting an avatar in this division, it is mandatory that you have created the avatar yourself.

The Winner of the Heavy Weight Division will be issued 10,000 BTS Points. If your avatar has an Alien theme, you will be issued a bonus of 5,000 BTS Points.
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Each member may submit only 1 avatar for this contest.

Members are not permitted to post 1 avatar per division, it is 1 submission for the whole competition. Any others will be deleted, no questions asked. Mods will not remove older image posts so that you can resubmit. You will only have the regular “edit window” if you need to fix an image. Members who submit an avatar in both divisions will have the second avatar deleted.

Images that break the Terms & Conditions will be removed and the member will be disqualified from the contest.

Images must fit the Avatar guidelines.

Avatars:

GIF and JPEG file formats only with a maximum dimension of 160 pixels wide, by 320 pixels tall. File sizes are not to exceed 75k, and animated GIF's are allowed. (physical size can extend up to 400 pixels tall for images under 50k in file size)

No profanity. No 3rd party advertising for any website(s).

Images submitted after the dead line will not be accepted.
To submit your avatar, you MUST display it in your post.
Members who fail to display the avatar in their post, will not be eligible for judging.
Members must also announce what Division they are entering.
Moderators may participate but the images will not be scored and can not win the point prize.

This Thread is for Submissions ONLY!

If you wish to discuss or comment on the competition, feel free to do so at the thread linked below.

Discussion Thread For Above Top Secret Holiday Avatar Competition

Good Luck to Everyone!



[edit on 27-11-2006 by chissler]

iori_komei
lightweight

Mechanic 32
Heavyweight




[edit on 29/11/2006 by Mirthful Me]

bodrul
lightweight

sanata has to be a grey to be able to fly around the world in one night





[edit on 28-11-2006 by bodrul]

Originally posted by chissler

This Thread is for Submissions ONLY!

If you wish to discuss or comment on the competition, feel free to do so at the thread linked below.

Discussion Thread For Above Top Secret Holiday Avatar Competition

[edit on 28/11/2006 by Umbrax]

Toasty
Heavyweight

maria_stardust
lightweight

Heavy Weight Competition, Plz!




[edit on 4-12-2006 by Ex]

My effort....

frayed1
Lightweight

7Pan7cho7
Heavyweight

Heavyweight



[edit on 7-12-2006 by Jbird]

DJMessiah
Heavy Weight




Note to judges, my avatar is animated, so please stare at it for a few seconds. Heh.


[edit on 7-12-2006 by DJMessiah]

[Edit to remove offer for creating entries for other members.]

Originally posted by chissler
We do stipulate that you do create your own avatar to enter the competition.

If you need any assistance with an Avatar, Resizing or Cropping, it is mandatory that you turn to myself or Umbrax for help.

[edit on 7/12/2006 by Umbrax]

Originally posted by chissler

This Thread is for Submissions ONLY!

If you wish to discuss or comment on the competition, feel free to do so at the thread linked below.

Discussion Thread For Above Top Secret Holiday Avatar Competition

[edit on 7/12/2006 by Umbrax]

Originally posted by chissler

This Thread is for Submissions ONLY!

If you wish to discuss or comment on the competition, feel free to do so at the thread linked below.

Discussion Thread For Above Top Secret Holiday Avatar Competition

[edit on 7/12/2006 by Umbrax]

AHCivilE
Lightweight

ImJaded
Lightweight division

1Crisis
Lightweight Division

Gemwolf

Lightweight





[edit on 11-12-2006 by Gemwolf]

sardion2000
Lightweight.



[edit on 14-12-2006 by sardion2000]

Benevolent Heretic

Lightweight