Art Contest Rules are up

[FJerome]

ETA: As per Elmoria's devpost here the deadline's been extended from the 10th to the 15th October.

Apologies to everyone that has already seen this but since I've been looking for weeks and this is my first time finding them I thought leave these here for the similarly unfortunate;

Contest Page

Full Rules


. . . Why are the US fanfest prizes so much nicer than our prizes? :/

Vegas Fan Fest

3. PRIZES

Up to fifty (50) winners will be selected from qualifying entries, up to 10 for each category from qualifying entries as finalists and will be awarded with the prize listed below.

-One (1) Ahriman Choker FFXIV: ARR in-game item (this is a virtual item and has no monetary value)
*Please note that prizes are transferable to characters under the same account of the player who enters.

>Up to 5 (5) winners will be selected from the list of finalists, 1 for each category and will be awarded with the prize listed below.

- Signed FFXIV Art Piece (approximate retail value $50)

London Fan Fest

Prize

We will be awarding one winner from the Finalists from each of the Game Themes totalling to four (4) winners (the “Winner(s)”) with their Artwork printed on a canvas board and autographed by members of the Game's development team (the “Prize”).

I get that EU laws can get weird about physical prizes sometimes but since the chokers don't have any monetary value why can't our winners get them too?

[Coulvre]

I am really unhappy about this too.

Not to mention the fact that we get so little time compared to the NA contest. The rules for their art competition were posted on the 18th September with a 30th September deadline, giving them almost two weeks to create an entry.

For us, the rules were announced today, and we have until Friday. Not only is this an extremely short amount of time to put something together, but if you are some who works or studies full or even part time during the week, that leaves practically no time at all in which to make something.

I'm very disappointed in this since I was hoping to enter the competition, but putting something together in the given time would not only be stressful and result in some sub-par work, but the prizes are not even particularly motivating considering what the NA contest gets.

ETA: Actually, the more I think about the prize we get, the more annoyed I am. The devs sign our artwork? Frankly, that seems bizarre - why would I want my own artwork signed by them? Considering there are only four winners awarded prizes, is it really THAT hard to just find 4 items, prints, whatever, to give away? It sounds like a huge cop-out.

[Baeroth]

I'm considering entering a drawing on MS Paint, putting as much effort into my artwork as they have planning this..

[Baeroth]

Done.

[Coulvre]

Done.

I love it!

[Jax-Majutsu]

Well that sucks, I was really looking forward to producing something in the hopes of getting some awesome prize. But my own art work back?! Honestly I could just find signatures from the dev team online and photoshop it onto my work then print it out and it'd be the same as winning. Surely they could of done something better?

[kuraikyo]

What is this stupid rule?!

The Contest is only open to residents of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain only (“Contestants”).

I'm from Norway and I can't join?? This makes no sense. I'm even going to the Fanfest in London....

[Elmoria]

Hi everyone!

The deadline for the London Fan Festival Art Contest has been extended! We will now be taking entries to Wednesday 15th October!

[Spartan_Pendragon]

Hi everyone!

The deadline for the London Fan Festival Art Contest has been extended! We will now be taking entries to Wednesday 5th October!

5th of October? As in, 5 days ago? Am I missing something? @_@

[Elmoria]

Oops!

The mistake has been fixed. I meant the 15th.