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11:30 AM PST
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Update Complete. Servers open!
It's time to announce the winners of the
Splash Screen Contest! Without delay, here they are:
First Prize
keiiii
Second Prize
Gilded Pixel
Third Prize
daisuke001 and Hullabaloo2
We also want to announce several runners-up, and recognize them for the incredible quality of their work:
Runners-Up
augizzle
Sand Dancer Shaka
Woebegone (rotated image for better viewing)
C4NTOUCHDIZ
Liansa
Wu Zhi
Cetriya
Certainly, it is understandable that some may wonder how these winners were selected. We judged the winners on the following criteria:
- Technical merit, which includes line work, rendering/coloring, lighting, composition etc.
- Creativity
- Theme/storytelling
In addition, owing entirely to the amazing response from the community and awe-inspiring quality of the submissions, we'd like to announce that we will be awarding an additional prize. Wait, that's not quite accurate.
You, the community of zOMG! and Gaia will be awarding an additional prize.
That's right, very soon, you will be able to vote for your own winner! We'll provide details on the voting process, and the prize to be awarded to the Community Choice winner, when details are finalized.
As a final note, thank you to everyone who entered and everyone who supported this contest. It has been a great success and everyone working at Gaia has been amazed by the tremendous talent of those who entered.
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9:30 AM PST
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Update underway. Servers closed.
Felicitations,
On Wednesday, June 16th, we are planning an update to zOMG! to take place between 9:30 AM PST and 12:00 PM PST. Here is what is being released with this update:
-Luck - Players will receive additional gold when defeating monsters while using Luck increasing buffs.
-zOMG! Splash Screen Contest - Selected entries will now be displayed in zOMG! We will be announcing the winners once the update is completed.
Thank you,
-zOMG! Team