Design-the-Net-Gamma World logo contest!
(September 9, 1997)
From: Craig Janssen
Subject: [Fwd: Design-the-Net-Gamma World logo contest!]
Hey folks,
Just letting you know, that there will be a Gamma World logo contest.
Internet Role Playing Society will host the contest. Sean has said that
TSR will be looking into giving out a signed module as a prize. I
will be giving out some Gamma World modules as well, so more than
one person can get something for thier efforts.
The semi-offical dates for the contest are:
Submissions taken from Oct 1 to Oct 30
Voting on submissions from Nov 1 to Nov 30
The contact person for questions is myself or Jenn
(jimjen@interlog.com) the President of IRPS.
We will let everyone know the person to send the logos asap.
Thanks,
Craig Janssen
PS. Sean's annoucement follows.
TSRInc@aol.com wrote:
>
> Craig -
>
> Sounds good to me! Here's the text I sent to the mailing lists
> in question, with the appropriate game-name replaced, of course. :)
>
> All right, this is going over well on the Realms list, so I'm bringing it
> up on the other AD&D lists.
>
> There is no way we can allow people outside of TSR/WotC to use our game
> logos.
> No way, sorry, can't do it. HOWEVER...
>
> We can definitely encourage y'all to come up with logos of your own
> to identify specific game lines. What we've done on the Realms list is
> set up a contest for people to submit their own ideas/creations for
> the unofficial net-logo for the Forgotten Realms. Whichever is voted
> the winner will be the one that people can use on the net to identify
> their stuff as being for FR, without infringing on TSR's trademarked logo.
> And whoever designs the winning logo gets a cool prize and their logo
> will become the standard for net-fans of that game line.
>
> We're going to do the same thing for Gamma World. Here are the requirements
> and rules for this little contest:
>
> 1. Someone has to volunteer some WWW space to hold the logos. That way,
> the logos will be publically displayed so people can vote on them.
> This person will be responsible for collecting the submitted logos (either
> by email submission or direct uploading to the site.
>
> 2. Some impartial person has to be the vote-counter (not me).
>
> 3. We have to set a deadline for the competition. I would like this to be
> no more than three weeks after the target WWW site is opened.
>
> 4. Logos have to be original works, and can't be too similar to the existing
> logo for this line (a color change won't do it, for instance). Any
> submission
> that TSR deems too similar to the original will be disqualifed (with no
> penalty
> to the submitter).
>
> 5. Limit of three submissions per person.
>
> 6. The creator of the winning submission _must_ release his/her submission
> into the public domain so that anyone can use it without worrying about any
> copyright infringements on the net-logo. If the winner refuses, that
> person's
> submissions will be disqualified, and another vote will be taken.
>
> 7. I will be taking suggestions for what would be an appropriate prize for
> the winner - please address them to me at TSRinc@aol.com with the subject of
> Gamma World Prize Suggestion. IMO, an appropriate prize would be a single
> TSR product, probably from the game line in question, possibly signed by
> someone
> involved on that project.
>
> 8. The winning submission will be placed on TSR's site so everyone will
> know where to find it; from that point on, that will be the common
> identifying image for Gamma World fan-pages online (of course, you are in no
> way
> _required_ to use this image).
>
> 9. I am the final arbiter on any rules interpretations or questions that
> come
> up about the contest.
>
> If there's anything I missed, I will deal with it as it comes up.
> So, let's get crackin' on this ... I'm doing this so you guys can
> use a graphic to identify the game world without fear of legal action.
> FYI, this will be going hand-in-hand with the revised TSR online policy,
> which will much more lenient about making your own derivative material
> ond putting it online.
>
> Oh, and anyone who flames TSR or me about this post or the TSR online
> policy (_because_ of this post) is automatically disqualified from the
> contest, so play nice. :)
>
> Good gaming!
> --
> Sean Reynolds, TSR Online Coordinator
> TSRinc@aol.com | http://www.tsrinc.com
