[ENDED] 500 CASINO 🎃 Halloween Artwork Event 👻 $1,000 Prize Pool

[UserU]

UPDATE: Results are out! Winners are listed here. We will see you again next year!

ENTRIES
BABY SHOES - 1
xLays - 1
summonerrk - 1
Hatchy - 1
sompitonov - 1
taufik123 - 1
MAAManda - 1
Alcadios - Pending
Apocollapse - 1
lucifur - 1
Darkelf11 - 1
demonica - 1
Gambit2s - 1
taufik123 - 1
nimogsm - 1
goaldigger - 1
Maus0728 - 1

It's that time of the year again, but only kids collect candies. What do the more mature peeps like us do?

Well, if you're a 500 Casino user or player, do we have an event waiting for you! In addition to the official $100,000 Halloween event held on our main website, we are holding this for our Bitcointalk community, thanks to our marketing team! Even if you're not, we welcome you to create one!



From 1 Oct - 31 Oct 23:59 CEST, don't miss out on the opportunity to showcase your creative designs and be one of our showcased winners to claim from our $1,000 prize pool. If you're a handy craftsman, bring out the knife and shout here's Johnny and carve us those plump pumpkins! Or if you're a digitally savvy artist, your tablet stylus and mouse! Let them creative juices flow, we're eager to see what awaits us in store!

PRIZES:
$500 (1st place)
$250 (2nd place)
$150 (3rd place)
$100 (4th place)
$50 (5th place/ consolation prize by UserU)

Now onto the rules
> Halloween-themed and must include the 500 CASINO logo <
> It could be of any artwork, including sculptures or even pies. Use the tools available to your imagination <
> Feel free incorporate our house/ casino games or even the site staffs (they love it!) <
> Image submissions must be accompanied by each participant's 500 ID and Bitcointalk username for legitimacy (e.g. a piece of paper with the ID, username and date) <
> A participant is free to submit more than 1 entry per post, but only 1 entry will count <
> Voting for entries will be casted by the team at 500 Casino after the deadline <
> Prizes will be paid out in on-site balance <
> No AI-generated contents please <
> And plagiarism results in an instant disqualification. Do not disappoint us and yourself or we'll hand you over a paper bag to cover your head in shame! <


Let's get the ball rolling!

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[Apocollapse]

> Voting for entries will open 1 week before the deadline (24 - 31 October @ 23:59 CEST) <

I had experience about art contest when the winner is determined by public voting regardless it's a combination of judges + public voting, public voting alone etc. I can say it's not a good decision because the winner in this contest would be the most popular member, not the best art. I understand you might think public voting would be fair because it's transparent, but the reality isn't.

> KYC might be conducted to ensure winners accounts' are in good standing <

Having this rule will discourage few or even many artists to enter this contest.

I know the phrases "your money your rule", but this is just my comment.

[xLays]

> Halloween-themed and must include the 500 CASINO logo <
> It could be of any artwork, including sculptures or even pies. Use the tools available to your imagination <
> Feel free incorporate our house/ casino games or even the site staffs (they love it!) <
> Submissions must be accompanied by each participant's 500 ID and Bitcointalk username (e.g. a piece of paper) <
> A participant is free to submit more than 1 entry per post, but only 1 entry will count <
> Voting for entries will open 1 week before the deadline (24 - 31 October @ 23:59 CEST), casted by the team at 500 Casino <
> Prizes will be paid out in on-site balance <
> And plagiarism results in an instant disqualification. Do not disappoint us and yourself or we'll hand you over a paper bag to cover your head in shame! <[/colo
Let's get the ball rolling.

I'm not against AI generated art but it looks like you haven't mentioned AI generated art in the rules you provided.

In my opinion AI generated art should not be allowed in this kind of contest as it may create an unfair advantage for those who have put effort into creating real art.

[Maus0728]

Wouldn't public voting become vulnerable to vote buying or any other sort of manipulation made by the artist? Say for example soliciting votes from their bitcointalk friends?

[UserU]

I had experience about art contest when the winner is determined by public voting regardless it's a combination of judges + public voting, public voting alone etc. I can say it's not a good decision because the winner in this contest would be the most popular member, not the best art. I understand you might think public voting would be fair because it's transparent, but the reality isn't.

Fair point. Do you suggest we stick to judges-only?

Having this rule will discourage few or even many artists to enter this contest.

I know the phrases "your money your rule", but this is just my comment.

Let me consult with the team on this. Thanks for the feedback.

I'm not against AI generated art but it looks like you haven't mentioned AI generated art in the rules you provided. In my opinion AI generated art should not be allowed in this kind of contest as it may create an unfair advantage for those who have put effort into creating real art.

You're right, should have added that as well. Thanks!

Wouldn't public voting become vulnerable to vote buying or any other sort of manipulation made by the artist? Say for example soliciting votes from their bitcointalk friends?

Definitely a possibility. Apocollapse brought this up so I'll likely be limiting the votes to the judges, just like with the previous contest last time.

[Apocollapse]

Fair point. Do you suggest we stick to judges-only?

Yep, it's up to you which judges you choose.

You could pick few members in this forum, but I hope you're not allow them to participate too

[SamReomo]

Great to see such an amazing contest. If I'm not wrong then in this contest we will have two options only one is for those member who are good at crafting while other one is for the users who are good at digital art. I would like to know that the ones who create art with pencil and pen are also allowed to participate in this contest or it's just limited to craft and digital art?

[UserU]

Yep, it's up to you which judges you choose.

You could pick few members in this forum, but I hope you're not allow them to participate too

To save ourselves the complication, we'd just stick to the 500 Casino judges.

So basically the staffs, mods and Suspect as well

Great to see such an amazing contest. If I'm not wrong then in this contest we will have two options only one is for those member who are good at crafting while other one is for the users who are good at digital art. I would like to know that the ones who create art with pencil and pen are also allowed to participate in this contest or it's just limited to craft and digital art?

Oh, I meant that anyone is allow to submit either digital or physical artworks, or a combination of both. So those from pen and pencils are welcomed as well!

[SamReomo]

Oh, I meant that anyone is allow to submit either digital or physical artworks, or a combination of both. So those from pen and pencils are welcomed as well!

Great to hear that and now I'll also participate in this amazing contest. Thanks for confirmation and I recommend you to update the OP so that all type of physical artists will also participate in the contest.

[UserU]

Great to hear that and now I'll also participate in this amazing contest. Thanks for confirmation and I recommend you to update the OP so that all type of physical artists will also participate in the contest.

Awesome, all the best in the contest!

[Maus0728]

> Feel free incorporate our house/ casino games or even the site staffs (they love it!) <

Hi @UserU,
Can you expound what this site staff means? Are these people you are referring to? Or maybe moderators from the casino's global chat?

Also, I think it would be great to add another rule about posting their work in progress (WIP) on a separate album if their entry is in a digital format just to avoid any issues about A.I generated artworks. Thanks for the contest.

[joeperry]

Hi @UserU, if I use your current logo (halloween logo) from your website to made an entry (maybe do it in clay sculpture and make it 3d or whatever art I will choose) would that be under plagiarism or I can use it?

[UserU]

Hi @UserU,
Can you expound what this site staff means? Are these people you are referring to? Or maybe moderators from the casino's global chat?

Also, I think it would be great to add another rule about posting their work in progress (WIP) on a separate album if their entry is in a digital format just to avoid any issues about A.I generated artworks. Thanks for the contest.

Hey Maus,

The site staffs refers to the ones working for 500. Such as the moderators, support, developers and marketing.

I think it would be great to add another rule about posting their work in progress (WIP) on a separate album if their entry is in a digital format just to avoid any issues about A.I generated artworks. Thanks for the contest.

For that, I have already added the "Submissions must be accompanied by each participant's 500 ID and Bitcointalk username (e.g. a piece of paper)" rule so it would be much harder to use those tools. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Hi @UserU, if I use your current logo (halloween logo) from your website to made an entry (maybe do it in clay sculpture and make it 3d or whatever art I will choose) would that be under plagiarism or I can use it?

Hey joeperry,

Not a problem at all. Plagiarism means taking someone else's artwork and claiming it to be theirs, like what happened during the pie baking contest.

[UserU]

Bump!

[Z_MBFM]

Hi @UserU, if I use your current logo (halloween logo) from your website to made an entry (maybe do it in clay sculpture and make it 3d or whatever art I will choose) would that be under plagiarism or I can use it?

Hey joeperry,

Not a problem at all. Plagiarism means taking someone else's artwork and claiming it to be theirs, like what happened during the pie baking contest.

nice contest, art Should  be in a paper? or a design made through graphics tools like Photoshop or Illustrator or a pumpkin cut design, like last year's pumpkin contest? You should make these things clear.  Because there's a big price tag here, I think we're going to see a lot of competition here. and that's why everyone should know the right thing. Thanks for bringing a nice contest here

[UserU]

nice contest, art Should  be in a paper? or a design made through graphics tools like Photoshop or Illustrator or a pumpkin cut design, like last year's pumpkin contest? You should make these things clear.  Because there's a big price tag here, I think we're going to see a lot of competition here. and that's why everyone should know the right thing. Thanks for bringing a nice contest here

Hey _MBFM,

Any sort of artwork is counted, even on a piece of paper:

It could be of any artwork, including sculptures or even pies. Use the tools available to your imagination

[lucifur]

hello, is the deadline is on Oct. 31st or do I need to make a submission before the voting which starts on the 24th?

[UserU]

hello, is the deadline is on Oct. 31st or do I need to make a submission before the voting which starts on the 24th?

Hey lucifur,

The deadline is on the 31st October so you still have time. Voting can still happen

[Asta124]

The deadline is on the 31st October so you still have time. Voting can still happen

Is there a certain rank limit for submitting a submission? I mean can a newbie like me take part in this event?

[UserU]

Is there a certain rank limit for submitting a submission? I mean can a newbie like me take part in this event?

Hey Asta,

Not at all, everyone is welcome to participate.