Contest Results

I'll be going over the submissions over the coming days and will announce the winners here and on Discord sometime on Tuesday, October 22. Stay tuned!

Grand Prize: Humans Best Advertiser
Second Place: Vinkie!
Third Place: Nobody, since only 2 people submitted anything

Hello fellow human people!

If you're active on Discord you're probably well aware of how vocal I am about bringing in new players. So, today I am offering all of you the chance to engage in some marketing magic with the chance to win great 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes. There are obviously rules and guidelines you must follow but you do have some pretty good creative freedom with this contest. You can post advertisements across the vast, weird land known as the internet. You can print flyers and post them on bulletin boards across the vast, also weird real world. You can make a pk or stake video and put it on your YouTube channel or stream yourself spinning some sweet, sweet flax (looking at you, Crispy,) on your platform of choice.

This contest will begin on October 1, 2019 and end on October 14, 2019 (midnight Eastern Time for both.) Hopefully this advanced notice will you give you enough time to formulate a plan to be the best marketer.

Rules and Guidelines

Failure to abide by any of the following rules and guidelines will result in disqualification.

By advertising and promoting this game, you are acting as an ambassador to it. This means you always need to ensure you're playing by the rules, maintaining a respectful and professional attitude, etc.

1. Follow other forum/website rules.
If you come across a forum that does not allow advertising or soliciting, don't post an advertisement. If it is a forum or site you actually have interest in joining, you can always post a link in your signature or profile if that is allowed. In any case, please make sure you are not breaking any rules.
1a. Don't double post!
If you happen upon a forum or website that already has an RSCR advertisement in at least somewhat plain view (first couple pages of a forum section, etc.), don't post another one.

2. Follow local ordinances/laws and get permission to post things.
If you're going to be posting flyers or anything of the sort, please make sure you are not in violation of any laws or local ordinances and that you have permission to pin something on a bulletin board or telephone pole or anything like that. Local ordinances can be pretty specific and odd so make sure you've read up on yours. If there's a bulletin board at a gas station, make sure you ask the clerk if it is okay for you to put something up.

3. Be aware of copyright laws.
If you're making a video, please make sure you are not using music without permission. The belief that you can use up to 30 seconds of a song under "fair use" is actually a myth. You actually need 2 different types of permissions to use even a few seconds of a song. With that said, there are plenty of resources for royalty free music as well as genuine "fair use" resources. A simple Google search will give you hundreds of places to find free music that you can use. I've even used a few songs for past projects and they were great.
If you use a copyrighted song without permission, I can't accept the video as a valid submission.

4. Everything you do must have a physical record.
This is very important as it ensures you have a fair shot at winning the contest or at least placing 2nd or 3rd. If you post on a forum but do not screenshot it for your records, it will not count. If you put bulletins up but don't take a few pictures of them, they won't count. So on and so forth. Please keep a record of your marketing campaign if you want a chance to win! You can send me links through the website's private messaging system or through Discord (I strongly prefer this method of communication) and I will record it all for the judging period. Please include your in-game character name in the first message.

5. Get permission to use any official RSCR logos
Since this contest is not officially sponsored by RSCR, please go ahead and ask permission to use any of official RSCR logos and things like that. Remember, everything we do inside the game or outside of it reflects on us as a community. So, we're going to extend the professionalism to RSCR as well.

6. Future bylaws.
As of today (September 4, 2019) we have 26 days before the contest begins. If any other rules or guidelines are needed before then, they will appear here.

Judging

I will go over each participant's efforts and results to determine a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner. I will be judging on quality of advertisements, streams, and/or videos, how well a participant adheres to the aforementioned rules, how effective the campaigns are from a marketing standpoint, how creative each effort is, and what kind of attention it brings (if possible. I will be following up on the online contributions but obviously there is no way for me to follow up on physical adverts.)

Prizes

For winning 1st place in Sno's Advertising Contest, the Grand Prize shall be a Red Party Hat!

For winning 2nd place in Sno's Advertising Contest, the prize shall be 10 million GP!

For winning 3rd place, in Sno's Advertising Contest, the prize shall be 3 million GP and 5K of each type of rune! Except Soul Runes because the budgetary committee has told me we can't afford those without selling some of my land around Varrock and guys, I am not giving up a location like that.

The winners will be announced shortly after the contest ends on a day to be determined later. They will be announced through a forum post and on Discord.

So there you have it. Let's have some fun with this one, get some new players aboard, and set your sights on a red party hat. Or, you know, a bunch of runes if that's your thing.