2021 Rules and Information

1. Sign-ups starting January 16th and will be ending on February 27th.
This is to allow players time to start collecting funds, other resources, and possible team members for the contest.
All important mascot dates can be seen on the official HP calendar and the Important Dates Thread of the Forum’s Mascot Contest category.
Training starts February 28th and the last day to train is April 24th!

2. Entrance fee per animal for the Ticket/Show Categories:  $115 mill HPD
Entrance fee per animal for the No Ticket/Show Categories: $35 mill HPD
This is an entrance fee per animal, not per player fee requirement!
If you decide to drop out of the contest after training starts or get disqualified for not completing a required task, the fee is non-refundable.
Please send your entrance fee to The Humane Alliance (#666) as soon as you complete the sign up form or by February 27th.

3. You can enter in 4 categories: Horse (tickets & shows), Dog (tickets & shows), Horse (no tickets & shows), and Dog (no tickets & shows). One entrance per individual/team per category.

4. Everyone must start with a "store aged" animal (3 for horses, 2 for dogs).
This can be from the actual Store (or Cash Shop) or it can have lines. We can age-forward a newborn for you before the contest, but we will not de-age a lined animal.
If your animal has lines we will subtract the "born points" as well as any points earned from animal awards before the contest starts from your final score.
You MUST accurately report any "born with" and animal awards points on the sign-up form.
The animal is NOT allowed to gain any other points before the contest begins.

5. If you have a question about what is allowed for gaining points, ask me before you do it!
It's a zero tolerance policy, and players who violate this WILL have their animals disqualified immediately.
* The tickets/shows categories can use any means possible to gain points on their animals.
* The no tickets/no shows categories cannot use training tickets, private shows, HPP trade-in for animal points, or extra energy from Store or Cash Shop.
* ALL animals can use public shows, club shows, points won in the Mini-Events or activities hosted by the Event Coordinators during the run of the Mascot Contest, points from earning animal awards (AFTER the contest starts, please see rule #4 for more information), or points from club registries.
* Any prizes saved up from past stocking stuffers, goodie bags, contests, activities, or events, etc. before the Mascot contest starts cannot be used for your entry!

6. Each animal must be named before the contest starts and have a unique image and a back-story before it ends. All animals must ALSO have their height (for horses), color, and brand (does not need to be permanent) filled in before the end of the contest. Animals are not required to have stylesheets, as that would preclude basic players from participating. There are specific deadlines for this on the HP Calendar (you can also find a mini-calendar in the Mini News). Animals who do not meet these deadlines WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.

7. You cannot de-age, age-forward, or breed your animal during the run of the contest.
If you have any questions about what is allowed, please message me and ask!

REMEMBER:

• Voting in all categories makes a big difference during the final scoring and especially helps for the bonus prizes, so please don’t skip!
* Part of your score is the popular vote! It would be a good idea to advertise your animal so that you can get the popular vote. Showcase them! Be proud of your pixel and share their greatness with others!

• You can get funds from your personal banks, but will also have from now until the contest begins to raise even more money and acquire resources such as finding a graphic artist. You should also use this time to start reserving tickets and private shows. Start making a plan for training through the end of the contest! It’ll save you time and energy if you have a plan!

• We need at least 3 contestants in each category for the contest to run. It's encouraged for you to enter as many categories as you want to. The more competition, the more fun and challenging it is!

• There are optional mini-events for mascots in all categories during the contest in order to earn points and other power-ups. Mini contests will all be posted ahead of time, each with specific due dates which can be found on the HP Calendar - you may begin entering them as soon as the contest officially starts, but you may not enter after any mini-event's due by date passes.

So do we make up the color and height?

Yeah we do Kayla :) 

I have a question

We are entering dog, no tickets, no shows.

Can we register them with clubs? This would give "bonus" points though?

Rosa is awesome, Rosa is fine, Rosa didn't write this...

Angel - Rule number 5 covers that :)

-ALL animals can use public shows, club shows, points won in the Mini-Events or activities hosted by the Event Coordinators during the run of the Mascot Contest, points from earning animal awards (AFTER the contest starts, please see rule #4 for more information), or points from club registries.

It just has to be registered AFTER the contest starts.

*facepalm*

Rosa is awesome, Rosa is fine, Rosa didn't write this...