User:Armond/CAR

Following the spirit of the Design-A-Profession Contest, for our fourth official PvXwiki contest, we'd like to ask you to create entirely new races for players!

The challenge
If you liked the Design-A-Profession contest, you'll enjoy this one as well. While it's not too hard to come up with the basics, fleshing out all the details can be more challenging - and fun! - than you'd expect.

The rules
The number of submissions per entrant is not limited; however, entrants may not win more than one prize. Administrators may submit entries; however, they cannot win prizes.

Submission must consist of (at the very least) the following:
 * An overview of the dominant personality of the race
 * A physical description of the race
 * The race's general relationship with the current Guild Wars races (Humans, Asura, Norn, and Dwarves), if applicable
 * A short (1-2 line) mention of the moral and ethical tendencies of the race (for example, Stone Summit tend to be evil, Sylvari tend to be free-spirited, and Norn tend to be neither good nor evil)
 * Homelands of the race (whether already known to the world of Tyria or not)
 * Common religion of the race, if any

Additionally, submissions may include other information, including, but not limited to:
 * Example names
 * Professions commonly taken by members of the race
 * Why members of the race might take to a life of adventuring
 * Other minor details

Nothing is specifically excluded, and the more in-depth the submission, the better.

The only caveat is this: while an existing race may be retooled, the final product must be a distinctly unique race (similar to how the Deldrimor and Stone Summit are distinct).

How to Enter
Only registered PvXwiki users may enter the Design-A-Race contest. However, anyone may register an account before submitting an entry.

All entries should be submitted via email to [mailto:contest@pvxwiki.com contest@pvxwiki.com]. The subject of the email should be something along the lines of "Create-A-Race Contest," and the email itself must contain the entrant's PvXwiki username.

Winners
After the contest is over on February 21st, 2008, we will announce 3 lucky winners of Razer DeathAdder Guild Wars Edition!

Mice are kindly given to us by Razer and will be shipped to you free of cost from the Razer headquarters.



Judging
Entries will be judged by the Administrators.

Although submissions are judged on a relatively subjective scale, a number of factors will be looked at in particular:
 * Completeness: At its most basic level, this essentially amounts to "Does the submission include all of the elements mentioned in the 'Rules' section?" However, this would also include "Does the submission include more than was asked for?"
 * Originality: The purpose of this contest is to be creative, thus, one of the obvious questions that arises is "Is the race in question different and interesting?"
 * Quality: Essentially, this would include things along the lines of "Is the submission well-written?"
 * Cohesion: Essentially, "Do the various elements of the race make sense as a whole?"
 * Believability: Essentially, "Is there anything that would prevent this race from existing in the world of Tyria?"

Contest Dates
Submissions Dates: February 7 - February 21st (planned)