After months of waiting and anticipation, the "Secret Contest" I had planned is here! I bring you, the Emoticon Tournament!

As some of you may remember, !DryBones44 hosted an epic tournament called the “Multi-Round Emoticon Drop Out Contest”. [link]

The tournament was a blast and there were many participants! And I am going to revise it! So, here is what’s going to happen:

Details:

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After all the participants are gathered, I will use random.org to match the participants up randomly. I will then select a topic, and then you and your opponent will face off and make an emote based on the theme. You will have 1 week to make the emote, and then our judges will decide the winner of each match up.

If you win your match, you will move on to the next round, and face off another winner and have a new theme to emote for. But if you do not win your match, you will be eliminated from the competition. You will then get a special feature, and wear a unique competitors badge.

This process continues until we get to our final 2 or 3 (depending on what number it happens to be at the end).

In the event that there are 3 finalists, they will all compete against each other and the judges will choose them in a 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd style.

In the event there are 2 finalists, the 2 finalists will face off like normal, and the 2 semi-finalists that didn’t win will face off for 3^rd.

I am also going to make special badges for semi-finalists, finalists, and the winner!

Prizes:

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1^st Place

3000

A free pixel emote plushy of your emoticon OC

1 month feature on `IceXDragon’s page

2^nd Place 

2000

A free pixel emote plushy of your emoticon OC

3^rd Place

1000

A free pixel emote plushy of your emoticon OC

*All prize donations are welcome*

Guidelines:

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• Anybody may sign up! No matter if you have never made an emoticon before, or have been making emotes for 5 years, you are welcome to participate.

• Be nice to all competitors! This is a fun and friendly event; if you do not win your match up, don’t get upset and start bashing people, instead just have fun. That’s what this event is for.

• All of your entries must include an emote somewhere in the piece. It’s not called the “Emoticon Tournament” for nothing, is it?

• You entry must relate to the round’s theme somehow. If it is not completely obvious in the deviation itself, explain it in the description of the deviation.

• All entries must say that it is for this tournament in the description. To avoid confusion.

• When you are finished with your entry, note me with it and I will add it to the list.

• Your entry must be on time. Exceptions may be made though if the first judge hasn’t finished judging yet, but after that, you will be eliminated.

• If your opponent does not make their emote on time, you will win the match by default and go to the next round.

• Bases and resources may be used, but we expect you to do most of the work yourself.

• All entries must follow the official rules of deviantART.

Judges:

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There will be 5 judges for this event, and they are:

Sign-up:

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If you would like to sign up for this event, simply comment on this article saying you want to participate, and I will add you to the list.

Sign-ups will close on June 1^st, 2013 at 11:59.59 PM CDT.

Remember, anyone may sign up!

Special competitors badge for all competitors!

Sign up and wear one!

Participants:

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I hope that this will be a very fun event for everyone! If you have any questions, feel free to ask below in the comments.

Also, please this so as many people as possible can find out about it!

Special Thanks

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I would like to thank these people for helping make this event happen by donating points!

_{Thank you to `miontre for the inspiration for the skin!}