Design the PS3A Sackboy, win a Golden Crown!
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We love competitions and giveaways here at PS3 Attitude. Heck, every Tuesday we even rebrand the site to ‘PSFree Attitude’ in honour of our weekly Twitter-based freebie-fest.
But this week we’ve got something really special for y’all. Yes, we’re offering you the chance to get your hands on one of the rarest of commodities for your precious Sackboy – a Golden Crown.
So what do you need to do to win this glistening ode to your creativity and awesomeness?
PS3 Attitude is known for being a little different within the PlayStation 3 news fraternity. A completely philanthropic venture, every ounce of revenue we generate is given to charity. We privately fund the entire operation so that none of the charity money is used for administration purposes, and our entire team offer up their time without charge or salary.
One of the things that can really make a difference to us and our charity fund is when people spread the word about what we’re trying to achieve, driving more and more visitors to the site. Every extra visitor means additional revenue for our supported charity.
Some people choose to help up by joining our Facebook Group, our PlayFire Group or by following us on Twitter and ‘re-tweeting’ our news and musings.
But we’re missing that all important mascot who can help us make our mark within the PS3 itself. With that in mind, we need our very own Official PS3A Sackboy or Sackgirl – a character that embodies what we stand for but that is easy for LBP users to replicate within the game.
So here are the instructions:
- Within LittleBigPlanet, design a Sackboy or Sackgirl that reflects what PS3 Attitude stands for. Make sure you include the key elements that make us what we are; Daily PS3 news/reviews/interviews, a little attitude and a lot of charity.
- Make a note of what LBP elements and DLC you used when making the Official PS3A Sackboy, as this will make it easier to complete the entry form below. You’ll need to be able to describe how to build the PS3A Sackboy, so don’t make it too complex! You may only use items found in the original LBP and DLC – don’t use your own stickers made using the PlayStation Eye.
- Take a screenshot of your Sackboy within the game; a front view using the ‘Photo’ option in the ‘popit menu’. After taking the screenshot, you can use the square button to open up the ‘Export to HDD’ option. After exporting, the photo will be available for you to copy to your PC/Mac and, therefore, upload using the form below. You can also use a camera, but remember to turn off the flash!
- Now, complete the form below and upload your photo. By submitting the form you agree that we can use your Sackboy design in the future without royalty or payment. You also agree that we can publish your First name, City and Country when we announce the winner.
- Important: We can only offer a Golden Crown for download through the EU or US PS Store. You will need to own the corresponding regional copy of LittleBigPlanet (i.e. if your local store is the US, you will need a US copy of LittleBigPlanet).
- The competition will run for the next three weeks, closing at 16:00 UK time on Tuesday 25th August 2009.
- After the competition has closed, we’ll go through all the entries and will pick a winner by 16:00 UK time on Friday 28th August 2009.
- The winner will receive a voucher code to download their glorious Golden Crown within 14 days of winning the competition. Their design will be distributed via various outlets for everyone to copy in order to help us spread the word about PS3 Attitude within LBP.
- N.B. One entry per person only please…
Feel up to the challenge? Could you be the winning designer?
Bookmark this story now to make it easier to return and complete the entry form below. Oh, and please consider using the Donate button below to help us raise even more money for GamesAid – you know it makes sense!
Good luck and may the best designer win!
P.S. You can keep tabs on the entries by visiting our Flickr photoset for the competition.
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The competition has now closed – we had over 100 entries! Thank you to everyone for your time and effort. We’re off to judge the designs now and will reveal the winner by 16:00 UK time on Friday 28th August 2009.
thats cool. will have to think about this one.
Good luck to everyone that enters!
OH NOES!
Im too lazy to enter.
I might try my hand at this. (Although my level design skills are lacking this should be easier)
sent my entry, hope i win. its not often a chance this easy comes up to win an LBP crown.
It isn’t easy.
it is if you’re so amazing at lbp which i certainly am not
me got a corny fake crown
i hope you can submit more than 1, because i sent another.
Wow, two people ripped off Nick’s idea of the microphone!
No they did not, for one, what is a news reporter without a mic, and secondly this is what the competition is going to be like when they show all the entrants like this, people just saying that they ripped off other peoples idea.
And BTW TWO of the entrants use custom stickers so far
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ps3attitude/3793825777/in/set-72157621817884321/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ps3attitude/3793700479/in/set-72157621817884321/
Fear not dear reader… any entries that we believe have broken the rules will be discounted from the final reckoning.
We’re choosing to put all entries on Flickr at this point in order to illustrate what people have created, and (of course) to help spread the word of the competition through (yet) another channel.
Ok, fair enough, I just thought that with them being shown on the flickr meant that they were accepted.
Thanks
We just want to be clear on the rules. We’ve posted an update above, but we clearly said that ‘You may only use items found in the original LBP and DLC – don’t use your own stickers made using the PlayStation Eye’.
What we didn’t say was that you couldn’t use the tools offered by LBP to create a PS3A logo and shrink it to fit on your Sackperson. As long as it uses the original LBP or DLC content, it is fair game and a testament to the creativity of the user.
You are allowed to use custom stickers, just no ones that have been taken using the playstation eye.
Well anchormen don’t need big microphones, it’s obviously a stolen idea.
True, but people out in the field do, you don’t find the news by sitting on your ass.
I’ll re-iterate it’s not a stolen idea. Most of the future entrants will have a mic, I can grantee it.
Yeah it may be but the idea was and is used by one person first, the description for the contest doesn’t say ‘news reporter’ so it’s not like the idea is already given in the instructions.
And I quote the top bullet point
“Within LittleBigPlanet, design a Sackboy or Sackgirl that reflects what PS3 Attitude stands for. Make sure you include the key elements that make us what we are; Daily PS3 news/reviews/interviews, a little attitude and a lot of charity.”
What’s that I see, ‘news’, ‘interviews’ what are they going to use… microphones obviously!!!
The only fact is that you are saying they are stolen ideas because they are visible for everyone to see, if they go to the flickr page. What if they just enter and not even look at the entrants? You going to accuse them of stealing the idea too.
Yes because how can you prove they didn’t.
Chaps – let’s call a truce here.
I don’t want to see the comment thread for something as cool and brilliant as a Golden Crown become a slanging match.
There are bound to be replications – after all, there are no really original ideas left in the world.
The only thing you need to know at this point is that we’ll be taking everything into consideration when deciding on the winner, including the description sent in with the design.
What you’re seeing on the Flickr feed are just the designs, so you’re only getting part of the story.
Let’s be a little more positive about the competition, rather than arguing over supposed copying – especially since the latter is impossible to prove and so therefore a futile argument.
I think the Flickr thing was a bad idea. Even if things weren’t copied or stolen people, like me will accuse it.
Now that I will agree with.
Can I ask why my entry hasn’t been uploaded? It’s not very good but I see someone elses is up and I sent it early today.
hope 1 of us wins and i want to see the winners costume but i have to wait.
Good luck everyone! I’m very jealous because staff can’t enter
Enter under a fake name! MUAHAHAHA
Wonder if I will win a PS3A comp? Always so close never close enough
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ps3attitude/3795743473/in/set-72157621817884321/
“zim – these designs are not using a ‘custom sticker’ – i.e. a sticker created by taking a photo using the PS Eye.
The creators are just painting ‘PS3′ using a standard black square and a steady hand, which is not against the rules.”
As pointed out in the comments for this entry, using regular black square stickers cannot be made that small, only through making custom stickers ‘in-game’ can that small text be achieved.
So can we make our own in-game custom stickers using the in-game camera?
Don’t think so deep into this, custom stickers are stickers that are hard to replicate without the original sticker… in this case I would say they are custom.
I know they are custom, that’s why I’m asking.
Can we use costume stickers made in-game.
“The only thing you need to know at this point is that we’ll be taking everything into consideration when deciding on the winner, including the description sent in with the design.”
may i ask how you judge the description?
Why not just send a good description?
Good descriptions will explain your ideas and how you came up with them. Why did you choose that hat for instance.
Also detail what, if any, DLC that you used.
aww that wasnt in the rules lol. looks like i will have to wait it out. thanks for this compititition anyway
GOOD STUFF DUDE. By the way, if im from canada, do i enter as a US playstation store guy, or other?
I changed my entry because i thought i wasnt allowed custom stickers… i had a press sticker on his hat
i have a costume, but i cant get it to my computer! i have it in my ps3 pictures, but i dont think i have the right stuff to put into my computer
nevermind, i found a jump drive.
and i hope you can create your own sticker with black squares
and if my costume sticker is too hard to replicate i have another one with no custom sticker if you prefer.
what the? i sent in two pictures. then i got an email saying they can only accept one, and you, ps3attitude, asked which submission i want to keep, so i said the second one. but i’m not seeing it at the submissions. please email ps3attitude, because my second submission is better.
Please bear with us – we have your email, but we’re still going through all the ‘exceptions’ and cleaning those up. Right now, we’re just doing a server migration to make PS3 Attitude faster and more reliable for all our readers.
You’ll see your second entry appear in due course, and it will replace the first – thanks.
ok thanks. i just wanted to make sure it didnt get lost in the mail or something.
I tried.
Maybe I’ll win this time… I’ve entered tons of competitions D:
hey… wheres my entrant? do i have to use one with no custom sticker?
We are trying to upload all entries that meet the requirements as quickly as possible.
Entries that use stickers with the help of the PlayStation Eye will not be accepted.
The idea is that the winning mascot can be easily duplicated.
Well i have entered this. Wish me luck…
I’m beginning to think this comp is an excuse to make awesome captions, i don’t know about anyone else but some of them made me giggle
Have you got a favourite at the moment?
We won’t be choosing our favourites till all entries are in, sorry
I’ve entered; I really want that crown =D! I spent a lot of time designing the costume, and I hope whoever is deciding on the winner can understand my tutorial on making the costume!
This looks like an excellent idea!
but i didnt use a ps3 eye camera to do mine! i dont even have one! its just some black squares i took a picture of in-game.(because i cant make them that small