Propaganda Contest
| “ | Against all the rules of contest creation, there is STILL MORE! Because even if you don’t win ANY of the prizes listed above, Gabe Newell might take a liking to your poster and AWARD SOME POINTS to the side of your choice in the Soldier/Demo War. Is this fair? No! Does Gabe care? Not even slightly!
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The Propaganda Contest was a community event run by Valve in conjunction with the WAR! Update. It encouraged users to create propaganda posters for their side of choice (BLU Soldier or RED Demoman). The posters were then submitted to Valve to be judged through the Propaganda Contest website.[1][2]
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Prizes
The first prize was announced to be a one-of-a-kind hat, which was named based on the name the user wrote in when submitting their entry to the contest. The three leading prizes were later revealed to be J.Axer's Dapper Topper, Amber's Rad As All Hell Hat, and the Uncle Sam.
It was also announced that there would be 25 runners-up which would receive a mysterious Mann Co. "prize package". Over 40 runners-up were later selected, and received a Modest Pile of Hat as their prize.
The final "prize" announced was additional points for the side of choice of posters that Valve president Gabe Newell liked, which would help tip the scale of the ongoing "battle" between the Soldier and Demoman for the item that would later be revealed as the Gunboats. Because of the contest, the Soldier won the war, despite the Demomen having more kills.
Winners
1st place - J.Axer
2nd place - Amber
3rd place - John Freeman
Runners-up
Most Unique Likeness of Soldier and/or Demo
- DrawMost Unique Likeness of Soldier and/or Demo
- BrownBest Use of a Term We Don't Know the Meaning of, But That is Probably Filthy
- Matthias RiglingBest Incorporation of Another Class
- ReeseMost Likely to Get Us a Cease and Desist Order From Bethesda
- LARATRONBest Use of the Time-worn Maxim "Sex Sells"
- Agent MelonBest Attempts to Make Soldier Look Adorable
- Delicious SpygerBest Attempts to Make Soldier Look Adorable
- AnnekaBest Attempt to Make Soldier Look Heroic
- metalpissBest Attempt to Make Soldier Look Jet-Propelled
- B0nd07Best Attempt to Make Soldier Look Manly
- Commissar KBest Attempt to Make Soldier Look Normal
- BrookeBest Attempt to Make Soldier Look Melting
- Nick PearceBest Attempt to Make Demoman Look Cowardly
- huzzah!Best Attempt to Make Demoman Look Like a Drunk
- The Fox FanfareBest Attempts to Make Demoman Look Evil
- Chanicle BullieBest Attempts to Make Demoman Look Evil
- DaimaoBest Attempt to Make Demoman Look Like a Kamikaze Pilot
- ?FactionBest Attempt to Make Demoman Look Like Billy Dee Williams
- The Wenny C's PrideBest Alternate Entry by a Contest Winner
- J.AxerBest Ironic Resuscitation of a Long-dead Genre
- PrototypeBest Use of Euclidean Space
- HollohillBest Attempt at Iconography
- Viva la Demo!Best Poster to Take Into a Tattoo Parlor While Pointing at Your Chest
- BAOMost Convincing Argument for Evolution
- Rawr/TankTaurMost Convincing Argument for Education
- PlankMost Convincing Argument for Learning How to Contract by One Pixel in Photoshop
- Cliff HangerBest Poster Evidently Scanned From a 14-Year-Old's Binder
- Ryan "Danger" OhlemeierBest Attempt to Raise Awareness About the Dangers of Alcohol
- Christian GrundBest Attempt to Raise Awareness About Sticky Bomb Tragedies
- EskBest Use of Eye Patches
- Christian KaiserBest Reference to Conan the Barbarian
- UnidColorHonorable Mentions in Catchphrase Creation
- rEJHonorable Mentions in Catchphrase Creation
- WofielHonorable Mentions in Catchphrase Creation
- ShenanigansHonorable Mentions in Catchphrase Creation
- .nikHonorable Mentions in Catchphrase Borrowing
- kris aubuchon (awesomerobot)Best Use of Garry's Mod
-Eric SalamaBest Reference to William Wallace
- Alan LongstaffBest Reference to Uncle Sam
- Dan TylerBest Reference to Loch Ness Monster
- Wade "Nineaxis" FabryBest Literal Depiction of Larvae
- Christopher MartinezMost Inevitable Incorporation of Urine
- ChristianBest Use of Sticky Bombs
- Michael A. SzymanskiBest Use of Gratuitous Violence
- KyattsuaiPoster that Made Us the Most Hungry
- SwankeryPoster that Made Us the Least Hungry
- YoplatzBest Weapon-Centric Posters
- SaturnianBest Weapon-Centric Posters
- Ben HollandBest Attempts at Authentic WWII-Era Propaganda
- CaptainCubeBest Attempts at Authentic WWI-Era Propaganda
- AGENT MELONBest Attempts at Authentic WWII-Era Propaganda
- KILOMONSTERBest Attempts at Authentic WWII-Era Propaganda
- THE KAMINATORBest Attempt to Write Soldier Dialogue
- Eastman's CraniumMost Incorrect Statement
- BLOBBest Use of the Most Primitive Computer Art Program Available
- Zachary LindemannMost Disturbing Use of the Most Primitive Computer Art Program Available
- Johan
