Prizes
This is the first EarthBound Fanfest, so we decided it would be fun to go completely overboard and send off a lot of the prizes which have been languishing in Starmen.Net’s (and Fangamer’s) prize piles for the past few years.
You can submit any kind of file to any GPP; videos, music, art, writing, etc. Everyone will be allowed to give thumbs up to their favorite entries, and on the day of the GPP we’ll pick winners (based in part on the feedback from the thumbs).
There will be four prizes awarded for every GPP: three badges (Awesome, Lovely, and EarthBoundy), and one of sixteen special prizes which you can win by matching your entry up with the daily theme.
Daily Categories/Prizes
| Name | Description | Prize | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awesome | The most awesome entry of the day. | ‘Awesome’ Forum Badge |  |
| Lovely | The entry with the most heart. | ‘Love’ Forum Badge |  |
| EarthBoundy | The entry which best evokes the EarthBound spirit. | ‘Urfbownd’ Forum Badge |  |
Special Categories/Prizes
| Date | # | GPP Name | Special Theme | Prize | Description | Prize Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon Oct 25 | 1 | Onett | Rebellion | 2nd Ed Pinset | Punks like to play tough, but rebellion comes in many forms. The most rebellious entry to this GPP wins a rare 2nd edition Pin Set from Fangamer! |  |
| Wed Oct 27 | 2 | Twoson | Devotion | Happy Happy Clay Model | Cults are a touchy subject. The entry which most bravely explores the theme of blind devotion wins a one-off Happy Happyist clay model from Camille Young! |  |
| Fri Oct 29 | 3 | Threed | Foreboding | Halloween Pinsets | The monsters in Threed understand how to keep people running scared. The entry which best evokes a feeling of impending doom wins a rare Halloween Pinset from Fangamer! |  |
| Mon Nov 1 | 4 | Winters | Independence | Snow Wood Hoodie | It takes guts to go it alone, regardless of whether its boarding school or saving your psychic friends. The most ‘independent’ entry wins a Snow Wood Hoodie from Fangamer! |  |
| Wed Nov 3 | 5 | Saturn Valley | Weirdness | Mad Duck Clay Model | Mr. Saturn may be weird, but he’s got the plushie market cornered. The strangest entry wins the next weirdest thing: a one-off Mad Duck clay model by Camille Young! |  |
| Fri Nov 5 | 6 | Grapefruit Falls | Nastiness | 1st Ed. Courage Badge | It takes guts to wade through a puke-monster’s lair. The entry which best sums up the experience wins a clean, shiny, and rare Courage (Franklin) Badge! |  |
| Mon Nov 8 | 7 | Dusty Dunes | Adventure | Goonies DVD | Nothing says adventure like a gold mine! The most adventurous entry wins a DVD copy of The Goonies, one of many movies which inspired the MOTHER series. |  |
| Wed Nov 10 | 8 | Fourside / Moonside | Surprise | Spook Clay Model | The Department Store is the last place you expect to get ambushed. The entry with the best surprise wins a one-off clay model of the Dept Store Spook by Camille Young! |  |
| Fri Nov 12 | – | Halftime Show | Halloween | Avatars, Ranks, Badges | We’ll give out as many avatars/ranks/badges as we feel is warranted by the entries we’ve gotten. | – |
| Mon Nov 15 | 9 | Summers | Snootiness | M1+2 Coke Keychain | Summers is full of crazy characters you’ll only find in a wealthy city. The entry which best represents the strange zeitgeist of Summers wins a rare M1+2 Coca Cola Keychain! |  |
| Wed Nov 17 | 10 | Dalaam | Simplicity | Jonkvatar | The core of Dalaamese philosophy is simplicity. The entry with the most concise, simple, and powerful message will win a minimalist avatar designed by Jon Kay! |  |
| Fri Nov 19 | 11 | Scaraba | Legend | Starmen.Net Keychain | Ancient Relics imbued with supernatural powers are a great way to spice up a story. The entry which best examines the legendary side of this GPP gets a rare Starmen.Net keychain! |  |
| Mon Nov 22 | 12 | Deep Darkness | Shyness | Tenda Clay Model | Tendas aren’t known for their rambling speeches, but they know how to look cute. The entry which best encapsulates Shyness wins a one-off clay Tenda by Camille Young! |  |
| Wed Nov 24 | 13 | Stonehenge | Ambition | EarthBound Poster | The Starmen, more than any of Giygas’s other henchmen, are ambitious. The entry which best highlights their megalomania wins a 11″×17″ copy of the EarthBound promo poster! |  |
| Fri Nov 26 | – | Black Friday | – | – | – | – |
| Mon Nov 29 | 14 | Lost Underworld | Perspective | Gummie Plushie | The Lost Underworld is a land of extremes. The submission which makes the best use of perspective wins the very last of eyes5’s Gummie Plushies! |  |
| Wed Dec 1 | 15 | Magicant | Illusion | MOTHER 2 Soundtrack | The line between a dream and an illusion is thin! The entry which best conveys a dreamlike state wins an unopened copy of the Japanese MOTHER 2 Soundtrack! |  |
| Fri Dec 3 | 16 | Cave of the Past | Triumph | Final Starman Figurine | Nothing says ‘mythic’ like a final showdown between good and evil. The most epic depiction of triumph wins one of Camille Young’s coveted Starman figurines! |  |
| Mon Dec 6 | – | Award Show | Holiday | Avatars, Ranks, Badges | We’ll give out as many avatars/ranks/badges as we feel is warranted by the entries we’ve gotten. | – |
We’re still trying to figure out if/what we’re going to offer as overall prizes; in the meantime, get to work! If you want to win one of the early prizes, you need to have your entries finished in less than a week!
