Rules

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Participation Rules

To ensure a fair and enjoyable experience for everyone taking part in haunt.gg events, please follow the rules below. These guidelines are here to keep submissions competitive, judging consistent, and the overall event experience fun for all participants.

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1. Originality

All submissions must be original works created by the participant. Plagiarism, tracing, or heavily copying another person’s design, concept, or layout is not allowed. Taking inspiration is fine, but your final entry should clearly be your own work and effort.

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2. Theme Adherence

Every submission must match the theme, prompt, or extra guidelines provided for that specific event. Entries that ignore the event direction, only loosely relate to it, or miss important requirements may be removed from consideration or disqualified.

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3. Submission Deadline

All entries must be submitted before the stated deadline for the event. Late submissions usually cannot be accepted, as doing so would be unfair to participants who submitted on time and could interfere with judging or bracket scheduling.

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4. One Entry Per Participant

Each participant may submit only one entry per event unless the event page clearly states otherwise. Please make sure the version you submit is the one you want judged, since duplicate or alternate submissions can create confusion during review.

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5. Profile Changes After Submission

If you make a visible change to the profile you submitted, you must delete your old entry message and send a new one. This applies to changes such as your profile picture, theme, background, or other clearly visible visual edits that affect how your submission is presented.

Minor non-visual changes, such as audio updates that do not affect the visible presentation of the entry, do not require you to resend your submission unless event staff says otherwise.

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6. Respectful Content

All entries must remain respectful and appropriate for the community. Content that is offensive, discriminatory, hateful, sexually explicit, or otherwise clearly inappropriate for the event environment may be removed and can lead to immediate disqualification.

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7. Judging Criteria

Submissions are judged based on creativity, how well they follow the theme, and the overall quality of the final design. Judges may also consider presentation, polish, and effort where relevant, but the main focus will always stay on the announced event criteria.

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8. Disqualification

Failure to follow any of the rules above may result in disqualification from the event. Depending on the situation, organizers may remove an entry, reject votes connected to it, or fully disqualify the participant if the violation is serious or clearly intentional.

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Voting Rules

These rules are for the voting phase after finalists have been selected:

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1. One Vote Per Person

Each person may cast only one vote per event. Using alternate accounts, asking someone else to vote on your behalf, or trying to submit more than one vote in any form is not allowed.

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2. Fair Voting

Voting should be based on the quality, creativity, and overall strength of the finalist submission. Please vote honestly and avoid choosing an entry solely because you know the participant personally or want to help a friend win.

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3. No Vote Manipulation

Any attempt to unfairly influence the results is prohibited. This includes things like creating extra accounts, coordinating fake engagement, or using any method meant to artificially increase votes, and it may result in disqualification.

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4. No Vote Solicitation

Participants may not ask, pressure, or encourage other people to vote for them, whether directly or indirectly. The goal is to let entries stand on their own without outside campaigning affecting the results.

This includes:

• Direct requests in comments or private messages on Discord, haunt.gg, social media, or similar platforms
• Social media bios, statuses, descriptions, or profile text telling people to vote for your submission
• Any other post, message, or behavior that is clearly intended to gather votes for yourself

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5. No Incentivized Voting

Participants may not offer rewards, shoutouts, gifts, favors, or any other form of incentive in exchange for votes. Votes must be earned through the quality of the entry itself, not through trades, pressure, or promised benefits.