Well, it wasn’t that euphoric, but you get the drift.  It was a lot of fun.  So much fun, in fact, that we’d been thinking about having another one.  So here it is…  but this time…  it’s different.

Instead of voting on already-existing avatars, your mission (should you choose to accept it, and if you don’t, I shall beat you with a fish) will be to design an avatar…

for THE_PLAGIARIST…

We’ve all seen the dude on Mixx and in the Bowl.  A regular contributor, submitting great stuff.  The fact he has no avatar has been a low-key running joke amongst the SB crew for a little while, so we decided to dress that icon up a little for this particular contest…

Your Mission:

Design and create an avatar for The_Plagiarist to use at Mixx.com.  You may use any digital image manipulation tools you wish to use.

Post your results in this thread over at the Mixxing Bowl forums.  

You have a week from today – ending on Monday, September 22.  

As for the winner?  The winning entry will be selected by The_Plagiarist, of course.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR..?  GET INTO IT!!!!!!!!!!!

I debated keeping this contest open another week, but Brian Wallace told me he wished a recent contest he held had been much shorter and now I know what he means. This isn’t the last contest we’ll have at The Bowl, and soon we may have some prizes for ourselves and not have to mooch off the Mixx guys .

Most Memorable

DoshDosh

Best Custom Design

Zaibatsu

Best Self Picture

MarkCarras

Most Creative

MethodMan

Funniest

By a landslide
CaptainDigger

Most Serious

honest_ape

Cutest not my idea

tplahav

Congrats to the winners! The Mixx guys should be getting in touch with you soon to determine how best to deliver your prize.

The contest isn’t a one avatar to rule them all, instead it will be broken down into several categories.

The categories are:

• Most Memorable
• Best Custom Design
• Best Self Picture
• Most Creative
• Funniest
• Most Serious
• Cutest not my idea

Of course cGt2099, joefowler3, and Bdog2g can’t be nominated, but we can nominate.

Post a comment with your vote in each category and on Tuesday January 15, 2008 check back to see if your name is next to one of the categories. If you can only think of one avatar, that’s cool, just post the name of the avatar and the category for which you think is best.

Remember, this is all in good fun and perhaps will help others (especially new people) to choose a proper avatar from themselves.

** Update **

According to Chris McGill (THE MIXX GUY):

“Hey- schwag is coming in- we will offer winners some quality Mixx wear- details to come!”

blog.mixx.com/2008/01/08/mixxingbowl-avatar-competition

So there’s a little more incentive to play along.