Halloween Birthday Bash 2021

[Moonface]

Universal Gaming is now 15 years old and as always, we must celebrate the occasion with our annual Halloween Birthday Bash!

We'll be running a variety of contests and activities during this event for everyone to participate in, focusing on Halloween and video-games! Taking part in the festivities will earn you points that can be cashed in at the end of the event to get yourself some spooky prizes, so even if you're not lucky enough to win you still have a chance to get something! You're also welcome to make and/or suggest your own Halloween/anniversary themed contests and/or activities, which will also be eligible for earning points.

Contests & Activities (So Far)

• Trick or Treat Street 2021
  
• Halloween Profiles
  
• Video Game Caption Contest #77
  
• Name the Birthday Kitty
  
• Video Game Scavenger Hunt - Birthday Bash 2021 Edition
  
• Where in the World #8
  

1st Place

• $20 PSN / XBL / Nintendo / Steam Gift Card or PayPal cash equivalent. If you live outside the US, I will convert this prize into your local currency as best as possible.
  
• 3 Non-Duplicate Shiny Universal Gaming Cards
  
• 3 Non-Duplicate Standard Universal Gaming Cards
  
• 1 Shiny Halloween Birthday Bash themed Universal Gaming Card
  
• 1 Free Shiny Universal Gaming Card based on a game not currently represented in the catalogue (it's Standard equivalent will be created also, but not awarded)
  
• Coloured Username for 3 weeks
  
• 1500 XP
  

2nd Place

• 2 Non-Duplicate Shiny Universal Gaming Cards
  
• 2 Non-Duplicate Standard Universal Gaming Cards
  
• 1 Shiny Halloween Birthday Bash themed Universal Gaming Card
  
• Coloured Username for 2 weeks
  
• 1000 XP
  

3rd Place

• 1 Non-Duplicate Shiny Universal Gaming Card
  
• 1 Non-Duplicate Standard Universal Gaming Card
  
• 1 Shiny Halloween Birthday Bash themed Universal Gaming Card
  
• Coloured Username for 1 week
  
• 500 XP
  

Participation Prizes

• XP will be awarded based on the number of Candy you earn multiplied by 20. So if you get 18 Candy , you'll get 360 XP.
  
• Anyone who earns at least one Candy will receive a Standard Halloween Birthday Bash themed Universal Gaming Card.
  
• 1 Universal Gaming Card for 2 Candy (maximum of three per member)
  
• 1 week coloured username for 4 Candy (maximum of one per member)
  
• 10% Discount Coupon for one purchase in the Marketplace - 5 Candy
  
• 25% Discount Coupon for one purchase in the Marketplace - 10 Candy
  
• 50% Discount Coupon for one purchase in the Marketplace - 15 Candy
  

All of our Halloween Birthday Bash 2021 activities will be hosted in the Contests & Events forum. We also have some rules and regulations in place:

• Any evident signs of cheating or manipulation by any user during this event may result in immediate disqualification and forfeit of any prize you may have been eligible for.
  
• Staff may compete and earn points, but may not be eligible for cash prizes.
  

[Moonface]

Halloween Birthday Bash 2021 Results
The celebrations had to come to a close sooner or later, so it's time to wrap things up with the final results!

1st Place - @Karo

• $20 PSN / XBL / Nintendo / Steam Gift Card or PayPal cash equivalent.
  
• 3 Non-Duplicate Shiny Universal Gaming Cards (Crash Bandicoot / Dark Souls / Pokémon)
  
• 3 Non-Duplicate Standard Universal Gaming Cards (Portal / Space Invaders / Super Mario Bros.)
  
• 1 Free Standard Universal Gaming Card based on a game not currently represented in the catalogue (it's Shiny equivalent will be created also, but not awarded)
  
• 1 Shiny Halloween Birthday Bash themed Universal Gaming Card
  
• Coloured Username for 4 weeks
  
• 1500 XP
  

2nd Place - @ShiraNoMai

• 2 Non-Duplicate Shiny Universal Gaming Cards (Silent Hill / Space Invaders)
  
• 2 Non-Duplicate Standard Universal Gaming Cards (Dragon Quest / Persona) 
  
• 1 Shiny Halloween Birthday Bash themed Universal Gaming Card
  
• Coloured Username for 2 weeks
  
• 1000 XP
  

3rd Place - @Daisy Johnson + @Mr EliteL

• 1 Non-Duplicate Shiny Universal Gaming Card (Horizon)
  
• 1 Non-Duplicate Standard Universal Gaming Card (Minecraft)
  
• 1 Shiny Halloween Birthday Bash themed Universal Gaming Card
  
• Coloured Username for 1 week
  
• 500 XP
  

So we managed to get a tie for third place, but overall the standings were pretty close apart from Karo who hoarded a lot of candy in comparison to the rest who participated.

Member	Birthday Candy
@Karo	13
@ShiraNoMai	6
@Daisy Johnson	4
@Mr EliteL	4
@Maniakkid25	3

For everyone who participated, you will be able to spend your points for any items you can afford in the pool below.

Participation Prizes

• Anyone who earns at least one Candy will receive a Standard Halloween Birthday Bash themed Universal Gaming Card.
  
• 1 Universal Gaming Card for 2 Candy (maximum of three per member)
  
• 1 week coloured username for 2 Candy (maximum of one per member)
  
• 10% Discount Coupon for one purchase in the Marketplace - 5 Candy
  
• 25% Discount Coupon for one purchase in the Marketplace - 10 Candy
  
• 50% Discount Coupon for one purchase in the Marketplace - 15 Candy
  

Also, everybody will receive XP to the equivalent of their earned Candy multiplied by 20. So everybody will receive the following XP rewards:

Member	XP Reward
@Karo	260
@ShiraNoMai	120
@Daisy Johnson	80
@Mr EliteL	80
@Maniakkid25	60

Everybody should have received their prizes already. For those who received prizes such as name colours and custom cards, please let me know what you would like to have.

[Mr EliteL]

I'll use my 4 candy for 2 Universal Gaming Cards, plz.

[ShiraNoMai]

I'll get 2 cards with mine and a week of a colored name: An aquamarine color will do.

[Karo]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Victory for me! I'd like the paypal $20 and the serie for the UG card I choose will be Final Fantasy XIV! All shall behold the critically acclaimed MMORPG now with a free trial with unlimited play up to the award winning Heavensward expansion and with award winning queues due to the Endwalker expansion coming out! Oh and for my name I'd like it to be a pink again.

[Moonface]

I can make you a FF14 card @Karo (maybe I'll update the shiny FF one with that game) but generally the new card added is for a series than a specific game so I wouldn't do a FF14 set and a regular FF set. So what non represented game series would you want?

[Karo]

Hmm I was wondering could you do a third tier of cards and put FFXIV on that? It will also give an excuse for Night Lord to quest for the next tier of all miku's XD Anyways as for what series to add next I'm going to say Phoggies because they are adorable.

PS: If you do decide to make the FFXIV card don't use derplander I know some people like derplander, but I find him to be kinda boring. XD

He tends to be on the cover art, and he suppose to be the representation of your character the Warrior of Light, but he so plain. D: