Woopsie daisy! We forgot to include some info on the contest news entry!

We are only accepting natural coated dogs! NO GLITCHES!

The only exception is if the glitch you use still looks like a natural color. As much as we all enjoy glitch dogs on the site, we simply would rather not have one as the official mascot/representative of Alacrity itself. This is the dog we'll be using in graphics all over the site, including the banner, so make sure you're submitting designs that are natural and attractive! Do your very best! :} The dogs can look fancy, have piebalding, etc. etc. but please no rainbow markings!

If you have already entered the contest with a glitch entry, you will be allowed to try again! :}

We're very sorry about the confusion! Remember, the winner of the design gets 2 custom dogs they get to design whatever way they want, with no bone limit! And whoever wins the naming contest gets a single custom dog! We're eager to see more entries, so hop on over to the Custom Tool and start designing! :D

This is just a little announcement to let everyone know that we are repurposing account #1 for our official mascot account! Previously, this account belonged to the former owner, Robyn, who left us after the site was sold to pursue some very important priorities in her life. Since she is no longer an active part of Alacrity, we asked her permission to repurpose the account, and she gave us the go-ahead. :D

Once a winner is picked from the Mascot Competition, the mascot dog will be made with this account, and our very talented Rabby will be doing a spiffy new icon for it! We can't wait! <3

Hei All!

It’s come to our attention we don’t have a real Alacrity Mascot. We have Mascot and Roo, who belong to Hel and Robyn respectively, but neither are a dog we use actively in the site. So, much like The Professor competition of a while ago, we’re looking to make an Official Site Mascot.

The mascot that wins this competition will be in a new site banner, the dog that alerts all our players of accidents, auction winnings, etc, and elsewhere throughout the site! He or she will also have his or her own account. This means if you win this competition, your design will become a permanent part of Alacrity.

We will also be having a “Naming” competition for the mascot, for those of us - including myself - who cannot design.

How this will work:

We will have all our interested members submit a custom dog design and/or name to us. The designs will be organized by breed and then the site staff will choose a top design from each breed. We will put up each of these top designs for a vote by the entire site - anonymously, so nobody can vote based on friendship. This means if your dog is a finalist, you must keep it to yourself! The winning dog will then have a vote for a name, the top names being again chosen by site staff and the finalists being voted on by the entire site.

Requirements:

NO RAINBOW GLITCHES! Natural coats (or glitches that look natural) only!

You can only submit ONE design and/or ONE name once. If you design something better in the week, you cannot replace your already submitted design. If you have a specific gender in mind for the name, please list it when you submit the name.

When you submit a design, you relinquish all rights to that design. That is, if this is your fursona, it’s not going to be your fursona anymore. If your wish is for this design to be your own personal custom, then you should keep this design to yourself instead of submitting it.

Design the dog in the Custom Tool and submit the image, with marking list, and/or the name you thought of to the Admin/Report a Staff Member Issue Hub. Mark it as a private issue and title it “Mascot Competition”.

All designs and names must be submitted by 11:59 pm Saturday the 9th of March.

Winning:

The design winner will get a set of custom dogs. (No copy of the design winning dog.)
The name winner will get a single custom dog. (No copy of the design winning dog.)
All people who make it to the public voting round will get 2 bones.

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(Also, if you missed it, there's a post on the winners of the Custom Companion Contest below!!! Congrats to them!)