Is there a limit on number of entries?

Seilore: Good question! No, there is not.

Admiral: We will be incorporating Steam Workshop at some point, but I don't know how far that will extend. For now it's manual, sorry!

I was really tempted to participate but I read the rules, here is my take of it :

Eligibility, Entries great, Cancellation of Events : I completely agree, it's quite normal

Rights & Ownership : ( in "Entries" : right to modify  why you said it's yours ? / so you could also change it to be different from the author's idea , no ?)

Moderation : (what are the rules of modderation ? will you explain why some are rejected ?)

Prizes : "The Ultimate Winner may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and a publicity/liability release.*** By accepting the prize, winner agrees to the use of his/her name, photo and/or likeness in any promotion/advertising activities related to this contest without further compensation, except where prohibited.*** By accepting a prize, winner agrees to release the contest sponsors and its agencies from any and all liability for injuries and/or damages of any kind sustained in connection with the contest, including any 3rd party infringement claim on the entry." are you joking ? it clearly abusive because it's an all inclusive in your face "your an idiot to accept but thanks" 

Judging : the Critical Judging : is it with some transparency/explication to the submitter?

Notification & Late Entries : understandable but not really tolerant in my opinion because again no reserve

Rules Modifications : again : "are you joking ?" without an op-out for the submitter ? (well you submitted something and we change the rules : any submitter must pay 250 $ to submit : we are worth it ... ( I know over-reaction but something less revolting could be done anyway !)

Law and Venue : LOL !!! nothing more to be said !

with all this any submitter is either naive, desperate /with a real-low income, or a fan of a magnitude that could be dangerous for her/him !

"we tried to cover as many of our bases there as we could." clearly ! in an over abusive way with the final (to be sure to be abusive) : " This Contest is void where prohibited by law."

another exemple : an idea could be so good you would "steal" it legally and create a whole game OR sale it to another party! is it normal for you ? and not even have to use one of the "finalists" so ne retribution for the work !

all this was a clear reminder that your not doing it for the player but for the money of the player (and only for it, it seems !) ... sad, really really sad.

The thing that is the most maddenig is I really like what you are doing : GC,SOAS in particular.

ps : please don't moderate it out; I really would what for this post to do some "Rules Modifications" for me and (I hope lots) of other interested potential submitter to participate

EDIT: "fan with a magnitude" to "fan of a magnitude"

Who is making you submit an entry for a chance to win $1,000? Stardock is trying to create excitement around the race editor just like they did with the ship editor.

It's all very standard. If you wish not to participate, you're free to do so. I'm excited to see some entries!

Here is a relatively stupid question lol (I say that because I feel like I am missing something), but I was wondering.... I love designing aliens, but am not much of a graphic designer myself, so coming up with an original non-copyrighted image may be tough. Would using one of the (non 8 core race) images in game, like you have for the examples above, still work towards creating a custom race for entry?  I realize it might hinder my chance at winning if someone else comes up with a cool image for their aliens, I was just curious mostly. 

Thanks, looking forward to entering and seeing some of the community's entries!!

Ah, I knew I missed something.

Reading is hard!

Thanks, I wont worry too hard about creating an image if Stardock will make one.

Just tried to submit my entry and I'm getting this message every time:

500 - Internal server error.

There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

Please, what can I do?

And is anyone else having this problem?

Thanks.

All the Best,

Earth Force Captain

Tried again and this time it worked.

R3bel02: With my entry when it accepted the entry it came up with a version of the submission page with:

Success

Thank you for your submission.

When I go to submit my faction for the design contest I read this and I'm curious as to where I locate my .faction folder

If you created your faction in-game:Take screenshots of the faction choice screen and the in-game start screen and put them in a .zip file with your .faction file, then enter that and a short description into the submission form.

Also does the in game start screen have to be the start screen when you begin a new game. Or can it be the start screen when you are customizing the faction in the faction editor?

Thank you for replying Island Dog. I had purchased my game through steam so my Galciv folder is placed under. This PC/OC (C:)/Program Files (x86)/Steam/SteamApps/common/Galactic Civilizations III and i believe the folder they want is Galactic Civilizations III/Gfx/Factions but it seems like an odd folder because the content inside is the leader FGs, BGs, potraits and race logos. but i suppose i will use that

Deafgh24 even if you purchased the game through steam the custom faction folder is where Island Dog replied to.

Libraries\Documents\My Games\GalCiv3\Factions\

Then you will have the 4 other custom faction folders which you are able to add to if you want  but your actual custom factions would be various different files beneath them.

Alternative route..

C:(or main drive)\Users\(your windows login)\My Documents\My Games\GalCiv3\Factions\

Nice o-o i see now. Didn't know there was a second folder for the game outside of steam. Now that I can see the faction file in that version of the Factions Folder. It makes much more sense now I can finally upload this faction x-x was quite worried I would upload it wrong and it would get disqualified. Though, does the in game start screen screen shot have to be the page that opens when you start the game as that civ or can it be the customization page when creating the race?