Bethesda Holds Fallout 3 "Create a Perk" Contest
To mark the 10th anniversary of "Bloody Mess." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Isle_Studios]
"We bounced around a lot of ideas on how we could best honor Fallout and its 10th Anniversary/Birthday," wrote Pete Hines, Vice President of Public Relations and Marketing at Bethesda [http://www.bethsoft.com]. "We decided that we should do something we've never done before for any of our games (that I'm aware of anyway): Give fans a chance to create something we'll use in the game. We talked about it and we thought perhaps the best option was to do something where folks could be creative in a way that is very much Fallout, and not have it be overly complex. We also didn't want it to be trivial (eg., 'name this person, creature, thing')."
Stat requirements, levels and other details are unnecessary, according to the contest page, which says, "Just design a cool perk and we'll fit it in where it could go." One thing about the design that is important, however, is the accompanying Vault Boy [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_Boy]image; Bethesda has supplied a number of generic icons for those lacking a visually artistic bent (which won't affect the chances of winning), but also invites entrants to "upload a drawing, sketch, photo or creation of your own design. Send in a photo of yourself in the appropriate pose, sketch it on a napkin and scan it in... whatever you want."
The winning perk will be included in Bethesda's upcoming "Create a Perk" [http://fallout.bethsoft.com/] website.
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To mark the 10th anniversary of "Bloody Mess." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Isle_Studios]
"We bounced around a lot of ideas on how we could best honor Fallout and its 10th Anniversary/Birthday," wrote Pete Hines, Vice President of Public Relations and Marketing at Bethesda [http://www.bethsoft.com]. "We decided that we should do something we've never done before for any of our games (that I'm aware of anyway): Give fans a chance to create something we'll use in the game. We talked about it and we thought perhaps the best option was to do something where folks could be creative in a way that is very much Fallout, and not have it be overly complex. We also didn't want it to be trivial (eg., 'name this person, creature, thing')."
Stat requirements, levels and other details are unnecessary, according to the contest page, which says, "Just design a cool perk and we'll fit it in where it could go." One thing about the design that is important, however, is the accompanying Vault Boy [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_Boy]image; Bethesda has supplied a number of generic icons for those lacking a visually artistic bent (which won't affect the chances of winning), but also invites entrants to "upload a drawing, sketch, photo or creation of your own design. Send in a photo of yourself in the appropriate pose, sketch it on a napkin and scan it in... whatever you want."
The winning perk will be included in Bethesda's upcoming "Create a Perk" [http://fallout.bethsoft.com/] website.
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