Propaganda Contest
The Propaganda Contest was a community event run by Valve in conjunction with the WAR! Update. It encouraged users to create propaganda posters for their side of choice (BLU Soldier or RED Demoman). The posters were then submitted to Valve to be judged through the Propaganda Contest website.
Prizes
The first prize was announced to be a one-of-a-kind hat, which was named based on the name the user wrote in when submitting their entry to the contest. The three leading prizes were later revealed to be the Towering Pillar of Hats, Noble Amassment of Hats, and Modest Pile of Hat (for first, second, and third, respectively) with orange prize ribbons attached.
It was also announced that there would be 25 runners-up which would receive a mysterious Mann Co. "prize package". Over 40 runners-up were later selected, and received a Modest Pile of Hat as their prize.
The final "prize" announced was additional points for the side of choice of posters that Valve president Gabe Newell liked, which would help tip the scale of the ongoing "battle" between the Soldier and Demoman for the item that would later be revealed as the Gunboats.
Winners
- J.Axer
- Amber
- John Freeman
Runners-up
Most Unique Likeness of Soldier and/or Demo
- Draw
Most Unique Likeness of Soldier and/or Demo
- Brown
Best Use of a Term We Don't Know the Meaning of, But That is Probably Filthy
- Matthias Rigling
Best Incorporation of Another Class
- Reese
Most Likely to Get Us a Cease and Desist Order From Bethesda
- LARATRON
Best Use of the Time-worn Maxim "Sex Sells"
- Agent Melon
Best Attempts to Make Soldier Look Adorable
- Delicious Spyger
Best Attempts to Make Soldier Look Adorable
- Anneka
Best Attempt to Make Soldier Look Heroic
- metalpiss
Best Attempt to Make Soldier Look Jet-Propelled
- B0nd07
Best Attempt to Make Soldier Look Manly
- Commissar K
Best Attempt to Make Soldier Look Normal
- Brooke
Best Attempt to Make Soldier Look Melting
- Nick Pearce
Best Attempt to Make Demoman Look Cowardly
- huzzah!
Best Attempt to Make Demoman Look Like a Drunk
- The Fox Fanfare
Best Attempts to Make Demoman Look Evil
- Chanicle Bullie
Best Attempts to Make Demoman Look Evil
- Daimao
Best Attempt to Make Demoman Look Like a Kamikaze Pilot
- ?Faction
Best Attempt to Make Demoman Look Like Billy Dee Williams
- The Wenny C's Pride
Best Alternate Entry by a Contest Winner
- J.Axer
Best Ironic Resuscitation of a Long-dead Genre
- Prototype
Best Use of Euclidean Space
- Hollohill
Best Attempt at Iconography
- Viva la Demo!
Best Poster to Take Into a Tattoo Parlor While Pointing at Your Chest
- BAO
Most Convincing Argument for Evolution
- Rawr/TankTaur
Most Convincing Argument for Education
- Plank
Most Convincing Argument for Learning How to Contract by One Pixel in Photoshop
- Cliff Hanger
Best Poster Evidently Scanned From a 14-Year-Old's Binder
- Ryan "Danger" Ohlemeier
Best Attempt to Raise Awareness About the Dangers of Alcohol
- Christian Grund
Best Attempt to Raise Awareness About Sticky Bomb Tragedies
- Esk
Best Use of Eye Patches
- Christian Kaiser
Best Reference to Conan the Barbarian
- UnidColor
Honorable Mentions in Catchphrase Creation
- rEJ
Honorable Mentions in Catchphrase Creation
- Wofiel
Honorable Mentions in Catchphrase Creation
- Shenanigans
Honorable Mentions in Catchphrase Creation
- .nik
Honorable Mentions in Catchphrase Borrowing
- kris aubuchon (awesomerobot)
Best Use of Garry's Mod
-Eric Salama
Best Reference to William Wallace
- Alan Longstaff
Best Reference to Uncle Sam
- Dan Tyler
Best Reference to Loch Ness Monster
- Wade "Nineaxis" Fabry
Best Literal Depiction of Larvae
- Christopher Martinez
Most Inevitable Incorporation of Urine
- Christian
Best Use of Sticky Bombs
- Michael A. Szymanski
Best Use of Gratuitous Violence
- Kyattsuai
Poster that Made Us the Most Hungry
- Swankery
Poster that Made Us the Least Hungry
- Yoplatz
Best Weapon-Centric Posters
- Saturnian
Best Weapon-Centric Posters
- Ben Holland
Best Attempts at Authentic WWII-Era Propaganda
- CaptainCube
Best Attempts at Authentic WWI-Era Propaganda
- AGENT MELON
Best Attempts at Authentic WWII-Era Propaganda
- KILOMONSTER
Best Attempts at Authentic WWII-Era Propaganda
- THE KAMINATOR
Best Attempt to Write Soldier Dialogue
- Eastman's Cranium
Most Incorrect Statement
- BLOB
Best Use of the Most Primitive Computer Art Program Available
- Zachary Lindemann
Most Disturbing Use of the Most Primitive Computer Art Program Available
- Johan
