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In celebration of Kevin Smith's birthday on March 16th and in tribute to the character he brought to life, Talking Xena proudly presents.........

"Ares: The Good, The Bad, The Sexy & The Devious"
The TX Video Challenge #3
(Best Ares Video)

Create an Ares Music Video and you could receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze Award in the Third Official Talking Xena Video Award Challenge!

PRIZES:
Members will vote for the best video entry. The creators of the Gold (first place), Silver (second place) and Bronze (third place) Award videos will receive a special TX Award Avatar designed by our own talented pmbpro to appear under their title in addition to any personal photo they may already have between their handle and their title.

In addition, all award recipients can choose a XWP, Lucy or Reneé related prize from our TX Prize Vault to be mailed to them. The creators of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Ares Videos can choose from among our many treasures such as T-Shirts, comic books, magnet sets, a XWP wallet, a XWP travel mug, an action figure/doll and a XWP necklace. In addition to the choices listed above, the creator of the Gold Ares Video can choose their prize from a 2008 Creation XWP calendar, a CD, trading cards, Creation photos, XWP books and other valuable treasures.

In the event that two or more award recipients choose the same collectible, the Gold Award recipient has first choice over the Silver and Bronze Award recipients and the Silver Award recipient has first choice over the Bronze Award recipient. Please note that the award recipients will need to supply a home mailing address (privately, of course) in order to receive their prize.

NOTE: If both of a contestant's videos are voted into the Top 3 positions, the contestant will receive only the higher of the two prizes and the next highest vote getting videos will move up. For example, if a contestant has a video voted into the First Place (Gold) and Second Place (Silver), that contestant will receive the higher First Place (Gold) prize while the Third Place (Bronze) video will move up to Second Place (Silver) and the Fourth Place video will move up to Third Place (Bronze) prize. Submitting two videos will increase a contestant's chances of receiving a prize however a contestant will receive no more than one prize overall.


ENTRY RULES:
1. The theme of the music video entry must be related to some aspect of Ares God of War in the Xena Warrior Princess and/or Hercules series. It can be focused on the charming Ares, the selfish Ares, the war loving Ares, the seductive Ares, the fighting Ares, the scheming Ares, the mortal Ares, Ares and Xena (any viewpoint), Ares and Hercules, Ares and Gabrielle or anything related to Ares in the two series.

2. The music video can be as short as you want but the maximum length is 5 minutes and 30 seconds (5:30). Entries longer than 5 minutes and 30 seconds (5:30) will not be accepted.

3. The TX member submitting the entry must be the original creator of that video. It is suggested that the contestant mention their TX handle either somewhere in their video (before, during, after, whatever) or in the video description listed on YouTube or other site used by the contestant to view the video for this contest. If the TX staff discovers that the contestant is not the original creator of the video they submitted, their entry will be immediately disqualified.

4. It is acceptable to utilize some audio and/or video material from sources other than XWP or Herc eps to create the Ares Music Video however, at least 80% of the video content should be from the XWP or Herc TV series.

5. The Ares music video entry can be either newly created for this contest or previously created.

6. No more than two video entries per TX member will be accepted no matter how many handles that member has on TX.

7. Talking Xena Staff (Owner, Admins and Mods only) are not eligible to enter this challenge.

8. Contestants are permitted to use the YouTube video description or other website used to host their video for this contest to refer potential voters to Talking Xena (http://talkingxena.yuku.com) to vote for their video.

9. To enter, send a Yuku PM (private message only) to Gabsfan containing:
- The name of the Ares Music Video entry
- A link to the site where people can view your Ares Music Video entry. Please note that if you prefer not to put your video on YouTube or other streaming video site, it is acceptable to supply the link to the webpage where your video can be downloaded for viewing.

Deadline to submit Ares Music Video entries is Midnight Pacific Daylight Time on March 23, 2008 (Sunday Night).


VOTING:
1. Once the links to all of the entries are posted, all TX members will have at least two weeks to post their vote for the best Ares Music Video on the special challenge thread that will be set up in General Xena Chat.

2. Each entry will be assigned a number and voting will be by number only.

3. The number of votes accepted per member will depend on the number of entries. Only one vote per TX member will be counted if there are 25 or less entries. TX member will be able to vote for two different entries if there are more than 25 entries.

4. The Video Awards Medals Ceremony will be held after the voting period has ended.


If anyone has a question about any of the above, just ask.

OK video creators, get your creative juices flowing and let the challenge begin!

Don't forget - Deadline to submit Ares Music Video entries is
Midnight PDT on March 23, 2008 (Sunday Night).