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New to Studio? check out the New Member Guide for information about how to compete and win in Studio competitions. You'll find information about our daily competitions, yearly onsite tournaments, and the monthly prizes available in the Studio Cup!Omega Labs Studio Contest Series with A $750 First Place Prize!
Posted by jdamato12 on May 11, 2012 at 7:18 pmWe recently launched the first in a series of design contests to showcase new products and technologies for a special Research and Development group. The first design is a logo contest with a $750 first place prize with a milestone due Sunday, May 13, 2012. Join the competition now to find out more about this design project!
In case you didn’t see it…
We held a Studio contest to update our cover photo and profile pic — and WOW! Come check out what abedavera and oninkxronda did. And be sure to “like” us while you’re there!
We’re looking for a professional presentation design and need your help! $750 for first place! Read more here.
Soteria needs your help converting a design into a PowerPoint. Please take a look!
We know you’ve accomplished a lot in Studio. From your first passing submission to your first big prize, you’re growth as a Studio competitor is something to be proud of. And now you can see those achievements displayed on your member profile. That’s right – achievement badges are here! The first set of badges are tailored to the basic accomplishments new members work toward as they learn and compete in Studio. But we have special badges just around the corner for those of you who are ready to add them to your collection. Have you been a TCO finalist? Ever been in the Top 5 of the Studio Cup? Are you a past TCO champion? Yes – those coveted badges plus so many more are coming soon!
Now go check out your profile, or see oninkxronda’s badges as an example.
Got questions or comments about achievement badges? Join the discussion here.
And if you haven’t quite earned a badge for ten milestone prizes or you’ve got your sights set on the badge that shows you’ve won your first contest, take heart. There are over 13 contests running on Studio right now with nearly $17,000 in total prize money up for grabs! Check out the Active Contests page and start competing today.
And in other news… Studio’s got a shiny new hat! Check out our new header and navigation when you’re browsing through all the contests and badges today.
Soteria is looking for your ideas to solve a real world business problem. Come take a look.
Hi everyone,
We’re pleased to announce a new feature that you’ve all seen unfold in Studio contests over the last few weeks. New member profiles! The first phase of these profiles include a lot of great information that we know you’ll find very useful. Here’s a quick list of what you’ll find:
- A list of all contests for which you are registered
- A gallery of your most recent winning submissions (up to 40)
- A panel of recent submissions – including the status of each! This means you can quickly look through your recent submissions and see screening results and placements.
- A editable banner and quote area. The banners were created by the Studio members and we think they are a lot of fun. We’ll be holding more contests for many more banner choices soon.
The next big release will include… achievement badges! Show off your great achievements and challenge yourself to earn more. What’s in store for the profile area down the line? A full dashboard experience where you can make changes to your TopCoder account, view your agreements and payment schedules, and much more!
Check out your own profile and then let us know what you think.
Here are a couple of great profiles to check out!
http://studio.topcoder.com/?module=ViewMemberProfile&ha=abedavera
http://studio.topcoder.com/?module=ViewMemberProfile&ha=oninkxronda
http://studio.topcoder.com/?module=ViewMemberProfile&ha=fairy_ley
Announcing TCO12 Studio Trip Winners from Period 1!
Posted by jmpld40 on January 16, 2012 at 7:40 pmCongratulations to our 2012 TopCoder Open Period 1 trip winners!
Studio Period 1 Winners:
iamtong
ngraphics
fairy_ley
abedavera
Points are now available for the Studio Design Competition, Mod Dash Competition, Design Competition, and Development Competition for Period 2! Good luck!
What do you think of the newly designed 2012 TopCoder Open website and logo?
A huge thank you to the following members who made it happen:
TCO12 logo: vkromm
TCO12 storyboard design: ujazz
Sponsorship Storyboard design: Tricia_Tjia
HTML prototype: babyfox
WP Theme build: gogocrow
Copilots: lunarkid and quesks (big round of applause for getting it all together)
A new studio storyboard contest has just been launched to redesign/rebrand an important internal site that will be visible Textron wide. Approximately 25,000 worldwide employees across numerous company divisions will connect to this page once the site is live this quarter.
Don’t miss the chance to impress one of our major clients!
Good luck and have fun!
Also, don’t miss this iPad Storyboard contest from Cessna.
NoNameSite.com (NNS) is a new Community built by TopCoder and designed by YOU for kids 13-18 in the USA. It’s a place for them to go to after school, play some games, win some prizes, and maybe learn some things.
We’re giving the NNS Community a chance to make their member photos on the profiles pretty sweet but letting them build their own avatar.
But first, we need you to design those avatars! So we are launching the NNS Avatar Tournament on Studio! This tournament is to design and build awesome avatars and features for the NNS Community to use on their profiles. We are looking to you amazing designers to come up with the coolest avatars on earth! We’re serious.
To sweeten the pot and because we realize how busy you all are on Studio lately, we’ve broken the tournament in to many small contests, we’re offering a t-shirt (a special t-shirt) to all those with round 2 submissions who pass screening, and we may be paying out more than just 1st and 2nd prizes.
We are so excited for this tournament and know you will knock our socks off with your creativity! Good luck and thank you!