Chicoon Events- Guidelines & Explanations

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What is an event in a closed species?

A Closed species event refers to a specific occasion or activity within a closed species where the creator of a closed species opens opportunities for others to participate in or contribute to that closed species for a limited time. These events are organized to encourage engagement and the growth of the closed species community. An event often includes character development challenges, adoption opportunities, and contests that allow participants to showcase their creativity.

Closed species events can happen at various times and for multiple reasons within creative communities. The species owner can host these events to mark anniversaries, holidays, or milestones; they could encourage creativity or support fundraising. Events sometimes have particular themes or limited releases, while others invoice collaborative projects or prompts.

What is a booth?

A booth is a channel or forum in a community designed to engage community members and encourage creativity (generally during events). These games can include an array of different challenges but will often include creating artwork or stories following specific themes or prompts and- in return- receiving items, currency, or characters to use, sell, and trade within the closed species community. Event booths can vary widely and depend on the preferences of the event organizers and the closed species communities' goals, but will aim to celebrate the creativity within the community! More information on how to participate in a booth can be found on the first page of the booth's hub. [Example Booth]

Event Chicoons

1. A maximum of 10 chicoon adopts can be put on one oekaki canvas. The chicoon designs must not be obstructed or overlapping.
   
2. Chicoons distributed during an event must have an original design, similar markings may be used for multiple chicoons, however, every chicoon must have a unique aspect to their design besides the palette or minor changes in placement or orientation or shapes/spots/stripes. Image Example.
3. Chicoons distributed during an event can have the same lineart and traits list, however, markings and designs of a chicoon must still follow the event chicoon guidelines.
4. Rare traits are reserved for every 50 chicoons made through the main event page, these are considered “Event Milestone Chicoons” An artist can request permission to make an Event Milestone Chicoon through the chicoons staff discord milestone discussion pinned document.
5. When IDs are within 10 chicoons of a milestone- users should only make posts with one chicoon to adopt, this is not applicable through booths or if the artist posting an adopt is the user who claimed the milestone.
6. “Color a ___ get a ___” Events, mini-events, games, or booths are not allowed to be hosted by any user other than a chicoons moderator.

Hosting a Booth

1. Any official Artist or Moderator may host a booth, Nursery-specific artists, Archive/Approval Assistants, Item Artists, or Helpers may not, however, all roles can assist a booth host as a guest artist.
2. Chicoon staff members (including all artists and moderators) are not required to host a booth, make event chicoons, or participate in an event.
3. Booths are not required to distribute premade chicoons or items as rewards. Booths are not required to distribute items or myos as rewards. (IE Character Creation Booths)
4. Event Chicoons do not count towards staff stickers. Artists who make a minimum of 5 free chicoons during an event will receive items on the “Artist Rewards” post at the end of an event.
5. Event Chicoons DO count towards an artist’s activity if they are distributed as free chicoons; distribution can be through booth rewards from a booth hosted by the artist, main thread competitions/raffles, or designs through another hosts’ booth. The artist who designed the chicoon (rather than the host of the booth) receives recognition for activity for the free chicoons.
6. Booth Hosts are welcome to participate in their own booth, however, they are expected to treat their own form fairly as a normal booth participant, without an advantage.
7. Artists who decide to host a booth or game must stay active to receive event items and rewards. Artists whose booth is closed for 50% or more of the event, have 4+ incomplete rolls/posts by the end of the event, and/or have missed clothing their booth 4+ times do not qualify for an “Artist Reward”
8. Booth Hosts can request another staff member or their booth’s Event Guest Artist(s) close their booth without receiving an inactivity penalty as long as the booth has been closed for the day.
9. Booths can be hosted in any timezone as long as the timezone and daily closing time is stated on the first post.
10. Booths that open for one "day" should be open no shorter than 12 hours and no longer than 32 hours.
11. Booths that open for two "days" should be open no shorter than 38 hours and no longer than 52 hours.

Booth Items/Rewards

1. A booth can have up to 10 booth-specific items. “Booth-specific” Items do not include a myo item (IE. “Coloring Plush” 2023), items that reward artist-made clothing/accessories (IE Pop’s Garbage Fashion 2022), items that reward premade designs such as chicoons or companions, items that are part of a plotline or are for storytelling purposes (IE. Basic, Feather, or Sparkly Lures 2023, and items from the main event hub such as the main event trait item (IE Water Potion 2022
2. Items shared between multiple booths, unless listed on the main event thread or event shop, will still count individually as booth-specific items for both booths
3. Booths are discouraged from naming items with names that exist as previously used items.
4. Booths are encouraged to use items from the past in their event as long as the item keeps the same name, traits, limitations and effects of the re-used item. The item image can be redrawn to fit the booth as long as it is the same item, and the “flavor text” can be changed to fit the booth host or booth host chicoon. These are still considered booth-specific items.
5. All new items that change the design of a chicoon must be approved by Buzz Aesthetic before being distributed through an event or minigame.
6. Previously used items that changed the design of a chicoon do not need to be re-approved as long as nothing has been changed about the item effect.

Booth Closures

1. Booth Closures are chicoon designs made at the end of the event by the host or guest artist of a booth.
2. Booth Closures must be posted within 3 days before or after the end of an event.
3. Booth Closures have the same rarity/trait limit, and runner-up guidelines as a Milestone
4. Booth Closures are optional!
5. Only one Booth Closure may be posted per booth.
6. There is no limit to how a Booth Closure may be distributed during an event (competition, boss battle, participation rewards/rolls, etc.)

Event “Artist Rewards”

1. Examples of previous “Artist Rewards” [link] [link] [link] [link]
2. Artist rewards will be awarded to Staff who participate in an event and Booths who have stayed active during the event.
3. Chicoons made by a moderator will be awarded to the community 1st, 2nd, and 3rd favorite booths that qualify for an Artist Reward. Community favorite booths will be decided by a poll commonly held on the ChickenSmoothie Chicoons Discussion Thread (however, depending on the number of booths, it may take place in a Google Forms sheet instead!)
4. A Chicoon made by a moderator will be awarded to the designer of the moderation teams’ favorite chicoon from the event.
5. Artists who host an active booth will receive up to 10 event-trait items, as well as at least 20 various items from the booths that were hosted during the event.
6. Artists who made at least 5 free event chicoons will receive up to 6 event-trait items, as well as at least 14 various items from the booths that were hosted during the event.
7. Event Guest Artists do not receive item rewards through the Event Artist Rewards page more information on rewards for Guest Artists can be seen in the Event Guest Artists section.
8. Additional rewards may be distributed to users who majorly assisted the moderation team during the event.
9. Artists who host mini-events can distribute rewards similar to an Artist Rewards post (including to themself) with permission, approval, and quantity approval from a moderator.
10. Item Artists who design 10 or more items during an event will receive additional rewards during the Artist Rewards portion of an event. This is on top of their Staff Sticker rewards and Discord Chicoins.
11. Moderators can make 1 chicoon for themself using the event trait for free, this chicoon should be made during or in preparation for the event.

Event Guest Artists

1. Event Guest Artists (EGA) can be hired by a booth host to assist in the running of the booth.
2. Any user who is not banned from the species may participate as an Event Guest Artist
3. EGAs cannot have a booth, stall, or minigame within the booth host’s booth
4. EGAs cannot edit companion lineart or give official companions modifications or traits
5. EGAs can make chicoons to be handed out during the booth or game (IE daily participation rolls) and can design the booth closure adopt, however, they cannot design adopts for the main page or main event hub.
6. Any design errors made by an EGA will be reflected to the Artist who hired them. The Artist is expected to contact the EGA to correct any mistakes made on a chicoon design.
7. All EGAs must be approved by the moderation team before being hired by an artist, even if they have previously been given an EGA position.
8. EGAs do not receive prizes from Event Artist Rewards at the end of the event; a booth host can give out items to reward their EGAs and/or create a chicoon for them with the same limits as a Booth Closure chicoon (This will not replace the booth closure chicoon.)
9. Booth hosts are additionally welcome to reward EGAs in any way they see fit; IE USD, art, c$/Pets, existing chicoons, etc.
10. The Moderation team reserves the right to remove an EGA from their position if the EGA’s actions/attitude does not follow the chicoons guidelines/rules

Examples of Event Booths

These are not all possible event booth types; more may be added later.
• Daily Participation; Participants fill out a form provided on the first post of the booth. The forms that are correctly filled out receive a participation reward. These are generally low-effort prompts.
  
  
• Daily Challenge; Participants follow a challenge that may be unrelated to character development; users who correctly follow the challenge receive a reward. Challenges may vary from cutting a paper snowflake in real life or drawing a character in a certain pose.
  
  
• Daily “Character Development” Participation; Participants fill out a form provided on the first post of the booth, the form will require writing or art to develop a character. These will generally require more effort from the community but are generally vague or repeating prompts.
  
  
• Storyline Driven Participation; Participants are expected to follow a storyline or plot given by the booth host; plotlines can be one-off or direct a participant through puzzles and games.
  
  
• Raffle Daily Participation; Participants fill out a form provided on the first post of the booth, users whose forms are correctly filled out will be entered into a raffle that will be drawn at the end of the day, booth, or event.
  
  
• Character Creation^; Participants receive a myo that (if unused) will expire at the end of the event. The myo only allows non-rarity edits, however, booth participants can develop the character made with the myo via prompts, forms, competitions, or art to receive access to additional traits to apply to the MYO.
  
  
• Flash MYO ^; Participants receive a myo that (if unused) will expire at the end of the flash myo booth. The myo has a certain set of limitations or traits that users are required to follow. These booths generally run in a very short time period (emphasis on ‘flash’) and generally no longer than 3 or 4 days.



^ Approval from a moderator is required before hosting a booth of this type due to the mass amount of archive approvals caused by these types of booths.

These guidelines were last updated October, 2023

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Artist Rules [Event]

1. "color a ___ get a ___" Events/mini-events/booths are not able to be hosted by artists.
2. Artists are not required to participate in chicoon events or host booths/games during chicoon events.
3. Although event adopts do not count towards the monthly myo rewards, they can be used for the minimum 2 free adopts.
4. Artists choosing to host an event booth or game must stay active to receive event items and rewards. Artists whose booth is closed for 50% of the event or more, have 4+ incomplete rolls/posts by the end of the event, and/or have missed closing their booth 4+ times do not qualify for a "Booth Host" reward.
5. Artists who host a booth during chicoon events will be entered into a poll on the discussion thread for the "most popular booth" The top three users who get the most votes during the poll receive an event chicoon made by Buzz Aesthetic at the end of the event.
6. The artist who creates the most chicoons during an event receives an event chicoon made by Buzz Aesthetic at the end of the event.
7. Event chicoons are also limited to a maximum of 10 per Oekaki canvas.
8. Artists can make one "event closure" adopt as an event ends. Event closures are for booths that have been active AND have their rewards caught up and posted. Event closures are milestone chicoons that may have the event's trait and follow the general theme of your event booth.
9. Event closure chicoons are limited to the same amount of edits as milestone chicoons.
10. Examples of previous Event Rewards: [link] [link] [link] [link]

Guest/Cameo Artists

1. Guest Artists are treated like Artist Cameos, they will be permitted to make one or two adopts as a treat to the community, they do not need to be free and would be treated similarly to a milestone. Please feel free to contact a moderator if you think you'd like to make a cameo in the species.
2. Guest Artists are not official artists and do not have the same permissions or requirements as general staff members.
3. Guest Artists are not official artists and do not receive the same payments or rewards as general staff members
4. Artists are welcome to request guest artists to help make chicoon designs for their booth, however, you will be responsible for them, the chicoons they make, and their payment for helping. If an artist is interested in requesting a guest artist please discuss these requests with a moderator.
5. Guest artists, during events, will not be able to win the "most popular booth" poll rewards, but can participate to receive the "made the most chicoons" event reward.
6. Guest artists will not receive the rewards given to official artists during an event.
7. Users who are being offered a guest artist position should inquire and discuss the payment offered by the requester before being hired.
   

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