Thank you to everyone who entered our Emoji Contest! We got a whopping 76 entries, which just blew us away.

We originally intended to pick around 20-25 emojis, but with so many great entries, we've bumped it up to 36. Even then, it was hard to narrow down the winners!

Our judging criteria focused on four main areas:

1) Art quality - is it well drawn?

2) Readability - does it easily scan at a small size?

3) Relatability - does it convey an expression  that people will use frequently in Discord?

4) Anti-redundancy - does it avoid overlap with the other winning emojis? 

We had many great submissions that were just barely edged out by others based on one or two of these criteria, so please don't feel discouraged if your entries weren't chosen. We loved every cute, funny, or bizarre expression you submitted.

With that being said, let's get on to the winners!

Grand Prize

Top 5 emojis win a Hell in a Handbasket

strawbrryjam

The admin team was mesmerized by the bouncing Shibooty. It's adorable, it's cheeky, and maybe this will get Sydney to stop sending the rest of us the Among Us twerking emoji.

roromimii

We had a lot of carat-based emojis to choose from, but this one won us over with its crisp lines and the sheer intensity of the greed on Mercy's expression.

Avyrice

Imps may not canonically have mouths or teeth, but sometimes you need to express an emotion that only a terrifying rabid beast can convey.

Yuukitsunee

Out of all the suggestive Oleander emoji submissions, the expression and hand motion in this one really got us. We expect this to get a lot of use from players thirsting after NPCs.

eroge

Yves has been complaining about wanting to use this emoji already ever since it was submitted. Perfect fora little bit of friendly threatening at gunpoint.

Runners Up

Next 10 winners receive their choice of Drink Ticket or Adoption Voucher

  

comfyjean, SaltyBirb, miya, KurimiTea, Corn

squish, Samagirl, trinketbug, tetranocular, osteoh

(No, we don't know why they wound up being all Shibani, Hops, or Hutch)

Runner Up winners may claim their choice of Drink Ticket or Adoption Voucher by submitting a claim for the one they choose.

Other Winners

Each additional emoji or sticker chosen to be used in the server wins 100 carats

Prizes will be distributed to winners and emojis will be added to the official Discord within the next day. (Don't forget to submit a claim for your prize if you're a runner up!)

Thank you again for the amazing turnout for our first contest. We're excited to host another emoji contest some day in the future when there's even more NPCs to inspire you!