Design the BMD logo and win professional gaming gear
Enter this competition to be the official designer of the BMD-gaming team and BMD-LAN logo and win Razer and Microsoft PC gaming goodies.
1. What is BMD?
BMD stands for Bucharest Masters of DotA and it’s basically a gaming team aiming for honors and glory in the international rankings. BMD-LAN is the Local Area Network DotA competition that I organize, sponsor and promote, hoping that it would become a highlight of the Eastern European DotA calendar and that proved to be a real success at it’s first edition. (you can find details in Romanian as well as pictures, here)
2. What is this logo contest all about?
The BMD website that will be announced and promoted this March as well as the BMD-LAN competition will need a memorable and professional looking logo. I’m expecting the following : the three letters of the team’s name, something connecting it to the DotA phenomenon, a lot of originality and new ideas.
3. What can you win?
The winner of this contest will be getting the attention and the respect deserved by the person that designed the first ever BMD logo and his name will be mentioned on the website as well as on the BMD-LAN posters, as well as a link to his/her website if they have one and want to promote it. Also I promise that once we come up with a decent idea and we declare it a winner, I will keep the same logo in the same design for at least one year, no matter what other offers i get to change it. Ok, well, I was pretty much sure that wouldn’t be enough to get you going, so I’m also throwing in one of these pro gaming peripherals to chose from in case you win(click on the pictures for details):
Ok, now that we got that straightened out, let’s get to the official rules. Oh and one more thing, even if you only qualify in the final five you’ll still get something as a consolation prize, read the rules carefully.
4. “Design the BMD logo contest” official rules:
Subscriptions are only accepted through a comment on this particular blog entry. Comments will contain a link to your work (I personally suggest imageshack) and optional comments about your contest submission. These comments will only be written in English and are subject of approval so please be patient and only click once. I will not accept any other form of contest submission.
There is a maximum of two pieces of work allowed for each contestant and they should come in separate comments.
Entries in this contest must contain the BMD letters and something that would relate that to the DotA game itself. The rest is optional and I will leave that entirely up to your imagination, as long as it keeps a logo appearance.
This contest ends on March 1st 2008. Any entries after that time will be denied a chance to win. This contest is valid if and only if I get a minimum of 30 (thirty) eligible submissions by the aforementioned date. In any other case the dead line will be extended by another week.
After the submission period ends, I will select the 5 (five) best pieces and then I will post a poll on this blog, therefore the winner will be decided between the five finalists by the readers of this blog within a week of voting. I suggest you keep in touch because I will keep you posted with 1-2 weekly updates and then I will announce the five finalist and post the poll for readers to vote on.
The prize of this contest is ONE of the following items, whichever the winner wishes : Razer DiamondBack 3G (view picture above), Microsoft SideWinder gaming mouse (view picture above), Razer Barracuda gaming headphones (view picture above), Razer Tarantula gaming keyboard (view picture above).
Also, the five finalists will receive a one month gold membership on the GG-Game platform and their website promoting their work (if they have one) will be featured on Ted’s game as a banner for two months.
After the winner is decided, we will establish contact and I hereby declare that I will ship the prize of his choice anywhere in the world also paying for the delivery fee. I will make sure that the winner gets his prize of choice within a month after his work is voted as the best. After that the winner agrees to grant me an interview to post on this website as well as on the BMD website.
The contestants hereby agree to declare that they will not claim property on their work once it’s submitted into this contest.
5. Personal suggestions!
I would say you want to keep in touch if you want to become a contestant for the BMD logo. Best way to do that is to subscribe to this blog in a feedreader or by email (confirmation required). Also feel free to read the rest of my social ramblings and perhaps leave a comment. If you need me to make something clear for you, feel free to leave a comment on this blog entry or contact me by email ( mail at tedsgame dot com). I would strongly advise that you do not try and keep your mouth shut about this contest if you wanna become a submitter, because if I don’t meet the necessary 30 entries I will not validate the contest, so I would prefer if you spread the word and let this competition be as good as it gets.
Good luck and may the best logo win!
Later Edit : Make sure you also read this update!
Tags: BMD, BMD logo contest, Gaming, logo design contest, microsoft sidewinder to win, prizes, razer, Win professional gaming gear
February 11th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Milennium is waiting for u xD
February 11th, 2008 at 6:43 am
@Glandos: He he, I’ve been there in December with my friend Sid and played a round, I don’t know about the contest yet to be honest.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:21 am
So the next event won’t be in Milennium Cafe?
I want to be there [again] 
February 11th, 2008 at 8:25 am
@Glandos: I guess we’ll just wait and see:P
February 11th, 2008 at 8:31 am
The contest wont be in millenium cafe
Inttel’S Esports Cyber Cafe is the host here >:)
PS: GJ TED keep up the good work!
February 11th, 2008 at 10:33 am
count me in Ted ]-)
February 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
That sux >< ftw i don’t even know the location of inttel’s esports cyber cafe
February 11th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
great one….it sux that i’m at economics
..damnz…i wanted to join the contest..but:| ..ill tell my friends thou..:D ….great blog! 
keep it up Ted
The sforce be with u….Divine Rapier awaits u :))
February 11th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Ted never cease to amaze us, good job
Go Go Banner war
February 12th, 2008 at 1:59 am
I would gladly like to design a logo for u
but for that i need to talk to you !!
Plz add me on Msn
Exploiter_harsh@hotmail.com
February 12th, 2008 at 2:28 am
May the best banner win !
GL to all .
February 12th, 2008 at 2:36 am
whoa… nice a gift…
February 12th, 2008 at 7:32 am
sounds fantastic ^^ gonna start working on some logos
February 17th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Link to logo Click here for Yoda’s entry number 1
A few words i would like to say about it :
I gave it a bit of panache with the Fleur-de-lis centered and faded behind the BMD, it took me some time to make it and i do believe its one of the best I’ve ever done ^^
The text style is easy to alter just in case someone prefers some other type but i feel it goes great with the Fleur-de-lis and the rest of the background
Hope you like it
February 18th, 2008 at 5:56 am
It looks nice,but it doesn’t suggest any connection to Dota
I think you should modify it in order to suggest some connection to dota.It is useless to mention that your logo,despite the fact that is indeed nice and good-looking,doesn’t take the viewers mind to anything dota-related or contest-related.
Good job anyway.
February 18th, 2008 at 6:24 am
i guess the centaur swinging his axe at the pitlord and the fact that it says DOTA ALLSTARS in the background… doenst suggest any in all connection to dota.. -.-
February 18th, 2008 at 9:51 am
those elements were not there. anyway,now is Ok.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Logo: click here to see Drazzy’s submission number 1
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Hey, im domr the dota gfx forums, this is where we put entries, right?
submission #1
Click here for Kizzomeau submission #1
Note: I can make any small tweaks/color revisions and what not if you decide to potential this.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:29 pm
@Kizzomeau : Thank you for your submission. Good work. Good luck.
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:09 am
I’m in! I will post my entry in about a week juste before de due date ^^
-BoneZ
February 24th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I am done with my first entry for the contest! Hope more people will join the contest and good luck to every one. More we are, more it will be fun !
Direct link to my entry right there! Click here for HamBoneZ’s submission #1
As a logo I prefer to put something easy to do and without much detail cause the logo isn’t the goal to watch it for about 5min.
Hope you will like it and I’ll work on the second entry very soon!
We <3 HamBoneZ
February 26th, 2008 at 12:31 am
delete my logo pls im shame of it
February 26th, 2008 at 12:38 am
@Drazzy: That’s fine man, chill out, come up with a better one for your second submission and good luck. We support you, so don’t worry ok?
February 26th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Heres Entry number 2:
Click here for Kizzomeau submission #2
its a little choppy but, its a clearer more contained logo. still same color scheme which as i stated before i can change/tweak as needed.
February 26th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
View Logo BMD to :
http://www.milennium.ro/BMD.bmp
February 26th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=logo3bw7.jpg
Here’s my entry. I also have the file where the background is transparent. The file that I have is in a better quality (2x the size). Is it okay if I put some touch ups on this later?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Here is my entry!!
http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bmdlogoheroesll3.jpg
February 27th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8246/bmdjz2.jpg
Yay, an edited version of my first one (since that one I did in a rush). I have the file where the background is transparent and where the logo is 2x its size. The background I only put in just because I didn’t want to use white
Does this mean I wasted both of my entries?
February 27th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Oh and the text isn’t stolen (just in case of copyright stuff), I made it 100% myself
February 27th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
@Robert Lee: No, I will only consider the second one in this case. So your second entry is your first one and I will disregard the first.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
My final edit of the first picture (probably) http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/7208/logo4ur5.jpg
I still have the original version (2x the size and transparent background) now I’m going to work on my second-
February 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2843/bmd2dm2.jpg
This is my second entry. I still have the original version (which is 2x bigger than this picture and has a transparent background). I tried to go for more “professional” than my last entry-
February 28th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a230/Tucan_sam2/BMDcopy-1.png
There we go
February 29th, 2008 at 5:03 am
Logo vers.2 :
http://www.milennium.ro/BMD2.bmp
February 29th, 2008 at 6:43 am
padas pro photoshopp’er
February 29th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Link to logo nr 2 http://img505.imageshack.us/my.php?image=61683473kw1.jpg
Well this is my last entry and i hope everyone likes it ^^ took me some time to make it… a lot …
GL all
February 29th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Btw, the logos that padas posted… all credits go to me, Razer DiamondBack 3G and… Jeniffer-Love Hewitt :”>
February 29th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3773/finalbq8.jpg
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/889/decent2tu2.jpg
February 29th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Um…. why you said that Padas is a pro photoshop…. All he did is took an original picture from warcraft 3 and added some text on it… Personnaly, I think to create eveything by myself even if its possible to get an original picture from warcraft but don’t make it the main part of the logo… that’s cheap..!
- BoneZ
March 1st, 2008 at 6:14 am
:)) whateva.
Vers.3 http://www.milennium.ro/BMDlogo.jpg
March 1st, 2008 at 6:42 pm
This is my entry. I have posted 3 types of it, so you can choose the proper one. Hope you like it!
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/9433/bmdnegativmt1.jpg
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9903/bmdpozitivrr1.jpg
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3605/bmdnegativflatbb7.jpg
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 pm
I got two version of the same logo so you might have to chose the one you like.
Second entry on DMB logo
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2668/bmdti1.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7452/bmd2xn5.jpg
Hope you will like it.. And that’s nice much people join the contest
- BoneZ
March 4th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
They’re not completely done yet, but I’ll keep working
http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wallpaperaw7.jpg
http://img505.imageshack.us/my.php?image=logoub3.jpg
March 5th, 2008 at 3:07 am
update : http://milennium.ro/bmdlogo1.bmp
March 5th, 2008 at 4:26 am
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4554/bmdlogo4yz0.jpg my first entry
March 9th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
c’mon man! wtf?! still there ted? :/
March 13th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bmdal7.jpg