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**Last updated by Musical_Shoyru on January 14, 2024**
Welcome to The Daily Neopets' official contest, The Runway!
Dress to Impress will be used to create and share your entries. Once your best entry has been chosen, submit it through a Private Message to Musical_Shoyru. Please use the following entry form when submitting your entry for the current theme. Anyone with a TDN forums account may enter. Thank you to the owner of Dress to Impress for allowing us to run this contest! Due to the change of allowing prizes to be given out for contests The Runway will now offer prizes for the winner(s)!

The current contest theme can be found in the most recent "Enter the Runway #..." thread, which is found in Customization & NC Mall Chat>The Runway.

* To enter the contest and/or vote, you must be registered to The Daily Neopets Forum AND you must validate your account. *
Otherwise, you won't be able to post or send Private Messages. If you don't have an account, click here and follow the steps. It's quick and easy!

HOW TO ENTER:
Create your entry at Dress to Impress (you can also use the HTML5 beta version of Dress to Impress). You are free to choose ANY pet and ANY items from the database, unless otherwise stated. (You may also choose to enter your own pets' outfit, if that's what you prefer, just make sure the entry can be viewed in Dress To Impress, and not just on your own user profile on Neopets.) Fill in the entry form below and send it to Musical_Shoyru via Private Message*. Make sure you are logged in/registered to The Daily Neopets Forum. If the image DTI provides isn't showing all the items properly (which happens quite frequently, like with Dyeworks items showing up the wrong colour, moving items not showing up in focus (or at all), and things like mist looking weird), you can send a screenshot instead. Here's a guide on how to do so.
ENTRY FORM:
Entry Name or Title:
Outfit Link:
Winning Character Story (optional, will only be revealed/shown when your entries places in the top three.):
TO GET YOU OUTFIT LINK;
You'll go to the Dress to Impress website & login or create and account. After logging in you will be taken back to the main screen of Dress to Impress. You can either choose a color and pet species or type in your pets name to start creating you outfit. Press the orange Plan my outfit! button next to where you entered your pet's name if using your own pet or press Go if starting from scratch (picking a pet color & species). From here you'll get creative! Search for items using the search all items.... search bar in the top right corner. You can try things on, take them off, see their animation and all that good stuff. Once you're done creating your entry you name it. Hover your mouse over where it says Untitled Outfit and click. Then type in your entries name. After you've named your entry you'll hit save and your outfit link will show up in the URL Bar. RULES:
No voting for yourself! Do not try to manipulate the votes in any way, such as creating multiple accounts to vote for your entry. We can tell.  Don't re-enter an entry you've already won a trophy with in a previous round. (If you've entered that particular entry before without winning anything, you're free to enter it again, provided it fits the theme, of course.) Edits to your existing entry can only be made during the submission dates. Only use DTI or your own pets' outfit as your submission. No use of image editing programs. Do not use the trophy images unless you have permission from deboratibi, Nielo, Musical_Shoyru or the Customization Team. Banner images are available for anyone to use. We will be using NST times just to make it easier for everyone with different time zones. The contest will run once a month in two parts. Two weeks for submissions & entries (1st part) and two weeks for voting (2nd part). The Sunday immediately following the last day of the voting week will start the new round & announce the previous rounds winners. Parts will start on Sunday's for both Submission & Voting weeks. This means they will start on a Sunday and end on the second Saturday at 11:59pm NST. For example if the contest starts it's submission week on 1/14/2023 you would have until 1/27/2023 at 11:59p NST to submit your entry. Then the voting would open on 1/28/2023 and go until 2/10/2023 at 11:59p NST. Winner's would then be announced on 2/11/2023 and a new theme and round would start. SUBMISSIONS:
Entries are to be submitted to Musical_Shoyru in a Private Message (PM). Entry must fit the chosen theme. If not, you will be asked to change your entry. Unconverted pets may be entered! Only one pet per entry (per person) unless stated otherwise. If you would like to edit your submission, you can add it to the message you already sent, or send a new message.* VOTING:
Separate voting threads will be created for each round. Thread will be titled, "The Runway Votes #..." All submissions will be previewed and a poll will be created. Votes may only be cast in the allotted time. You can vote for as multiple entries, except your own. Voting for yourself will result in disqualification. If you do vote for multiple entries please try to only vote for 2-3, do not vote for every entry.  Should the entry could be only 3 we ask that you stick to voting for one entry. WINNERS:
1st Place will receive a gold trophy, a NC item prize and will be featured on the main site sidebar. 2nd Place will receive a silver trophy & a NP item prize. 3rd Place will receive a bronze trophy & a NP item prize. All entries will receive a NP item participation prize 🙂

Special thanks to Shelley for allowing us to use her original trophy art!
Do not use these images unless you've earned them in a previous contest.

BANNER IMAGES:
  
  

USEFUL LINKS:
Frequently Asked Questions The Backstage: Alternative Entries! Hall of Winners
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Nielo, Musical_Shoyru or Mouseykins for more information. Have fun customizing!
CURRENT THEME DETAILS
Check The Runway sub-forum for the most recent entering topic (title format: "Enter the Runway #XX!").

I just got to Rank 1!! And I couldnt be happier haha!
Ive got exams going on right now so I cant give full focuss to AC. But hey at least Ill get a trophy now, which was my goal (I hate those participant badges lol)
Ill maybe try to get to Rank 2 when my exams are over 

Buckled in and SOSD'd my way into Rank 7 today. Pretty sure I just blasted out about 200 rounds... *Phew*

All you need to do is go to your userlookup and copy the image from there and add it to your profile image. You can also you DTI (Dress to Impress) to create an outfit for your pet or anything you'd like and take the image URL from the sharing tab on your outfit. :)

Yes this is our first bracket win!! :D
 
We're usually towards the end of the bracket, sometimes in the middle, but never at the top spot. We totally have arrived and are going to show Neopia we are a force to be reckoned with. :)
 
EDIT: Oh My Gosh! I just about fell off my chair this morning when I seen the standings. Faerieland was sitting at second place overall!! I think we can now consider ourselves a top tier team this year. Lets keep up the fantastic work and keep fighting hard!! :D :happydance:
 
I did take a screenshot and I can upload it if anyone wants me to. :D

Greetings from your friendly TDN Forum Moderator! As previously stated, we are an officially recognized Neopets fan site, so feel free to utilize your Neopet with pride (you'll notice my avatar ;-) ). In general, keep things clean, PG and totally worksafe and you'll be a-ok! 

Sara you totally got my reference on the Lost Desert thread LOL! <3 :D
 
I've had 0 time to play since I went to bed at like 3am to get up early for a Chiropractor's appointment and grocery shopping afterwards. My kids are in bed early *knocks on wood* so hopefully it will be a quiet night. *knocks on wood again* To be first place in our bracket we must be kicking up some serious dust against the Mummies!
 
Let's go Faerieland time to bring a trophy home! :D :happydance:

It is okay to use a neopet as an avatar! Neopets actually endorses TDN as an official Neopets fan site, so I'm sure it will be okay.

Ewww, Whiny Anakin reference? Boooo! But seriously, good luck Mummies! 

Kreludor didn't sweep Faerieland :( We totally took SoSD! 

Hi fellow Faerieland-ers! We're doing awesome so far! Still at the top of our bracket with 5 hours to go! We're definitely going to have a good year. I've been winning most of my YYB games (first time ever!!!!) and I'm hitting SOSD hard. Way to go everyone! Let's keep it up and show them who we really are!

Kreludor didn't sweep Faerieland :( We totally took SoSD! 

Sorry Ninja's we just had to redeem ourselves against you this time around, though you still managed to take MSN from us! Good luck on today's match!

No. Absolutely no. This absolutely constitutes cheating per Neopets rules. 
 
As this falls under the heading of "Anything illegal on Neopets is illegal on TDN" I am hereby locking this thread.
 
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*.*  I love that you wanted everybody to post their choices!  I appreciate it for team-structure decisions.
 
Cherry Blossom 1083
Senormalo 1315
Axe Bond 990
Max Mutant 1320
Ehlo Froyo 1300
Weekly total: 6008
 
Definitely considering dropping Axe (:C) at this point, maybe revisit her later if I see posted improvement.  Hard to make these decisions, though!

First results are out for Staff Tournament. My team earned me 6770 points so far. I think I'm going to stick with them. 

I reached that too and felt unmotivated to keep playing. That is, until I realized about the shop points at the end. You can get some really awesome and valuable stuff there and the more you have the better. Also, continuing to support your team is another great reason.

Final Rank
Congratulations, you've reached the pinnacle of Altador Cup achievement! You've qualified for the ranking of All-Star, the highest level possible. Your fancy new shield is sure to widely admired.           
 
I've never played this much before and now I don't know what to do. Our guild stats page was motivating me to max out everyday but with the reCaptchas that's harder for our statistician to update so I don't really have that push to keep going. 

Well, we took Shootout Showdown from them, which at least prevented a sweep! SoS seems to be our wheelhouse this year. (Which is good, it's my best game haha!) Play strong today Faeries, we have a chance at redemption with Shenkuu which could propel us into a solid spot in the bracket! 

Your Gnorbu is really starting to annoy me lol, every time I get the ball your Gnorbu steals it on me.
 
Good luck against Faerieland today and may the best team win. No hard feelings from me if you sweep us. :)

Well, we absolutely destroyed Maraqua despite their initial ridiculous scores. Looks like the vaccine and quarantine methods imposed by JS had some impact there... 

I haven't been able to play because of lack of wifi and vacation. 
 
But wow is Faerieland doing great. 
 
GO FAERIELAND!!!  :rock:

Let's game our behinds off and show them the magic we hold! Time to blow them behind and not be a low tier team. We are doing spectacular so far! :happydance:
 
I unfortunately didn't get a chance to play much tomorrow. I wasn't feeling too good in the evening, darn migraines. Plus we were busy outside tidying up our yard and took my daughters for pony rides at our friend's barn. :D

I still cannot believe we managed 2 sweeps this round. Way to go Faeries!! :D :happydance:
 
This is our year, lets show them how we can soar to new heights! :D

Now that I've reached the maximum rank, I have decided to strive for a new goal.
 
My new goal is to cap Yooyuball, Slushie Slinger, and Shootout Showdown every day that it lasts.
My secondary goal is to stay away from Make Some Noise. xD