Valve hosts art competition for new ‘Counter Strike’ cosmetics
Valve has announced recently that it will be offering a total of $1 million in cash prizes to ten contestants ($100,000 each) who can submit “original and shippable, dream-themed weapon finishes” for Counter Strike: Global Offensive.
The contest is called The CS:GO $1 Million Dreams & Nightmares Contest and is open to any Steam user in good standing with at least $5 or more purchases in their account.
Today we are announcing the CS:GO Dreams & Nightmares Workshop contest; a $1M CS:GO art contest looking for 10 original dream or nightmare-themed weapon finishes to be shipped in an upcoming case. More information here: https://t.co/mdmInLmUJk pic.twitter.com/y8KgyV46Q1
— CS:GO (@CSGO) July 21, 2021
The participants also have the option to enter as an individual or as a team.
According to the rules, entries must be submitted through the CS:GO Item Import Tool and should be tagged with ‘Dreams & Nightmares Contest’. There should also be a completed and payable CS:GO workshop submission with valid banking and taxing information.
Valve said on a blog post that it launched the Workshop feature on Steam in the past to create a centralized hub for community created content and that the Dreams & Nightmares Contest is “designed to help further support this community.”
“Since then, over five million content creators have submitted and published over 20 million new items for a variety of games on Steam, making them available to millions of gamers around the world. And, as everyone who plays these games knows – including CS players – many of the most iconic in-game items, maps, and more have been authored by members of the community,” it added.
The Dreams and Nightmares art contest starts on July 23, 1:00 a.m. and ends on October 22, 1:00 a.m.
Winners will be announced on the Counter Strike blog on November 22, 2021.
(Images from Valve)