When my paycheck comes next WednesdayI will be giving away a steam game! A little broke at the moment but we can start the contest now.

You have seven days to submit this your entry into this contest. Here are the rules:

The gog.com forum Create A Character Challenge

In this challenge you need to create your own video game character. No drawing talent required. Just explain anything from his bio, motivations, looks, setting, ect. You are only limited by your imagination!

There are also cool generators like this: http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-2-5-character-portrait-creator/

I'm sure there are others you could use to provide visual aid if you wan to add it.

Let the games begin!

Meet OP.

OP's had a rough past. He finds himself a bit of a loner, since lately he's found no-one who shares his opinions. He's also cursed with very bad luck; although a gamer, he has found that a freshly bought oldie refuses to work on his computer. This is not his fault though; it's because the GOG staff is so incompetent and their support is abysmal. OP's a bit of a mystery man, perhaps even a Neo-Riddler if you will, since he refuses any help that's not official, going so far as not to even mention what the aforementioned game was. Instead he wants to conquer his problems by himself, albeit starting flame wars in the process. You could call him bull-headed that way, although for others it mostly looks like OP's plain trollin'. OP takes all of this very lightly since he's made of steel, because America, Fuck yeah.

Name: Yyirsil-of-the-Mangled-Forest
Age: -1
Gender: Currently male

Bio:Unlike other races that can be found on the Plateau, the Weyyb move through time in reverse - returning from death, then spending their whole life searching for their birthing tree.

A dry wind passed over Yyirsil's upper tendril, causing it to flail gently. He awoke and reflexively wiped the dust from his cranial eye. Something was very wrong.

Just like the Cylleon valley in Flaiiw, he was empty; all his memories of the future had vanished. A sinking feeling filled his rybek; he had not made it to the tree in time.

He unfurled his rostrum and let out a hefty "OOoooo'oOOOo".

Putting one paw in front of the other, off he set on his journey. He needed to find his future; uncover the truth behind his memory loss; and most importantly, reach his birthing tree before both suns rise.

Mistral An’ Trophy

Mistral was ”gifted” with being born a half-elf. This granted him extremly long life, the ability to see peoples auras and a mental-emotional link between him and his parents. It also made him a target for the various biomedical companies and powerful individuals, who would gladly pay for uncovering the secrets of his elven blood line. Though many have tried, none have managed to create a synthetic half-elf.

Mistral spent his childhood with his human mother, who was the daughter of a owner of ExLife (a company, whose catchphrase says it all “When you’re human, you’re not all that you COULD be”). His mother protected the secret of his son’s heritage by surgically removing all elven traits from his body and replacing his hazelnut-shaped eyes with cybernetic implants.

After his mother died on a raid from rebellion group UANH (United Alliance for Non-Humans), Mistral ended up on the streets. His quick wits and figers caught the attention of a local crime lord, who took him under her wings.

As years went by, Mistral’s showed increasing ablities with cybernetics. He was soon installed with 5-star finger access cords, which enabled him to hack easily into almost any datasystem. He managed to glide through the security systems of many big agencies, and his elusiveness earned him the nickname “Shadow of Thought”.

One gig blew his world wide open. He was to hack into a maximum security prison, and find a way to dispose few key witnesses, who were going to testify against the crime lord. One of the captured criminals was a male elf, and Mistral’s instinct flared right up. It was his father. He could not bring himself to kill him, so he helped the prisoners to escape. With his emotions running wild, he left a trace of himself in the prison’s network, leaving trace for all governmental agencies coming after him. Crime lord will also be on his tail, as soon as she discovers Mistral’s transgression.

As he slips through the streets, he can only hope, that tonight’s meeting eith his father will bring some answers..

Not entering, but thanks and +1 for the giveaway, excalibunny!

Not sure if I'll come back to enter but either way thanks and +1!

Keep em up guys!

Ganmoxio the Prince
Race: panda


Ganmoxio was the Prince of Kingdom of Pandamonia. Of course, as a panda, you need to know kong-fu. He spent his childhood in the Grand Bamboo Forest, where the kingdom located. At the day he entering his adulthood, the king summoned him, and sent him to a quest to search for new bamboo forest and establish a new settlement for the Kingdom. Ganmoxio deeply loved the Forest and never wanted to leave, but since it is the order of the King, Ganmoxio departed.

Ganmoxio was in great inner conflict during the quest. If he successfully found the new bamboo forest, he would then be the leader of new forest, and no chance to return to his old life at the Forest. However if he returned without finding a new forest, he risked being abandoned for failing the quest. Further away in his journey, lesser the chance he could actually return to his old life, and heavier the burden in his heart.

At the edge of collapsing mentally and physically, Ganmoxio arrived at Magic Tower of Goldram. He became deeply engaged in magic. He devoted himself into study of magic, and the study eased his pain in heart, even though he still could never forget the Forest.

Two years after Ganmoxio arrived at the Tower, a letter from the Forest reached him. Nobody knew what was written in the letter, but Ganmoxio locked himself in his room for a whole week. At the day he opened his door, he was prepared to leave the Tower and start a new journey.

What was his destination in this journey? Was he continuing his quest, returning to the Forest, or to somewhere else? What was his motivation? Everything was unclear. His back when he journeyed into the wilderness was the last thing everyone knowing him had seen.

Introducing - Rothgarr, The Magnificent!

Rothgarr is a top-tier prizefighter from Ruseiv who has recently made his way west to seek his fortune. He stands 2 meters tall, is heavily muscled, and moves with catlike grace, his numerous tattoos make him even more outlandish in western lands. He is a master of unarmed combat and, if necessary, is skilled with weapons too where he favours the long hafted mace he uses as a walking stick while on the road.

Rothgarr make his way west accompanied by his uncle Shrein who had travelled extensively while working as a caravan guard, and undertook to act as his mentor and manager. Rothgarr's last fight was in the city of Derrig where the Duke's younger son, Michael challenged him to a match. Although a skilled and tenacious fighter Michael was simply not in Rothgarr's league and was left with several broken ribs after being badly beaten in the match. Michael publicly said he held no ill feeling towards him but Shrein though it best to move on at once. That night four horsemen approached their campsite and asked if he was Rothgarr, when he said yes they drew swords and attacked. When the fight was over Shrein and all four of the attackers lay dead.

Now Rothgarr is alone in a foreign land with only a limited understanding of the language and quite possibly more killers on his trail, seeking revenge, fortune and fame.

A little bit wondering........Is this giveaway still going on?
(if yes, people should come, come, come........)

According to the OP, this giveaway should have ended on September 12, 2012...

Did he forgot to pick a winner, or what?