Yes, finally… I have some contest runners-up to post! Sorry for the delay but Fred and I were out of town until Nov 7th for Youmacon and we fell a bit behind! It was a tough decision as we had a lot of favorites, but we decided to limit ourselves to ten runners-up this year:

Uber Pimpkin by CG
Nyan Over The Moon by ZombieFembot
Gish Pumpkin by OmeletGood
Hey Listen! by Kyasuri
Item Triforce by LadyFiede
TF2 Scream Fortress Pumpkin by K-Stop
GLaDOS by Sussi
The Crashers by Saxon216
Haberdashpionage by UDNTNOME
Locust Meatshield by XV Mr 14 VX

These folks all win a shirt of their choice from Level Up Studios!

Again, there were many more favorites we would’ve liked to pick… but we really had to limit ourselves! However if you submitted an entry this year and included a mailing address you’ll be receiving a small bonus prize just for entering!

Congrats to everyone for another successful year of vegetable artistry! You guys are truly amazing!

These costumes are incredibly offensive to our robot kind! And your pathetic hu-man impersonations of us are even more offensive!
By Buramu, Tin Soldier soundfiles compiled by HyperTailsX

Chuck… you blockhead!
By Steve Pierski [Dueling Analogs]

Hoooooly crap… 50 entries even with my super last notice? I AM IMPRESSED.
Sorry we’re getting this up on the site… these guys take a lot longer to go through than you might think! Also, y’know… had to take the three year old trick or treating! Anyway here are this years amazing entries! Our judges this year… myself, Fred and Emily will pick our winners and announce them tomorrow! Good luck!

#1 – Bastion by ceemdee
#2 – Pumpkin Spy by Adrian Nunez
#3 – Halloween Invaders by Baron Von Snugglemittens
#4 – Dood-O-Lantern by Truzyxx
#5 – Castlevania by Fredrik Fedic Ivansson
#6 – Army Of Darkness by HeyMama555
#7 – FFT: Nanten Knights by Lightwolf21
#8 – AU 313 by Primevil
#9 – Archimedes, no! by suicid3clutch
#10 – Doom II by ceemdee
#11 – Gordon Freeman by Emily
#12 – Gish Pumpkin by OmeletGood
#13 – Bob-ombkin by Doc Powers & TransPM
#14 – Link by G. E. Wolf
#15 – Decepta-kin by British Dave
#16 – Angry Bird by StacMaster-S
#17 – TF2 Scream Fortress Pumpkin by K-Stop
#18 – The Crashers by Saxon216
#19 – Zinger by CornballCoder
#20 – Zombie Mario by Jack Edmonds
#21 – Who’s that pokemon! by Baron Von Snugglemittens
#22 – Space Invader by LoneSilverwind
#23 – Haberdashpionage by UDNTNOME
#24 – GLaDOS by Sussi
#25 – Pumpkin Gaiden by Sir Zebulon Anselm Löwe lll
#26 – Uber Pimpkin by CG
#27 – Pumpkin Creeper by Eskay 64
#28 – Pumpkin Creeper by Yvonneay
#29 – Oni by ceemdee
#30 – Nyan Over The Moon by ZombieFembot
#31 – Super Meat Boy by LoneSilverwind
#32 – Logotronic by StarYoshi
#33 – L.A. Noire by ceemdee
#34 – Plants vs. Zombies Peashooter Pumpkin by Minzy
#35 – Portal Cover by G. E. Wolf
#36 – Layton vs Wright by Flake & Zelda
#37 – Hey Listen! by Kyasuri
#38 – Sad Creep by Fred “Trunks” Wood
#39 – Nyan Pumpkin by Nichola Tahenakos
#40 – Worms by ceemdee
#41 – Item Triforce by LadyFiede
#42 – The Dig by ceemdee
#43 – Locust Meatshield by XV Mr 14 VX
#44 – Minesweeper by ceemdee
#45 – Magicka by ceemdee
#46 – My Little Halloween by Adrian Nunez
#47 – Catching Venusaur by Artzcreator
#48 – Ico by ceemdee
#49 – Outlaws by ceemdee
#50 – Oregon Trail by ceemdee

The guys at Underbelly show us why trick or treating in Video Game Land is generally a bad idea!
Submitted by smashpro1

What do you mean Halloween is in three days? That… can’t be right. I mean, surely I would have posted information about our annual Halolzween Pumpkin Carving Contest far sooner than that! Wait I didn’t? Fffffffffffffffff (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Oh wait, no… this was totally intentional! For this is The Fourth Annual SPEED RUN Halolzween Pumpkin Carving Contest! Yes! This totally intentional contest will test your skills in last minute pumpkin video game pumpkin carving! Are you up to the challenge? Probably not but lets do it anyway!

So what are the rules this year? Same as last year for the most part… take pics of your totally original, made yourself video game themed pumpkin carving, send it in to our special contest email halolzween[at]halolz.com, then sit back and let the Level Up Studios themed prizes roll in! Well okay it’s a little more complicated than that, be sure to check out all the rules below.

Prizes this year will be awarded a little differently than last year (last year things got super confusing between all the categories and places). This year we will be awarding one “grand prize” to an entry in each of the following catagories:

• Most Creative (the most interesting, original or unusual entry)
• Most Detailed (the most artistic, complex, or technically difficult entry)
• Most Humorous (lolololol)

One winner from each of these categories will receive $100 in Level Up Studios store credit!

Then after that we will award an undetermined number of runners up an “Honorable Mention” prize of one Level Up Studios t-shirt or poster of their choice! The number of runners up chosen will be entirely dependent on the number of entries received in this lightning round contest!

Then finally all other entrants will receive a mystery “participant” prize just for entering! Because everyone deserves a prize on Halloween, right?

And now for the most important part of all… the official submission rules:

How to enter:
Step 1: Create an amazing video game themed Halloween pumpkin. Carve it, paint it… there is really no limit to what you can do, as long as there’s a pumpkin in there somewhere! (Other fruits and vegetables are permissible as entries if used creatively)
Step 2: Hand write or print out a sign that says “Halolz.com” to place next to the entry for at least one of the photos that you send in (so that we know that your entry is original and not taken from somewhere off the web). If you don’t do this your entry will be invalid!
Step 3: Take at least one digital photo (however the more the better, and usually at least one with lights on and on with lights off is a good idea) and email it to halolzween[at]halolz.com. Be sure to include: a name for your pumpkin, your real name or nickname that you want shown with your entry on the site and your mailing address for any prizes you might win!
Step 4: All entries must be received by midnight EST on Oct 30th. (Winners will be announced on the 31st).

Additional rules and tips:
• If you send in multiple photos of your work we will post the ones we think look best.
• All entries MUST have at least one photo showing a Halolz.com sign to prevent cheating. There are many video game pumpkin pictures already out there on the internet and if you do not follow this rule we have to assume the pumpkin is not your own work.
• Entries that use a pre-made carving template (like the ones Scott gives out every year) will be accepted, but the odds of you actually winning anything will be extremely low and you will not be eligible for a participation prize!
• Non-video game themed pumpkins will be accepted into the gallery but they are ineligible to win grand prizes.
• You may enter as many pumpkins as you want!

I think that covers all the rules! Good luck!

[An important side note, I have to admit that we had mixed results with fulfilling prizes to winners last year. Of course I am entirely to blame for that, we had A LOT of prize winners, we launched our brand new store around that time, and honestly several contest prize winners fell through the cracks. I have the full winners list here, so if you are one of the people who did not receive a prize from 2010, please email us at the halolzween[at]halolz.com email and we will resolve all outstanding prizes and get you some bonus gifts as well! Thanks!]

Fact: 85% of all Halolz readers play Team Fortress 2.
Fact: 63% of all Halolz readers love Halloween.
Fact: Halolz stopped having anything to do with Halo about three years ago.

Compile all this complex data and you’ll understand why TF2′s third annual Halloween event is big news around these parts! But perhaps some of you folks DIDN’T know we had the most fun Team Fortress servers around? Blasphemy! Well just so we’re clear, we have not one, but two fantastic community servers that you should consider playing on! And with all this Halloween craziness going on, now’s as good a time as any to check them out!

Oh right, you have no idea how to get to these servers… well that’s easy enough to fix… because all Halolz game servers (and any passwords they may have) are always listed on the official Halolz Steam Group Page! Join the group today, and never miss out on any of our game nights!

Playing cards against the Headless Horsemann is a little different than your standard Poker Night at The Inventory. Also the Spy has one hell of an excellent poker face!
By KelThuzadMadness

Yes, I know… waaay past Halloween. Still I couldn’t resist posting this crazy set of pumpkin carvings by Ian Fisher, who won Blizzard’s contest this year! I mean it’s even complete with pumpkin gut creep!

If you’ve been overdosing on the Halloween Mann Manor map (like all of us on Ogretime) this video probably sums up your daily experience. -_-;

Also if you enjoy trolling the Horseless Headless Horsemann, you will enjoy this second video!

Videos by Gmodexpo and Zapit101