Homestead Furniture Making Contest

Homestead Furniture Making Contest was a contest that was held from January 17, 2007, to January 20, 2007. Players were given the task of furnishing Roblox's new starter place, the Happy Home in Robloxia. It is noteworthy for being the first ever contest and event on Roblox.
== Background ==
The contest was first announced by on the Roblox Blog on January 17, 2007. Submissions would be taken in via models through the forums along with a brief description of what the contestant had developed. All winning models would be published into the Toolbox under the newly created "Furniture" tab.
=== Judging criteria ===
The contestants would receive points based on their creativity, construction, attention to detail, and scale. Contestants would be awarded additional points if they provided a brief description of how to publish a model in the contest's thread.
== Winners and rewards ==
By January 18, 2007, eight users had submitted 38 models, with 30 of them being added into the Toolbox.
By the deadline, nine players had been chosen as the grand prize winners of the contest with each of them being given a one-time customized avatar of their choice, pictured below.
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Top row: (left), (middle), (right) Middle row: (left), (middle), (right) Bottom row: (left), (middle), (right)
== Trivia ==
* When announcing the winners, said that his personal favorite winning model of the contest was ’s widescreen TV which had a working remote that could surf 10 different channels with comedic Roblox stories.
* The blog post announcing the contest contained the first ever mention of Happy Home in Robloxia.
* Since winners were given the opportunity to customize their own avatars, this was considered unique as it was unattainable at the time.
** Despite the fact that the primary purpose of the avatars were to provide each winner with a classic t-shirt, and decided to add faces to their own avatars.
** As the winners submitted their customized-avatars to be worn, would submit his avatar translucent.
== References ==
== External links ==
* Homestead Furniture Contest Submissions Page in the Roblox Forum Archive
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