Mystery Monster Students

# Overview

Mystery Monster Student (MMS) is a Monster Lab **MadLab Contest**. The goal is to create new characters based on a chosen monster type or theme.

As all Monster Lab contests, the time limit will take place at the beginning of each month (from the 1st of the month - to approximately the 15th). You will be tasked to create a character from scratch.

## Tasks

So overall, what is a *must* for this contest:

* **Character Page on the wiki!:** Your character must be featured on the wiki, with proper categories, and must also have an infobox and some basic information. Check out our Create Your OC's Page tutorial for more details.
	+ **Character Discription:**For the visual discription, you must either write out a discriptive paragraph (7 sentences aprox.) about how they look, or draw some profile art for your new creation. Either way works, but we have found that Art increases your chances of winning the contest overall. (also, if you would like, please include your skulletts' because i just love seeing them XD)
	+ All Typical OC submission rules apply, they can be found here: Submission Guidelines.
	+ The proper category for each month **MUST** be on all counting entries. (This category will always be **MMS**(3 letter month apreviation)(year). Example: MMSJan2019
	+ All users have access and the ability to enter *two* FC's in each contest every month.

* **(OPTIONAL) Community School:** Each round a Community School will be featured. The school will be in some way related to the round's theme species. We encourage supporting the users who create community schools here on the wiki, you can do that easily by having your new character attend their school. Remember, this is optional. (See list of Community Schools)

## Rounds and Entries

* 2022
* 2021
* 2020
* 2019
* 2018

* July

It is about time for a new round of Mystery Monster Students~ And this time, we decided to increase our reach and participation by also hosting the contest on our **affiliate Monster High Amino!**

Since summer has reached the majority of the Northern Hemisphere, and it is pretty hot outside and, we thought there's nothing better to survive the heat than jumping bottom-first into a **nice and cool body of water.** Hence why

# This Month's Theme is: Water!

### and the featured School is Tess' High Seas High.

Eligible monster types (selection):

* Sea/Lake/Swamp Monster
* Siren/Mermaid
* Water Elemental/Dragon/Spirit/Fairy/Deity(e. g. Undine, Merkur/Poseidon, ...)
* (Research something else!)

## Checklist

We will continue using our point system to reward participation, but there will still be a vote determining a winner. Here is the checklist for some extra points:

* Profile Artwork (fullbody)
* Profile Artwork (headshot - halfbody)
* Full Page (each section has snippet)
* Three Developed Relationships
* One Relationship
* Full Infobox
* 8 Points
* 5 Points
* 5 Points
* 5 Points
* 1 Point Each
* 5 Points

## Prizes

The winners are determined by voting, as usual. Putting in some extra work though can increase your shard output even without winning a top 3 position. And even better, since we are hosting it on two platforms, **you can earn/win both sets of prizes IF you provide your entry on both platforms respectively!**

## Round Details

* Category: **MMSJul2022** (Must be added to officially enter the contest)
* Deadline: All entries must be submitted by **July 20th, 2022**

* October

# This month's theme is: Classic Monsters!

To celebrate Halloween and the freaky fabulous ghouls that started it all we are doing something a little different for this round. You may choose one of the six classic monster types from the original Monster High lineup.

Eligible monster type:

* Vampire
* Frankenstein (or similar amalgam creature)
* Werewolf
* Mummy
* Sea Monster
* Zombie

We will carry over the point system from the valentine's edition but will also be having a vote at the end to determine a winner. This means you can earn extra Shards independently of your final positioning after the vote, for working off a checklist.

## Checklist

* Profile Artwork (fullbody)
* Profile Artwork (headshot - halfbody)
* Full Page (each section has snippet)
* Three Developed Relationships
* One Relationship
* Full Infobox
* 8 Points
* 5 Points
* 5 Points
* 5 Points
* 1 Point Each
* 5 Points

## Prizes

The winners are determined by voting, as usual. Putting in some extra work though can increase your shard output even without winning a top 3 position.

## Round Details

* Category: **MMSOct2021** (Must be added to officially enter the contest)
* Deadline: All entries must be submitted by **October 31st, 2021**

* August
* February:Valentine Edition

# This month's theme is: Slime

We will carry over the point system from the valentine's edition but will also be having a vote at the end to determine a winner. This means you can earn extra Shards independently of your final positioning after the vote, for working off a checklist.

## Checklist

* Profile Artwork (fullbody)
* Profile Artwork (headshot - halfbody)
* Full Page (each section has snippet)
* Three Developed Relationships
* One Relationship
* Full Infobox
* 8 Points
* 5 Points
* 5 Points
* 5 Points
* 1 Point Each
* 5 Points

## Prizes

The winners are determined by voting, as usual. Putting in some extra work though can increase your shard output even without winning a top 3 position.

## Round Details

* Category: **MMSAug2020** (Must be added to officially enter the contest)
* Deadline: THU, August 20th
* Voting: FR, August 21st - SUN, August 23rd; PUBLIC

This month is a wildcard:

You can make a character of any species!**.**
## Mystery Monster Student: Valentine Edition

This special edition of Mystery Monster Student officially starts on the 16th of February. We are starting this themed event after the actual holiday to lower any extra pressure, as I know holidays can mess up regular daily routines and add extra stress to our regular everyday lives. Thus, I am proud to announce the special twist to this event!

Now, most of you have participated in the regular **Mystery Monster Students** contest before. In a typical round of MMS, every user creates a character of the same species. In this round everyone will have free range to create a character of whatever species they wish. After you have created your character, all characters will randomly be paired with another entered character. From there, it is your job to create a relationship between your and your new partner's characters. Even though this is a Valentine themed event, your character's relationship does not have to be romantic. (although I personally can't wait to see some hopeful new character couples come out of this event).

Unlike many other events on the Monster Lab and Mirror Portal, there will not be any **Voting**. There will still be winners, but the winners will not be decided by any public or private vote. Instead there will be a checklist with options of things to include in your submission. Each option will have a matching point value.

Additionally, there will be three winning brackets. The goal is to include enough items from the checklist into your entry to gain as many points as you want to gain. These points will put you into one of the brackets. First place will have between 30+ and 25 points. Second place will be between 24 and 20 points. Third place will be between 19 and 10 points. At the end of the month, all the points will be counted up, and all users who participate will receive a reward value of Monster Shards that corresponds to the point bracket they ended up in. This way each user who participates directly is in control of what reward they get. This way, instead of having one winner for the contest, we can all enjoy the creativity and event, and all still get rewarded for putting hard work and time into the entries.

* Profile Artwork (fullbody)
* Profile Artwork (headshot - halfbody)
* Full Page (each section has snippet)
* Three Developed Relationships
* One Relationship
* Full Infobox
* 8 Points
* 5 Points
* 5 Points
* 5 Points
* 1 Point Each
* 5 Points

#### Wildcard Option

* A type written short story (750 minimum word count) about how your and your partner's characters relationship will be worth 10 extra points)

### Category

Please create your characters page and make sure to add the *Mystery Monster Students* category to the page. Once the category is added, I will either messaged you via your message wall on the wiki, or through pm on Discord to let you know who your partner will be. Partner pairings will be sent out after the 25th of February at the latest.

*Just a quick last minute note: there is no sponsored school for this month's contest.*

* July
* January

This Month's Parent Theme is: **Hræsvelgr**.
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This Month's Parent Theme is: **Hræsvelgr**.

### Results

1. Halvar Ørn
2. Hillevi Velgr
3. Ame Dauði

* November
* September
* June
* May
* April

This Month's Monster Parent is: **Shen**.
Hai DeZhenJiao-Long ChenMengyao LongweiNanui Nuohai
### Results

TBD
This Month's Monster Parent is: **Tsuchigumo**.

### Results

June's Monster Parent was: **Manticore**.
Mitra KhowrMansur KhalidMalika
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## Results

June Voting Cover Page
May's Monster Parent was: **The Ala**.
Estelle Fairweather ~ First PlaceAvionio ~ Second PlaceTempest Thunderglaive ~ Third PlaceHailey BuryaEclipse StormJezebel XalaGriselle FairweatherHailey

April's Monster Parent was: **The Ogres**.
Onur, First Place!Rhiannon, Second Place!Bronwenn, Third Place!