Well we are pretty far into the New Year what with it being March and everything.
Some exciting things coming this year what with meet the pyro (with any luck, this is Valve time we’re talking about after all).

Anyway I hope all of you are having a good year so far.

Unfortunately I’m here to rain on everyone’s parade (as usual) and roll out the all too familiar rule reminders on submissions, because the amount of art declined is starting to once again outnumber the ones we accept and that’s kind of depressing in my opinion.

So here’s a rundown of what we DON’T accept in the group content wise:

NO SLASH, unless it’s accepted cannon like Spy/Scouts mum or Announcer/Saxon Hale. And since I got pulled on this a little while ago the word ‘slash’ refers to Pairings/couples/romance/shipping. We clear?
If you want to share TF2 slash then give a look at these groups: #TF2-Slash or #TF2-Sexymans or #TF2-Yaoi-FC and many more I’m sure.

NO CROSS OVERS! PERIOD! This is probably the second worst offence against our submission rules right after the previous rule. And sorry to say even if it’s related to another Valve game it still won’t be accepted. Just TF2 and only TF2!
If you want other Orangebox/Valve content and crossovers then take a look at these: #Orange-Box-Group or #VALVe-community

NO OC’S, FEMFORTRESS OR SELF INCERTION. This one hasn’t actually been so bad lately, but we are still getting a lot of it. If you want TF2 OC’s then #TF2OCs and #TeamFortressOCs will be of interest to you. For FemFortress there’s #FemFortress2

NO TENTA-SPY OR SPY-CRABS. Ok I don’t actually have much to say on this one except submissions have been creeping up. Go to #TheSpyCrabSanctuary for your spy crabs and #TentaSpyFC for your Tenta spies.

NO INGAME SCREENSHOTS.

NO POSTING OR USING MATERIAL THAT IS NOT YOUR OWN! This includes Official TF2/Valve footage/art etc.

Ok well that’s it for the do not’s now for the quality control rules.

We aren’t bothered by your level of skill, but please only submit things you’ve invested some time into! Nothing on lined paper please and please if you take photos of your sketches/traditional work could you make sure the photo is of good quality and properly crop your work.

For cosplayers and crafters again please make sure the photo is good quality and not blurry. We want to be able to appreciate your work and for that we need to be able to see it in all its glory!

For Garry’s mods again please only submit good quality work. I’m talking stuff with some thought put into it that goes beyond just making the characters pull funny/distorted faces.

As usual if a piece has been submitted and breaks any of these rules but passed by the radar somehow please direct the admin’s attention to it. Or vice-versa if a piece has been declined and you want to know why or dispute the decision talk to the mods about it either via note or via the submission correspondence. If you leave a note or comment regarding a piece of work please, please, PLEASE link us to that work! We aren’t going to know what you’re talking about if you just come up and start saying “why was my work declined?”/”There’s a piece in the gallery with xxx in it and it’s breaking the rules” without a link. So please remember to Link us.

Ok that’s it, I’m gonna shut up and stop nagging you all now.
As usual if you have any suggestions, ideas, advice or even a critique about the group feel free to voice it here.

Have a nice day/week/month/year.
~Behaxeltzi~