The Olympics Contest was a building and video contest that started on August 1, 2008 and ended on August 13, 2008. The goal of the contest was to make a place about the Beijing Olympic Games also known as the Summer Olympic Games. It was first announced here the winners were announced here
Entrance Procedure
Building Contest
Users must make a place with the title “Olympics2008 ________________” with whatever the players wishes to call it on the blank line. The place should be put on the users main account. The place must be Olympic Games related. It must be about one of the Olympic sports, or be one of the locations for the Beijing 2008 games.
Video Contest
In addition to the building contest, ROBLOX decided to add a Video Contest. In order to enter users must post the video to YouTube with the following tags: ROBLOX Olympics Beijing. The video can be any length but must be about ROBLOX, the Beijing 2008 Olympics, and comply with the ROBLOX Community Guidelines. The 5 players with the most views on August 11, 2008 will win 300 Tix each and a Black Ring Hat.
Rules
Only one entry per player is allowed. A player with Builder’s Club membership may make up to 10 entries but will not receive multiples of the same hat. Advertising your place on the forums is only allowed in the Creations Gallery. Posts in other forums would be locked or deleted. Renaming a place that already has a lot of visits is OK. ROBLOX's database search will factor out all your previous visits and favorites. The user's place must still be on your account at the time the contest ends. All the prizes will be delivered within 1 week of the contest ending.
Winners & Rewards
Video Contest
- Winners of the Black Iron Ring of Olympia for Video Mini-contest: yozy, cobrastrike4, maax1996, piecrust, arisshah, twisteddemo, bmoreboy, canary4life, gaomon94, sheeppie, MarioMario54321
Building Contest
Winners of the Building contest were announced in a forum post, however due to the removal of the forums it is unknown who won for the Building Contest