Even though Talk Like a Pirate Day has passed, the gents over at my most-anticipated new MMO have put together a brilliant little contest in order to celebrate. The devs behind Pirates of the Burning Sea have put together a t-shirt design contest, where they are seeking contributions for future PotBS t-shirt designs from their large (and eager) fanbase. The contest runs until October the 3rd and the winner gets the first shirt off the press, signed by the entire PotBS development team and a collection of the “coolest booty you will ever see”.

Hit the jump for all of the info on the contest, arghhhh..

There’s no fan like a Pirates of the Burning Sea fan, and we like to share the love by recognizing the contributions to our community members by giving out one of our coveted Pirates of the Burning Sea t-shirts designs to folks around the globe!

Right now, we’ve got two sought-after designs, Support Piracy and Getting Booty Since 1720!

Well, the FLS team and I have been talking, and we’ve decided that to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2006, we would kick off a shirt design contest where you, the PotBS fan, would be able to contribute your inspired designs for consideration in our next batch of T-shirts.

The winner will get the first shirt off the press, signed by the entire Pirates of the Burning Sea Live Team, as well as a collection of some of the coolest booty you will ever see in one collection!

Think you’ve got a great idea for a Pirates of the Burning Sea t-shirt design? Then follow these simple rules, and you’ll be set to submit!

1. All entries must be simple, one color designs. Preferably, they will be white ink on black shirts, though we will certainly consider every unique single-color submission.

2. We all enjoy a good joke, but take care that your submissions aren’t too naughty- take some time to ponder the appropriateness of your designs. Inappropriate submissions will be disqualified and deleted, and you will be flogged in both a literal and figurative sense.

3. T-shirt submissions must be your original design, free of any copyright or trademark violation.

4. Submissions will be accepted via our forums in this thread specifically, and become property of Flying Lab Software.

5. Have fun!

Submissions will be accepted from today, Tuesday, September 19 until 12:00a PST, Tuesday, October 3rd. That gives you two weeks to get your designs in friends- so get cracking!

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