Violation Points (VPs)
Introduction
Violation points or VPs are assigned to a designer's account when the Designer Code of Conduct has been broken. They can be assigned from losing a Logo Court case or manually assigned by a LogoTournament administrator.
If you accumulate over 150 Violation Points, administrators will be disabling your account unless there are unusual circumstances. All violation points will expire after 6 months, with the exception of 50 point violations which expire after one year.
Violation Points List
If you lose a logo court the following violation points will be assigned:
| Stock Art | 50 VPs |
| Trace | 50 VPs |
| Similar to an existing logo (within a contest): | 25 VPs |
| Similar to an existing logo: | 50 VPs |
| Similar to an existing logo: | 10 VPs |
| Similar to an existing logo (within a contest): | 10 VPs |
| Formatting Rules Violation: | 0 VPs |
| Similar to an existing logo (within a contest): | 10 VPs |
| Not respecting or valuing the contest holder: | 20 VPs |
| Unprofessional Comment: | 5 VPs |
| Promotion of Designs: | 1 VPs |
| General Violation: | 1 VPs |
| Multiple logos in an entry: | 1 VPs |
| Watermark: | 1 VPs |
| Oversized or not Centered: | 1 VPs |
| Border: | 1 VPs |
| Unapproved Background: | 1 VPs |
Banned or disabled accounts
A Designer becomes a candidate for a ban if their Violation Points (VPs) exceed 150 points. Designer's actions may also result in being banned. The facts of each individual case are carefully reviewed before we make a ban decision.
- Disrespecting Clients or fellow Designers in an unacceptable manner
- Submitting designs that are too similar to other Designers (eg. copying lead Designers in a contest)
- Abusive behavior
- Creating multiple accounts
- Making special deals with clients that bend or break the Rules or contradict Logo Court results
- Promising to provide free files or work to clients to win a contest
Note: If you are banned and later win a previously entered contest, we will evaluate the winning logo against your violations and reason(s) for being banned. We may warn the client of possible issues related to using your winning design.