Vote For Your Holiday TOM Avatars!

Hey virus faithful, it's time to vote! We received over 20 amazingly festive entries and we need help deciding which four will be our 'A Virus Named TOM' Steam avatars for the holidays  If you want to see larger versions, or the 'honorable mentions' scroll down to the previous post and take a look (they're posted at the bottom). Anyone can vote so tell you friends! Voting ends Friday at noon (Dec 14th) (PT)

We're hoping to have our Holiday DLC out next week!

Entry 1 (James D)	Entry 2 (Ben M)	Entry 3 (Fenrakk101)	Entry 4 (Ben M)	Entry 5 (Michael G)
Entry 6 (Ben M)	Entry 7 (Tony)	Entry 8 (Rory D)	Entry 9 (James D)	Entry 10 (Przemysław K)
Entry 11 (James D)	Entry 12 (Kevin G)	Entry 13 (Ben M)	Entry 14 (David C)	Entry 15 (David C)
Entry 16 (Ben M)	Entry 17 (Jasper B)	Entry 18 (Richard S)	Entry 19 (David C)	Entry 20 (Peter R)

Which entries should be our Steam avatars for the holidays? (Vote for any you like, we'll choose the top 4)

Entry 1 (James D)

Entry 2 (Ben M)

Entry 3 (Fenrakk101)

Entry 4 (Ben M)

Entry 5 (Michael G)

Entry 6 (Ben M)

Entry 7 (Tony)

Entry 8 (Rory D)

Entry 9 (James D)

Entry 10 (Przemyslaw K)

Entry 11 (James D)

Entry 12 (Kevin G)

Entry 13 (Ben M)

Entry 14 (David C)

Entry 15 (David C)

Entry 16 (Ben M)

Entry 17 (Jasper B)

Entry 18 (Richard S)

Entry 19 (David C)

Entry 20 (Peter R)

Create your own poll

Decorate TOM, Win Schwag!

Well it's holiday time, and we're getting ready to launch our holiday DLC! The only problem is that TOM is still rockin his Movember mustache  in December...

We need your help. We want to replace all the avatar images of TOM with holiday ones, but can't decide how.

Below are our current four steam avatars (w/transparent BG's). Take them, and infect them with holiday cheer! Then send them back to us and we'll put them up for a vote. The top four will not only be our Steam avatars for the holidays, but the mad scientists that created them will get a holiday gift: their pick from any item of schwag on our cafe press store.

How to submit?

• Tweet it out ending the tweet with @MisfitsAttic #HolidayVirus
• Post it to our Facebook page
• Email us at contest@MisfitsAttic.com (a url/link to the image makes life easier)

The Deadline is midnight (PT) Monday December 10th, so get decorating!

Blank TOM's to download:

Entries:

Entry 1 (James D)	Entry 2 (Ben M)	Entry 3 (Fenrakk101)
Entry 4 (Ben M)	Entry 5 (Michael G)	Entry 6 (Ben M)
Entry 7 (Tony)	Entry 8 (Rory D)	Entry 9 (James D)
Entry 10 (Przemysław K)	Entry 11 (James D)	Entry 12 (Kevin G)
Entry 13 (Ben M)	Entry 14 (David C)	Entry 15 (David C)
Entry 16 (Ben M)	Entry 17 (Jasper B)	Entry 18 (Richard S)
Entry 19 (David C)	Entry 20 (Peter R)

Honorable Mentions 

(Steam doesn't support animated gifs or non 184x184)

David C	David C	David C
David C	Richard S

Steam Big Picture

It takes 2 to spread a virus... 2-4 that is. With Steam Big Picture launching today A Virus Named TOM (steam store) is a whopping 75% off. Why so much? To celebrate being played the way it was intended: with friends of questionable morals over for a couch co-op session, causing mayhem throughout the City of Tomorrow!

But don't get the wrong impression. While it is cooperative, we mean that in the loosest sense possible. Sure you need to work together to infect the city, but no one said you couldn't get achievements for killing your teammates, or that you shouldn't rub it in their face when the results screen shows you solved most of the puzzle or took out the most drones, while they acted like some scared little email virus.

Doubt our cooperative nougaty center? See what reviewers had to say about it:

"...the best feature of the game is its cooperative gameplay – which should say something considering the magnificence of the single-player game."
- Co-optimus.com

“The most addictive co-op game we’ve played since Portal 2.”
– MMGN.com

"Failing a puzzle in single-player mode is upsetting, but when you can blame at least half of the loss on another person (preferably one whom you care about deeply), it's much more enjoyable."
- Joystiq

"Getting angry at a friend because he doesn’t see the solution as clearly as you is always fun and allows for some really entertaining moments."
- GamesRetrospect

"While playing through the co-op levels with a friend, I couldn’t help but think about Portal 2’s co-op experience...If you’re looking for an engaging puzzler this one is a no-brainer, but if you’ve got a friend you can play co-op locally, it is a must buy"
- Internet Freaks

“Friendships will be destroyed, but I’m sure that’s all part of Dr. X’s diabolical plan.”
- TruePCGaming

even more reviews HERE

The heads of robot dogs will fill the streets, teleporters shall send different body parts to different zip codes, Muahahahaha!

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