Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in!===Birthday contest=== In June 2011, Sega announced a contest to celebrate the [[Sonic the Hedgehog series|''Sonic'' series]]' 19th anniversary where people would create videos, with the winner going to Tokyo to see the finished version of ''Episode I''.<ref>{{Cite web|author=RubyEclipse|title=Win a free trip to Tokyo β The Sonic 4 Birthday Contest has begun!|url=http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2010/06/23/win-a-free-trip-to-tokyo-the-sonic-4-birthday-contest-has-begun/|work=Sega Blog|publisher=[[Sega]]|date=23 June 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523202013/http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2010/06/23/win-a-free-trip-to-tokyo-the-sonic-4-birthday-contest-has-begun/|archivedate=23 May 2011}}</ref> The voting system was intended to allow one vote per day, however, people found workarounds to allow multiple voting by clearing their browser's cookies and cache due to poor site coding. On 16 July, Sega suspended the voting. On 2 August, the winners were chosen by input of Sega staff and [[Sonic Team]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to The Sonic the Hedgehog Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see The Sonic the Hedgehog Wiki:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)