## Avatar Creation Process
1. Select a competition.
2. Create your avatar. An avatar consists of 4 skill cards (Service, Mental, Power, Return).
3. Select an outfit to complete your avatar (optional).
4. Validate your avatar.
You can create or modify your avatar up to 7 days before the start date of the Gameweek. An incomplete avatar (fewer than 4 skills or one that does not meet the competition rules) cannot be validated. If a selection has been started, it is saved to facilitate the user experience.
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## **Principle**
To participate in a Fungiball competition, you must create an avatar with its 4 skill cards based on the criteria of the competition you selected. You can also add an outfit card (optional) to boost your avatar.
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## **Strategic Bonus**
By aligning cards that share surfaces and/or countries in common, you can trigger synergies that will boost your score.
* **Synergy Bonus:** Each link between cards that share common characteristics (surface, country) gives you a 0.25% points bonus per link.
* **Important rule:** Synergies do not apply when the cards represent the same player.
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## Restriction
* A card cannot be used if it is already assigned to another avatar participating in an ongoing or upcoming competition.
* You can register only one avatar per competition.
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