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Caption This: Vote for winners!
It's been one week since we opened our most recent Caption This! contest to entries. We've allowed them to age to perfection over the weekend, and they're now ripe enough for you to pick the winner! Members of the WoW Insider staff have chosen their favorite captions from the bunch. Now you get to decide who goes home with a 60-day game card, a More Dots! or Ding! Grats shirt from J!NX, or nothing but an overbearing feeling of failure. Just pick the best caption for the above picture. Voting closes tomorrow, Wednesday, October 29 at 11:59 PM EST, and winners will be informed shortly afterward by e-mail. Remember, entrants must be U.S. or non-Quebec Canadians at least 13 years old. If you'd like to peruse the contest's official rules, they can be found here. Happy voting! Note that this week we have three entries that are too long for the poll form. See the super-sized entries behind the cut!
Reminder: Caption This contest ends tonight!
Guten tag, freunden. Just a reminder -- you've got a little more than half a day left to participate in this week's Caption This contest. To enter, leave a caption for the above picture on the original post by 11:59 PM EST tonight. Eligible winners (U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian residents above 13) will receive a 60-day gamecard for first place, and a More Dots! or Ding! Grats shirt from J!NX is available to the runner-up. Remember to read the official rules for the contest here. The voting poll for the winner will be available Tuesday morning, so you can vote while "enjoying" weekly maintenance. Have fun!
Caption This!
Is this the Tuesday that will finally fix all the patch-related problems? No? Well, I suppose we can all play Fable II/Dead Alive/Oblivion for the fortieth time instead. Or you can join in this week's Caption This! contest. The winner of the last contest, which featured three little gnomes, was Naram, with "Millhouse Manastorm long dreamed of his first night out of Arcatraz." Repeat winner Swordchucks came in second with "Gnome mating rituals are rich and varied, owing primarily to the race's three genders: male, female, and pink pigtailed incarnate of evil. Most non-gnome researchers on the topic quickly go mad." Congratulations, and to the victors go the spoils! Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down. And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, to tell you how to participate in this week's contest. I post a picture during Tuesday maintenance. You write a humorous caption for this picture by Friday, October 24 at 11:59 PM EST. It could be a funny description of the situation or a quote that you imagine the characters in the screenshot saying. Examples of previous winners can be found here, here and here. Leave your captions in a comment on this post, and keep it clean -- if Blizzard would warn you for saying it in-game, don't enter it in the contest. During the weekend, I e-mail the post to our list, members of the WoW Insider team respond with their favorites, and ten (or so) of those favorites will be chosen for the final vote. On Tuesday morning, we put the top choices up for a public vote in a new post. Voting ends Wednesday, October 29 at 11:59 PM EST. After the voting, we notify the winners. If they respond to our e-mail and confirm that they're eligible to win, we mail out their prizes. Let's show the people our fabulous prizes! First place winner gets a 60-day game card, worth approximately $30. And in honor of old-school raiding achievements, the second-place winner will get his choice of a More Dots! or Ding! Grats shirt from J!NX, worth about $20. However, to win you have to be eligible -- and to be eligible, you have to be a U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian resident at least 13 years of age. Sorry, EU, Oceanic and other readers, but legal restrictions make it impossible to include everyone. The official rules for the contest can be found here. Read them or be stuck in tree form for all eternity! This picture, featuring a most unusual farm, comes from the official WoW screenshot archives. A larger version can be found here. Good luck!
Reminder: Caption This contest ends Friday!
Hey, folks. You've only got fourteen and a half more hours to participate in this week's Caption This! contest. To participate, leave a caption for the above picture on the original post by 11:59 PM EST tonight! Eligible winners (U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian residents above 13) will receive a 60-day gamecard for first place and a choice of one of seven World of Warcraft action figures (see original post for details) for runner-up. Remember to read the official rules for the contest here. Voting for the winner should be available Tuesday morning, so you'll have something to do during maintenance.%Gallery-9826%
Caption This: A winner is you!
Another two weeks, another two winners of our biweekly Caption This! contest. The victor, with 22.8% of the vote, was cchhiipp with "Put ... the ... egg .. back." Cchhiipp will receive a 60-day game card and a big hug. Yanel captured second place with "Soooo....I'm guessing it was YOUR alts we were ganking in STV all morning?" A Hordie for life, Yanel picked an I Survived Barrens Chat! t-shirt from J!NX. Congratulations to our winners, and for all the runners-up, look out for an all-new contest on Tuesday (with some exciting new prizes!)%Gallery-9826%
Reminder! Caption This contest ends tomorrow!
Happy Wednesday, everyone! This is just a friendly reminder that our Caption This contest is ending tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM EST. So if you wanting to enter, all you have to do is check out our contest announcement and leave a brilliant caption to the above screenshot in the comments. If our readers vote your entry as their favorite, you could walk away with a free 60-day gamecard or a class t-shirt of your choice from J!NX!So what are you waiting for? Check out the official contest rules and then get to captioning!
Caption This! [Updated]
A new week is upon us -- and that means it's time for a new caption contest! All we're asking you to do is submit a great caption for the above screenshot (click for a higher-resolution version) in our comments, and in return you get a chance to win a 60-day gamecard (first place) or an IM IN UR BLANK t-shirt from ThinkGeek (second place). You've got until Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST to come up with your caption, and on Friday, we'll be asking you to vote on your favorite of the bunch to help us decide on a winner!Now, for the legal business: this contest is only open to US residents of age 18 and up. I'm sorry if this excludes you, but our legal team says we just can't run a more inclusive contest. And with the option of doing contests for some of our readers or doing contests for none of our readers, I pick the former. For full details, please check out the official rules.But with all of that out of the way... what are you waiting for? Enter your caption in the comments!Update: As of 11:59 PM EST on Wednesday, our entry period has ended. Check back on Friday to vote for the winning caption!
Caption This contest winners!
Miss last week's Caption This contest? Well, even if you missed out on entering, you can still enjoy reading through our winning entries. In first place, with 571 votes, was Lustig, who submitted the following caption:Hmmm... why does my display say that I'm still in combat?However, I'm afraid Lustig wasn't eligible to take home a prize, so he's just leaving our contest with the pride of winning. In second place, we have Angus, with 215 votes, who is taking home a 60-day gamecard due to his entry:Just run through them, they said. No problem, they said. You're a big bad level 70, they said. Pull the entire instance to the front door and we'll AOE grind them all, they said... Cheap blues for enchanting mats, they said. We need to go, they said...And in third place, we have Trevin, with 211 votes, who is going to be getting a quest-giver hat from J!NX after entering this caption:Indiana Jones 5: The Temple of Zul'Farrak"THIS MASK BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!"Didn't have a chance to enter? Check in with us next Monday for another edition of our Caption This contest!
Caption This: Vote for winners! [Updated]
I hope everyone had a blast participating in this week's Caption This contest! However, as of Wednesday night at 11:59 PM EST the entry period officially closed, and I'd like to thank everyone who participated for making it a success! (And if you missed this week's contest, never fear, there will be another one starting on the Monday after next!) But now it's time to pick a winner -- the staff of WoW Insider has narrowed hundreds of entries down to ten finalists, and we want your opinion on which captions for the above screenshot are the best of the bunch. The winner will be walking away with a 60-day gamecard and second place will snag a More DoTs t-shirt from J!NX. So come on -- let us know which entry you liked best (polls will be open until 9am EST tomorrow), and on Monday we'll announce the winners!Update: The voting period is now closed -- we'll announce the winners soon!
Caption This Official Rules
WoW Insider Caption This ContestOfficial Rules No Purchase Required to Enter or Win Eligibility: The WoW Insider Caption This Contest (the "Contest") is open only to individuals who are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia) 18 years of age or older. Employees of Weblogs, Inc., AOL LLC, its advertising or promotion agencies, those involved in the production, development, implementation or handling of Contest, any agents acting for, or on behalf of the above entities, their respective parent companies, officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, licensees, service providers, prize suppliers any other person or entity associated with Contest (collectively "Contest Entities") and/or the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members (whether related or not) of each such employee, are not eligible. Subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law. Sponsor: The Contest is sponsored by Weblogs, Inc., 331 N. Maple Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 ("Sponsor"). Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in the Contest constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein. Entry Period: The Contest begins at 9:00 am EST on June 11, 2007 and ends at 11:59 pm EST on June 13, 2007 (the "Entry Period"). Entries submitted before or after the Entry Period will be disqualified. Entry: Go to http://wow.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/caption-this/ and submit a caption (using a valid email address). There is no limit to the number of captions you can submit; however, each caption must be unique. Duplicate captions will not be included in the prize drawing. The use of any agencies or automated software to submit entries will void all entries submitted by that person. Judging: All submissions will be judged by Weblogs editorial staff according to editorial merit, to be assessed solely by the Weblogs staff, whose decisions are final. The following criteria shall be used and will be weighted equally: humor, keenness of observation, and pertinence to the contents of the photo. The judges will select the top ten (10) captions which will be voted on by the public. NOTE: Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to exclude any caption from consideration that contains language that it deems to be offensive, obscene, demeaning, derogatory, in poor taste, defamatory or otherwise infringing on the rights of privacy or publicity of any person or entity. Voting: From 9:00 am ET on June 15, 2007 until 8:59 am ET on June 16, 2007, the top (10) captions (as selected by the judges) will be posted at http://wow.joystiq.com/2007/06/15/caption-this-vote-for-winners/ for public voting. The caption receiving the most votes will be declared the potential Grand Prize Winner and the caption receiving the second most votes will be declared the potential First Prize Winner. In the event of a tie, the judges will select the winner based on the judging criteria listed above. The use of any agencies or automated software to submit votes will void all votes submitted by that person. Winner Notification: The Sponsor will attempt to notify the potential winners on or about June 16, 2007. In order for winners to receive their prize, they must respond to the email within the stated timeframe and provide their full name, age and mailing address. Failure of any winner to provide this information within the stated timeframe will result in forfeiture of the prize. Limit one (1) Contest prize per household. Requirements of the Potential Winners: Except where prohibited, the potential winners may be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (the "Affidavit/Release") within seven (7) days of being notified. If a potential winner fails to sign and return the Affidavit/Release within the required time period, an alternate entrant will be selected in his/her place. Prizes: One (1) Grand prize winner will receive a World of Warcraft 60 day pre-paid game card (subject to card issuer's terms and conditions). Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of grand prize is $30. One (1) First Prize winner will receive a Green is the new Purple t-shirt. ARV of runner up prize is $18. No cash or other substitution may be made, except by the Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of equal or greater value if the prize is not available for any reason as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. The winners are responsible for any taxes and fees associated with receipt or use of a prize. General Conditions: In the event that the operation, security, or administration of the Contest is impaired in any way for any reason, including, but not limited to fraud, virus, or other technical problem, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, either: (a) suspend the Contest to address the impairment and then resume the Contest in a manner that best conforms to the spirit of these Official Rules; or (b) award the prizes from among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of any potential winner, the potential winner will be deemed to be the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of Promotion entry. The authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses or the domain associated with the submitted email address. A potential winner may be requested to provide the Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the winning entry. In the case of an eligible minor, the potential winner's parent or legal guardian may be the authorized account holder. If a dispute cannot be resolved, the entry will be deemed ineligible. Release and Limitations of Liability: By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release and hold harmless Contest Entities from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize, including, but not limited to: (a) unauthorized human intervention in the Contest; (b) technical errors related to computers, servers, providers, or telephone or network lines; (c) printing errors; (d) lost, late, postage-due, misdirected, or undeliverable mail; (e) errors in the administration of the Contest or the processing of entries; or (f) injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Contest or receipt of any prize. Entrant further agrees that in any cause of action, the Contest Entities' liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the Contest, and in no event shall the Contest Entities be liable for attorney's fees. Entrant waives the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of, or connected with, the Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the appropriate court located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant's rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsors in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the Commonwealth of Virginia or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Virginia. Contest Results: To request the name of the winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to WOW Caption This Winners List, 22070 Broderick Drive – 12E:D01, Dulles, VA 20166. Requests must be received by June 30, 2007.
Caption This! winners
Somehow I get the feeling that everyone who voted on our finalists had spent a little too much time grinding Timbermaw reputation in the past...! By 11:59 PM EST on Sunday, we'd gotten a total of 2,477 votes -- an excellent turnout! And while competition for second place was very close, first place was no contest. With 33% of the vote (and 825 votes total), Justin wins with his caption: Alright, guys. We still have 6,352 more humans to slaughter before we can buy the new potion recipe.And in second place? With 11% of the vote (and 283 votes total), Guy wins with his caption:"I knew we shouldn't have trusted that mage who said he had a port to Timbermaw Hold..." "Move his status to hated..."So congratulations to Justin and Guy -- and thanks to everyone for participating! Justin will be taking home a 60-day gamecard and Guy will receive a Burning Crusade t-shirt from J!NX. But if you think you can do better than they did (and I've read the comments, you can't deny that you haven't been thinking it!), then check back with us next Monday for another round of Caption This -- you could be our next winner!And, if you're curious to see how all of our finalists fared, check here.
Want to win a 60-day gamecard? Caption this!
WoW Insider is offering you a chance to win a 60-day gamecard or a Burning Crusade t-shirt from J!NX. All you have to do is submit a caption for the above picture in the comments on our contest announcement post -- later this week our readers will vote and pick the winners. Why am I telling you this? Because today is the last day to enter! Hop on over to the contest announcement and leave your cleverest caption idea in the comments before 11:59 PM EST tonight. And if you miss the deadline, that's okay -- because the Monday after next (that's June 11th) we'll be giving away another gamecard.Good luck!
Around Azeroth: Caption this!
You may recognize this shot of Blackrock Mountain that was recently sent in by reader Alex. So why am I showing it to you again? Well, this time I'm asking you to snag the image and insert your own captions. Be funny, be clever, be creative! Send your swanky new image to aroundazeroth@gmail.com by Sunday, November 19th. And next week we'll select the best of the bunch and repost them for everyone to enjoy. Think of the fame to be had!
