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Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 6 winner
"You not LOOK twenty one..."The people have spoken, and the winner of the day 6 horde caption contest is commenter 4, spencewah: "You not LOOK twenty one..." For his trouble, spencewah will take home an I survived Barrens chat tee-shirt. Grats to spencewah, thanks to all who participated (and those who voted!), and check after the jump for the complete poll results.
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 10
Don't forget that the day 10 Countdown to BC contest was actually announced on Monday -- you have until 3pm EST today to send us your Caverns of Time screenshot at countdowntobc AT wowinsider DOT com with "Caverns of Time" in the email subject. The contributor of the best shot will receive a 60-day pre-paid time card. A couple of other reminders: you have until 3pm EST Thursday, January 11 to send us your best screenie of either Ironforge or Orgrimmar for the "Tale of Two Cities" contest -- the Ironforge winner will take home an Alliance crest t-shirt while the Orgrimmar winner will snag a Horde crest tee. And of course, you still have some time to get your entries in for our lyrics, fan art and machinima grand prize contests!
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Vote for day 6 winners!
While we had a lot of excellent entries for the caption contest on day 6 of our countdown to the Burning Crusade, we've narrowed the field down to ten finalists -- and we want you to pick the winner! You have 24 hours to submit your votes, which gives you until 2:30PM EST on Wednesday -- so get voting! Who's the winner of our Horde caption contest? Troll: "Take it easy on the booze Mankrik, it's wasn't your fault she died" Are those leftover Christmas M&Ms coming out of your forehead, or have I had too many Zimas? "You not LOOK twenty one..." On hearing the Horde would soon be flooded with Paladins, an orc consoles his troll friend: "My advice: start drinking heavily." "So you say your a girl IRL..." Unkthar failed, once again, to impress the ladies with his ability to play "Ride of the Valkyrie" on the bottles. "20 gold, same as downtown." "Sorry. Go to an Alliance bar if you want drinks with little unbrellas." "Do you like my barrels?" 6 bottles of troll sweat: 2 gold 3 barrels of Darkmoon Faire Reserve: 15 gold Getting drunk with some friends right before the raid starts: pricle Free polls from Pollhost.com
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 9
We're past the halfway mark in our Countdown to Burning Crusade, but there is still loot to be had. Don't forget you've got until tomorrow at 3pm to send us your best screenshot of Caverns of Time to win a 60-day game card. You've also got til 3pm Thursday EST to get us your best Ironforge or Orgrimmar screenshot for a shot at winning an Alliance or Horde crest t-shirt, respectively. On to today's bidness: you have free rein on the above image (right-click it to snag a hi-res version) to work your Photoshop magic. Do whatever thou wilst, and if it's the best submission you'll be the receipient of The Art of World of Warcraft book. You have 48 hours for this one, so send your less than 5MB submission (one entry only) to us at countdowntobc AT wow.com with "day 9" in the email subject by 2pm EST on Thursday, January 11.[Thanks to Basem for the image!]
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 5 winner
We've got a winner for the day 5's four little words contest who's going to be taking home a 60-day game card! For the win, we have:"Choose: Laid or Raid" by DarrenAnd our runners-up include:"Rock, Paper, Scissors, Warlock" by Ravenite"Virtual Characters. Real People." by GG"Kill How Many Boars?" by Noctem"ITS NOT ROCKET SURGERY!" by Unkle"I can quit anytime" by qwertyAnd remember -- you still have until 2PM EST today to get in your entry for day 8's screenshot contest -- so if you haven't already, be sure to mail yours in!
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 8
We gave you some screenshots to caption last week in our Countdown to Burning Crusade, but this week it's your turn to provide us with some screenshots. We're going to do a series of three "best screenshot of location" contests, and we're going to give you some extra lead time on a couple of them, so listen up for the appropriate deadlines. For today, we want to see your best screenshot from Feralas -- anywhere within the zone is kosher, but you'll have to find a way to make it unique, funny, or particularly beautiful to catch our eye. You have until 2pm EST tomorrow, January 9 to send your best Feralas screenshot to us at countdowntobc AT wow.com for a chance to win the analog companion to WoW: the World Of Warcraft The Roleplaying Game. You must include the word "Feralas" in the subject of your email, and your image must be less than 5MB in size. You've got a bit more lead time for the next two "best of location" contests. You have until Wednesday, January 10 at 3pm EST to send us your best screenshot of the Caverns of Time, which you should be able to access (sans the instances) even if you're not in the beta. Send us the best screenshot to countdowntobc AT wow.com with "Caverns of Time" in the subject of your email and you'll take home a 60-day game card. And if you haven't been one of the lucky winners of a 60-day prepaid card so far, you'll have one more chance this weekend. The last "best of location" contest will be two, two, two contests in one: for "Tale of Two Cities" we want you to send in your best/funniest/most original screenshot of either Ironforge or Orgrimmar (you have to choose one and only one -- no double entries allowed). The best Ironforge screenshot winner will walk away with an Alliance crest t-shirt in your choice of size, while the best Orgrimmar screenshot will take home a Horde crest tee; we'll publish the winners and runners up on Friday, so you'll need to get your entries in to countdowntobc AT wow.com by 3pm EST, Thursday January 11. You must include "Tale of Two Cities" in the subject of your email, and all screenshot submissions must be less than 5MB in size. Good luck to all!
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 7
Horde lovers, yesterday you had a chance to win an I survived Barrens chat t-shirt, and today is the day of the Alliance. The same deal applies as yesterday -- you need to provide the best caption for the image above in order to take home a Team Paladins shirt in your choice of size. We'll choose 10 finalists from all the entries received by 2pm EST tomorrow, January 7, and put it to a vote to let the popular opinion determine the winner. Happy captioning!P.S. Don't forget to get your entries in for the lyrics, fan art and machinima contests!
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 6
We're 10 days away from the big day, and we're counting it down with a contest every day. You still have two hours to get your entry in to win a 60-day time card for the low, low price of four little words. Today, it's a Horde-themed caption contest -- Alliance diehards, you'll get your chance tomorrow. This time, we're going to pick a slate of 10 finalists and have you folks vote to pick the best caption, so you'll have no excuse to flame us over the winner. So get cracking and come up with the best caption for the image above, and hope your fellow WoW fans have the good sense to pick yours as the winner of today's prize: an I survived Barrens chat t-shirt in your choice of size. You have until 1pm EST tomorrow, January 7 to enter the best caption. Go!
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 4 winner
We've got a winner for the day 4 Leeroy t-shirt contest: commenter 170 wins the lucky need roll, and we wish March and her boyfriend a happy unwrapping. You've still got some time to get your four word entry in to win a 60-day prepaid time card, and do join us later this afternoon to check out what today's Countdown to Burning Crusade contest will be.
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 5
You still have 45 minutes to win a Leeroy t-shirt. Today's Countdown to Burning Crusade contest also brings you yet another chance to score a 60-day game card, and to take it home you'll have to give us the best description of World of Warcraft -- the only catch is, you only get four little words in which to do it. We've stolen borrowed the idea from our friends at Second Life Insider (you know, that other world) -- you'll have to boil down your expansive experience of WoW into a four-word extract and leave it in this thread by 3pm EST tomorrow, January 6. We'll pick the best four-word summary of World of Warcraft to win a 60-day game card. Ready? You're up!
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 3 winner
We were duly impressed by your l33t Photoshop wizardry, and would like to thank all who entered the day 3 Photoshop contest (peep the original photo here). It was a very close call, but we've chosen the winner, who will receive all three books of the original Warcraft trilogy: grats to Wraith Martinek, whose entry appears above (click the image for a full-size version). The very close runner-up is Roy Unij, whose entry is shown below. Great job, everyone -- for a look at the honorable mentions just join us after the break. As ever, don't forget to get your entries in for the three grand prize contests, and join us later today for another episode of the Countdown to Burning Crusade. Join us after the jump for the honorable mentions.
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 2 winner
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Day 2 caption contest. You made it tough to pick a winner, but the results are in -- commenter Odgit is going to take home the 60-day game card! We've listed the winner and a close runner-up below, and the honorable mentions after the break -- and a general hats off to everyone for all the great Matrix, Hitchhiker's, and Star Wars references and general pop culture pot pourri. Don't forget, you have three chances to win our grand prizes as we Countdown to Burning Crusade. Grats to Odgit for taking the prize for Day 2, you've still got plenty of time to win a Leeroy t-shirt, and join us tomorrow for Day 5 of the Countdown. Day 2 caption contest Winner: "Nerf warlocks" by Odgit Runner up: Lazor was concerned when he stumbled upon his friend getting high. by larek
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 4
Alright folks, it's that time again -- time to announce the day's Countdown to BC contest. Yesterday you were faced with the difficult task of Photoshopping this image to win the original Warcraft book trilogy (stay tuned for the winner announcement later today for day 2 and day 3 winners). Today we're going to make it easy on you again -- all you have to do is comment in this thread to win a Leeroy Jenkins t-shirt in your choice of size. You have until 3:45 pm EST tomorrow, January 5 to leave your comment, and we'll /Need roll to determine the lucky winner. On your marks... get set... go!
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 3
Welcome to day 3 of our Countdown to Burning Crusade! You have a precious short few minutes to enter the day 2 caption contest, so head over there for a chance to win a 60-day game card. For today's contest, we're going to stretch you even further -- it's going to require some Photoshop-fu (or The Gimp, or whatever you use to do that thing you do) to take home today's prize, which is the complete original Warcraft book trilogy: Day of the Dragon, Lord of the Clans and The Last Guardian. In the venerable tradition of Fark, you'll need to apply your creativity and your Photoshop skills to the above image (just right-click to download a copy). You can do whatever you like -- add caption bubbles, drop in a new background, graft on real human heads, whatever you want -- the only rule is your result cannot be NSFW. To submit your entry, send a JPG version of your image to us at countdowntobc AT wow.com, and make sure to include "Countdown day 3" in the subject. Your file size must be under 5MB and it must be received by us no later than 3:30pm EST tomorrow, Thursday January 4. We'll choose one lucky winner to receive the original Warcraft Universe trilogy and publish the best of the bunch tomorrow. Good luck![Image courtesy of Games Suche]
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 1 winner
Thanks to everybody for participating in the Countdown to BC day 1 contest. The lucky winner of one 60-day game card is commenter number 181, freehugz! Grats to freehugz (we hope it's an upgrade for you, and if you're a hunter don't let anyone else in the thread know) and condolences to all those who entered, but do not let your hearts be troubled -- in addition to today's gamecard giveaway you will have at least a couple more chances to win a 60-day time card, as well as a bunch of other prizes (you are working on your masterpiece for the grand prize contests, amirite??). So stay tuned -- we'll see you tomorrow for day 3 of Countdown to Burning Crusade!
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 2
Welcome to day 2 of our Countdown to Burning Crusade! Yesterday you got off easy with a need roll to win a 60-day game card (we'll announce the winner later today), but you'll have to work a little bit harder to take one home today -- it's a caption contest! The reader who leaves the best caption (judged by the WoW Insider staff) for the image above (click the image for a link to a full-size version) will be the lucky winner of another 60-day time card. You must post your entry by 3:30pm EST tomorrow, Wednesday January 3 to be eligible to win the caption contest. And again, no duplicate entries -- pick your best and make your comment. Let's see what you got! [Image courtesy of Warcraft Gallery]
Countdown to Burning Crusade: grand prize contests and rules
You will be able to participate in most of the Countdown to BC contests each day as they're announced, but you'll have to work a little harder to take home any of the three grand prizes. We're laying out the rules for the final three contests here so you can get your creativity on for a chance to win a Logitech G15 keyboard and a Jinx World of Warcraft hoodie, a Sennheiser PC 160 headset and mic set and a More Dots! t-shirt, or a Belkin N52 gamepad and a Green Linen t-shirt. Read on for the skinny on the three grand prize contests and get details on how to enter.
Countdown to Burning Crusade: Day 1
Welcome to our Countdown to Burning Crusade extravaganza, wherein we're giving away prizes every day until the expansion hits on January 16. Be sure to check back every day for what the day's contest and giveaway will be -- you can also subscribe to an RSS feed for contest-related entries if you like. We're kicking off with something dead easy for you: using the tried and true Need roll method, you have a chance to win a 60 day pre-paid time card just by leaving a comment in this thread during the next 24 hours (contest ends 3:01pm EST tomorrow, January 2). We'll /roll to choose the winner from the commenters below and announce the lucky player tomorrow. Of course, you must enter with a real email address so we have a method of contacting you. Any duplicate entries will be automagically disqualified, so don't even think about entering more than once, capish? Ready... set... go!
Burning Crusade goes gold, expected to meet January 16 release date
Tseric is confirming on the Blizzard forums that BC has already gone gold (i.e. been shipped for mass duplication -- "going gold" in the software industry doesn't refer to sales numbers as it does in the music industry), indicating that Blizzard has every expectation that the expansion will meet its planned January 16 ship date. This comes as a response to recent rumours claiming yet another delay for Burning Crusade. No more delays -- time to pen in the release date on your calendars. Can we get a /cheer up in this piece?! Speaking of January 16, here's a heads up to tune in to WoW Insider starting January 1 for our official Countdown to Burning Crusade -- every day we're going to be giving away Free StuffTM via a series of daily contests. So be sure to check in for some fun and some cool prizes, and join us to share in the excitement as we count down to BC on (confirmed!) January 16. [via Blues News]
